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Y’all may remember a while back when I wrote a critical post about Phil Gordon’s endorsements of Republicans, and not just moderates but hard cores like Andrew Thomas and Jim Weiers. I recieved a reply from Gordon’s campaign the general gist of which was that Gordon is above petty concerns like partisanship. Apparently, he is some sort of immortal creature who exists beyond pedestrian, party politics.

Well, how the tables have turned. Now that Gordon has seen the light on Joe Arpaio (I ask again, what took him so long?) he is subject to a recall organized by local knuckle draggers. So, who does he turn to for help. A couple of clues: it is a certain political party whose name begins with “d.”

This from the state Democratic Party:

Dear Friend:

An attempted recall election is being organized against Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon in an effort to overturn his most recent re-election in 2007, which he won with 77 percent of the vote.

I urge you to take a moment today to help stop these efforts now by visiting

Mayor Gordon’s overwhelming victory at the polls last year followed his important involvement in our efforts across the state in 2006. As you well know, the 2006 election was a banner year for Democrats. J.D. Hayworth, still sore from losing his congressional seat to Democratic Rep. Harry Mitchell in 2006, is fanning the flames of the recall assault on the Mayor from his right-wing, talk-show perch.

As you know, most recently Mayor Gordon has been standing up to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and condemning the Sheriff’s large-scale round-ups in Hispanic neighborhoods that are designed to create a pool of Hispanics for the Sheriff to sift through in search of undocumented people. Mayor Gordon has condemned these aggressive sweeps as racial profiling, and he has requested the Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Arpaio’s tactics for civil rights violations.

In short, Mayor Gordon is standing up for what is right, and we need to stand up for Phil Gordon and help him stop this ugly recall effort in its tracks. What can you do to help? You can visit the website of Friends for Phil at where you can learn more about the recall effort, sign a letter of support for Phil and make a contribution to support the integrity of the electoral process in Arizona. It’s the right thing to do.

Sincerely

Don Bivens, Chairman
Arizona Democratic Party

Hey, I don’t want the guy recalled either (as much because I don’t want to grant the Cro-Magnon wing of the Republican party a head for their wall), but this is a bit, I dunno…

So, if he’s getting help from the party, has he recinded that endorsement of John McCain yet?