Arizona Governer Waives her Finger in the president's face

[powergirl]

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

[notadmblnd]

1. Ed Shltz is going to cover it this hour

[Drunken Irishman]

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

[csziggy]

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.

[progressiveinaction]

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.

[aptal]

37. +1

[RZM]

38. I can tell you are joking n/t

[muntrv]

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

[GoCubsGo]

4. She is a nutbag.

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

[Cali_Democrat]

6. What a ravinig lunatic. n/t

[trueblue2007]

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

[BiggJawn]

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.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

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

[HughBeaumont]

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

SHOCKED, I am.

[gulliver]

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

[Pisces]

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.

[stevedeshazer]

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

No offense to old people with wrinkles or actual battleaxes.

[CakeGrrl]

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.

[Mariana]

43. That was my first thought, too.

Condescending = Uppity.

[Toucano]

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.

[Serial Mom]

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

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

[ellisonz]

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

She has all the attributes of a scorpion

[PavePusher]

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.

[LeftinOH]

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

[pinboy3niner]

22. It's genetic...

[MineralMan]

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.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

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.

[Blue_Tires]

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

[Proud Liberal Dem]

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

as well

[Union Scribe]

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

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

[bluedeminredstate]

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?

[treestar]

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.

[librechik]

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

[Bake]

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

Witch.

Bake

[treestar]

29. What could her problem even be?

What a weirdo!

[MineralMan]

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

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

[aptal]

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

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

[Taverner]

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.

[Mosaic]

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.

[Taverner]

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.

[Uncle Joe]

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.

[tanyev]

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