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The outside money pouring into Arizona is hitting flood levels as the voter registration deadline hits and early ballots will be going out soon. Arizona's Politics will try to keep an up-to-date register of the IE (Independent Expenditure) monies.
Here are today's filings with the FEC (Federal Election Commission)
1) The Communications Workers of America's PAC bought $150,150 ($4,549 to produce) of ad time to attack GOP candidate for CD9 Vernon Parker.
2) The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) went big opposing Parker and CD1 candidate Jonathan Paton. They bought ad time totaling $211,343.58 for the former and $212, 323.50 for the former.
3) The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) spent just $30,000 on media opposing CD9 Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema, although they say that brings their total to over $700,000.
4) Women Vote! paid $15,815.52 for a mailer against Paton.
5) The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) finally filed its ad (which has been running for several days) against Richard Carmona. They have paid $638,753.08 for it.
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13 Ekim 2012 Cumartesi
WATCH: As MLB Playoffs Start, The Republicans' Pull Unprecedented Anti-Carmona Triple Play
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(UPDATE, 3:00p,m.: Thanks to the NRSC for e-mailing me the link to their ad, now embedded in the article.)
On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
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On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
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Tonight's 5pm Debate Between Senatorial Candidates Broadcast On Phoenix Channel 8 and C-Span
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Tonight's debate between the candidates seeking to replace Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) in the U.S. Senate will be broadcast live on both Channel 8 (Phoenix) and C-Span.
The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
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The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
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WATCH: Arpaio's New Anti-Penzone Ad Signals New, No-Holds-Barred Phase Of Campaign
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today began airing a tough new ad against his Democratic opponent Paul Penzone. Together with anti-Arpaio ads that have begun to air sporadically, it is sure to kick this campaign into a new, tougher phase.
The new ad raises the domestic violence incident that occurred between Penzone and his then-estranged (now, divorced) wife. The police report includes the he-said, she-said allegations. She said that he pushed her (which he denies), and he says that she smacked him with their child's hockey stick (which she said may have happened).
The new ad takes the she said and runs with it, and adds a few details that the police report did not include. It states that it happened in front of their then 10-year old, and the visual shows a much more extreme example of domestic violence.
Arpaio's campaign sent out to media a copy of the police report, the wife's application for an order of protection (which was quashed, along with husband's), and a statement. We will publish those shortly.
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The new ad raises the domestic violence incident that occurred between Penzone and his then-estranged (now, divorced) wife. The police report includes the he-said, she-said allegations. She said that he pushed her (which he denies), and he says that she smacked him with their child's hockey stick (which she said may have happened).
The new ad takes the she said and runs with it, and adds a few details that the police report did not include. It states that it happened in front of their then 10-year old, and the visual shows a much more extreme example of domestic violence.
Arpaio's campaign sent out to media a copy of the police report, the wife's application for an order of protection (which was quashed, along with husband's), and a statement. We will publish those shortly.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Under $1Million, DSCC Leads Way In Anti-Mt. Rushmore Ad
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It has been another big (spending) day in Independent Expenditure ("IE") monies flowing (mostly) into Arizona. Under $1Million, though just barely. We'll recap here, and try to provide more detail in our "As Seen On TV" post.
-- The Democratic-philic House Majority PAC doubled down on its advertising against GOP nominee Martha McSally in CD2, spending $6,761.39 to produce a negative ad and $142,684.97 to air it. That pushed them over the $300,000 mark in that race.
--Conservative group Freedomworks spent $35,000 on "Voter ID" to support Rep. Jeff Flake in the Senate race. They have put boots on the ground in Arizona and have now spent over $611,000 in that race.
--The DCCC ("Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee") spent $11,150 to produce another negative ad against GOP nominee Vernon Parker in CD9. They have put $684,000 into that contest.
--The Republican-philic Club For Growth spent more than a quarter of a million dollars (approx. $254,000) on mailers and e-mailers to support their long-time fave Jeff Flake.
--The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") threw down another $454,243 on its ad putting Jeff Flake on the sides of rocks (very unlike Mt. Rushmore). The DSCC is approaching $1 Million in Arizona ($959,000).
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-- The Democratic-philic House Majority PAC doubled down on its advertising against GOP nominee Martha McSally in CD2, spending $6,761.39 to produce a negative ad and $142,684.97 to air it. That pushed them over the $300,000 mark in that race.
--Conservative group Freedomworks spent $35,000 on "Voter ID" to support Rep. Jeff Flake in the Senate race. They have put boots on the ground in Arizona and have now spent over $611,000 in that race.
--The DCCC ("Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee") spent $11,150 to produce another negative ad against GOP nominee Vernon Parker in CD9. They have put $684,000 into that contest.
--The Republican-philic Club For Growth spent more than a quarter of a million dollars (approx. $254,000) on mailers and e-mailers to support their long-time fave Jeff Flake.
--The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") threw down another $454,243 on its ad putting Jeff Flake on the sides of rocks (very unlike Mt. Rushmore). The DSCC is approaching $1 Million in Arizona ($959,000).
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12 Ekim 2012 Cuma
WATCH: Arpaio's New Anti-Penzone Ad Signals New, No-Holds-Barred Phase Of Campaign
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today began airing a tough new ad against his Democratic opponent Paul Penzone. Together with anti-Arpaio ads that have begun to air sporadically, it is sure to kick this campaign into a new, tougher phase.
The new ad raises the domestic violence incident that occurred between Penzone and his then-estranged (now, divorced) wife. The police report includes the he-said, she-said allegations. She said that he pushed her (which he denies), and he says that she smacked him with their child's hockey stick (which she said may have happened).
The new ad takes the she said and runs with it, and adds a few details that the police report did not include. It states that it happened in front of their then 10-year old, and the visual shows a much more extreme example of domestic violence.
Arpaio's campaign sent out to media a copy of the police report, the wife's application for an order of protection (which was quashed, along with husband's), and a statement. We will publish those shortly.
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The new ad raises the domestic violence incident that occurred between Penzone and his then-estranged (now, divorced) wife. The police report includes the he-said, she-said allegations. She said that he pushed her (which he denies), and he says that she smacked him with their child's hockey stick (which she said may have happened).
The new ad takes the she said and runs with it, and adds a few details that the police report did not include. It states that it happened in front of their then 10-year old, and the visual shows a much more extreme example of domestic violence.
Arpaio's campaign sent out to media a copy of the police report, the wife's application for an order of protection (which was quashed, along with husband's), and a statement. We will publish those shortly.
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FACT CHECK: Arpaio Ad Accusing Penzone Of Domestic Abuse: We Deserve Better Than That
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio began running a powerful new ad against his Democratic opponent Paul Penzone today. Watch it here.
Here is the text of the ad, as transcribed by Arizona's Politics, with a description of the visuals in parentheses:
Here is a copy of the police report, which was also provided by the Arpaio campaign this afternoon. And, here is the portion of Susan Penzone's Petition For Order of Protection that was used by the Arpaio campaign:
There are several problems with Arpaio's powerful ad:
1) The basic details of the incident are very much in dispute. It was a he-said, she-said situation, no charges were filed, Paul Penzone was the one who called the police while his then-estranged wife said that she had started to but decided to talk with her attorneys first, she did not tell the officers that day about being "intimidat(ed) and terrif(ied)", the dueling Orders of Protection were quashed, the parties were awarded joint custody. This ad states the push as an adjudged fact, when it is far from that.
