An awesome train wreck of an opening statement from Jan Brewer, in Arizona’s gubernatorial debate. One of the most embarrassing political performances ever captured on video.
And then, after the debate, Brewer refused to answer questions about her claim that there were “beheadings” near the border — and ended up turning and running from the media.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:07:17am |
now, now. Zombies do talk slow (if at all) and do need to be fed fresh brains in order to function.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:07:33am |
Here’s the news coverage from after the debate. She would not correct her statement about beheadings by the border.
It’s not as dramatic as they made it out to be, but it’s blatant.
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:08:05am |
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lawhawk Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:08:39am |
How can you absolutely screw up the one portion of a debate that you actually can control with 100% certainty - the opening statement? Sheesh.
There’s only one response for that.
I feel sorry for AZ residents - and that comes as a former NYer and current NJ resident who had to deal with the likes of McGreevey, Paterson, and Spitzer.
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jaunte Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:09:14am |
“The higher the volatility of the fuel, the more likely it is that vapor lock will occur.”
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:09:28am |
Crap! I have no sound and I am in the mood to mock!!
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:10:10am |
re: #7 Cannadian Club Akbar
Crap! I have no sound and I am in the mood to mock!!
There’s a 10 second pause as she forgets where she is and can’t seem to find it on her notes with a simple glance.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:11:20am |
Charles, also worthy of adding is the post-debate press conference where she gets asked why she didn’t retract her bullshit fear mongering about beheadings:
She ends up pulling a Sharron Angle and running away. The local media is not pleased, to say the least.
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:11:43am |
re: #8 darthstar
There’s a 10 second pause as she forgets where she is and can’t seem to find it on her notes with a simple glance.
She should have written it on her hand. You betcha.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:11:45am |
re: #8 darthstar
There’s a 10 second pause as she forgets where she is and can’t seem to find it on her notes with a simple glance.
She should have written her notes on her hand.
/
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Killgore Trout Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:11:59am |
re: #2 wrenchwench
Here’s the news coverage from after the debate. She would not correct her statement about beheadings by the border.
[Video]It’s not as dramatic as they made it out to be, but it’s blatant.
Wow.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:12:19am |
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Charles Johnson Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:12:22am |
What the hell is going on with these GOP politicians? It’s really starting to get weird out there.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:12:49am |
re: #2 wrenchwench
Ah…I see you posted it too…brutal stuff.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:13:50am |
Charles, do you have a text copy of this?
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:13:52am |
re: #16 Charles
What the hell is going on with these GOP politicians? It’s really starting to get weird out there.
and these folks just might win the races they are in….
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:14:15am |
Did anyone watch the Boxer-Fiorina debate? I caught some clips on youtube this morning. Carley is staying to the right of center, trying to secure the Palin vote I suppose. Boxer, while not as good a debater as Fiorina, did manage to sound like a better choice.
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theheat Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:15:07am |
Is this ballsy, ballsy, got more ballsies than Obama, according to Sarah Palin, Jan Brewer? This is wants to duck and run and needs hands notes Jan Brewer? I thought so. According to Malkin, these gutsy steel magnolias of the right are what’s going to save our country.
In which case, God help us all.
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Ojoe Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:15:30am |
We have changed everything?
Doors still have knobs, the toilets are still mostly porcelain, most roofs are asphalt shingles.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:15:43am |
re: #18 Cannadian Club Akbar
Charles, do you have a text copy of this?
Transcript here: [Link: www.dailykos.com…]
BOOMER: Brewer, why wouldn’t you recant the comment you made earlier about the beheadings in the desert?
REPORTER: Seriously, that’s a serious question, Governor.
BREWER: Well, this was an interesting evening tonight …
BOOMER (Voice over): She doesn’t answer, instead reiterates the debate’s talking points, charging that Goddard doesn’t have a plan.
BOOMER: Brewer, why won’t you recant the comments about the beheadings?
REPORTER: Governor, seriously …
BOOMER (Voice over): As other reporters chime in demanding an answer, this happens:
REPORTER: Governor, please answer the question about the headless bodies. Why won’t you recant that? Do you still believe that? Come on, Governor?
