Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:32 PM

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2nd Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/2nd_mayor_says_obama_wasnt_tense_at_all_during_bre.php

Out of the three officials who met President Obama on an airport tarmac near Phoenix earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) is now the only one who has characterized the president as anything other than cordial.

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But Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, who was standing just feet away from the president and the governor on Wednesday during their now-infamous encounter, told TPM that Obama seemed calm the whole time.

“He wasn’t tense at all,” Stanton said on Friday. “The guy’s a pro.”

Though Stanton declined to discuss exactly what the governor and president said to each other, he said Obama’s classic coolness was evident.

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2nd Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter (Original post)	highplainsdem	Jan 27	OP
President Obama is way too smart and sophisticated...	MarianJack	Jan 27	#1
"a shrill little turd brain"	NBachers	Jan 27	#6
I like the visual.	MarianJack	Jan 27	#15
I'd be thinking more of Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight. for some reason.	Ken Burch	Jan 27	#18
Whatever you're referrring to there, I'm glad I missed it, LOL	freshwest	Jan 30	#45
exactly why he hasn't	mopinko	Jan 27	#7
One of the few good lessons my father taught me was...	MarianJack	Jan 27	#17
Jan Brewer is afflicted with Republicon Projection Disease? Who'd a thunk it? nt	DCKit	Jan 27	#2
If the Governor was a Dem doing this to Bush	Thrill	Jan 27	#3
No...the Secret Service would've wrestled the Dem to the ground...	Ken Burch	Jan 27	#19
Careful,	ashling	Jan 28	#29
If the gov. was a dem?	Roy Mandina	Jan 30	#42
I did not realize Brian Williams was a governor.	MGKrebs	Jan 30	#46
Reading is your Friend	Thrill	Jan 30	#48
Being tense would have been ENTIRELY out of character for him. Anyone who believes that just	patrice	Jan 27	#4
Thin skinned	Cosmocat	Jan 27	#5
They obscure their own weaknesses by ascribing them to others. Anyone needing	patrice	Jan 27	#10
They EXPOSE thier own weaknesses by ascribing them to others!. . .n/t	annabanana	Jan 27	#12
Yep--they have a 'projection' problem! nt	MADem	Jan 27	#16
i used to think it was a strategy - acuse your opponent of what you are doing before	arely staircase	Jan 27	#20
The strategy was her saying she felt threatened. That was the back flip.	demgrrrll	Jan 28	#28
i can't tell you how many times	arely staircase	Jan 29	#39
Right, I guess I should have said that they TRY to obscure, but end up exposing themselves.	patrice	Jan 28	#34
This is the same guv who spread the headless bodies story as a dog whistle, just like this.	freshwest	Jan 27	#25
Limited bigots CAN'T even imagine what they don't perceive in others. nt	patrice	Jan 28	#35
past her league?	Roy Mandina	Jan 30	#43
past her league?	Roy Mandina	Jan 30	#44
Your boy George W is the one who dug the hole.	MGKrebs	Jan 30	#47
LOL....well said	Cali_Democrat	Jan 30	#40
It's obvious: Jan Brewer has had way too frequent guzzles of the brew she brews.	Dont call me Shirley	Jan 27	#8
he was probably trying hard not to laugh in her face	JI7	Jan 27	#9
BTW, writing that out as a note does seem a bit frightened doesn't it?	patrice	Jan 27	#11
It is nice of the mayor to not play politics with the issue.	Marnie	Jan 27	#13
Yeah Jan do your hair and use some denture adhesive too. eom	cgnick	Jan 27	#22
Of course he wasn't. That is apparent from the picture.	yellowcanine	Jan 27	#14
Gov. Brewer was and is no threat	quaker bill	Jan 27	#21
She gave him a hand written letter.	cgnick	Jan 27	#23
Who the hell can read that drivel? Looks like a schoolkid wrote it..	HipChick	Jan 27	#24
I couldn't read it either	lovemydog	Jan 28	#27
She had "slipped from the spotlight" and needed a way to get herself back into the news...	SoapBox	Jan 28	#26
I am not surprised	Irishonly	Jan 28	#30
the GOP has some real Head Cases	fascisthunter	Jan 28	#31
Now THIS is cordiality, Brewer style:	DFW	Jan 28	#32
"The guy's a pro."	99 Percent Sure	Jan 28	#33
Ha, I knew this story was fabricated.	Initech	Jan 28	#36
Brewer just wants publicity for her book	Politicub	Jan 28	#37
Brewing was projecting.	Odin2005	Jan 28	#38
Brewer sounds a bit high strung...	Beartracks	Jan 30	#41

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:37 PM

MarianJack (5,576 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. President Obama is way too smart and sophisticated...

