With Gabrille Giffords having stepped aside to focus on her recovery, the special election to replace her in Arizona's 8th congressional district is just three weeks away. Democrats have nominated Ron Barber, a former Giffords aide, while a familiar name will be on the ballot for Republicans.
Remember Jesse Kelly? In 2010, the Tea Party Republican sponsored a campaign event in which supporters joined him in shooting a "fully automatic M-16." The campaign's announcement read at the time, "Get on target for November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office." He also took a stand against food-safety regulations, suggesting it should be up to individuals to protect themselves from salmonella outbreaks.
Kelly, in the same race, also accepted the endorsement of an anti-immigrant group called ALIPAC, which has been accused of having ties to white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Kelly lost a close race in 2010, but hopes to win the June 12 special election -- but as the local ABC affiliate discovered, he and his campaign really doesn't want to talk about ALIPAC.
For the record, when you accept the support of accused extremists and neo-Nazis, "This election's about jobs" isn't a great answer.
ALIPAC renewed its support for Kelly's campaign last week.





Insanity is an epidemic in Arizona.
Let's sell AZ to Mexico so they can pull over all the white folks and ask to see their papers.
Well, that and so the white folks there can no longer vote in our elections.
Aren't all Arizona Republicans Nazis? What's the big deal about a Nazi pac supporting a Republican? The Republican platform in any state or at the national level is little more than a listing of every group of Americans they hate.
No. In witness whereof, me.
Not, mind, for ideological reasons. Because like Alabama in the 40s, it's a one-party State.
Pay no attention to that klan behind the curtain
ALIPAC does not have any ties to neo nazis. The group is currently endorsing 140 Federal candidates including 125 seated members of Congress. The organization is multi racial with internal poll showing 22% minority support. The groups leader William Gheen is known nationally for speaking out against racist groups and helping to elect some of the first women and minorities to office in certain districts in NC. He is also known nationally for saying Americans of all races should work together against illegal immigration. This lie about neo nazis is based off of anonymous internet postings for which there are no verifiable sources for. ALIPAC's racially inclusive platfrom has been on display for years at www.alipac.us
The xenophobia displayed on their homepage in headline post after headline post doesn't help their case. And if they are multicultural in the sense that Herman Cain makes the GOP multicultural, that's not much of a help either.
So William Gheen wants you to know that William Gheen is a good person? Who do you think you're fooling? Seriously you couldn't even advocate for yourself in a third party name?
And then you state that an internal poll showed 22% minority support? What does this even mean? 22% of your organization support minorities or 22% are minorities? There's a huge difference between the two. Advocating that only 22% of your organization supports minorities would, in fact, prove the point you're advocating against. Stating that 22% of your organization is comprised of minorities seems to insinuate that only white people agree w/ your policy positions. How quaint.
Subjects of discussion on ALIPAC's supposedly inclusive website:
Is anyone talking about all these black mob attacks on whites?
Comment from ALIPAC regarding elections. Apparently minorities don't count in elections to people at ALIPAC, only white people.
Romney releases yet another Spanish language ad. Idiot!
Law of the Sea Treaty = Rape of America - yes, because apparently acknowledging that all modern democracies must adhere to peace treaties signed by the UN will bring about the anti-christ
PROPAGANDA CONTINUED HERE: Hawaii verifies Obama birth records to Arizona's election chief - Yahoo! News
And I enjoy this little gem of insight from a commentator there on the birth certificate issue:
Apparently ALIPAC members believe that verifying that someone was born in the US isn't verification enough to verify that the Obama is an American citizen o.O
Here is what ALIPAC states most of it's people believe:
So they want to take America's currently restrictive immigration status (remember the US ranks among one of the hardest nations to immigrate to legally) and lower it and they want to remove any and all programs that help people gain access to citizenship (because apparently helping someone become a citizen is amnesty). So ALIPAC is basically saying here outright that they don't believe in immigration in the US. They also bitch about voter ID fraud, but then apparently believe national IDs are bad and IDs are only for immigrants. Sigh
I'm sure that 22% of their membership is "minority," as long as you count "female" as a "minority."
ALIPAC's President, William Gheen, is frequently quoted in local, national, and international press on immigration issues. ALIPAC is often interviewed and quoted on CNN, FOX News, MSBNC, CBS as well as in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Miami Herald according to the group's website and video and article archives.[1] The commenter has a bit of an axe to grind
And, out in the hallway, the diatribe continued: "You uppity little slut! We handed you a list of questions to ask, and instead you went all rogue on us! Who the H do you think you are? Katie Kouric?"
