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TexasTowelie

(111,963 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 03:02 AM Mar 2017

George Will: Governor Doug Ducey Turning Arizona Into an 'Oasis of Liberty'

George Will, apparently reading the local papers while in town for spring-training games, has decided that Governor Doug Ducey is the new Mr. Conservative.

In his nationally syndicated column on Monday, Will wrote that Ducey is a modern-day Barry Goldwater, turning Arizona into an "oasis of liberty."

Say what? The governor who helped raise millions to keep marijuana a felony in Arizona, and who just last week signed a law that weakens direct democracy in the state, is all about liberty?

In fact, despite a few arguably anti-liberty moves, the former Cold Stone Creamery CEO and State Treasurer does generally wake up on the right side of bed, so to speak.

Just ask Arizona teachers: Ducey told them he wanted to give them a raise. Then, in his proposed budget, he offered a mere four-tenths of a percent raise for next year. His office cited low state revenues as the reason for the lowball proposal.

Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/governor-doug-ducey-turns-arizona-into-an-oasis-of-liberty-says-columnist-george-will-9197422

[font color=330099]Is there a perverse sense of comfort knowing that George Will is still full of bullshit?[/font]

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George Will: Governor Doug Ducey Turning Arizona Into an 'Oasis of Liberty' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
I guess consistency is something, but I always want to ask him Warpy Mar 2017 #1

Warpy

(111,169 posts)
1. I guess consistency is something, but I always want to ask him
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 03:31 AM
Mar 2017

to elaborate his sillier statements like this one.

George, freedom for whom? Certainly not the people of AZ.

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