...to let a shrill little turd brain like brewer to get under his skin to the point that he'd show it publicly.

One of my first rules of engagement is that the first one who gets visibly pissed off loses. brewer lost.

PEACE!

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:34 PM

NBachers (2,505 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. "a shrill little turd brain"

Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:35 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Described, distilled, and delivered. I like the way you write.

Obama's the guy with the shades and fedora, blowing out his cool sax number while the cops bust in to raid the place.

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Response to NBachers (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 09:35 PM

MarianJack (5,576 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

15. I like the visual.

For some reason, it reminded me of "Some Like It Hot", although Lemmon & Curtis didn't stay cool.

PEACE!

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Response to MarianJack (Reply #15)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:14 PM

Ken Burch (25,783 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

18. I'd be thinking more of Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight. for some reason.

n/t.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 03:48 PM

freshwest (7,968 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

45. Whatever you're referrring to there, I'm glad I missed it, LOL

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Response to MarianJack (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:37 PM

mopinko (37,474 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. exactly why he hasn't

kicked ass and taken names. i know we would all like that. but he is playing a long game that is starting to pay off.

i could never do it, tho. ever.

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Response to mopinko (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 09:37 PM

MarianJack (5,576 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

17. One of the few good lessons my father taught me was...

...that the first one who loses their cool loses.

The rethugs lost their cool the day that President Obama clinched the nomination in 2008.

PEACE!

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:02 PM

DCKit (15,570 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. Jan Brewer is afflicted with Republicon Projection Disease? Who'd a thunk it? nt

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:16 PM

Thrill (16,140 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. If the Governor was a Dem doing this to Bush

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There would yells from the Republicans and the Media for resignation

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Response to Thrill (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:15 PM

Ken Burch (25,783 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

19. No...the Secret Service would've wrestled the Dem to the ground...

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Response to Ken Burch (Reply #19)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 06:39 AM

ashling (14,650 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

29. Careful,

I made a comment along these lines the other day and had my post removed without warning

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Response to Thrill (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

Roy Mandina (3 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

42. If the gov. was a dem?

Are you just trying to get a laugh, or are you really that ignorant? NO PRESIDENT EVER WAS DISRESPECTED AS MUCH AS BUSH! I know you know that, so why the hypocrisy? No one can disagree with Obama without being called a racist. Go to Youtube and watch Brian Williams point his finger in Bush's face several times. Did you complain then? Of course not! You didn't even hear about it. Your theory is shot down. It's amazing how thin-skinned liberals are and at the same time so malicious and vicious.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:19 PM

MGKrebs (7,164 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

46. I did not realize Brian Williams was a governor.

Last edited Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:21 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

You learn something every day.

edit: And I might add- even if it were true that criticism of Obama draws cries of racism, it sure doesn't seem to be stopping anybody.

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Response to Roy Mandina (Reply #42)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 05:04 PM

Thrill (16,140 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

48. Reading is your Friend

Dumbass. Now go back and read what I posted.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:23 PM

patrice (36,649 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

4. Being tense would have been ENTIRELY out of character for him. Anyone who believes that just

doesn't know who they're talking about, or they are lying.

People really think they guy who made decisions on how to get Osama bin Laden would be intimidated by a light-weight like Brewer??? It IS to laugh!

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Response to patrice (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:30 PM

Cosmocat (3,807 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

5. Thin skinned

this is a standard frame the right wing has applied to BO from day one.

NOTHING about these people include actual reality, they just spew their nonsense regardless.

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Response to Cosmocat (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:30 PM

patrice (36,649 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

10. They obscure their own weaknesses by ascribing them to others. Anyone needing

the same defense-mechanism agrees.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:55 PM

annabanana (41,873 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

12. They EXPOSE thier own weaknesses by ascribing them to others!. . .n/t

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Response to annabanana (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 09:36 PM

MADem (68,191 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

16. Yep--they have a 'projection' problem! nt

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Response to MADem (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:25 PM

arely staircase (734 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

20. i used to think it was a strategy - acuse your opponent of what you are doing before

they point out that you are doing it. but, yeah, now i think it is psychological projection.

