Jan Brewer Vetoes AZ Bill 1062

[The Straight Story]

http://www.politico.com/livestream/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The feed on MSNBC did break for a second

good for her.

[malaise]

18. She had no choice

She had to veto it

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Bet this is how it went down...

She sat down with her team and tried to figure out if she could sign it to pander to the Tea Party and then have it overturned in a few months. They couldn't guarantee the case would be heard in the desired time frame so she did the nasty.

Now comes the hard part.

The apology tour with the likes of Limbaugh and Savage.

[calimary]

2. Well, how 'bout that.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. And thus is successfully concluded TheStraightStory's

Three straight hours of refreshing news feeds.

[MADem]

4. She's politically astute. The blowback would have been extreme. nt

[RKP5637]

7. She saw $$$$$'s leaving the state IMO. n/t

[CTyankee]

10. that's the deal! 100%...

[Aerows]

15. Exactly she did.

She isn't dumb enough to do that. I can't stand her, but she got to be governor somehow.

[RKP5637]

20. She's a creature, very ugly within! If it had not been for the $$$$$ angle nothing would have

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happened. ... but she paints it up as some benevolent BS. The hatred is still ALL there in Arizona and I think it runs deep.

[Aerows]

25. She wasn't dumb enough to shun Medicaid money, either

She's bad. She's among the worst of the lot. I can't say that she is totally stupid. She has stiff competition for the worst governor, though, and I still say she is in the running.

[RKP5637]

31. Brownback of Brownbackistan AKA Kansas is also right up there in the running! n/t

[Aerows]

35. It's a toss up, really

Throw these people up in the air and who sinks faster. Gravity says they will all fall at the same rate.

[RKP5637]

38. Yep!

[AlinPA]

41. When it comes to stupid, PA has the most stupid Governor, His Stupidness, Corbett.

[Kber]

50. Can I get a nod for my Gov Christie?

He should at least get honorable mention!

[mcar]

51. Hey, I've got Rick Scott

He's in the running too.

[Kber]

52. Arm wrestle you for it!

Actually, your guy gives some pretty stiff competition, but I think Christie might edge him out.

Maybe.

[Harry Monroe]

60. I can top you all. My "governor" Bobby Jindal. 'Nuff said.

[DonCoquixote]

71. sorry, but Florida beats you all

we have a medicate fraud expert running the state.

[AllyCat]

67. And I have Walker

[ChazII]

68. How do you explain Kyrsten Sinema

being elected from Arizona to Congress? She is the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Congress.

Guess my Congressional district is just filled with hate. I just love it when folks paint Arizona with a broad brush. Guess folks can't even name the former mayor of Tempe who just happened to be gay.

I am just to the point where I am fed up with everyone on both sides of the political spectrum bashing AZ.

[MADem]

24. Precisely. The minute George Takei started talking, she

knew he was like EF Hutton.

People listen to George--he's interesting!

Oh, MYYYYYY!

[sheshe2]

58. He was EF Hutton!

Love it!

[sufrommich]

5. What is the deal with the guy walking out and

saying "thank you governor,have a lot of fun"? Did anyone else see that?

[VScott]

14. Probably some sarcastic reference that she was at the governors convention in DC

when she should have been back home addressing the situation.

[RKP5637]

34. Yep, probably what was meant. BTW, welcome to DU!

[Lex]

6. What a drama queen. nt

[RKP5637]

12. Yep, exactly! I don't think it was from her heart at all, she was trying to smooth over

one huge sinkhole they had created. It's band aids over innate hatred by many in AZ about a lot of things.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The CoC trumps the teabaggers.

Only way to get them is the wallet.

[DinahMoeHum]

27. +1000s

n/t

[Volaris]

57. ayep and the baggers are starting to figure that out...

The anger will just be massive (or, they will start labeling the CoC a leftwing org lol).

[llmart]

65. That's it in a nutshell.

Once businesses realized it would hurt them, well, enough said.

[sakabatou]

9. Good

[Jenoch]

11. She may be right wing

but she's smart enough to know it would have hurt her state economically if she signed that bill.

[Aerows]

16. It certainly wasn't because of the kindness in her heart

If she even has one.

[blueamy66]

23. You got that right.

It's sad.

