Chuck Gray for Russell Pearce

We find ourselves in the midst of a great struggle, battling to save our country
from the enemies of freedom. Their intent is to rule over us and tell us how we
should live our lives. They are subverting our free economy, undermining our
Constitutional principles and weakening the rule of law. They are determined and
unrelenting in pursuit of their agenda. We must defend ourselves from these
attacks and I applaud those who are willing to place themselves at great personal
risk as they run to our defense. They are our champions of freedom.

Yet, these champions of freedom, to a large degree, stand alone. We should be at
their side – fighting shoulder to shoulder with them. And when they are attacked
we should quickly rise to their defense as they so quickly rose to ours.

Senator Russell Pearce is one who has consistently championed the principles of
liberty. While defending our liberties, he has been threatened, maligned and
persecuted. Those who have conspired against our American way of life are now
targeting Senator Pearce because of his effectiveness.

Liberal progressives are trying to silence the voice of this champion of freedom
through a recall election. Those who have joined to vote with the Recall
organizers, have unwittingly sided with the very people who are determined to
destroy our freedoms. When in a battle such as this, we should never side with the
enemies of freedom. That is why I fully support Russell Pearce.

Chuck Gray
Conservative Republican for Congress
Arizona District 6
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Recall of Senator Russell Pearce Spearheaded by Far Left

Rachel Alexander  

Recall of Senator Russell Pearce Spearheaded by Far Left

9/14/2011
Town Hall

Some extremists are targeting my favorite Arizona legislator, Senate President Russell Pearce , because he sponsored Arizona ’s illegal immigration bill SB 1070. Deep pockets on the left are funding a recall effort against him. A more liberal candidate, Jerry Lewis, has been found to run against Pearce in the recall election.  A third candidate, Olivia Cortes, has also turned in enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. The recall effort is not really surprising, considering Pearce has become one of the leading mainstream figures in the country opposing illegal immigration. The left sees him as a real threat because he is also personable and well-liked. Even some of his colleagues on the far left like him, such as Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, who is so liberal she once received the Vladimir I. Lenin award from the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers.

The recall signatures were collected by a shadowy organization calling itself “Citizens for a Better Arizona.” Its website “About Us” page does not include a single real name, only a vague description. The recall organizer is Randy Parraz, a labor organizer who ran the Arizona AFL-CIO a few years ago and who also worked for the national AFL-CIO for eight years.  According to the Huffington Post, “In the fall of 2007, Randy returned to Arizona and began work in the housing industry as a political organizer for the Laborers’ International Union of North America.” Parraz  has also worked as a community organizer with Dallas Area Interfaith, an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) founded by none other than Saul Alinsky. Parraz started the Student Institute for Social Change, a left wing organization. He ran as a Democrat against Senator John McCain in 2010 and finished last in the race. He co-founded the innocuous sounding “Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability,” which appears to exist solely to bash Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Parraz was arrested in 2008 for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing due to his conduct protesting Sheriff Arpaio. Afterwards, he turned around and sued the county for $500,000. He cites the Marxist book “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” as one of his favorite books.

Since Pearce is Mormon and represents a heavily Mormon populated district, the left purposely sought out a Mormon candidate to run against him. Parraz brazenly admitted to theArizonaRepublic that he wanted to find a Mormon who was a Republican to challenge Pearce. Parraz admits the recall isn’t motivated by Latinos angry about SB 1070, stating that most of his volunteers are “white people over the age of 50,” and that most of the people who signed the recall petitions were over age 50. This reveals what most conservatives have suspected all along; the opposition is mostly coming from white, aging hippies.   

The main candidate being set up to run against Pearce, Jerry Lewis, is careful not to sound too liberal and claims that he is a Republican. But if what he writes on his website is examined closely, it is clear he is no conservative. On the Issues page of his website, he reveals his big government side, “Certainly hard economic times demand that we all tighten our belts and eliminate non-essential spending in an informed manner. However we must not be hostile to local governments in doing so.”

Lewis does not take a conservative position on illegal immigration, and uses the language that many open borders proponents use. He writes on his website, “While the federal government fulfills its responsibility to secure the border, I support a rational and fair solution for dealing with immigrants who have committed no crime other than being here without proper documentation. Reasonable, enforceable and sustainable immigration reform must be guided by principles of maintaining national security, respecting all humanity, preserving families, enforcing the rule of law, and weighing economic impact.” He goes on to say that it is the federal government’s responsibility and that we need to move beyond “polarizing, contentious and fear-based rhetoric.”

