Arizona Tea Party wants 'shadow army' to challenge signers of Sheriff Arpaio's recall petition

Soldier in the tea party's shadow army "Warrior" that I am, I'll certainly be there Saturday night! Stephen Lemons at New Times reports that the Arizona Tea Party is holding a meeting this weekend to recruit a "shadow army" of equally shadowy "warriors" who can go "toe-to-toe" with voters who intend to sign the petition to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio. They're looking for a force of about 400 brave warrior souls. Hell, Napoleon retook France with only 1,000 men; with 400 shadowy figures, stopping the recall should be a piece of cake.  

The petition's signature gatherers themselves are not in the shadows, but at sunny public places across the county'flea markets, libraries, downtowns, campuses, just about anywhere people congregate. If you're interested in the recall, which the tea party says is coordinated by "paid progressive socialists," here's a link to Respect Arizona's website.

The New Times article quotes the invitation to this Saturday's tea party recruitment gala in its scatterbrained entirety; here's a snapshot:

The purpose of the meeting is to muster and organize a "shadow army" of "shadow warriors" that are willing to volunteer their time to stand toe-to-toe at the majority of the locations here in Maricopa County where the paid progressive socialists are collecting petition signatures to recall Sheriff Joe....

We need to make sure this abusive and egregious attempt attacking Arizona's Constitution, voter sovereignty and the will of the people here in Arizona and around the Country fails in getting enough signatures.

Randy Parraz, Chad Snow and the special interest groups that are behind this recall effort are nothing more than domestic terrorists who are attempting to turn Arizona dark blue so they can further their liberal agenda. These are the same thugs who wrongfully recalled Russell Pearce. We need to stop these people now.

Someone should point out to these nitwits that the "egregious attempt attacking Arizona's Constitution," i.e., the recall, is provided for right there in the Arizona Constitution! If anything, stopping people from exercising their right to sign a petition is the "abusive" thing that's "attacking Arizona's Constitution."

Dog whistle alert! The "domestic terrorists" and "thugs" who recalled SB 1070 author Sen. Russell Pearce in 2011 (though not "wrongfully") were teachers, priests, seniors, librarians, business leaders and Republicans! Chad Snow, one of the Pearce recall organizers mentioned in the invitation, is a Republican. And the district in Mesa that Sen. Pearce had represented for six terms was heavily GOP and Mormon. Terrorists! Thugs! If anything, Pearce's campaign team practiced thuggery'recruiting a sham candidate to syphon votes away from the eventual winner, Republican Jerry Lewis.

Join me below the fold to learn more about this invitation from crazy.