By 2010 he means last week, and by last week he means "shut your piehole, woman!"
What is wrong with Arizona? The entire state seems to have gone off its rocker.
I don't want to go to these states for vacation. the people are scary!
A "professional" campaign manager screaming at a reporter from off camera during an interview. Wow, that is beyond belief. The campaign manager should be fired.
It is the republican version of a professional, kind of like republican pharmacists refusing to dispense contraceptives, republican doctors refusing to treat medicaid patients, republican lawyers covering up crimes, republican bankers gambling with investors funds and republican political turds corrupting everything they touch.
Another case of trying to intimidate the media and conceal donors (sponsors who would influence public policies). I am really annoyed by this and so glad the media in this case informed their audience of the facts!
This is a huge problem! Hiding who donates is disguising candidates and policy issues further!
Ah, Bill Gheen, anti-immigrant extraordinaire, with his claims that illegal immigrants cause everythign bad, from all being gang members to the heartbreak of psoriasis, that they all murder rape and steal. Rather sad that perfectly good neo-nazis would associate with such a liar. <ahem> Pity for Bill that the internet remembers things.
Where do they come up with these nutcases ??
Jesse Kelly really thinks there shouldn't be food safety ?? WTF !
That is beyond the typical insanity from the 'right'. That is dangerous and would cause many deaths.
What is he thinking ?? oh... wait... thinking hurts, huh ?
anyone claiming ALIPAC is supported by Neo Nazis is a liar. Sure, you might disagree with us about illegal immigration, but must you lie and call people names to try to further your side of the debate?
22% of our supporters are Black, Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial according to our last survey. We work with black leaders and groups. We call on all races to work together. We speak out against racism and racist groups, including Hispanic racists that go around claiming Hispanics are the end all be all of US elections. I have a past electing minorities to office. All this but you still want to claim that anonymous postings on websites equals "neo nazi backing" that is ABSURD.
What you are doing is claiming that anyone that opposes illegal immigration is somehow a racist or a nazi and by applying that label you are targeting someone for VIOLENCE and if you doubt this I encourage you to go wear a hood in a black neighborhood and see what happens.
Lies intended to silence people, create fear, and generate violence against your political opponents.
America allows 1.6 million people to legally immigrate each year which is the most generous legal immigration policy on planet earth.
Racism doesn't mean what you think it does Gheen. Talking about how important minorities are to an election is NOT racism. Acknowledging race is also not racism. Acknowledging that certain groups tend to favor certain issues over other groups is also not racism. When you throw around the term "racism" in ways that are inappropriate you end up obfuscating real racism and you end up making the problem worse. If you're truly concerned about racial issues then that means you're not doing yourself any favors.
Secondly you stating that only 22% of your organization is minority when you operate in a state that has more than 22% minority population means, as I said earlier, that your policies unduly represent white beliefs and white values versus that of minorities. It's not something to pride yourself on.
So you spend all this time trying to reassure us that you're not racist and then you immediately follow....by making this racist assertion about black people? Are you kidding me?
No and no. This is just hilarious. The 1990 Immigration Act limits the number of people who can enter the US legally to 700,000. What you are confusing here is the amount of people who have already been living in the US or who are married to US citizens or who have/are serving in the US military applying for residency status which is not the same thing. These people are already living in the US or otherwise a part of the US system, but are now applying to become citizens given the amnesty that current law will allow. While 700,000 is much higher than it has ever been in US history, it is faaaaaaaaaaaar from being one of the most liberal immigration policies in the world. I don't even know where you get that from. You are also opposed to allowing people who are married to US citizens to come to the US, opposed to student and work VISAs/green cards, and are opposed to military service to US citizenship. You are also opposed to the grandfather clause regarding citizenship. So you are, in essence, inflating the numbers to include something you feel shouldn't be included in those numbers. Sighs.
One last thing: on every one of those blog posts that I added there was an ALIPAC comment present. Which means you claiming that these are just random internet bloggers is complete bullpuckey. Beyond that some of the quotes I gave were from ALIPAC.
Methinks the leader as ALIPAC doth protest too much. Why can't you just proudly stand by your xenophobia and admit the racist component. You will be perfectly in tune with the rest of the Republican Party. ALIPAC's President, William Gheen, is frequently quoted in local, national, and international press on immigration issues. ALIPAC is often interviewed and quoted on CNN, FOX News, MSBNC, CBS as well as in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Miami Herald according to the group's website and video and article archives.[1]
I do not believe it is a racist assertion about black people to say that if you were tied to a telephone pole with tape over your mouth and a white KKK hood on you in a black neighborhood you would be assaulted or killed eventually regardless of your true sentiments about race.