The problem with saying it is the federal government’s responsibility is that the federal government has abdicated its duties in this area. States like Arizona which have the highest rates of illegal immigration in the country have been forced to step up and fill in the void with laws like SB 1070.

The left is using classic Saul Alinsky tactics to demonize and smear Pearce. This is no coincidence considering Parraz’s association with Alinsky’s IAF. Those defending Pearce have been viciously attacked online. The left brings up red herrings in order to discredit Pearce, such as diverting attention to whether his campaign signs were improper and threatening lawsuits over it.

Pearce is not the only conservative politician in Arizona being attacked for combating illegal immigration with Alinsky tactics. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is constantly under attacks taking the form of investigations and lawsuits, which are trumpeted in the media nonstop, even though most of them never go anywhere. The Arizona State Bar is trying to disbar former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, known for his aggressive efforts fighting crime-related illegal immigration. The Maricopa County Republican Party Executive Guidance Committee issued a resolution this month denouncing the Bar’s prosecution, calling it a political witchhunt.

The left’s Alinsky strategy to ruin the reputation of conservative politicians against whom they have no real case is to use innuendos. The left-leaning media assists them by making groundless lawsuits front page news and relegating their dismissals to the obituary pages. The left then sues Arizona government claiming abuse from these politicians, demanding millions of dollars from taxpayers, which gets spun in the media as the conservative politicians’ fault for wasting money.

Only 7,756 signatures were required to force a recall election, something that was easily accomplished by the paid signature-gathering company. Pearce’s supporters allege that some of the signatures were fraudulent and filed a lawsuit to stop the recall election. The Arizona Supreme Court will consider the challenge this week on September 13. The election is November 8, although early ballots go out October 15 and voters in a race with candidates this starkly different tend to vote right after receiving their ballots.

Even if Arizona voters are not thrilled with Pearce for whatever reason, they are not going to turn instead to someone considerably more liberal who was helped into office by the radical left. Pearce is not an “extremist” on the right as the left is trying to portray him. For example, Pearce does not advocate for laws requiring the rounding up and deporting of all illegal immigrants, something that might be considered a more radical position on the right.

Despite their deep pockets and Alinsky tactics, it will be tough for the left to defeat Pearce. He easily won election in 2010, and has won elections in his district 16 times. He beat off a challenge recently by Rep. Jeff Flake’s brother-in-law with a 2-to-1 margin. Pearce’s district, located primarily in Mesa , is safely Republican, with 26,000 Republicans, 21,000 Independents and only 18,500 Democrats. No Arizona legislator has ever been successfully recalled. The presence of a third candidate on the ballot will take votes away from Lewis. Pearce has powerful supporters including former Congressman Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan, who served as U.S. Treasurer under President Reagan. They haveformed a Committee to Oppose the Recall of Russell Pearce . A Mesa school bond vote that was scheduled to be on the November ballot with Pearce was shelved, reportedly over fear the election would bring out more conservatives to vote for Pearce who would not normally show up to vote against the bonds.

Nationwide, 60% of voters support SB 1070. That number is even higher even Arizona , where 70% of voters support SB 1070. One of the principles Pearce always emphasizes is the rule of law. Arizona voters in his district know that selectively not enforcing the law against certain preferred groups of people leads to chaos. 

 

Russell Pearce‘s Website is at:  http://russellpearce.com/

 Link: http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/09/14/recall_of…

To the Supporters of Jerry Lewis: Is This the America You Want?

To the Supporters of Jerry Lewis: Is This the America You Want?

By Anita Christy http://www.GilbertWatch.com

You ought to do your homework about the man who led the recall against Senator Russell Pearce : Randy Parraz.

Parraz, Democrat, born and reared in California , got a law degree from U.C. Berkeley, and a master’s in public administration at Harvard. Not exactly hotbeds of Conservative principles. In fact, back in 1992, about one third of the Communist Party USA joined with former Maoists, Trotskyites, socialists and anarchists to launch Committees of Correspondence in Berkeley , CA . Eugene Newport, former Mayor of Berkeley, served on the Advisory Board of the Committees of Correspondence. Parraz moved to Tucson , Arizona , where he fought against the passage of SB1070, and he ran against US Senator John McCain in 2010.

Parraz was a leader for 9 years in the IAF and the AFL-CIO. These two Democratic Socialist machines are powerful beyond anything you can conceive, and their mission is to destroy our culture and every value that defines us as a nation. They are relentless in turning America into a “socialist utopian dream.” Of course, their intellectual elites (such as Parraz) and wealthy elites (such as George Soros) will be in charge of all of it. They despise you, and they will use you for their own purpose and when that’s accomplished, you will be pushed aside. Not just you, but everything you stand for.