2) The powerful visual of the violent man and the towered-over woman with a black eye is an extremely prejudicial image and is unwarranted given the Penzone narrative.
3) Ad claims he had no excuse for "hitting a woman", but the alleged push is not the same. An exaggeration should not have been necessary.
4) Claiming the "only silent witness is his ex-wife" makes it appear that Susan (then) Penzone has somehow been silenced. She has not, although she did decline the New Times' request for a comment several months ago.
5) The final graphic about domestic violence is designed to add a public service announcement element to this negative ad. Clever, but also an exaggeration that implies that there was a verdict against Penzone.
Presenting a disputed and unadjudicated incident as fact - without indicating that there is doubt - is a problem. That is different than airing an opinion, which everyone should welcome. This is a candidate becoming a judge and jury, and finding serious and emotional accusations against an individual to be fact. The parties themselves and the legal system did not adjudicate the competing narratives and, thus, found them to be in dispute.
This misrepresentation is serious enough. But, to then exaggerate the accusations to make it even more dramatic was unnecessary, egregious and designed to inflame the new jury (i.e. the voters).
The ad concludes by saying that voters deserve better than Penzone. Voters deserve better ads than this. Arpaio earns a "D-" for this ad.
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Here is the text of the ad, as transcribed by Arizona's Politics, with a description of the visuals in parentheses:
For years, Paul Penzone was the face of Silent Witness. (Black/white photo of Penzone, his name gets typed in.)Here is a copy of the statement from the Arpaio campaign:
But, in 2003, Paul Penzone pushed his then-wife against a door, injuring her in front of their child. (Ominous photo of man at top of stairs with what looks like a saw in hand, woman below with black eye. Then, typed out quotes from Ms. Penzone's application for Order of Protection: "He was intimidating and terrifying me", "He pushed me into the door.")
He's tried to explain it away, but there's no excuse for hitting a woman. (Penzone photo, with police lights flashing.)
Now, the only silent witness is his ex-wife. (Photo of woman with head in hands.)
We deserve better than that. ("We deserve better than Paul Penzone. If you or a loved one has been the victim of domestic violence, call your local police.")
Here is a copy of the police report, which was also provided by the Arpaio campaign this afternoon. And, here is the portion of Susan Penzone's Petition For Order of Protection that was used by the Arpaio campaign:
There are several problems with Arpaio's powerful ad:
1) The basic details of the incident are very much in dispute. It was a he-said, she-said situation, no charges were filed, Paul Penzone was the one who called the police while his then-estranged wife said that she had started to but decided to talk with her attorneys first, she did not tell the officers that day about being "intimidat(ed) and terrif(ied)", the dueling Orders of Protection were quashed, the parties were awarded joint custody. This ad states the push as an adjudged fact, when it is far from that.
2) The powerful visual of the violent man and the towered-over woman with a black eye is an extremely prejudicial image and is unwarranted given the Penzone narrative.
3) Ad claims he had no excuse for "hitting a woman", but the alleged push is not the same. An exaggeration should not have been necessary.
4) Claiming the "only silent witness is his ex-wife" makes it appear that Susan (then) Penzone has somehow been silenced. She has not, although she did decline the New Times' request for a comment several months ago.
5) The final graphic about domestic violence is designed to add a public service announcement element to this negative ad. Clever, but also an exaggeration that implies that there was a verdict against Penzone.
Presenting a disputed and unadjudicated incident as fact - without indicating that there is doubt - is a problem. That is different than airing an opinion, which everyone should welcome. This is a candidate becoming a judge and jury, and finding serious and emotional accusations against an individual to be fact. The parties themselves and the legal system did not adjudicate the competing narratives and, thus, found them to be in dispute.
This misrepresentation is serious enough. But, to then exaggerate the accusations to make it even more dramatic was unnecessary, egregious and designed to inflame the new jury (i.e. the voters).
The ad concludes by saying that voters deserve better than Penzone. Voters deserve better ads than this. Arpaio earns a "D-" for this ad.
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FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Under $1Million, DSCC Leads Way In Anti-Mt. Rushmore Ad
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It has been another big (spending) day in Independent Expenditure ("IE") monies flowing (mostly) into Arizona. Under $1Million, though just barely. We'll recap here, and try to provide more detail in our "As Seen On TV" post.
-- The Democratic-philic House Majority PAC doubled down on its advertising against GOP nominee Martha McSally in CD2, spending $6,761.39 to produce a negative ad and $142,684.97 to air it. That pushed them over the $300,000 mark in that race.
--Conservative group Freedomworks spent $35,000 on "Voter ID" to support Rep. Jeff Flake in the Senate race. They have put boots on the ground in Arizona and have now spent over $611,000 in that race.
--The DCCC ("Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee") spent $11,150 to produce another negative ad against GOP nominee Vernon Parker in CD9. They have put $684,000 into that contest.
--The Republican-philic Club For Growth spent more than a quarter of a million dollars (approx. $254,000) on mailers and e-mailers to support their long-time fave Jeff Flake.
--The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") threw down another $454,243 on its ad putting Jeff Flake on the sides of rocks (very unlike Mt. Rushmore). The DSCC is approaching $1 Million in Arizona ($959,000).
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-- The Democratic-philic House Majority PAC doubled down on its advertising against GOP nominee Martha McSally in CD2, spending $6,761.39 to produce a negative ad and $142,684.97 to air it. That pushed them over the $300,000 mark in that race.
--Conservative group Freedomworks spent $35,000 on "Voter ID" to support Rep. Jeff Flake in the Senate race. They have put boots on the ground in Arizona and have now spent over $611,000 in that race.
--The DCCC ("Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee") spent $11,150 to produce another negative ad against GOP nominee Vernon Parker in CD9. They have put $684,000 into that contest.
--The Republican-philic Club For Growth spent more than a quarter of a million dollars (approx. $254,000) on mailers and e-mailers to support their long-time fave Jeff Flake.
--The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") threw down another $454,243 on its ad putting Jeff Flake on the sides of rocks (very unlike Mt. Rushmore). The DSCC is approaching $1 Million in Arizona ($959,000).
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AS SEEN ON TV: A Slew Of Campaign Ads, Many Straight From the Slough
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("As Seen On TV" is a running series on Arizona's Politics focusing on which campaign ads are airing on Arizona at the moment. Please add YOUR eyes and ears to this feature!)
The onslaught of campaign advertising - the slew of spots - comes as early ballots are finding their way to mailboxes across the state. Of course, due to the competitive nature of several of the races - and the national attention they are receiving - we will likely continue to see this level (frequency) of messages. And, they will probably continue to be at this level (negativity) or below.
Thanks to Diana B.'s and a-friend-who-wishes-not-to-be-named, we have been able to compile quite a lengthy list of ads that have been flooding Phoenix airwaves (need some Tucson contributors!) over the past 36 hours.
