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Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:00 PM

Arizona Governer Waives her Finger in the president's face

Why are the Republican leaders in this country so farkin' disrespectful??



"Arizona Governor Jan Brewer traded words with President Obama after she greeted him at a Phoenix airport Wednesday.

"Brewer and Obama "spoke intensely for a few minutes" after he landed at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, according to a White House pool report. At one point, the GOP governor shook her finger at the president.

"He was a little disturbed about my book," Brewer told a reporter after the incident, referring to her political memoir, "Scorpions for Breakfast." In the book, Brewer depicted Obama as "patronizing" during an earlier meeting."

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The last time Obama met with Brewer was June 2010, when the Arizona governor visited the Oval Office for a private, 30-minute encounter the White House called a "good meeting." At the time, Brewer said the meeting was "very cordial," but in her book she said Obama had been "condescending."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/jan-brewer-obama_n_1232367.html



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Reply Arizona Governer Waives her Finger in the president's face (Original post)
powergirl Jan 2012 OP
notadmblnd Jan 2012 #1
Drunken Irishman Jan 2012 #2
csziggy Jan 2012 #5
progressiveinaction Jan 2012 #35
aptal Jan 2012 #37
RZM Jan 2012 #38
muntrv Jan 2012 #3
GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #4
Cali_Democrat Jan 2012 #6
trueblue2007 Jan 2012 #7
BiggJawn Jan 2012 #8
ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2012 #9
HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #10
gulliver Jan 2012 #11
Pisces Jan 2012 #12
stevedeshazer Jan 2012 #13
CakeGrrl Jan 2012 #14
Mariana Jan 2012 #43
Post removed Jan 2012 #15
Toucano Jan 2012 #16
Serial Mom Jan 2012 #17
ellisonz Jan 2012 #18
Post removed Jan 2012 #19
PavePusher Jan 2012 #28
LeftinOH Jan 2012 #20
pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #22
Obamanaut Jan 2012 #36
MineralMan Jan 2012 #21
Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #23
Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #31
Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #32
Union Scribe Jan 2012 #24
bluedeminredstate Jan 2012 #25
treestar Jan 2012 #27
librechik Jan 2012 #34
Bake Jan 2012 #26
treestar Jan 2012 #29
MineralMan Jan 2012 #30
aptal Jan 2012 #33
Taverner Jan 2012 #39
Mosaic Jan 2012 #41
Taverner Jan 2012 #42
Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #40
tanyev Jan 2012 #44

Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:02 PM

1. Ed Shltz is going to cover it this hour

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:05 PM

2. Better man than I...I would've snapped her finger off.

 

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Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:08 PM

5. I was thinking it was close enough to bite!

These Repukes need to get a few lessons in how to treat a sitting President - and in basic manners. They all act as though they were raised in a barn. Didn't their mothers ever treat them how to be polite? It's not that hard to be polite but get your point across.

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Response to csziggy (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:54 PM

35. No kidding-RESPECT THE PRESIDENCY!

One thing I will say, I never once saw disrespect here or anywhere else towards bush.

Even though we disagreed with stupid dumbass chimpy it was always done so in a respectful manner. Seriously can anyone think of even one time he was disrespected here? Didn't think so.

Fucking classless rethuglicans.

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Response to progressiveinaction (Reply #35)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:45 PM

37. +1

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Response to progressiveinaction (Reply #35)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:50 PM

38. I can tell you are joking n/t

 

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:06 PM

3. I'd like to wave my middle finger at Jan.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:06 PM

4. She is a nutbag.

Any sane, intelligent person would be disturbed by her whack-o book.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:09 PM

6. What a ravinig lunatic. n/t

 

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:11 PM

7. Lololol.... he should have bit her finger.

how dare someone shove their finger, hand, fist whatever in the president's face.

Brewer is an ASS and a horrible person

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:12 PM

8. Did she call him "Boy"?

Wouldn't be surprised. Emboldened by Gingrich, I predict the "N-Word" will be getting slung around by the ReTHUGlicans before November.

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Response to BiggJawn (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:22 PM

9. I was shocked it didn't get yelled Saturday night.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:23 PM

10. Oh look, a TeaHadist pointing their finger with their mouth open . . .







SHOCKED, I am.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:59 PM

11. Latino targeted ad fodder for the campaign n/t

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:01 PM

12. I can't stand this idiot. I want to rip her finger off and shove it up her ass. The disrespect from

the opposition is disgusting.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:09 PM

13. That wrinkled up old battleaxe needs to go away.

No offense to old people with wrinkles or actual battleaxes.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:31 PM

14. "Condescending"

Code for "uppity Negro", I'm quite confident in this case.

