Armey Times: Hooray, Dick Armey’s coming to Arkansas to argue against Gov. Mike Beebe’s cigarette tax hike, an exercise in media manipulation that will no doubt be just as effectual as the Democrats’ “bipartisanship” effort on Monday. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Debate Squad: Meanwhile, Arkansas surgeon general challenges Armey to a debate on the issue. He declines, but both parties agree to settle it like real men in a sexy shirtless beach volleyball game, a la “Top Gun.” (Arkansas Times)
Rock the Vote: Democratic legislator Monty “Montgomery” Davenport wants to end Electoral College system. I’m just going to assume that this is exactly as retarded as it sounds. (AP)
Switch Hitter: Former Arkansas GOP official, now a lobbyist, supports smokes tax because one of his clients, a Memphis hospital, will benefit. Reporter asks: Why should Arkansas send money to support a Memphis hospital? (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Oblivious: House Speaker Robert “Robbie” Wills keeps invoking the movie “Thank You for Smoking,” but has he even watched the damn thing? Because the movie is at least as critical of smugly censorious anti-smoking scolds like himself — probably moreso — as it is of “Big Tobacco.” (Robbie Wills’ blog)
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