Candidates push back against criticism of Arizona

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Candidates push back against criticism of Arizona
by Paul Davenport - Jun. 10, 2010 05:02 PM
Associated Press


Criticism of Arizona for enacting its new law targeting illegal immigration has become a political rallying cry, at least for some of its gubernatorial candidates.

In the latest pushback, Republican gubernatorial candidate Buz Mills has a new online ad that urges Arizonans to "stand up" for their state in the face of criticism from federal officials, civil rights activists and others denouncing the law and questioning its origin.

The ad posted late Wednesday night has snippets referring to bigots, racial profiling and Nazis.
"Out of state groups who don't know Arizona are trying to tear us down - boycotts, smear campaigns trying to turn Arizona into something we are not," Mills tells the camera. "I don't know about you but I think it takes a lot of nerve to live outside our border and then criticize what we're doing to secure them."
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Mills is running in a five-way Republican primary on Aug. 24. Gov. Jan Brewer and State Treasurer Dean Martin also are in the race, as well as two lesser-known candidates, Tom Gordon and Matthew Jette.


Read more: http: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/06/10/20100610arizona-immigration-candidates-fight-criticism.html

[burnsei sensei]

1. Arizona has insulted itself far beyond

anyone's power to insult it.
If I were Mills, I'd stop complaining and produce my papers. That name sounds a little foreign to me.