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5. your alternative explanation is plausible as well......

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How much did Jan Brewer's "surreal" undercover trip cost the taxpayers of AZ and the US? [View all] DonRedwood Dec 2012 OP

Yours is the only plausible explanation I've heard. Scuba Dec 2012 #1

Thank you. It is all that makes sense to me too DonRedwood Dec 2012 #2

your alternative explanation is plausible as well...... think Dec 2012 #5

two sides of the same coin DonRedwood Dec 2012 #6

She appears UNWELL Darly314 Dec 2012 #54

Did she get transport from the Air National Guard? Downwinder Dec 2012 #3

I haven't seen the reports yet DonRedwood Dec 2012 #4

She paid in chickens. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #37

I suspect she flew on a routine Air Force flight hack89 Dec 2012 #19

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #7

Not much has been said about the nutball that blew up the social security office here now that you lonestarnot Dec 2012 #8

Suspect in Social Security explosion to remain in custody RoxyNexus Dec 2012 #51

Thanks for the update. I missed it. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #58

Commanders are expected to visit their troops Abnredleg Dec 2012 #9

The only thing surreal about it, then, is that she kept it a secret. randome Dec 2012 #10

Security Abnredleg Dec 2012 #11

Ah. Thanks for that. randome Dec 2012 #13

Sorry, but she's never publicly stated caring about "her" troops in the past.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #17

They're under Centcom when they deploy. She isn't "commanding" TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #18

Thank you. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #21

But the troops and the voters expect a visit. hack89 Dec 2012 #29

As if the troopps don't have enough on their plate atreides1 Dec 2012 #30

Speaking from experience it was never that big a deal hack89 Dec 2012 #33

You are right about the DOG show part julian09 Dec 2012 #48

Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, yeah. Governors are state-level. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #36

When a state National Guard is deployed hack89 Dec 2012 #42

The press made a big deal about "where in the world TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #49

Because the MSM in Arizona are clueless idiots? That's my guess. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #50

Who or what Island Deac Dec 2012 #12

We now have more Democrats than Republicans in the US House. Ptah Dec 2012 #31

That is a bright spot Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #59

More details please on how taxpayers were defrauded? Coyotl Dec 2012 #14

Everything associated with the trip Occulus Dec 2012 #32

She went because that's what governors do hack89 Dec 2012 #44

Defrauded? That is your term HangOnKids Dec 2012 #34

That's a good question. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #15

Many Governors have visited their state's National Guard troops in combat zones hack89 Dec 2012 #16

JMHO, but it's all about political posturing no matter the political party. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #20

Governor are the commander-in-chiefs of state NG units when not federalized hack89 Dec 2012 #27

The governors command nothing when those troops are in combat zones overseas.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #35

The troops and the voters expect it hack89 Dec 2012 #39

LOL! Oh, please. Nobody but politicians believe "the troops and voters expect it". nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #52

What were your experiences while overseas? hack89 Dec 2012 #53

I was a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer attached to the Marines... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #55

OK nt hack89 Dec 2012 #56

I think it's a pointless joke when ANY governor does it. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #22

I know Jack Markell has visited Afghanistan and there are far less people from Delaware LynneSin Dec 2012 #23

If she wanted to visit wounded, she didn't need to leave the fucking state on our dime. We have lonestarnot Dec 2012 #24

She went to Afghanistan?... SidDithers Dec 2012 #25

Janet Napolitano made an identical trip in 2007 hack89 Dec 2012 #26

You stonecutter357 Dec 2012 #38

No - my point is that this type of visit is common hack89 Dec 2012 #40

Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #43

Could she be tracking her drug deliveries? n/t peace13 Dec 2012 #28

Don't you get it? 99Forever Dec 2012 #41

Brewer in Afghanistan? Why? Why would a governor of Arizona want, much less need, JDPriestly Dec 2012 #45

Good point. What is the pressing need for the Governor of Arizona to spend our money Zorra Dec 2012 #46

I guess AZ Lib Dec 2012 #47

Maybe she thinks that if she flies around the world backwards she can reverse the aging process.... Walk away Dec 2012 #57