We will post the list now, and will supplement throughout the day as we are able to find time to find and add the ads. The list is in order of number of spottings and (secondarily) chronological:
4: --National Republican Senatorial Committee ("NRSC") spot accusing Richard Carmona of being President's hand-picked rubber-stamp. (2 spots)
3: --Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") ad focusing on Jeff Flake and women's issues
3: --Jonathan Paton ad for CD1, contrast.
3: --Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ("DCCC") ad attacking Paton.
3: --Club For Growth ad asking how well do you know Carmona.
3: --DCCC ad attacking Vernon Parker in CD9.
3: --No New Taxes On 204 says it is a permanent tax increase.
3: --DSCC spot attacks Flake by superimposing him on Arizona canyon faces with previous votes.
3: --Carmona ad emphasizing seniors issues.
2: --Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio positive message with wife Ava.
2: --National Republican Congressional Committee ("NRCC") message attacking Kyrsten Sinema's comments about Scottsdale stay-at-home mom, CD9.
2: --DCCC says Paton is no friend of seniors.
2: --GOP-philic American Future Fund ("AFF") attacks Kirkpatrick.
2: --Sinema ad focusing on children and women's issues; she stands among them.
2: --Yes On 204: Quality Education For Arizona features teachers extolling sales tax.
1: --NRCC tells Ann Kirkpatrick (CD1) that the party is over.
1: --Barack Obama says that Mitt Romney is after Big Bird (supposed to be humorous).
1: --Dem-philic House Majority PAC goes after Vernon Parker.
1: --No On 115 group criticizes proposal to change way judges are installed onto the bench
1: --Sinema with kids.
1: --Arpaio levels domestic violence allegations (watch ad, read Fact Check).
1: --Flake ad featuring Carmona's supervisor while he was U.S. Surgeon General.
1: --Kirkpatrick spot addressing SuperPAC ads attacking her.
1: --Kirkpatrick spot noting her odometer in getting to know the district. (Oldie but goodie?)
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The onslaught of campaign advertising - the slew of spots - comes as early ballots are finding their way to mailboxes across the state. Of course, due to the competitive nature of several of the races - and the national attention they are receiving - we will likely continue to see this level (frequency) of messages. And, they will probably continue to be at this level (negativity) or below.
Thanks to Diana B.'s and a-friend-who-wishes-not-to-be-named, we have been able to compile quite a lengthy list of ads that have been flooding Phoenix airwaves (need some Tucson contributors!) over the past 36 hours.
We will post the list now, and will supplement throughout the day as we are able to find time to find and add the ads. The list is in order of number of spottings and (secondarily) chronological:
4: --National Republican Senatorial Committee ("NRSC") spot accusing Richard Carmona of being President's hand-picked rubber-stamp. (2 spots)
3: --Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") ad focusing on Jeff Flake and women's issues
3: --Jonathan Paton ad for CD1, contrast.
3: --Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ("DCCC") ad attacking Paton.
3: --Club For Growth ad asking how well do you know Carmona.
3: --DCCC ad attacking Vernon Parker in CD9.
3: --No New Taxes On 204 says it is a permanent tax increase.
3: --DSCC spot attacks Flake by superimposing him on Arizona canyon faces with previous votes.
3: --Carmona ad emphasizing seniors issues.
2: --Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio positive message with wife Ava.
2: --National Republican Congressional Committee ("NRCC") message attacking Kyrsten Sinema's comments about Scottsdale stay-at-home mom, CD9.
2: --DCCC says Paton is no friend of seniors.
2: --GOP-philic American Future Fund ("AFF") attacks Kirkpatrick.
2: --Sinema ad focusing on children and women's issues; she stands among them.
2: --Yes On 204: Quality Education For Arizona features teachers extolling sales tax.
1: --NRCC tells Ann Kirkpatrick (CD1) that the party is over.
1: --Barack Obama says that Mitt Romney is after Big Bird (supposed to be humorous).
1: --Dem-philic House Majority PAC goes after Vernon Parker.
1: --No On 115 group criticizes proposal to change way judges are installed onto the bench
1: --Sinema with kids.
1: --Arpaio levels domestic violence allegations (watch ad, read Fact Check).
1: --Flake ad featuring Carmona's supervisor while he was U.S. Surgeon General.
1: --Kirkpatrick spot addressing SuperPAC ads attacking her.
1: --Kirkpatrick spot noting her odometer in getting to know the district. (Oldie but goodie?)
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DOJ Gave Millions to Illegal Alien 'Sanctuaries,' Report Finds
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DOJ Gave Millions to Illegal Immigrant 'Sanctuaries,' Report Finds
The Department of Justice has spent tens of millions of dollars this year to compensate more than two dozen states, counties and cities for their costs of jailing illegal immigrants -- even though those communities have adopted policies that obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a recently released report.
"Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program," a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, found that the federal grant program commonly known as SCAAP allocated $62.2 million -- more than 15 percent of its $400 million total -- to 27 jurisdictions that are widely considered to be "sanctuary communities."
Some of those jurisdictions -- including San Francisco, Chicago and California's Santa Clara County -- are even trying to opt-out of Secure Communities, a program that automatically alerts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when criminal illegal immigrants are booked into jail, according to the report.
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies and a co-author of the report, said that the grant system as currently structured makes little sense.
"Basically, the federal government is subsidizing through this grant program jurisdictions that on the one hand are complaining about the cost of illegal immigration and demanding reimbursement from the federal government, while at the same time they have policies in place that make their locality a magnet for illegal aliens," Vaughan told FoxNews.com.
"And that's just illogical," she said.
According to Department of Justice figures cited in the report, five of the top 10 SCAAP grants to localities and two of the top 10 grants to states went to jurisdictions that are considered sanctuaries. That includes $14.2 million to Los Angeles County, $13.4 million to New York City and $88 million to the state of California.
Rather than award SCAAP grants to jurisdictions that incur costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens, Vaughan said federal officials should use the grant program as an incentive for communities to participate in immigration enforcement programs like Secure Communities or the 287(g) program, which trains deputies to check the immigration status of individuals they arrest and has identified more than 180,000 illegal immigrants for deportation nationwide
since 2006.
In a statement obtained by FoxNews.com, U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., said he disagreed with funding sanctuary cities using SCAAP grants and called on the Obama administration to take action.
"In its lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law, the Obama administration claims that the law creates a patchwork of immigration enforcement," Miller's statement read. "If this is the case, then the Obama administration should also sue sanctuary cities, for their policies are arguably a 'patchwork' of immigration enforcement as well. It is time for the administration to end its double standard."
To that end, Miller has authored legislation -- the Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act, or LEAVE -- that would prohibit sanctuary communities from receiving both Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security funds.
"I hope the next Congress will take up this commonsense proposal and penalize sanctuary cities for their irresponsible policies," Miller's statement concluded.
In a statement to FoxNews.com, the Department of Justice said it administers the SCAAP grants in accordance with legislation authorizing the program and passed by Congress.
"Funding under this program is provided to any eligible jurisdiction that incurs costs associated with detaining criminal aliens," the statement read. "SCAAP does not inhibit, but rather supports the accountability process by reimbursing local agency costs for detaining illegal aliens who commit crimes."