Yes, I will gladly protest when a bunch of illegal alien invasion supporters that support the murder of American citizens by illegal aliens and the theft of billions of US taxpayer resources and mass felonious election fraud through their positions throw the truth to the wind to defame others in pursuit of their unscrupulous and unpopular political agenda.
Simply put, your claims that we are the white supremacist neo nazis that reach out to minorities, work with minority groups, work with minority leaders, endorse and support minority candidates is sheer bull crap.
You can repeat your mantra as much as you like. We are not backing down, we are not running away, and the more you and your biased liberal allies in the media repeat your lies the more credibility and support you will lose.
Everyone knows your tired and worn out race card is a sign of weakness and name calling.
This was not the assertion that you made. You've now changed the assertion that you initially made to something entirely different in an attempt to pretend like you've been neutral all along. You have not been. Your statement was that if you wear a hood in a black neighborhood you will be killed. This is a. reinforcing the idea that black people are naturally violent and b. reinforcing the idea that white people are disproportionately the victims of black crime (which is the argument you were initially making. You were stating that by people associating you w/ neo-nazis that this would necessitate black people would be violent towards you). And no, I sincerely doubt that if you were tied to a pole wearing a white hood in a black neighborhood that you'd be killed. At that point most reasonable people would wonder why it was that you were tied to a pole and had a hood on you. See it turns out black people, just like everyone else, are mostly good people who have compassion. Why you see blacks as violent is your own problem.
Ok first off: by definition in order to be an invasion it must be a government acting upon another government. In particular it must be a military force. You are misusing the terminology in an attempt to make an appeal to emotion. This is a logical fallacy and is a silly argument. No one is invading the US nor has someone invaded the US in hundreds of years.
US federal money cannot go to illegal immigrants. At least not directly. Federal government money requires as part of it's reception that you be a US citizen in order to receive it as well as all federal benefits. I suppose you can argue that billions go to support illegal aliens in that we build roads and presumably a person who is here undocumented would be using those roads. But that is very shaky reasoning.
As for voter fraud: there is no massive voter fraud problem. We already have a current system in place to address issues of voter fraud if they occur, but by and large voter fraud doesn't even accumulate to a tenth of a percent of any one particular election. Most of those who commit voter fraud are not non-US citizens, but are rather US citizens who have committed "fraud" in that they haven't properly registered, have moved or gotten married and did not update their information, are intransient, etc. There is no massive epidemic of non-citizens voting in US elections.
You state that you are pro-minority because you work w/ black people which is and of itself highly ignorant, although I wouldn't state that it's racist. It's like saying "I can't be bigoted towards blacks, I have a black friend!" Black people aren't a prop to be used to defend yourself against what biases you may or may not have. It's a red herring argument (an additional logical fallacy) that you use as an attempt to scapegoat blame. As I stated before you stating that you've supported minority candidates in the past and that you have a 22% minority participation membership is NOT evidence that you are not in favor of white superiority.
This is projection. I have not repeated a mantra nor has anyone else who has talked to you. YOU registered on this website specifically so that you could tout the ALIPAC organization claims and belief systems. So in other words YOU joined up so that YOU could repeat the ALIPAC mantra to liberals. You state that liberals are being biased and yet you have provided ZERO evidence to support any of your claims. You are being challenged on the intellectual and factual merit of your claims and your only response, so far at least, has been to reassert the premise (which is, again, a logical fallacy) while providing no evidence. Do not blame other people for your own actions.
By saying this you are engaging in a logical fallacy known as an ad hominem (which means you have a weak argument) and you are engaging in name calling. You are being hypocritical here and, yet again, projecting your actions onto other people.
If you want to prove people incorrect then you must have a logical, coherent, factual argument to present. Using appeals to emotion, appeals to minority, appeals to phantom enemies, etc. are not logical arguments, are not intellectually consistent, and are not factual. Do not get angry that people are not agreeing w/ everything you say simply because people are asking you to verify your claims. Verify your claims first and then you can take the high ground.
Can we see the survey Mr Gheen? Or you just make it up as you go along?
Part of the problem is the Ron Barber candidacy. Running a congressional aide or widow or child to replace a deceased or disabled Representative is bad for America. Congress members should have experience in elective office at the state level, experience with party pressure and fund raising and pushy constituents and not just be a name celebrity or a familiar face.
This weakness provides an opening for wreckers like Gheen.