BREWER: (Pause) Okay, thank you all. (Exits)
GODDARD: I’m astonished, frankly. Everybody who’s studied this knows there are no beheadings. Arizona has the lowest violent crime rate we’ve had since 1983. Our law enforcement has done a great job, and why the Governor won’t simply say “I was wrong, there were no beheadings, Arizona is safe” I do not understand. This is hurting us incredibly.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:16:04am |
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:16:23am |
It’s a plot by Obama. He pulled Napolitano out of there and took her to DC, leaving the AZ Republicans with Brewer for an incumbent. I wish Goddard continuing luck.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:17:16am |
re: #25 Cannadian Club Akbar
Here’s the RCP average. +12.
oh, well.
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Ojoe Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:17:47am |
It IS a good idea to write notes on your hand, may dad did that in WW2, wrote mission parameters for flying on the back of his left hand, it was SOP.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:17:59am |
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Her Facebook ramblings also go on to tell me how if the Feds would just leave those independent Alaskans alone they will be able to run their own lives and makes oddles of money.
I hope the Feds will send the money the stop spending in that independent frontier state Alaska and sent it to Arkansas.
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lawhawk Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:18:37am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
Election Projection notes that Brewer holds a moderate to strong lead over her challengers.
08/25/10 Rasmussen Reports Brewer 57% - Goddard 38%
08/25/10 RATING CHANGE: Weak GOP to Solid Brewer
07/11/10 Rocky Mountain Poll Brewer 45% - Goddard 25%
06/29/10 Rasmussen Reports Brewer 53% - Goddard 35%
05/17/10 Rasmussen Reports Brewer 52% - Goddard 39%
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:18:53am |
re: #28 Ojoe
It IS a good idea to write notes on your hand, may dad did that in WW2, wrote mission parameters for flying on the back of his left hand, it was SOP.
That’s a little different.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:19:12am |
re: #9 darthstar
She ends up pulling a Sharron Angle and running away. The local media is not pleased, to say the least.
That’s called reloading and don’t you forget it.
MAMA GRIZZLY!!!!!!!!
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theheat Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:19:18am |
re: #28 Ojoe
I think combat missions may have required more information than a yes or no answer, which appears to perplex Brewer.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:19:28am |
re: #30 lawhawk
Yep — idiocy and lies aren’t enough to disqualify a GOP politician.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:19:49am |
re: #32 webevintage
That’s called reloading and don’t you forget it.
MAMA GRIZZLY!!!
She looks more like a Gristled mama.
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Ojoe Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:20:11am |
re: #31 Cannadian Club Akbar
I’ll vote for folks with ink-stained backs of their left hand.
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theheat Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:21:32am |
re: #36 Ojoe
Those could also be admission stamps for clubhoppers.
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lawhawk Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:21:37am |
re: #34 Charles
So what does that say about the voters who are going to vote (reelect) her to office? Same goes for folks like Rangel or any of the other miscreants that are running for higher office around the country (and more than a few are running for office in the NYC metro area). These are the candidates that are running - but the voters are still voting for them with comfortable levels of support.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:22:16am |
re: #36 Ojoe
I’ll vote for folks with ink-stained backs of their left hand.
I wrote on my hand. It says “make cocktail, eat lunch”. Wonder what that means.
/
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Political Atheist Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:22:45am |
I think the beheadings were central Mexico. The incident is no myth, the location is. For a reality check on immigration/smuggling/ deadly incidents at the border check out Border Wars, National Geographic. That would be one decent documentary view of the reality. So far anyway. Near the border would be the Juarez massacres.
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:22:52am |
You know, I saw that, and I kinda feel bad for her. I disagree with her on a lot of things policy wise, but man, that’s got to be one of the most gut wrenching feelings to have when you freeze up like that.
That being said, I won’t shed a tear if enough people see it and actually pause and think to themselves, ‘Is this really the person we want running our state?’
However the beheadings business is flat out distasteful, and her unwillingness to admit that she was quite simply wrong about her statements that people were being beheaded in the desert makes me question her willingness to admit mistakes in the face of reality.
