Brewer says she was wrong about beheadings

[JonLP24]

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she was wrong when she claimed that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert as part of border-related violence.

"That was an error, if I said that," Brewer said about beheadings occurring in Arizona.

The Republican incumbent's June comments about beheadings were raised during a Wednesday debate by Democratic challenger Terry Goddard, who said the comments were false and damaging to Arizona's image.

Brewer didn't respond to Goddard's challenge about the beheadings claim — she instead changed the subject. Afterward, when reporters asked about the claim, she cut short the question-and-answer session.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/03/20100903arizona-governor-says-she-was-wrong-on-beheadings.html

[one_voice]

1. What does she mean..

"if I said that"? :shrug:

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

5. She did know she was miked, right?

They don't plant bugs on them, do they? Although that would be a pretty sweet idea.

[madinmaryland]

7. Fucking reich-wingers can never give a straight apology.

:mad:

It's always the "if blah blah blah, then i'm sorry"

[JonLP24]

9. This is worse

"If I said that" is suggesting there is a possibility that Brewer never made the claim!

[madinmaryland]

13. Isn't that what Limbaugh and EVERYONE at Fox Noise does?

Sounds par for the course for the Reich-wing.

[JonLP24]

32. What I meant was

"If I said it" is worse than the "I'm sorry if.." because it implies there is a possibility that Brewer didn't say what she said qualified by the "if" in "If I said it".

Par for the course yeah I agree. Just couldn't tell if you misunderstood what I said or not based on that.

[Nite Owl]

2. In othe rwords

she's a republican, she lied.

[sarge43]

6. Got it in one. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

31. Her lips were moving, another major hint. n/t

[Tansy_Gold]

3. OMFG! Hell has frozen over and the Cubs will win the World Series! n/t

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. "if I said that"

:wow:

[grantcart]

16. Tell her if she ever gets back from La La land to ask herself if she said it..

[bullwinkle428]

24. Republicans and recording devices - never a good combination!

[DefenseLawyer]

8. She never said it!

See what I did just now? You should all try it. It comes in handy in all kinds of tough spots.

[davidinalameda]

10. about freaking time

she's only had like a thousand chances to recant her lies

[jberryhill]

11. The point remains that she was on a tear to make Arizona sound dangerous

...and which is not good for the Arizona economy, which was the entire focus of how that came up in the debate.

[jobycom]

12. Maybe we can negate the law the same way.

"Governor Brewer, signing that bill into law was wrong. Will you apologize?"

"That was an error, if I signed that."

Then we take that statement to court and claim the signature was forged!! TADAAA! :)

[jobycom]

15. Seriously, though, this screws her in the "Pleasing voters" category.

She's not going to win over liberals or moderates who already oppose her with the "apology." And she won't make her supporters happy, since many of them have been swearing on their mother's corset that there were beheadings. Hell, most of her supporters probably had a friend of a friend in a high position who saw the bodies, so they know it's true. Now Brewer calls them liars.

Although, they are Republicans. They'll just pretend they never said it, either, and claim they were right all along.

[d_r]

20. Bingo

[LaydeeBug]

14. I call on Jan Brewer to apologize to the people of Arizona, and Mexico for that matter. nt

[blondeatlast]

30. I call on her to apologize to humanity, period. nt

[gratuitous]

17. The non-admission admission

Goes right along with the standard non-apology apology, "I'm sorry if you were offended" in that it's not an admission of anything. Sure, she talked about decapitated bodies showing up in Arizona back in June, but she had a very important political point to make at that time, and nobody was going to give her any credit unless she conjured up a whole bunch of bodies out of thin air.

Finally, three months later, when her assertion is found to be not just baseless, but a total fabrication, Gov. Brewer retreats to the shelter of "if I said that." Gosh, June was such a loooong time ago! Who remembers every little thing they said or did that long ago?

Ball's in your court, people of Arizona. Is this the person you want as your governor?

[bushisanidiot]

18. "If I said that" doesn't equate to admitting anything.

She's still lying her ass off.

[gulliver]

21. Exactly, pretending you can't remember whether you said...

...something when you can is a lie.

[bushisanidiot]

19. Between being caught in the "beheadings" lie and caught like a deer in headlights

at her recent debate, her numbers are going to TANK and she is going to LOSE the election.

HAHAHAHA!

[jobycom]

22. I wish I believed in that kind of a system. I hope for it, but I'm just too skeptical.

After watching Reagan get caught in treasonous acts and lie after lie after lie, then watching Clinton get impeached over a (relative to Reagan's crimes) trivial case, then watching Bush get away with lying us into wars and recessions and even lying his way into office... I just don't know that I trust Republicans to learn.

[Canuckistanian]

23. That was a LIE and you DID say it, Governor Brewer

But one thing I'll give her credit for - she didn't automatically blame it on a "staffer" who "misinformed her"

[wordpix]

25. "if I said that" ---whoops, you DID say it, governor, & it's on the record

[BlueIdaho]

26. Brewer scuttled her campaign.

WTF - "if" you said it Jan? Holy cow, looks like she is working overtime to destroy her campaign. Add this to her announcement that she will do no more debates, her disastrous bigoted stance on immigrants, and her awkwardness facing a less than friendly press and it looks for all the world like she is about to "Angle" herself right out of a job. Keep up the good work Jan!

[gulliver]

27. Brewer missed the second half of her "Palin Lessons"

Yes, you're supposed to lie your ass off. No, you never admit it, even if it's on videotape. You cry "lamestream media persecution" and let the orcs and Fox News rise to your defense.

[tblue37]

36. You also have to be at least fairly good-looking to get away with

that sort of nonsense. Yes, I know, Palin's nasty character makes her unattractive, but by objective standards she actually is pretty, and if we never had heard her say a word or heard about any of the evil crap she pulls, we would consider her pretty, especially for a 40-something woman.

[malaise]

28. What about the private prisons, her cronies

and the papers' please bill.

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. She just misspoke. She meant to say that "headless ZOMBIES" were turning up in the desert.

Although by phrasing it that way, she'd obviously be writing off the large zombie contingent within the teabaggers.

[Major Hogwash]

33. They didn't balance the state budget either!! $700 MIllion dollar shortfall.

Try telling the truth, Brewer!!

[Maru Kitteh]

34. Oh yeah. I do that all the time too.

I keep forgetting that headless bodies aren't actually showing up at the edges of my town all the time. It's embarrassing.

[JonLP24]

35. !

:rofl: