Obama, Arizona governor in confrontation at Phoenix airport

[JoeChalupa]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/obama_arizona_governor_in_confrontation_Ry1KHtxECr mQ6tbkmoL3SN
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/01/25/news/web_photos/Brewer193319--300x450.jpg

PHOENIX -- President Barack Obama and Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer appeared to get into a verbal argument just moments after Air Force One touched down in Phoenix Wednesday afternoon.

According to reporters at the scene, Brewer could be seen pointing her finger at the president during their brief exchange, before Obama walked away.

Brewer later told reporters the president had been upset about a passage in her recent book in which she described a meeting between the two at the White House.

"He was a little disturbed about my book, 'Scorpions for Breakfast,'" said Brewer, who was there to welcome Obama to Arizona.

Asked which passage of the book he had taken issue with, Brewer suggested Obama felt he had not been portrayed cordially in one of the excerpts.

"I said I was sorry he felt that way but I didn't get my sentence finished," she said. "Anyway, we're glad he's here. I'll regroup."

Obama was in Arizona as part of a three-day, five-state tour to push his economic agenda first outlined in Tuesday night's State of the Union address.

A White House official later released a statement describing its version of events.

"The governor handed the President a letter and said she was inviting him to meet with her," it said. "The President said he'd be glad to meet with her again, but did note that after their last meeting, a cordial discussion in the Oval Office, the governor inaccurately described the meeting in her book."


~~She'll get props from the right but she should have had more respect.

[TheProfessor]

Probably not the best time for the President to bring that up. But I think Brewer knows she came off looking too aggressive.

[cheguevara]

LMAO she's pointing at the pres like she owns his black ass

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Brewer is more batshit than Rick Perry, her state is just more irrelevant so she doesn't get the attention he gets

[fraga]

Oh you mean this dumb bitch...

xUPKKbmWMZ8

[baseline bum]

LMAO she's pointing at the pres like she owns his black ass

Probably did a few generations back tbh.

[baseline bum]

Brewer is more batshit than Rick Perry, her state is just more irrelevant so she doesn't get the attention he gets

That's saying a lot. Did Brewer promote abstinence-only education and then mandate all underage girls in the state get STD shots?

[SA210]

He probably backed down like a wimp, as he usually does with the Republicans.

[baseline bum]

He probably backed down like a wimp, as he usually does with the Republicans.

Looks like it from the photo.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

That's saying a lot. Did Brewer promote abstinence-only education and then mandate all underage girls in the state get STD shots?
No but she supports legislation that allows guns in all public venues, including elementary schools

[Nbadan]

There is no winning when you argue against bat-shit crazy....Obama did the right thing by just walking away....

[Nbadan]

Other pics of Obama in Arizona

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03UldfNbNR01a/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09Ko1EJgOQ8EV/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00lR1iW7XaffB/610x.jpg

[Leetonidas]

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/01/25/news/web_photos/Brewer193319--300x450.jpg

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/285563-1/Kobe+Bryant+has+George+Hill+pointing+a+finger+at+h im.JPG


Reminded me of this :lol

[Nbadan]

check out this Christwire report on the incident...

BREAKING: Barack Obama Gets Into Fist Fight With Female Arizona Governor Jan Brewer


Onlookers report an intense scene, where Brewer was being shouted over by Obama, who then as we see in the image seems to be punching her with his fight hand as she points a quivering victim’s finger and begs him to stop the assault. Not content, Obama purportedly continued to lay into the sweet governor who had intended for today’s visit to be about ‘rebooting” Arizona and building a stronger America.

....

After Obama berated Brewer, he allegedly stormed off and looked proud of himself, not looking back as he boarded Air Force One and took off.

Muslims believe that by Shariah Law, men should be allowed to physically strike any women.

http://christwire.org/2012/01/breaking-barack-obama-gets-into-fist-fight-with-female-arizona-governor-jan-brewer/

:lmao

[NewcastleKEG]

He probably backed down like a wimp, as he usually does with the Republicans.