We’ll see what Arizona does soon enough.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:23:52am |
Speaking of Arizona, Sheriff Joe is in trouble with the Feds:
[Link: www.justice.gov…]
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theheat Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:26:16am |
re: #44 webevintage
I’d like to see Sheriff Joe have to eat his own green bologna whilst sitting in one of his own tents wearing pink underwear.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:26:29am |
re: #39 lawhawk
So what does that say about the voters who are going to vote (reelect) her to office? Same goes for folks like Rangel or any of the other miscreants that are running for higher office around the country (and more than a few are running for office in the NYC metro area). These are the candidates that are running - but the voters are still voting for them with comfortable levels of support.
You mean politicians like Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson…
“Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.”
[Link: www.dallasnews.com…]
Prime example of a elitist crooked politician who’s constituents will continue to vote for her if she ripped off her face and revealed herself to be a space alien.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:27:28am |
re: #42 Rightwingconspirator
I think the beheadings were central Mexico. The incident is no myth, the location is. For a reality check on immigration/smuggling/ deadly incidents at the border check out Border Wars, National Geographic. That would be one decent documentary view of the reality. So far anyway. Near the border would be the Juarez massacres.
[Link: apnews.myway.com…]
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:27:54am |
hahahahahaha:
[Link: www.glennbeckwarned.us…]
Click to see what Glenn’s blackboard says.
I got “Soros-Funded Cats”.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:28:37am |
re: #42 Rightwingconspirator
I think the beheadings were central Mexico. The incident is no myth, the location is. For a reality check on immigration/smuggling/ deadly incidents at the border check out Border Wars, National Geographic. That would be one decent documentary view of the reality. So far anyway. Near the border would be the Juarez massacres.
There have been beheadings all over Mexico. Along with plenty of other gruesomeness. She was not implying there was a certain incident, and that she got the location wrong. She just fabricated it.
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:29:09am |
re: #25 Cannadian Club Akbar
[Link: www.rasmussenreports.com…]
For what it’s worth, Rasmussen has a notorious house effect slanted towards republican candidates polls before labor day. After labor day, There are changes made to the model to better reflect reality and you’ll see a narrowing of that house affect compared to other polling outfits.
The theory is that Scott Rasmussen wants to drive a narrative (in this case, that the republicans are on a tidal wave to take over the house and senate), but wants to make sure that he gets things right by election time, so he ‘tweaks’ his likely voter model and then you see some interesting shifts in polls. That and he will tend not to poll certain elections once you’re closer to November, which can also help his average (since most people aren’t going to count a poll taken 3 months before the election against you).
A rule of thumb for the Rasmussen house effect, For every 4 weeks before the election subtract 1 point from the republican candidate and add one to the democrat to a maximum of 4.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:30:00am |
re: #48 webevintage
hahahahahaha:
[Link: www.glennbeckwarned.us…]Click to see what Glenn’s blackboard says.
I got “Soros-Funded Cats”.
Beck is wrong. Soros is funded by the secret feline overlord black fund in order to forment dissent and disorder amongst the slave humans so that they are more easily distracted from the reality of how they are really controlled.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:30:36am |
re: #50 bloodstar
I hate polls. (I am on the record here with that statement) Someone asked and I just did a quick google.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:30:39am |
I hope the Democrats with their hands on the coffers see this and throw a whole bunch of support to Goddard. He could beat her.
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mikhailtheplumber Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:31:11am |
re: #48 webevintage
hahahahahaha:
[Link: www.glennbeckwarned.us…]Click to see what Glenn’s blackboard says.
I got “Soros-Funded Cats”.
I got “Time-traveling Fluoridation”!
Amazing!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:31:11am |
re: #50 bloodstar
For what it’s worth, Rasmussen has a notorious house effect slanted towards republican candidates polls before labor day. After labor day, There are changes made to the model to better reflect reality and you’ll see a narrowing of that house affect compared to other polling outfits.
The theory is that Scott Rasmussen wants to drive a narrative (in this case, that the republicans are on a tidal wave to take over the house and senate), but wants to make sure that he gets things right by election time, so he ‘tweaks’ his likely voter model and then you see some interesting shifts in polls. That and he will tend not to poll certain elections once you’re closer to November, which can also help his average (since most people aren’t going to count a poll taken 3 months before the election against you).