You are dangerously naïve if you think this upcoming recall election in LD18 is between Senator Russell Pearce and Jerry Lewis. It isn’t. This is all about the Left’s mission to destroy Russell Pearce and everything he has accomplished. They hate him because he is not a weak Republican. He is strong and has been successful in standing up for traditional American values.

What are those values that the Leftists hate? · Free Enterprise · Individual Liberty · Equal Opportunity · Self-Reliance · The Rule of Law · Individual Property Rights · State’s Rights · The 2nd Amendment · Respect for Contract What was the first successful contract with America ? The United States Constitution.

THE LEFTIST PLAYBOOK.

Their method? They take out the enemy by Demonizing him. Find the weaknesses and pound away at them. Throw in half-truths and lies for good measure. They label conservative principles “extremist” and refer to their own, no matter how extreme, as “civil,” “rational,” “reasonable” and “moderate.” They are respectful and collaborative and possess great political sophistication when describing their own views. Repeat all of the above to the public often enough, and the public will soon forget anything good that Russell Pearce has ever done. Instead, they will listen to whatever the Left tells them. It has already begun, with the media cheering them on, in Vents, Letters to the Editor, Facebook, comments at the end of online news articles. It will continue with their Anti-Pearce Campaign.

You think Russell Pearce has flaws you simply cannot tolerate? You think he’s “extreme”?

Take a look at Russell Pearce : http://www.russellpearce.com/

Now, take a look at Randy Parraz’s associations and answer this question:

WHICH AMERICA DO YOU WANT?

IAF: INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOUNDATION. Randy Parraz – Leader Founded by Saul Alinsky with the backing of Leftist millionaire Marshal Field in 1939, the IAF’s chief purpose is power and its chief product is social change. Alinsky is the author of RULES FOR RADICALS. Alinsky acknowledged Lucifer as “the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom.” The IAF trains community organizers, the most famous being President Barack Obama. Randy Parraz was an IAF leader for 9 years. He learned his trade well.

Saul Alinsky: “In the guise of a sociologist and as a self-described professional radical, Alinsky has preached and waged class warfare: the haves vs. the have-nots, by organizing poor people… against “the white Establishment,” and the city hall “power structure”….. (reference: Saul Alinsky – KeyWiki) “His utterances and writings cannot be identified with a single ideology. They contain elements of Marxism, Fascism, anarchism, Socialism, and racism, along with contempt for religion, the business world, and the traditional American political process.” (reference: Saul Alinsky – KeyWiki) AFL-CIO: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR-CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Randy Parraz – Leader.

The AFL-CIO is the largest labor union federation in the United States . Randy Parraz was the Arizona State Director for the National AFL-CIO for 9 years. The AFL-CIO pours millions of dollars into efforts to destroy “dangerous” Republicans and to get Democrats elected. They were a primary financial contributor to the toppling of Republicans in Colorado . The AFL-CIO is also a part of an 80-donor secretive Washington DC-based network called the Democracy Alliance. To be a member, you commit to a pledge of $1 million to fund the Alliance . Through a complicated organizational system, they “franchise their operations at the state level.” Lots of states. (Reference: THE BLUEPRINT: How the Democrats Won Colorado . Adam Schrager and Rob Witwer). Back in 1994-95, a “progressive coalition” of labor unionists ousted conservative AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland and replaced him with DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) member John Sweeney. As stated by Harold Meyerson, when he was the DSA vice-chair: “The differences here are magnified because the strategic importance of unions in American politics has increased almost exponentially since John Sweeney took the helm at the AFL-CIO in 1995. It’s the unions that have brought the Democrats back to the brink of retaking Congressional power.” The effort to elect Sweeney was led by several DSA affiliates, including Richard Trumka, the current president of the AFL-CIO. Trumka is a nasty character you wouldn’t allow your daughter to date under any circumstances. He made this comment to union members about workers who continued to work during a strike, “kick the shit out of every last one of ’em”. (Reference: “Sabotage Attempt Foiled at Peabody Coal Beltline. Nashville News. Sept. 8, 1993) Here’s detailed information on Richard Trumka, if you’ve got the stomach for it. http://keywiki.org/index.php/Richard_Trumka Why on earth would Jerry Lewis associate with Randy Parraz, a leader for 9 years in the AFL-CIO? Surely Lewis has heard of Richard Trumka. Surely he’s heard of Saul Alinsky.

Did you take a close look at Randy Parraz before you joined him in his destruction of Russell Pearce ?

Are you being lulled by the silver-tongued, highly educated, highly trained, Leftist Elitist Parraz?

IS THIS THE AMERICA YOU WANT?