Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[Diomedes]

It's rich of these self described freedom lovers to fly the battle colors for the Slaver's army.

[ice grillin you]

virginia is for lovers (of slavery)

[Seabiscuit36]

mmmm Slavery sauce

[PhillyPhreak54]

Well I'm am shocked!

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43450_Flashback!_1-2014-_PJ_Media_Encourages_Readers_to_Sign_Petition_to_Free_Bergdahl_By_Any_Means_Necessary

[Geowhizzer]

I feel a little like hbionic right now:  Who the hell is "PJ Media?"

[ice grillin you]

A twice-failed Arizona Republican political candidate is going to extreme lengths to get elected this year; he legally changed his name to share one with famed Hispanic labor leader Cesar Chavez.

The office-seeker, Scott Fistler, lost a write-in bid against Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.) in 2012. Victory escaped him last year too in a race for a Phoenix city council seat now occupied by Pastor's daughter, Laura. Fistler is gunning for the elder Pastor's seat yet again, but under his new name. The Arizona Capitol Times reported Monday that Fistler successfully petitioned a state court last November to change his name, and he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.

Pastor is retiring from his seat in Arizona's 7th congressional district, where more than six in ten residents are Hispanic, according to census data. The district is deep blue, and the winner of the Democratic primary on August 26 is expected to win the general election.

(We profiled one of the candidates in the race, Ruben Gallego, last week).

According to his name-change petition, Fistler said he "experienced many hardships" under his old name. He refused to elaborate further when contacted by the Capitol Times, claiming that his campaign has been, "flooded with calls and emails."

"There is just simply not enough Cesar Chavez to go around," he wrote in an email to the paper. "We may resume questions starting May 10 [sic]."

The candidate's attempt to run under the Chavez name by itself appears to be a ham-handed attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters. But when you visit his campaign website, it gets worse.

The Capitol Times notes that one photo, captioned "Supporters: We love you Chavez," appears to be from a rally in support of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Another photo shows a 2006 rally honoring Cesar Chavez, the labor leader, that happened in Wichita, Kansas, the Capitol Times points out.

The Arizona Democratic Party may challenge Chavez's candidacy. Chavez did not change his party affiliation until April 28, even though he filed to run for Congress as a Democrat in February, the Capitol Times reported.

"He's either trying to make a mockery of the system, or of Democrats, or of the Hispanic community," party executive director DJ Quinlan told the paper.

Mary Rose Wilcox, a top Democratic candidate in the race, said that Chavez's campaign was in "poor taste."

"Voters aren't going to be fooled. If he thinks he can fool them, it's a real affront to the community," she told the Capitol Times. "He should be ashamed."

A white anti-gay activist named Dave Wilson pulled a similar stunt in Houston last year, when he defeated a longtime community college trustee in a heavily African-American district in part by posing as black.

[MDS]

he can fool them

down here wendy davis lost the dem. gov primary to some random dude with a hispanic name. people are farging stupid. in a white neighborhood they would go with "mike smith" over "shabazz deknighten."

[smeags]

virginia is for lovers (of slavery)

this.

i have to go down there to see in-laws. it's like being in a big walmart at 3am down there.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'm fascinated by the republican responses to this Bergdahl thing.

http://mobile.philly.com/blogs/?wss=/philly/blogs/attytood/&id=261904751#disqus_thread

I can't stop reading the righties getting outed for previous statements to bring him home and now they're deleting tweets and ripping Obama.

Chick at work today says "did you SEE Obama smile when the soldiers father mentioned the Muslim religion at the press conference at the White House? He smiled! Muslim religion!"

[ice grillin you]

barry is clearly trolling them at this point...he doesnt have to worry about re-election so basically hes gonna farg with them now for all the shtein hes gotten since day one....the rose garden thing was priceless

[Rome]

Absolutely farging with them.  I hope he spends the next two years doing everything in his power to blast the right wing agenda.  The Democrats have to start fighting fire with fire with those iceholes.  They're such a collection of gutless Hoydas, I seriously doubt they will.

[ice grillin you]

i agree to a certain extent that they dont attack enough...however its easier to sit back while the right sons themselves on a regular basis

the lefts problem is that they dont promote their successes enough....for example they should all be out there pimping the ACA...instead most of them are running scared from it

[Munson]

I'm fascinated by the republican responses to this Bergdahl thing.

http://mobile.philly.com/blogs/?wss=/philly/blogs/attytood/&id=261904751#disqus_thread

I can't stop reading the righties getting outed for previous statements to bring him home and now they're deleting tweets and ripping Obama.

Chick at work today says "did you SEE Obama smile when the soldiers father mentioned the Muslim religion at the press conference at the White House? He smiled! Muslim religion!"

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/5/5780772/tweets-bergdahl-conservatives-politics-stupid

[Rome]

I'll take "Cognitive Dissonance" for $1,000, Alex!

[PhillyPhreak54]

ABC News ‏@ABC 33s

Pres. Obama: Society hasn't been willing to take "basic steps" to keep guns from people who can do "unbelievable damage"

Cue the "come and take it" crowd....