A rule of thumb for the Rasmussen house effect, For every 4 weeks before the election subtract 1 point from the republican candidate and add one to the democrat to a maximum of 4.
Rasmussen doesn’t change shit… the Democrats are going to get steamrolled in November… period.
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mikefromArlington Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:31:38am |
No doubt her followers will be ignoring this and saying “She’s just like me!”
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:31:52am |
re: #46 Walter L. Newton
Prime example of a elitist crooked politician who’s constituents will continue to vote for her if she ripped off her face and revealed herself to be a space alien.
I agree.
But does she function in reality?
To me a grasp of reality and truth is more important in a candidate this year then the common crooked pol.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:32:06am |
re: #53 wrenchwench
I hope the Democrats with their hands on the coffers see this and throw a whole bunch of support to Goddard. He could beat her.
They just need to use Brewer’s television appearances in TV ads…she’s Goddard’s best hope.
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Skeetghazi Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:32:44am |
re: #49 wrenchwench
There have been beheadings all over Mexico. Along with plenty of other gruesomeness. She was not implying there was a certain incident, and that she got the location wrong. She just fabricated it.
I remember perusing one of your links to an AZ paper awhile ago, where a hotel owner was telling about the phone calls they receive, people wanting to cancel reservations because of their fear.
I can’t believe she’s seems to be getting away with this.
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TedStriker Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:33:27am |
re: #54 mikhailtheplumber
I got “Time-traveling Fluoridation”!
Amazing!
“reverse-racist beatniks”
;-P
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What, me worry? Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:33:41am |
Good grief, what a maroon.
My family in Tucson tells me that when Janet Napolitano was gov, she vetoed nearly everything that came across her desk which were these crazy bills, like the immigration bill. Brewer, quite speechless in her glee, found it difficult to name even one. What is she ashamed of?
From the wiki:
As Governor, Napolitano set records for total number of vetoes issued. In 2005, she set a single session record of 58 vetoes, breaking Jane Dee Hull’s 2001 record of 28.[13][14] This was followed in June 2006, less than four years into her term, when she issued her 115th veto and set the all-time record for vetoes by an Arizona governor. The previous record of 114 vetoes was set by Bruce Babbitt during his nine years in office.[14][15] By the time she left office, the governor had issued 180 vetoes.[16]
See here [Link: www.azcentral.com…]
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lawhawk Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:34:25am |
re: #59 Stanley Sea
There was only one debate scheduled. Like many other incumbents in races across the country, Brewer was able to limit it to one debate.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:35:17am |
re: #57 webevintage
I agree.
But does she function in reality?
To me a grasp of reality and truth is more important in a candidate this year then the common crooked pol.
I don’t know… I haven’t kept up with her since I left Texas in 1989… but this recent incident doesn’t surprise me.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:36:35am |
re: #58 darthstar
They just need to use Brewer’s television appearances in TV ads…she’s Goddard’s best hope.
Yeah. And I need FBV to watch the tapes and then tell me what he thinks about the “H Factor”. She make McCain look youthful, and he’s 8 years older. And yes, I’m still ashamed to be thinking that way, until I consider how the inside matches the outside.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:37:55am |
re: #59 Stanley Sea
I remember perusing one of your links to an AZ paper awhile ago, where a hotel owner was telling about the phone calls they receive, people wanting to cancel reservations because of their fear.
I can’t believe she’s seems to be getting away with this.
I’m hoping this is the beginning of the end of her getting away with it.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:38:15am |
re: #38 theheat
Those could also be admission stamps for clubhoppers.
Club Hoppers Local 282 Endorses…………..?
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avanti Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:39:21am |
I don’t know much about the candidates, but I’ll admit I was convince Az was over run by emigrants and a had a higher crime rate. If the crime rate and immigrant population issue is actually getting better, she hurting her own state for political points.
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Varek Raith Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:39:52am |
re: #48 webevintage
hahahahahaha:
[Link: www.glennbeckwarned.us…]Click to see what Glenn’s blackboard says.