The statement continued, "Making any jurisdiction ineligible for these funds could have an unintended consequence -- creating a disincentive to detain criminals who are greater flight risks and pose a danger to our communities. The Department of Justice is committed to providing support to our state and local partners to protect the safety of communities."
Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
, suggested that the number of sanctuary communities would reduce significantly if the DOJ grants were discontinued.
"One of the best fixes is to deny state and federal funding to the places that harbor illegal aliens," Dane said. "The entire country is slowly but surely moving from a sanctuary mentality to a 'fix it' mentality, but you've got these remaining pockets of resistance, many of them in big cities."
Dane continued, "You hit 'em where it hurts, in the wallet, and maybe they'll get it. We're reimbursing cities for a problem of their own making."
Source - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/12/doj-gave-millions-sanctuary-communities-report-finds/
The Department of Justice has spent tens of millions of dollars this year to compensate more than two dozen states, counties and cities for their costs of jailing illegal immigrants -- even though those communities have adopted policies that obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a recently released report.
"Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program," a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, found that the federal grant program commonly known as SCAAP allocated $62.2 million -- more than 15 percent of its $400 million total -- to 27 jurisdictions that are widely considered to be "sanctuary communities."
Some of those jurisdictions -- including San Francisco, Chicago and California's Santa Clara County -- are even trying to opt-out of Secure Communities, a program that automatically alerts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when criminal illegal immigrants are booked into jail, according to the report.
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies and a co-author of the report, said that the grant system as currently structured makes little sense.
"Basically, the federal government is subsidizing through this grant program jurisdictions that on the one hand are complaining about the cost of illegal immigration and demanding reimbursement from the federal government, while at the same time they have policies in place that make their locality a magnet for illegal aliens," Vaughan told FoxNews.com.
"And that's just illogical," she said.
According to Department of Justice figures cited in the report, five of the top 10 SCAAP grants to localities and two of the top 10 grants to states went to jurisdictions that are considered sanctuaries. That includes $14.2 million to Los Angeles County, $13.4 million to New York City and $88 million to the state of California.
Rather than award SCAAP grants to jurisdictions that incur costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens, Vaughan said federal officials should use the grant program as an incentive for communities to participate in immigration enforcement programs like Secure Communities or the 287(g) program, which trains deputies to check the immigration status of individuals they arrest and has identified more than 180,000 illegal immigrants for deportation nationwide
since 2006.
In a statement obtained by FoxNews.com, U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., said he disagreed with funding sanctuary cities using SCAAP grants and called on the Obama administration to take action.
"In its lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law, the Obama administration claims that the law creates a patchwork of immigration enforcement," Miller's statement read. "If this is the case, then the Obama administration should also sue sanctuary cities, for their policies are arguably a 'patchwork' of immigration enforcement as well. It is time for the administration to end its double standard."
To that end, Miller has authored legislation -- the Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act, or LEAVE -- that would prohibit sanctuary communities from receiving both Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security funds.
"I hope the next Congress will take up this commonsense proposal and penalize sanctuary cities for their irresponsible policies," Miller's statement concluded.
In a statement to FoxNews.com, the Department of Justice said it administers the SCAAP grants in accordance with legislation authorizing the program and passed by Congress.
"Funding under this program is provided to any eligible jurisdiction that incurs costs associated with detaining criminal aliens," the statement read. "SCAAP does not inhibit, but rather supports the accountability process by reimbursing local agency costs for detaining illegal aliens who commit crimes."
The statement continued, "Making any jurisdiction ineligible for these funds could have an unintended consequence -- creating a disincentive to detain criminals who are greater flight risks and pose a danger to our communities. The Department of Justice is committed to providing support to our state and local partners to protect the safety of communities."
Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
, suggested that the number of sanctuary communities would reduce significantly if the DOJ grants were discontinued.
"One of the best fixes is to deny state and federal funding to the places that harbor illegal aliens," Dane said. "The entire country is slowly but surely moving from a sanctuary mentality to a 'fix it' mentality, but you've got these remaining pockets of resistance, many of them in big cities."
Dane continued, "You hit 'em where it hurts, in the wallet, and maybe they'll get it. We're reimbursing cities for a problem of their own making."
Source - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/12/doj-gave-millions-sanctuary-communities-report-finds/
11 Ekim 2012 Perşembe
VIEW: The Romney Photo That Will Be Everywhere By Tomorrow; Hey, He Must've Had Something On His Slacks
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Oh, my. Hopefully, we can all see the humor in this surely-innocent reaction and the photo without getting all middle-school-humor and giggly and all. (Sure, there will be some folks who will be outraged, and some who will make stupid remarks, and others who would have done the opposite if it had been the Democratic candidate who could have been the butt of the jokes.)
There must have been some reaction, because the Associated Press felt it necessary to make a "caption addition" to clarify. Further, the 2nd shot provides further clarification.
Romney, posing with some school kids in Virginia on Monday:
Here's the link to the AP's "caption addition"!
By the way, here's the 2nd picture:
(By the way, I also like the reactions of the girl in the yellow and black shirt, watching the much-more-demonstrative girl.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
There must have been some reaction, because the Associated Press felt it necessary to make a "caption addition" to clarify. Further, the 2nd shot provides further clarification.
Romney, posing with some school kids in Virginia on Monday:
Here's the link to the AP's "caption addition"!
By the way, here's the 2nd picture:
(By the way, I also like the reactions of the girl in the yellow and black shirt, watching the much-more-demonstrative girl.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Another Million Dollar Day In Outside Monies
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The outside money pouring into Arizona is hitting flood levels as the voter registration deadline hits and early ballots will be going out soon. Arizona's Politics will try to keep an up-to-date register of the IE (Independent Expenditure) monies.
Here are today's filings with the FEC (Federal Election Commission)
1) The Communications Workers of America's PAC bought $150,150 ($4,549 to produce) of ad time to attack GOP candidate for CD9 Vernon Parker.
2) The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) went big opposing Parker and CD1 candidate Jonathan Paton. They bought ad time totaling $211,343.58 for the former and $212, 323.50 for the former.
3) The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) spent just $30,000 on media opposing CD9 Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema, although they say that brings their total to over $700,000.
4) Women Vote! paid $15,815.52 for a mailer against Paton.
5) The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) finally filed its ad (which has been running for several days) against Richard Carmona. They have paid $638,753.08 for it.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Here are today's filings with the FEC (Federal Election Commission)
1) The Communications Workers of America's PAC bought $150,150 ($4,549 to produce) of ad time to attack GOP candidate for CD9 Vernon Parker.
2) The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) went big opposing Parker and CD1 candidate Jonathan Paton. They bought ad time totaling $211,343.58 for the former and $212, 323.50 for the former.
3) The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) spent just $30,000 on media opposing CD9 Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema, although they say that brings their total to over $700,000.
4) Women Vote! paid $15,815.52 for a mailer against Paton.
5) The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) finally filed its ad (which has been running for several days) against Richard Carmona. They have paid $638,753.08 for it.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH: As MLB Playoffs Start, The Republicans' Pull Unprecedented Anti-Carmona Triple Play
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(UPDATE, 3:00p,m.: Thanks to the NRSC for e-mailing me the link to their ad, now embedded in the article.)
On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Tonight's 5pm Debate Between Senatorial Candidates Broadcast On Phoenix Channel 8 and C-Span
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Tonight's debate between the candidates seeking to replace Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) in the U.S. Senate will be broadcast live on both Channel 8 (Phoenix) and C-Span.
The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
SURPRISE: National Right To Life OPPOSES Vernon Parker In CD9!
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Monitoring the FEC (Federal Election Commission) can provide a little surprise here and there. Partly it is because of the forms that organizations need to complete and file electronically, they can be confusing.
Today's big surprise: the National Right to Life PAC filed today that it spent money on mailers in support of Arizona's Republican candidates for the U.S. House and Senate. Well, all except for Vernon Parker, the GOP nominee for CD9:
Certainly, that was a simple coding error, either at the NRTL PAC or at the FEC. But, there is no chance that that organization is telling its members to support Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Today's big surprise: the National Right to Life PAC filed today that it spent money on mailers in support of Arizona's Republican candidates for the U.S. House and Senate. Well, all except for Vernon Parker, the GOP nominee for CD9:
Certainly, that was a simple coding error, either at the NRTL PAC or at the FEC. But, there is no chance that that organization is telling its members to support Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema.We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
10 Ekim 2012 Çarşamba
VIEW: The Romney Photo That Will Be Everywhere By Tomorrow; Hey, He Must've Had Something On His Slacks
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Oh, my. Hopefully, we can all see the humor in this surely-innocent reaction and the photo without getting all middle-school-humor and giggly and all. (Sure, there will be some folks who will be outraged, and some who will make stupid remarks, and others who would have done the opposite if it had been the Democratic candidate who could have been the butt of the jokes.)
There must have been some reaction, because the Associated Press felt it necessary to make a "caption addition" to clarify. Further, the 2nd shot provides further clarification.
Romney, posing with some school kids in Virginia on Monday:
Here's the link to the AP's "caption addition"!
By the way, here's the 2nd picture:
(By the way, I also like the reactions of the girl in the yellow and black shirt, watching the much-more-demonstrative girl.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
There must have been some reaction, because the Associated Press felt it necessary to make a "caption addition" to clarify. Further, the 2nd shot provides further clarification.
Romney, posing with some school kids in Virginia on Monday:
Here's the link to the AP's "caption addition"!
By the way, here's the 2nd picture:
(By the way, I also like the reactions of the girl in the yellow and black shirt, watching the much-more-demonstrative girl.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Another Million Dollar Day In Outside Monies
To contact us Click HERE
The outside money pouring into Arizona is hitting flood levels as the voter registration deadline hits and early ballots will be going out soon. Arizona's Politics will try to keep an up-to-date register of the IE (Independent Expenditure) monies.
Here are today's filings with the FEC (Federal Election Commission)
1) The Communications Workers of America's PAC bought $150,150 ($4,549 to produce) of ad time to attack GOP candidate for CD9 Vernon Parker.
2) The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) went big opposing Parker and CD1 candidate Jonathan Paton. They bought ad time totaling $211,343.58 for the former and $212, 323.50 for the former.
3) The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) spent just $30,000 on media opposing CD9 Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema, although they say that brings their total to over $700,000.
4) Women Vote! paid $15,815.52 for a mailer against Paton.
5) The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) finally filed its ad (which has been running for several days) against Richard Carmona. They have paid $638,753.08 for it.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Here are today's filings with the FEC (Federal Election Commission)
1) The Communications Workers of America's PAC bought $150,150 ($4,549 to produce) of ad time to attack GOP candidate for CD9 Vernon Parker.
2) The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) went big opposing Parker and CD1 candidate Jonathan Paton. They bought ad time totaling $211,343.58 for the former and $212, 323.50 for the former.
3) The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) spent just $30,000 on media opposing CD9 Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema, although they say that brings their total to over $700,000.
4) Women Vote! paid $15,815.52 for a mailer against Paton.
5) The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) finally filed its ad (which has been running for several days) against Richard Carmona. They have paid $638,753.08 for it.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH: As MLB Playoffs Start, The Republicans' Pull Unprecedented Anti-Carmona Triple Play
To contact us Click HERE
(UPDATE, 3:00p,m.: Thanks to the NRSC for e-mailing me the link to their ad, now embedded in the article.)
On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
On Friday, the baseball playoffs started. We all know how baseball keeps statistics on everything, and we know how rare a triple play is (three outs achieved in one play). In fact, there has only been one in Arizona since the Diamondbacks started play in 1998.
On Friday, there was a rare triple play in Arizona political advertising history, although we do not know how rare because statistics are not kept as fastidiously. However, having been involved with campaigns and the media for too long (long before SuperPACs geometrically increased the number of negative ads), I can guess that this may be a first.
Just before Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers rocked David Letterman's show, KPHO (Ch.5 in Phoenix, CBS) had a local commercial break. After one anti-Kyrsten Sinema ad, there were three ads in a row from three different groups attacking the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona!
The conservative Club For Growth kicked things off:
The Republican nominee, Rep. Jeff Flake, was next:
The third play came from the National Republican Senatorial Committee:
Just as in a baseball triple play, some elements were out of the GOP's control. Channel 5's traffic department had a large part to play, and the timing of the three ad runs had to mesh. (It is a little surprising that it happened several days before the start of early voting, or election day.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Tonight's 5pm Debate Between Senatorial Candidates Broadcast On Phoenix Channel 8 and C-Span
To contact us Click HERE
Tonight's debate between the candidates seeking to replace Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) in the U.S. Senate will be broadcast live on both Channel 8 (Phoenix) and C-Span.
The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The hour-long conversation will feature the Libertarian candidate, Marc Victor, along with the better-known Democratic and Republican nominees, Dr. Richard Carmona and Rep. Jeff Flake (respectively).
C-Span is showing the Massachusetts Senatorial debate between Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) as the lead-in.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
DOJ Gave Millions to Illegal Alien 'Sanctuaries,' Report Finds
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DOJ Gave Millions to Illegal Immigrant 'Sanctuaries,' Report Finds
The Department of Justice has spent tens of millions of dollars this year to compensate more than two dozen states, counties and cities for their costs of jailing illegal immigrants -- even though those communities have adopted policies that obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a recently released report.
"Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program," a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, found that the federal grant program commonly known as SCAAP allocated $62.2 million -- more than 15 percent of its $400 million total -- to 27 jurisdictions that are widely considered to be "sanctuary communities."
Some of those jurisdictions -- including San Francisco, Chicago and California's Santa Clara County -- are even trying to opt-out of Secure Communities, a program that automatically alerts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when criminal illegal immigrants are booked into jail, according to the report.
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies and a co-author of the report, said that the grant system as currently structured makes little sense.
"Basically, the federal government is subsidizing through this grant program jurisdictions that on the one hand are complaining about the cost of illegal immigration and demanding reimbursement from the federal government, while at the same time they have policies in place that make their locality a magnet for illegal aliens," Vaughan told FoxNews.com.
"And that's just illogical," she said.