[sweetloukillbot]

62. She wants to challenge the state constitution to run for a third term

Signing this bill would have killed any chance of reelection, even if she is able to successfully argue that she's not term-limited. This was purely political.

[Aerows]

13. I knew she would

She isn't idiotic enough or politically unsavvy enough to let that go through. I can't stand her, but she isn't stupid.

[randome]

44. It's been obvious all week that she would, I agree.

As Josh Marshall at TPM says, marriage equality will be the law of the land before Obama leaves office. I agree with that. There is no turning back.
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[Aerows]

47. She's an awful human being

but she is politically savvy enough to see that it would cost AZ money.

[randome]

55. Definitely an awful human being, no doubt about that.

And she showed herself weak for waiting this long and not taking a stand from the start.
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[alp227]

17. Arizona Republic/AZCentral.com article

http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140226arizona-jan-brewer-1062-statement.html

[The Straight Story]

19. She tweeted a photo of herself vetoing it

[SoapBox]

21. I agree that it was all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$.

I doubt she really cares much about the LGBT community....but she sure cares about money.

Next up...Georgia?

[RKP5637]

26. However, it did set a precedence that people are getting fed up with this type

of bullshit by these retrograde states.

[lostincalifornia]

32. Really? It cannot be the people in her state because they voted for the jerks who passed this

travesty

[RKP5637]

36. No, not them, but across the US. n/t

[lostincalifornia]

37. True, but that hasn't stopped Texas, Arizona, even Wisconsin from electing these extremists

[RKP5637]

39. Quite true, also Kansas. I've been amazed at the seething hatred in so many states about

so many things, and the critters they elect into office.

[panader0]

45. Brewer was not elected. She became governor when Obama appointed Dem. Napolitano to office.

[lostincalifornia]

63. What about the Arizona legislature that created the discrimination bill, were they not elected

[tandot]

22. anyone volunteering to go over to count how many freeper heads are exploding?

First the good news from TX and now from AZ ...

[RKP5637]

28. Ohhhhhh, that's what that noise is I've been hearing. I thought it was fireworks of celebration!

[sufrommich]

30. They're calling Brewer a "homosexualist rino" and

also a "spineless homosexual ganglia",I have no idea what that means.

[theHandpuppet]

43. Wow -- that's a new one!

"Spineless homosexual ganglia".

[sufrommich]

49. Yeah, I even looked the word up and

I still don't get it.

[Curmudgeoness]

53. Wow, where did someone at FReeperville learn

a word like ganglia? And they spelled it right? I am astonished.

I suppose they learned it because the doctor said that they were a ganglion cyst or something.

[Coyotl]

70. Copy and paste they know over in Gods, Gun, and Country Land.

Or is that just One God, the Gun

[tandot]

54. "spineless homosexual ganglia" ???

Wow. Some freeper just threw a couple of words together because it sounded good.

[blkmusclmachine]

29. Hey, GOP: NOBODY but Republicans want to go back to the 1800's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cleita]

33. That's great. Now Arizonans need to elect the clowns who

did this out of office.

[mountain grammy]

42. Gov. Bonefinger, as Steph Miller calls her, knows where her bread is buttered,

or something like that....

[RebelOne]

46. I am hoping our Georgia Gov. Deal

follows suit with Brewer and also extends Medicaid, which is needed by a few jobless people that I know of who desperately need it and cannot afford health insurance.

[Zambero]

48. States that go ahead and enact these laws will have hell to pay

Brewer knew this full well, and I doubt she self-deliberated much with her decision.

[gopiscrap]

56. Excellent

[angrychair]

59. The veto doesn't change the vote

Nothing has changed. The majority in the AZ house passed this bill. The majority of the AZ senate passed this bill. AZ voters voted these majorities into power. The people that wanted this DoS attack bill still have all the power. The people that voted for the "Papers please!" law still have all the power. WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE THE HATE AND IGNORANCE OF THE gOP ONE DAY MORE.

[sheshe2]

61. I don't care what her reasoning was.

It's done. Thank Gawd!

[dflprincess]

64. Can the state legislature override her veto?

Even if they don't, given the political climate in AZ, I don't see why it still shouldn't be avoided. Same with states with similar political situations.

[Cha]

66. Thank you, TSS!

[Coyotl]

69. Those Arizona Rs are a near perfect storm for turning a really red state solid blue.

Gotta hope!