I got “Soros-Funded Cats”.
Lol, anchor pitas…
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Varek Raith Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:40:29am |
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:41:21am |
re: #53 wrenchwench
I hope the Democrats with their hands on the coffers see this and throw a whole bunch of support to Goddard. He could beat her.
I present the Democratic campaign strategy and narrative :
“incase you were wondering - yes, it could have been a helluva lot worse and could still get a helluva lot worse - then point at the GOP candidate and commence falling about laughing…………..”
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:41:55am |
Reeducation marsupials
Opposum run FEMA camps, coming soon to an open field near you.
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mikhailtheplumber Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:42:40am |
re: #69 Varek Raith
“Government-funded human-bonobo hybrids”, and “Elitist rubber”.
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elbruce Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:43:33am |
Deer, meet headlights. Yikes. She’d better just hope nobody was watching.
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mikhailtheplumber Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:43:52am |
And “Welfare Ninjas” just took the prize. Later!
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:45:18am |
and speaking of great moments in political TV …. check this one out from Providence, Rhode Island …
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:49:47am |
re: #67 avanti
I don’t know much about the candidates, but I’ll admit I was convince Az was over run by emigrants and a had a higher crime rate. If the crime rate and immigrant population issue is actually getting better, she hurting her own state for political points.
It’s not just Brewer. Tons of politicians have been playing up the situation in Mexico for personal benefit. Almost entirely Republicans, of course. The only honest statement I’ve seen about the reality of violence crossing the border was from El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles, speaking about how El Paso can have such a low crime rate when there’s such chaos across the border:
Another reason, I think, is that we have this issue of the ability of people who are going to commit major crimes to do it in a foreign country. We know, and we’ve had instances. The last one that actually you could wrap your hands around was the one in Horizon, where the guy was kidnapped [in El Paso] and then murdered in Mexico. I think we have had instances like that, where people might have been connected to the cartel and kidnapped, but we would never know it because they commute back and forth between these two cities, and they happen to disappear and then they get found over in Juárez, and nobody knows what happened to them other than they’re dead in a foreign country.
That’s how it crosses over. Victims are taken to Mexico and killed or ransomed there.
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deranged cat Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:53:31am |
re: #20 darthstar
i heard it on NPR. Fiorina spoke well, but dodged most points about her laying off people from HP, getting the 21 mil severence and all those other unsavory things. I cringed when Boxer spoke. im sure she knows what shes doing, but it didnt instill confidence :P
to me, the debate kinda showed how the left and right are nowadays: the right says scary words, sounds hypocritical and dodges criticism, while the left sucks at calling that out and sounds wimpy.
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wrenchwench Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:56:07am |
re: #75 _RememberTonyC
When the “singing” started, I had to quit.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:56:55am |
re: #77 deranged cat
to me, the debate kinda showed how the left and right are nowadays: the right says scary words, sounds hypocritical and dodges criticism, while the left sucks at calling that out and sounds wimpy.
On the nose.
The R running for Gov in Arkansas is not nuts BUT he has residency issues, tax issues (that he blamed on his wife, his accountant…everyone but him) and questions about where he voted last and was that legal.
His answer is to claim he never blamed his wife and the rest is all the fault of the dirty libs for bringing any of those questions up.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:57:50am |
re: #77 deranged cat
i heard it on NPR. Fiorina spoke well, but dodged most points about her laying off people from HP, getting the 21 mil severence and all those other unsavory things. I cringed when Boxer spoke. im sure she knows what shes doing, but it didnt instill confidence :P
to me, the debate kinda showed how the left and right are nowadays: the right says scary words, sounds hypocritical and dodges criticism, while the left sucks at calling that out and sounds wimpy.
i’ve been musing on this very issue today.
The right provides absolute certainty.
The left says “hey, things are incredibly complicated and…….[edited for clarity and time constraints]”
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Thu, Sep 2, 2010 10:58:26am |
re: #55 Walter L. Newton
Rasmussen doesn’t change shit… the Democrats are going to get steamrolled in November… period.