According to Department of Justice figures cited in the report, five of the top 10 SCAAP grants to localities and two of the top 10 grants to states went to jurisdictions that are considered sanctuaries. That includes $14.2 million to Los Angeles County, $13.4 million to New York City and $88 million to the state of California.
Rather than award SCAAP grants to jurisdictions that incur costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens, Vaughan said federal officials should use the grant program as an incentive for communities to participate in immigration enforcement programs like Secure Communities or the 287(g) program, which trains deputies to check the immigration status of individuals they arrest and has identified more than 180,000 illegal immigrants for deportation nationwide
since 2006.
In a statement obtained by FoxNews.com, U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., said he disagreed with funding sanctuary cities using SCAAP grants and called on the Obama administration to take action.
"In its lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law, the Obama administration claims that the law creates a patchwork of immigration enforcement," Miller's statement read. "If this is the case, then the Obama administration should also sue sanctuary cities, for their policies are arguably a 'patchwork' of immigration enforcement as well. It is time for the administration to end its double standard."
To that end, Miller has authored legislation -- the Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act, or LEAVE -- that would prohibit sanctuary communities from receiving both Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security funds.
"I hope the next Congress will take up this commonsense proposal and penalize sanctuary cities for their irresponsible policies," Miller's statement concluded.
In a statement to FoxNews.com, the Department of Justice said it administers the SCAAP grants in accordance with legislation authorizing the program and passed by Congress.
"Funding under this program is provided to any eligible jurisdiction that incurs costs associated with detaining criminal aliens," the statement read. "SCAAP does not inhibit, but rather supports the accountability process by reimbursing local agency costs for detaining illegal aliens who commit crimes."
The statement continued, "Making any jurisdiction ineligible for these funds could have an unintended consequence -- creating a disincentive to detain criminals who are greater flight risks and pose a danger to our communities. The Department of Justice is committed to providing support to our state and local partners to protect the safety of communities."
Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
, suggested that the number of sanctuary communities would reduce significantly if the DOJ grants were discontinued.
"One of the best fixes is to deny state and federal funding to the places that harbor illegal aliens," Dane said. "The entire country is slowly but surely moving from a sanctuary mentality to a 'fix it' mentality, but you've got these remaining pockets of resistance, many of them in big cities."
Dane continued, "You hit 'em where it hurts, in the wallet, and maybe they'll get it. We're reimbursing cities for a problem of their own making."
Source - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/12/doj-gave-millions-sanctuary-communities-report-finds/
The Department of Justice has spent tens of millions of dollars this year to compensate more than two dozen states, counties and cities for their costs of jailing illegal immigrants -- even though those communities have adopted policies that obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a recently released report.
"Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program," a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, found that the federal grant program commonly known as SCAAP allocated $62.2 million -- more than 15 percent of its $400 million total -- to 27 jurisdictions that are widely considered to be "sanctuary communities."
Some of those jurisdictions -- including San Francisco, Chicago and California's Santa Clara County -- are even trying to opt-out of Secure Communities, a program that automatically alerts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when criminal illegal immigrants are booked into jail, according to the report.
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies and a co-author of the report, said that the grant system as currently structured makes little sense.
"Basically, the federal government is subsidizing through this grant program jurisdictions that on the one hand are complaining about the cost of illegal immigration and demanding reimbursement from the federal government, while at the same time they have policies in place that make their locality a magnet for illegal aliens," Vaughan told FoxNews.com.
"And that's just illogical," she said.
According to Department of Justice figures cited in the report, five of the top 10 SCAAP grants to localities and two of the top 10 grants to states went to jurisdictions that are considered sanctuaries. That includes $14.2 million to Los Angeles County, $13.4 million to New York City and $88 million to the state of California.
Rather than award SCAAP grants to jurisdictions that incur costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens, Vaughan said federal officials should use the grant program as an incentive for communities to participate in immigration enforcement programs like Secure Communities or the 287(g) program, which trains deputies to check the immigration status of individuals they arrest and has identified more than 180,000 illegal immigrants for deportation nationwide
since 2006.
In a statement obtained by FoxNews.com, U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., said he disagreed with funding sanctuary cities using SCAAP grants and called on the Obama administration to take action.
"In its lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law, the Obama administration claims that the law creates a patchwork of immigration enforcement," Miller's statement read. "If this is the case, then the Obama administration should also sue sanctuary cities, for their policies are arguably a 'patchwork' of immigration enforcement as well. It is time for the administration to end its double standard."
To that end, Miller has authored legislation -- the Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act, or LEAVE -- that would prohibit sanctuary communities from receiving both Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security funds.
"I hope the next Congress will take up this commonsense proposal and penalize sanctuary cities for their irresponsible policies," Miller's statement concluded.
In a statement to FoxNews.com, the Department of Justice said it administers the SCAAP grants in accordance with legislation authorizing the program and passed by Congress.
"Funding under this program is provided to any eligible jurisdiction that incurs costs associated with detaining criminal aliens," the statement read. "SCAAP does not inhibit, but rather supports the accountability process by reimbursing local agency costs for detaining illegal aliens who commit crimes."
The statement continued, "Making any jurisdiction ineligible for these funds could have an unintended consequence -- creating a disincentive to detain criminals who are greater flight risks and pose a danger to our communities. The Department of Justice is committed to providing support to our state and local partners to protect the safety of communities."
Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
, suggested that the number of sanctuary communities would reduce significantly if the DOJ grants were discontinued.
"One of the best fixes is to deny state and federal funding to the places that harbor illegal aliens," Dane said. "The entire country is slowly but surely moving from a sanctuary mentality to a 'fix it' mentality, but you've got these remaining pockets of resistance, many of them in big cities."
Dane continued, "You hit 'em where it hurts, in the wallet, and maybe they'll get it. We're reimbursing cities for a problem of their own making."
Source - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/12/doj-gave-millions-sanctuary-communities-report-finds/
9 Ekim 2012 Salı
Forget The Birth Certificate, Some Will Now Want To See Obama's Marriage Certificate; "Marriagers" Are Birthed
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(UPDATE, 10/6/12, 9:30am: After a lengthy check of Dreams From My Father, Arizona's Politics was unable to find any reference to the date that Barack and Michelle Obama were married.)
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH: McCain Primetime 2 Nights In a Row, Steps Up Rhetoric On Obama and Susan Rice: "Probably One Of The Worst Things I've Observed In My Entire Life"
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Arizona Senator John McCain (R-AZ) completes (t)his interview tour of the three major cable news networks tonight, when he sits down with CNN's highest profile interviewer Piers Morgan. In a preview released by CNN this afternoon, he rips into the Obama Administration and Susan Rice (U.S.' Ambassador to the U.N.) for maintaining that the attack in Libya that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans may have grown out of a demonstration of an anti-Muslim YouTube video, instead of a planned terrorist attack.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
BOB SCHIEFFER: And joining us now, Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, our U.N. ambassador. Madam Ambassador, he says this is something that has been in the planning stages for months. I understand you have been saying that you think it was spontaneous? Are we not on the same page here?