Why is it bad for America, why should members of Congress have experience with elective office? Sorry Jared, your post makes no sense, aides regularly run for open seats of those they worked for ( Lyndon Johnson is a good example), I can name dozens of outstanding congressmen and senators who never served at the state level. Experience with party pressure, fund raising and pushy constituents is not something that aides are unfamiliar with. What you perceive as a weakness is in reality a strength, the only weakness is your lack analysis to justify your assertions.
I don't think the people represented as the current republican canidates are true republicans... nor do I believe true republicans have racial issues. If they want to claim a party call it what it is... Nazism.
I want to come on the Maddow show to debate our extremist supporters LOL. Come on Maddow, let's discuss this live on your show.
Sorry, racist, no free TV time for you. Rachel generally only interviews people of interest with some kind of use to society, which disqualifies you and anyone who shares your particular brand of reprehensible idiocy.
I dont think Rachel would WANT this person on TV
http://www.adl.org/Civil_Rights/anti_immigrant/alipac.asp
Article and Video: Jesse Kelly Says Health Care Is A “Privilege You Earn” http://j.mp/IrWsia
Article: Jesse Kelly Would Privatize Social Security http://j.mp/JPVE4E
Article: Jesse Kelly trying to hide endorsement by extremist racist group?? http://j.mp/K26Kqp
Article: Citizens United Endorses Jesse Kelly in Special Election http://j.mp/w4YGg8
About "Citizens United": http://j.mp/zz409s
Article: Jesse Kelly Trying To Walk Back His Call to Eliminate the Minimum Wage http://j.mp/HYa1SG
Article: CD8 candidate Jesse Kelly’s and Tea Party’s economic platform similar to Communist nations http://j.mp/zBKXth
Article: CD8 Republican Jesse Kelly Calls For New National Sales Tax http://j.mp/xNFoui
Article: Giffords Opponent, Jesse Kelly, Held June Event to “Shoot a Fully Automatic M16 to “Get on Target” and “Remove Gabrielle Giffords” http://j.mp/zsqdwJ and http://j.mp/A5to9a
Article: More Jesse Kelly Lies About Medicare http://j.mp/IUOmPk
Article and Video: Jesse Kelly: "Oil Is A Renewable Resource" http://j.mp/xlm23i
Article: Jesse Kelly Supported by Groups Tied to White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis http://j.mp/HR9RfR
Letter: Tucson Tea Party Co-Founder: 13 Questions for Jesse Kelly that must be answered before you vote http://j.mp/zCtsMM
Video: Jesse Kelly's ENTIRE platform http://j.mp/JjkdXr
Simply put, Jesse Kelly has neither the brains, credibility or honesty for public office, the will for fighting or the compassion to represent the people of southern Arizona either CD8 OR CD2.
Oh yes ALIPAC, the organization where some of its members stopped buying a specific brand of get this.... toilet paper, because they saw an ad in Spanish on a Spanish TV channel. Or some of its members boycotting Pepsi, because they found out it was bottled in Mexico.
Oh and their dear leader William Gheen who likes to breach legality to people, when he himself has been defrauding the IRS for several years, time to give them a call
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KGUN needs to expose ALIPAC's financial misdeeds. Gheen has essentially defrauded donors by claiming to be a Federal PAC, yet pocketing nearly ALL of his substantial contributions. In 2010, he took in $160k and gave out just $3k to ONE candidate!!!"
ALIPAC's FEC filings: http://bit.ly/JVjDDM
Oh yes ALIPAC, the organization where some of its members stopped buying a specific brand of get this.... toilet paper, because they saw an ad in Spanish on a Spanish TV channel. Or some of its members boycotting Pepsi, because they found out it was bottled in Mexico.
Oh and their dear leader William Gheen who likes to breach legality to people, when he himself has been defrauding the IRS for several years, time to give them a call
"
KGUN needs to expose ALIPAC's financial misdeeds. Gheen has essentially defrauded donors by claiming to be a Federal PAC, yet pocketing nearly ALL of his substantial contributions. In 2010, he took in $160k and gave out just $3k to ONE candidate!!!"
ALIPAC's FEC filings: http://bit.ly/JVjDDM
In a moment of curiosity I went to the ALIPAC site and found a boycott Absolut vodka ad. Ever curious, I searched the brand name + boycott. The offense was having an old map showing the old Mexican border, that was historically significant, but included Texas (and probably California, who knows). I am not sure of the context of that ad, but apparently that was unforgivable to display a historic map.
Yes, it's very wise to expose who is sponsoring which PAC. It should not be allowed to have anonymous ads and campaign funds.