There is no winning when you argue against bat-shit crazy....Obama did the right thing by just walking away....
Lose-Lose situation

Books have come out where Obama did not assert himself in closed doors meetings or firmly shut down individuals when he should have. I watched a documentary about Bush 1 & his cabinet during Desert Storm. And Bush was a soft speaker but he knew exactly the perfect times to assert himself when the group needed it

IMO, Obama sold out the Democrats by standing on his own after the economic crash. At the time it seemed like a move he might have needed to get re elected but he found the golden ticket (caught Bin Laden) so now he just seems like a guy trying to please everyone instead of getting shit down.

At some point you have to go Bush II and atleast go out guns blazing. The worst is being seen as a lame duck President and that's the path Obama is going on. Atleast that's why opinion as an Obama voter, I didn't share the same when Bush was preaching, we're gonna do it my way

[SA210]

Other pics of Obama in Arizona

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03UldfNbNR01a/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09Ko1EJgOQ8EV/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00lR1iW7XaffB/610x.jpg

I'm not surprised that most Americans are fools.

[cheguevara]

There is no winning when you argue against bat-shit crazy....Obama did the right thing by just walking away....

Well Obama was stupid enough to start the argument with the batshit crazy bitch in the first place. And if you do it you do it behind closed doors.

Lesson learned.

[cheguevara]

I'm not surprised that most Americans are fools.

yup

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2005/08/28/4-bush-crowd.jpg

[resistanze]

check out this Christwire report on the incident...

BREAKING: Barack Obama Gets Into Fist Fight With Female Arizona Governor Jan Brewer



http://christwire.org/2012/01/breaking-barack-obama-gets-into-fist-fight-with-female-arizona-governor-jan-brewer/

:lmao

LMFAO. That's good

[in2deep]

Still he's the president. Show some respect.

[EVAY]

Still he's the president. Show some respect.



This.



Part of what offends a lot of us moderates about the far-right wing is their incivility to ANYONE who doesn't toe their theoretical line, even when that someone is THEIR President.

[boutons_deux]

Repugs, esp western/southern state Repugs, don't even admit the legitimacy of Obama, never mind show respect. The ugly, nasty, lying sons of bitches respect nothing.

[z0sa]

Repugs, esp western/southern state Repugs, don't even admit the legitimacy of Obama, never mind show respect. The ugly, nasty, lying sons of bitches respect nothing.

prove the bold please.

[boutons_deux]

I said especially, not exclusively.

[Das Texan]

Its funny when a Republican is in office, the Republicans are chastising Democrats to show respect to the office.

Then they do the opposite when a Democrat is in office.


And vice versa.


Both parties are pieces of shit.

[mercos]

If ever there was a picture begging to be captioned...

[boutons_deux]

Both parties are pieces of shit.

False equivalence

[Das Texan]

False equivalence

how are they not?

[Wild Cobra]

Well Obama was stupid enough to start the argument with the batshit crazy bitch in the first place. And if you do it you do it behind closed doors.

Lesson learned.
Yep.

If he can't take the heat about what someone writes about him, he doesn't belong in the WH.

[Crookshanks]

Obama acted like a petulant child. Respect is earned - and he's done nothing to earn it.

[JoeChalupa]

She is an attention whore and even some GOP members have questioned her motives. Yeah, like she has earned respect. :lmao

[JoeChalupa]

Yep.

If he can't take the heat about what someone writes about him, he doesn't belong in the WH.

:sleep She herself after the meeting said it was cordial then she changed it to sell books.

[SA210]

I heard there was a teleprompter outside the frame

[DMX7]

Why does Jan's face look like that?

[MannyIsGod]

he probably backed down like a wimp, as he usually does with the republicans.


looks like it from the photo.

boom

[Jacob1983]

Bill Maher talked about this. He was furious and a hissy fit over this. He said that shit like this never happened when Bush was president.

[cdcast]

Bill Maher talked about this. He was furious and a hissy fit over this. He said that shit like this never happened when Bush was president.

A politician pointing their finger at Bush? NO

The country has always had a political divide but it went into overdrive when the Republicans tried to impeach Clinton. Then when Bush took over, the Democrats criticized him 24/7 for 8 years (and rightfully so).

Throw in FixNews, Rush, Hannity, Coulter and the Republicans took it to another level with Obama. They question his birth certificate, college grades, one of them yells "YOU LIE!!" during his speech, and it led to a moment like this.

That's how politically divided we are right now and it ain't getting better.