No points for bothering to come to the airport - looks like she had a motive.

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Response to CakeGrrl (Reply #14)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:53 PM

43. That was my first thought, too.

Condescending = Uppity.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:39 PM

16. With all due respect, which in this case is almost none,

It's hard not to be condescending when you're talking to a moron like Governor Brewer.

I doubt anyone important will fault Obama for that.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:40 PM

17. She's a witch!!!! Look at that chin!!

Somebody should grab that finger when she points it in the face of the president.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:15 PM

18. I like that the book is called "Scorpions for Breakfast."

She has all the attributes of a scorpion

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Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:48 AM

28. Ummm..... really?

 

Let's not go there, eh? Shaking a finger at someone does not equate to violence, nor does it deserve violent retaliation.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 10:58 AM

20. She has an incredibly pointy chin. What up wit dat?

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Response to LeftinOH (Reply #20)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:06 AM

22. It's genetic...

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:03 AM

21. Patronizing, eh?

Ms. Brewer: That is the President of The United States. You are the governor of a small western state that is the home to the most moronic Sheriff on the planet. Your state is a joke around the world. Listen. Don't talk.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:14 AM

23. The out and out disrespect that some people have shown towards this President

including elected officials whom should know better has been nothing short of appalling.

Please refresh my memory: As much as many out and out hated how Bush wound up (P)resident, as well as his policies and how he conducted himself as POTUS, was there this level of hatred and venom spewed against him. Were Democratic office-holders this disrespectful towards Bush?

Thankfully, President Obama probably anticipated all of this and is pretty thick-skinned. I'm not sure I could handle it.

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Response to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #23)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:53 AM

31. She's just grandstanding...

Doing it out in the open, she knew a good photo would come of it, and bingo--Brewer already has the poster/slogan/commercial for her next campaign

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Response to Blue_Tires (Reply #31)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 01:04 PM

32. Fox News and hate radio has a "good story" too for the next week or two

as well

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:28 AM

24. Where is the Secret Service with a good open field tackle

when you need 'em? "I thought that finger was loaded, sir!"

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:31 AM

25. Who is publishing all these books?

And who is BUYING them? Callista Gingrich is rewriting American history for profit, Jim DeMint was just flogging his book a couple weeks ago (and Jon Stewart was the only one who challenged his nonsense), every teabagger politician has a screed, and Mitt Romney wrote a snoozer too.

Who is the customer that plunks down up to 28 bucks for that crap? Can you think of anything less riveting than Jan Brewer's autobiography?

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Response to bluedeminredstate (Reply #25)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:48 AM

27. They must be financed by some right wing rich person

Is all I can think of. Indeed. Who would want to read her autobiography? I wouldn't read my own governor's. Really.

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Response to treestar (Reply #27)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:47 PM

34. "Broadside Books" is a NEW imprint of HARPER COLLINS devoted to RW views

form Amazon site: "Broadside Books is a pioneering new imprint of HarperCollins that specializes in conservative non-fiction writing, spanning the full range of serious right-of-center thought and opinion."

Thanks, Harper Collins. Because there aren't enough craven publishers for the Tea Party's garbage out there already

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:45 AM

26. I trust that will be the LAST time she gets face to face with the President.

Witch.

Bake

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:49 AM

29. What could her problem even be?

What a weirdo!

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:50 AM

30. Ewww! Who knows where that finger has been?

It's not polite to point at people. My mother taught me that.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:41 PM

33. I can't believe this disrespect shown...

maybe he can call in Seal Team 6 to deal with her.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:52 PM

39. Because she, like many other Republicans, is a White Supremacist

 

Just take a look at her writings, her speeches.

Jan Brewer is a White Supremacist.

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Response to Taverner (Reply #39)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:40 PM

41. Thing is, it doesn't matter

Whites come from monkey's just like everyone else. We are equal, and these racists are living in a fantasy world. No one is supreme, only idiots that are insecure believe that crap.

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Response to Mosaic (Reply #41)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:49 PM

42. Didn't I read somwhere that all humans share 99.999% of the same DNA?

 

That's the five nines - which in IT terms meant if 1 year represented 100% of your DNA, the .001% would represent 2 minutes.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:55 PM

40. That's pathetic behaviour by a Governor, reflecting very poor leadership skills on herself.

The President was gracious and aware in not demeaning himself and the office to her level.

Thanks for the thread, powergirl.

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Response to powergirl (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 07:22 PM

44. "Patronizing" is just a fancy way of saying "uppity."

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