I wouldn’t give the Republicans a 100% chance to steamroll the Democrats, but I do agree that it’s quite possible that the Democrats will be crushed. It’s just that Rasmussen has evidence of bias in their numbers and at the same time have performed about 60% of all the polls so far this election cycle.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:02:33am |
re: #55 Walter L. Newton
Rasmussen doesn’t change shit… the Democrats are going to get steamrolled in November… period.
Could be.
And once again I’ll have to live with the government others deserve….
BUT there was a poll, maybe last week…week before (Nate Silver might have wrote a post on it) that everyone was touting claiming that the Rs had a 20% chance of taking back the House.
OMG!
Gasp!
But with all the hand wringing that means the Ds have an 80% chance of retaining the House.
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webevintage Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:04:04am |
re: #81 bloodstar
I wouldn’t give the Republicans a 100% chance to steamroll the Democrats, but I do agree that it’s quite possible that the Democrats will be crushed. It’s just that Rasmussen has evidence of bias in their numbers and at the same time have performed about 60% of all the polls so far this election cycle.
The thing that bugs me the most about polling is that for the most part these national ones do not give you a regional breakdown.
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Nimed Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:07:42am |
Wow. This was more painful to watch than Britney’s performance in the VMA.
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:17:21am |
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SlouchingPoet Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:26:15am |
Is she drunk or suffering early stages of dementia?
“I have did…”
Indeed.
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M. Dubious Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:46:35am |
re: #63 Walter L. Newton
I don’t know… I haven’t kept up with her since I left Texas in 1899… but this recent incident doesn’t surprise me.
Wait, you`re that old?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:55:06am |
re: #75 _RememberTonyC
and speaking of great moments in political TV … check this one out from Providence, Rhode Island …
[Video]
That was, ah. It was… Hm.
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RadicalModerate Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:55:52am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:56:19am |
The Sharron Angle school of press conferences, just turn your back and walk away.
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RogueOne Thu, Sep 2, 2010 12:18:17pm |
Just for future reference, Brewer wins this election by 15-20%. I’m already calling it.
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ErikJ76 Thu, Sep 2, 2010 12:19:43pm |
re: #39 lawhawk
I’d say that there’s a major difference between electing Brewer, and for example reelecting Rangel or Vitter. The latter two are part of a body of 438 and 100 respectively. Brewer wants to be governor of a state, and depending on how much power the governor in Arizona has, it might either be a really stupid idea or just a bad idea.
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reidr Thu, Sep 2, 2010 12:47:59pm |
re: #2 wrenchwench
Here’s the news coverage from after the debate. She would not correct her statement about beheadings by the border.
[Video]It’s not as dramatic as they made it out to be, but it’s blatant.
I don’t like her, but I’m actually sympathetic to the brain freeze portion of her performance. I’ve been known to seize up under pressure (but I’m not running for governor of anything). Not addressing the beheading nonsense is a more serious matter and is pretty damning. Hopefully the press will keep hounding her.
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Amory Blaine Thu, Sep 2, 2010 1:02:35pm |
Here’s a good question
Q:
Does Jan Brewer have a college degree?
A: Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona does not have a college degree, but she does have radiological technologist certification.
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ReamWorks SKG Thu, Sep 2, 2010 1:53:06pm |
Is she OK? Seriously.
If a candidate for a job interview acted like that, I wouldn’t even think of hiring her. How can any voter support her?
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enigma3535 Thu, Sep 2, 2010 2:50:08pm |
She appears to have tripped on the 1st stair, struggled to keep on her feet while falling down the stairs and then landed squarely on her face.
As a fellow human who really dislikes [approaching “hates”] public speaking, I feel sorry for what that must have cost her in present and future mental anguish.
I agree with nothing that I have heard her spout out about [there are probably positions I have not heard her position on that I might agree with] … but I can’t pile on here after witnessing that train wreck.
I only feel the need to think positive energy about her mental health; hope she loses the election; and, can get on with her life in a normal fashion after this event.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Thu, Sep 2, 2010 2:58:39pm |
Intelligence, cogency, facts and the ability to be honest are frowned upon in the GOP.
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