Arizona politics keeps the stupid people out of our State (Phoenix: 2014, attorney)

[DougStark]

As I see it, our State's conservative politics have the effect of keeping very stupid people out of our state. They reflexively think Arizona means "hate" and "bigotry", but they are sorely misled.

Who else feels uneducated, undesirable, and ignorant people are kept out of our State by our conservative politics?? Thank you.

[CodyW]

Thank you for sharing your (WRONG WRONG WRONG) opinion.

[JGMotorsport64]

Disagree our politics do nothing except hold us back from our true potential.

Ducey shouldn't be governor
Mark Brnovich shouldn't be Attorney General
The ACC shouldn't have been purchased by APS
SB 1070 shouldn't have happened
SB 1062 shouldn't have happened
The MLK Day debacle shouldn't have happened
Arpaio has proven how ridiculous MCSO has become
Diane Douglas is clearly unqualified to be our Superintendent
We continue to fund Private Prisons
We continue to allow unprecedented unmitigated sprawl and praise it while other cities catch on to modern interests and hint they aren't what we do
And most importantly our colleges have gone from cheap to amongst the most expensive in 5 years!


Our politics are embarrassing and have held back endless potential and squandered us to a laughingstock I do not praise any of it.

[LBTRS]

California is right next door and they have plenty of loons on the left for you guys. Maybe you should give it a try.

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by LBTRS

California is right next door and they have plenty of loons on the left for you guys. Maybe you should give it a try.

I hate this attitude. For those that have a stake in a community what our politics do only hold us back. This is the equivalent to "If you don't like it leave!". This is an Unamerican attitude and rather dumb world outlook, we are founded on making sure we all have a say.

[Ztonyg]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

I hate this attitude. For those that have a stake in a community what our politics do only hold us back. This is the equivalent to "If you don't like it leave!". This is an Unamerican attitude and rather dumb world outlook, we are founded on making sure we all have a say.

I hate this attitude too. However, unfortunately, it seems relatively prevalent in modern American discourse.

[Ztonyg]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

Disagree our politics do nothing except hold us back from our true potential.

Ducey shouldn't be governor
Mark Brnovich shouldn't be Attorney General
The ACC shouldn't have been purchased by APS
SB 1070 shouldn't have happened
SB 1062 shouldn't have happened
The MLK Day debacle shouldn't have happened
Arpaio has proven how ridiculous MCSO has become
Diane Douglas is clearly unqualified to be our Superintendent
We continue to fund Private Prisons
We continue to allow unprecedented unmitigated sprawl and praise it while other cities catch on to modern interests and hint they aren't what we do
And most importantly our colleges have gone from cheap to amongst the most expensive in 5 years!


Our politics are embarrassing and have held back endless potential and squandered us to a laughingstock I do not praise any of it.

As long as the Koch brothers are happy, that's all that matters.

Unfortunately, Arizona has miserable voter turnout (even though voting here is so easy with all of the mail ballots) and the people here that do vote tend to be most concerned with ending illegal immigration, continued tax cuts, and defeating Obama.

[Tall Traveler]

Lowers the population of stupid do nothing freeloaders but also a lot of brilliant creative thinkers as well. Conservatives are mostly middle class and that's what is prevalent in Arizona.

[stevek64]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

Disagree our politics do nothing except hold us back from our true potential.

Ducey shouldn't be governor
Mark Brnovich shouldn't be Attorney General
The ACC shouldn't have been purchased by APS
SB 1070 shouldn't have happened
SB 1062 shouldn't have happened
The MLK Day debacle shouldn't have happened
Arpaio has proven how ridiculous MCSO has become
Diane Douglas is clearly unqualified to be our Superintendent
We continue to fund Private Prisons
We continue to allow unprecedented unmitigated sprawl and praise it while other cities catch on to modern interests and hint they aren't what we do
And most importantly our colleges have gone from cheap to amongst the most expensive in 5 years!


Our politics are embarrassing and have held back endless potential and squandered us to a laughingstock I do not praise any of it.

Shouldn't/should have/couldn't/could have on just about anything in life....then there's reality. What is. And btw, I've known many people from other states over the years and they gripe the same way on why their politics are just as "embarrassing", at least in their view.

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

I hate this attitude. For those that have a stake in a community what our politics do only hold us back. This is the equivalent to "If you don't like it leave!". This is an Unamerican attitude and rather dumb world outlook, we are founded on making sure we all have a say.

Well, you may indeed "hate" being asked to perhaps take a look at CA because they may have more of your taste politically, but I think it's a realistic/good suggestion. Why get worked up over what you can't control? Besides your one vote, or the possibility of you running for office, things are what they are.

CA is a state that has politics/approaches that I think most would agree overall are quite different than AZ and I think would most likely take the opposite approach on your "shouldn't" list above. And to see another side, look where that has got them with their own population over the decades:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/up...ia-exodus.html


"Over the last few decades, millions of Californians have left the Golden State for opportunities elsewhere.

According to census data compiled by my colleague Rob Gebeloff, the Pacific Northwest and fast growing Sunbelt states like Texas, Arizona and Nevada have attracted a disproportionate share of ex-Californians."

The point is many people are fed up with CA for certain reasons the same way you don't like many aspects of AZ. But instead of complaining, they moved on. And for them, escaping to AZ is enough of a relief for them to settle here.

And back to the main suggestion that I think is a good one to you.....if politics/the way things are handled in Phoenix or AZ as a whole are that much of an issue for you in a negative way, I don't think it's bad advice to suggest to someone like you to give serious thought to move on to another state with a better match in things that are important to you in your life.

[DougStark]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Lowers the population of stupid do nothing freeloaders but also a lot of brilliant creative thinkers as well. Conservatives are mostly middle class and that's what is prevalent in Arizona.

And what is your reference in making this false claim? Yes, Hollywood liberals wouldn't want to live in Arizona, but new entrepreneurs would certainly like the lower tax, less intrusive government of AZ vs. CA.