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #20)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:00 AM

demgrrrll (2,933 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

28. The strategy was her saying she felt threatened. That was the back flip.

Last edited Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:01 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

in my experience when a bully is caught, and she is a bully, they will say things like You are scaring me Im scared I feel
threatened. Takes the spot off her finger pointing.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:44 PM

arely staircase (734 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

39. i can't tell you how many times

i have caught a student bullying another only to have the bully turn on the tears when confronted - then return to the same behavior once the heat was off. those kids will probably be republicans.

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Response to annabanana (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 04:02 PM

patrice (36,649 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

34. Right, I guess I should have said that they TRY to obscure, but end up exposing themselves.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:53 PM

freshwest (7,968 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

25. This is the same guv who spread the headless bodies story as a dog whistle, just like this.

She's desperate for attention now and she knows the baggers would love to see her put Obama down. It's only going to happen in their minds, not real life. He's way past her league.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 04:06 PM

patrice (36,649 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

35. Limited bigots CAN'T even imagine what they don't perceive in others. nt

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Response to freshwest (Reply #25)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 03:41 PM

Roy Mandina (3 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

43. past her league?

How is Obama "past her league?" She hasn't borrowed trillions from the Chinese! She hasn't lost millions of jobs! Obama hasn't done one thing right. Every economic indicator is worse since he took office, THREE YEARS AGO!

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 03:43 PM

Roy Mandina (3 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

44. past her league?

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:27 PM

MGKrebs (7,164 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

47. Your boy George W is the one who dug the hole.

You do remember that this was the worst economic crisis since the depression, right?
Bush relaxed regulation of banks who then manipulated mortgages which caused the crash. It didn't help that at the same time he was cutting taxes AND fighting TWO wars all at the same time.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:58 AM

Cali_Democrat (10,449 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

40. LOL....well said

Obama is always cool as a cucumber. Nothing phases him.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:15 PM

Dont call me Shirley (470 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

8. It's obvious: Jan Brewer has had way too frequent guzzles of the brew she brews.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:19 PM

JI7 (34,829 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. he was probably trying hard not to laugh in her face

can't believe such a dumbshit is governor. but then we have had Arnold, Scott WAlker and all of these lower level officials saying stupid shit.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:33 PM

patrice (36,649 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

11. BTW, writing that out as a note does seem a bit frightened doesn't it?

Avoidant?

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 08:28 PM

Marnie (844 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

13. It is nice of the mayor to not play politics with the issue.

Brewer needs to remember the POTUS, who ever they are can, include and exclude any one they want from getting within a mile of them.

What ever Brewer's issue, she abused Obama's hospitality, which shows just had tacky she is.

Oh, and Jan, next time you meet a real VIP wash and comb your hair, you are embarrassing the women of America.

I wonder what the SS guys would have done if she had actually poked him, remembering how closely they hovered over him during the meet and greet at the State of the Union? They didn't even trust the Congress persons to not take a shot at him.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:04 PM

cgnick (10 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

22. Yeah Jan do your hair and use some denture adhesive too. eom

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 09:01 PM

yellowcanine (20,604 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

14. Of course he wasn't. That is apparent from the picture.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:55 PM

quaker bill (5,710 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

21. Gov. Brewer was and is no threat

neither intellectually nor in any power sense. That she even believes that she is big enough to cause tension is massive self flattery.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:09 PM

cgnick (10 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

23. She gave him a hand written letter.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/arizona-guv-jan-brewer-face-releases-private-note-gave-president-obama-tarmac-tiff-article-1.1012906?localLinksEnabled=false

A letter is good way to deliver a message when you have trouble mustering complete sentences.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:12 PM

HipChick (7,418 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

24. Who the hell can read that drivel? Looks like a schoolkid wrote it..

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:21 AM

lovemydog (535 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

27. I couldn't read it either

Wish the ny daily news had transcribed it.

The entire thing looks like a lame publicity stunt concocted by Brewer.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:19 AM

SoapBox (2,974 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

26. She had "slipped from the spotlight" and needed a way to get herself back into the news...

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She's a GOPathtic Party member and acts as such.

This was all bullshit and she knows it...she did this knowing that she would get a big boost from the Baggers, for supposedly giving Prez O grief.

Be seriously embarassed Arizona...seriously.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 10:26 AM

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