SUSAN RICE (Ambassador to the United Nations): Bob, let me tell you what we understand to be the assessment at present. First of all, very importantly, as you discussed with the President, there is an investigation that the United States government will launch led by the FBI, that has begun and--
BOB SCHIEFFER (overlapping): But they are not there.
SUSAN RICE: They are not on the ground yet, but they have already begun looking at all sorts of evidence of-- of various sorts already available to them and to us. And they will get on the ground and continue the investigation. So we'll want to see the results of that investigation to draw any definitive conclusions. But based on the best information we have to date, what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy--
BOB SCHIEFFER: Mm-Hm.
SUSAN RICE: --sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that-- in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.
BOB SCHIEFFER: But you do not agree with him that this was something that had been plotted out several months ago?
SUSAN RICE: We do not-- we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Do you agree or disagree with him that al Qaeda had some part in this?
SUSAN RICE: Well, we'll have to find out that out. I mean I think it's clear that there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence. Whether they were al Qaeda affiliates, whether they were Libyan-based extremists or al Qaeda itself I think is one of the things we'll have to determine.
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WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Club For Growth Resumes Its Spending Barrage For Flake's Senate Campaign
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Just as we were beginning to wonder why the Club For Growth had not yet jumped into the general election battle for Arizona's seat in the U.S. Senate, the conservative powerhouse jumps in with both feet, with a $530,000 television ad buy attacking Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: DSCC Drops Half-Million On Ad Painting Jeff Flake As "Too Extreme For Arizona Women"
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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee filed with the FEC this afternoon that it has spent more than a half-million dollars on an ad attacking Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) record on women's issues, and urging women to vote for Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Democratic SuperPAC Tacks On $260k To Its Ad Attacking Flake's Lack of Support For Veterans; $1.3Million Dollar Day In Arizona Senate Race
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Today was a big big-money filing day at the FEC (Federal Election Commission), and Arizona's tight Senate race received more than its share of attention. We already detailed the half-million dollar ad buys by the Club for Growth and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; now we end the day with a $261,000 ad buy from the Democrat-philic SuperPAC "Majority PAC".
The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
8 Ekim 2012 Pazartesi
Forget The Birth Certificate, Some Will Now Want To See Obama's Marriage Certificate; "Marriagers" Are Birthed
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(UPDATE, 10/6/12, 9:30am: After a lengthy check of Dreams From My Father, Arizona's Politics was unable to find any reference to the date that Barack and Michelle Obama were married.)
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH: McCain Primetime 2 Nights In a Row, Steps Up Rhetoric On Obama and Susan Rice: "Probably One Of The Worst Things I've Observed In My Entire Life"
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Arizona Senator John McCain (R-AZ) completes (t)his interview tour of the three major cable news networks tonight, when he sits down with CNN's highest profile interviewer Piers Morgan. In a preview released by CNN this afternoon, he rips into the Obama Administration and Susan Rice (U.S.' Ambassador to the U.N.) for maintaining that the attack in Libya that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans may have grown out of a demonstration of an anti-Muslim YouTube video, instead of a planned terrorist attack.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
BOB SCHIEFFER: And joining us now, Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, our U.N. ambassador. Madam Ambassador, he says this is something that has been in the planning stages for months. I understand you have been saying that you think it was spontaneous? Are we not on the same page here?
SUSAN RICE (Ambassador to the United Nations): Bob, let me tell you what we understand to be the assessment at present. First of all, very importantly, as you discussed with the President, there is an investigation that the United States government will launch led by the FBI, that has begun and--
BOB SCHIEFFER (overlapping): But they are not there.
SUSAN RICE: They are not on the ground yet, but they have already begun looking at all sorts of evidence of-- of various sorts already available to them and to us. And they will get on the ground and continue the investigation. So we'll want to see the results of that investigation to draw any definitive conclusions. But based on the best information we have to date, what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy--
BOB SCHIEFFER: Mm-Hm.
SUSAN RICE: --sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that-- in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.
BOB SCHIEFFER: But you do not agree with him that this was something that had been plotted out several months ago?
SUSAN RICE: We do not-- we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Do you agree or disagree with him that al Qaeda had some part in this?
SUSAN RICE: Well, we'll have to find out that out. I mean I think it's clear that there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence. Whether they were al Qaeda affiliates, whether they were Libyan-based extremists or al Qaeda itself I think is one of the things we'll have to determine.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Club For Growth Resumes Its Spending Barrage For Flake's Senate Campaign
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Just as we were beginning to wonder why the Club For Growth had not yet jumped into the general election battle for Arizona's seat in the U.S. Senate, the conservative powerhouse jumps in with both feet, with a $530,000 television ad buy attacking Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: DSCC Drops Half-Million On Ad Painting Jeff Flake As "Too Extreme For Arizona Women"
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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee filed with the FEC this afternoon that it has spent more than a half-million dollars on an ad attacking Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) record on women's issues, and urging women to vote for Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Democratic SuperPAC Tacks On $260k To Its Ad Attacking Flake's Lack of Support For Veterans; $1.3Million Dollar Day In Arizona Senate Race
To contact us Click HERE
Today was a big big-money filing day at the FEC (Federal Election Commission), and Arizona's tight Senate race received more than its share of attention. We already detailed the half-million dollar ad buys by the Club for Growth and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; now we end the day with a $261,000 ad buy from the Democrat-philic SuperPAC "Majority PAC".
The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
7 Ekim 2012 Pazar
Forget The Birth Certificate, Some Will Now Want To See Obama's Marriage Certificate; "Marriagers" Are Birthed
To contact us Click HERE
(UPDATE, 10/6/12, 9:30am: After a lengthy check of Dreams From My Father, Arizona's Politics was unable to find any reference to the date that Barack and Michelle Obama were married.)
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
Welllll, since we are in debate mode, we could lead this by saying "Well, there you go again!" President Obama led off last night's debate by wishing his wife, Michelle, a Happy Anniversary. Both he and GOP nominee Mitt Romney made little jokes about celebrating it at a debate.
However, some Obama opponents are questioning whether the President has lied to the American people. (They would add the word "again".) They have uncovered cites showing that the 20th anniversary will not take place until October 18, meaning that he made a cynical and dishonest play for good feeling at the debate.
If you can read the initial post, he notes that the source is Obama's memoir, and thanks a California woman for pointing it out. I have not yet been able to verify that source, but did find that biography.com does use the October 18 date.
The Facebook discussion references that Wikipedia mysteriously pulled the wedding date off of its site, but we were able to find that the Michelle Obama article still lists the October 3 date as being their anniversary, and the history page does not show any removals. Additionally, the ever-authoritative People Magazine website ran an article yesterday on that day's anniversary.
Fortunately, telling the truth about your wedding date (or, for some unsuccesful candidates, "wedding dates") is not a constitutional prerequisite for being President; otherwise, we would be reporting on a hastily-called Sheriff Arpaio news conference this afternoon.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
WATCH: McCain Primetime 2 Nights In a Row, Steps Up Rhetoric On Obama and Susan Rice: "Probably One Of The Worst Things I've Observed In My Entire Life"
To contact us Click HERE
Arizona Senator John McCain (R-AZ) completes (t)his interview tour of the three major cable news networks tonight, when he sits down with CNN's highest profile interviewer Piers Morgan. In a preview released by CNN this afternoon, he rips into the Obama Administration and Susan Rice (U.S.' Ambassador to the U.N.) for maintaining that the attack in Libya that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans may have grown out of a demonstration of an anti-Muslim YouTube video, instead of a planned terrorist attack.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
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Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
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McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
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Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
BOB SCHIEFFER: And joining us now, Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, our U.N. ambassador. Madam Ambassador, he says this is something that has been in the planning stages for months. I understand you have been saying that you think it was spontaneous? Are we not on the same page here?
SUSAN RICE (Ambassador to the United Nations): Bob, let me tell you what we understand to be the assessment at present. First of all, very importantly, as you discussed with the President, there is an investigation that the United States government will launch led by the FBI, that has begun and--
BOB SCHIEFFER (overlapping): But they are not there.
SUSAN RICE: They are not on the ground yet, but they have already begun looking at all sorts of evidence of-- of various sorts already available to them and to us. And they will get on the ground and continue the investigation. So we'll want to see the results of that investigation to draw any definitive conclusions. But based on the best information we have to date, what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy--
BOB SCHIEFFER: Mm-Hm.
SUSAN RICE: --sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that-- in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.
BOB SCHIEFFER: But you do not agree with him that this was something that had been plotted out several months ago?
SUSAN RICE: We do not-- we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Do you agree or disagree with him that al Qaeda had some part in this?
SUSAN RICE: Well, we'll have to find out that out. I mean I think it's clear that there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence. Whether they were al Qaeda affiliates, whether they were Libyan-based extremists or al Qaeda itself I think is one of the things we'll have to determine.
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WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Club For Growth Resumes Its Spending Barrage For Flake's Senate Campaign
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Just as we were beginning to wonder why the Club For Growth had not yet jumped into the general election battle for Arizona's seat in the U.S. Senate, the conservative powerhouse jumps in with both feet, with a $530,000 television ad buy attacking Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
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CFG poured more than $1.6 Million into Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) Senatorial primary battle against self-funded Wil Cardon, and Arizona's Politics has detailed the close ties between the organization and Flake before. Now that polls are demonstrating how tight the general election contest has become, CFG is stepping up again.
Here is the new ad:
A quick check of FCC reports filed by two Phoenix TV stations (which have been especially good about filing their reports quickly) does not show the ad buy yet, but CFG has filed today with the FEC that the money was expended on Wednesday.
(Please let Arizona's Politics know if, when and where you see this ad. Not to mention sending us information about other ads you see, mailers you receive, etc. (News) tips from readers like you help make this blog more interesting.)
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WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: DSCC Drops Half-Million On Ad Painting Jeff Flake As "Too Extreme For Arizona Women"
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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee filed with the FEC this afternoon that it has spent more than a half-million dollars on an ad attacking Rep. Jeff Flake's (R-CD6) record on women's issues, and urging women to vote for Democratic nominee Richard Carmona.
The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
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The production and advertising costs come to $505,682, almost as much as the conservative Club for Growth just spent on an ad attacking Carmona.
Here's the ad:
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WATCH, FOLLOWING MONEY IN ARIZONA'S POLITICS: Democratic SuperPAC Tacks On $260k To Its Ad Attacking Flake's Lack of Support For Veterans; $1.3Million Dollar Day In Arizona Senate Race
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Today was a big big-money filing day at the FEC (Federal Election Commission), and Arizona's tight Senate race received more than its share of attention. We already detailed the half-million dollar ad buys by the Club for Growth and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; now we end the day with a $261,000 ad buy from the Democrat-philic SuperPAC "Majority PAC".
The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
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The expenditure brings its total spending on the advertisement - attacking Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6) for his votes against a GI Bill and job training for veterans - to more than $400,000 ($405,036.02, to be exact).
Here's the ad:
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WATCH: McCain Primetime 2 Nights In a Row, Steps Up Rhetoric On Obama and Susan Rice: "Probably One Of The Worst Things I've Observed In My Entire Life"
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Arizona Senator John McCain (R-AZ) completes (t)his interview tour of the three major cable news networks tonight, when he sits down with CNN's highest profile interviewer Piers Morgan. In a preview released by CNN this afternoon, he rips into the Obama Administration and Susan Rice (U.S.' Ambassador to the U.N.) for maintaining that the attack in Libya that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans may have grown out of a demonstration of an anti-Muslim YouTube video, instead of a planned terrorist attack.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
McCain calls Rice's comments on the September 16 Sunday morning news shows "Probably one of the worst things I've observed in my entire life."
The rest of his video airs tonight at 6pm (Arizona Time) (and will be repeated later in the evening).
Here is a video of Susan Rice's comments on CBS' Face the Nation program on September 16. She notes that an investigation had begun, and leaves open the possibility that the evidence might show that it was more than spontaneous.
Below the jump, the transcript of that interview is laid out.
Very interestingly, the very next guest on that Face the Nation - in the same chair - was John McCain - he probably saw and/or spoke with Rice during the commercial break. However, when repeatedly given the opportunity to criticize Rice, he declined to mention her by name and broke off most of his criticisms of the Administration. He only repeated his complaints that the Obama Administration has made the U.S. the "weak horse" and has "disengaged."
McCain has seen some pretty hardcore things and comments in Washington in the past 25-plus years (and before), and some would say that he has said some pretty misleading things during that time. For this to be one of the worst sounds a bit like the-close-election-is-almost-here hyperbole. (One of the most hyperbolic statements I've heard in my entire life?)
***
Tonight's interview will complete his two-day tour of major programs on the three cable news/political networks. Yesterday, he hit "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, where "he warned Romney and the Republicans to "not underestimate President Obama" and attributed his debate performance to "rust".
Then, last night, he visited his frequent interviewer Greta Van Susteren on Fox News:
BOB SCHIEFFER: And joining us now, Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, our U.N. ambassador. Madam Ambassador, he says this is something that has been in the planning stages for months. I understand you have been saying that you think it was spontaneous? Are we not on the same page here?
SUSAN RICE (Ambassador to the United Nations): Bob, let me tell you what we understand to be the assessment at present. First of all, very importantly, as you discussed with the President, there is an investigation that the United States government will launch led by the FBI, that has begun and--
BOB SCHIEFFER (overlapping): But they are not there.
SUSAN RICE: They are not on the ground yet, but they have already begun looking at all sorts of evidence of-- of various sorts already available to them and to us. And they will get on the ground and continue the investigation. So we'll want to see the results of that investigation to draw any definitive conclusions. But based on the best information we have to date, what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy--
BOB SCHIEFFER: Mm-Hm.
SUSAN RICE: --sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that-- in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.
BOB SCHIEFFER: But you do not agree with him that this was something that had been plotted out several months ago?
SUSAN RICE: We do not-- we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Do you agree or disagree with him that al Qaeda had some part in this?
SUSAN RICE: Well, we'll have to find out that out. I mean I think it's clear that there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence. Whether they were al Qaeda affiliates, whether they were Libyan-based extremists or al Qaeda itself I think is one of the things we'll have to determine.
We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.
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