Jan Brewer's Arizona governor election debate meltdown

[twowls 217]

an "Awkward Pause" is basically a hiccup.

Would that it were only an awkward pause! It was a complete shut down of the most lengthy and profound sort. My inner twelve-year-old, asked to present a report on Joan of Arc in front of a class of strangers on the first week of school in a new city felt her pain.

My inner adult, however, felt no pain. I don't get sympathetic twinge reactions when Stepford wives experience system breakdown.

[IncorrectPolitics 26]

This is why women should just stay home and cook our food. They are too emotional to be politicians

Edited September 3, 2010 by IncorrectPolitics

[_Simpson_ 250]

Jan Brewer, running for re-election as Arizona governor, suffers not one but two televised debate car-wrecks

Jan Brewer's debate car-crash moment number one Poor Jan Brewer, the current governor of Arizona and a hero to the anti-immigration movement in the US. Taking part in her one (and, we can safely assume, only) candidates' debate before the election in November, she suffers not one but two televised meltdowns.

The first, above, occurred during the debate itself, while she was making her opening statement and was attempting to list her accomplishments. That should have been the easiest part of the debate. But no. "It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory," noted NPR.

Yesterday, Brewer commented: "It certainly was the longest 16 seconds of my life. I'm human, I'm human."

The second, below, came after the debate when she was confronted by reporters asking about her previous claim that decapitated bodies of illegal immigrants had been found in the Arizona desert – although there is no evidence to support Brewer's claim.

Jan Brewer's post-debate car-crash moment number two Repeatedly asked to explain her claim – which she had used as an example of why Arizona needed its controversial new anti-immigration law – Brewer simply refused to open her mouth, before fleeing the scene to annoyed groans from the assembled journalists.

Her performance will presumably be some help to her Democratic challenger, Arizona's state attorney general Terry Goddard, who challenged Brewer to recant her statement on the beheadings during the debate. But Brewer enjoys a huge opinion poll lead and her twin meltdowns seem unlikely to make enough of a dent.

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Another who didn't eat their Wheaties for breakfast?

Considering the way this is wrote alone I dont think this woman is getting a fair shake.

Edited September 3, 2010 by _Simpson_

[John+Lourdelie 28]

Her opening made me cringe. God that woman looks haggard.

Hmmm..... I don't think she looks anything like Merle Haggard

John

[Peikko 1,575]

Considering the way this is wrote alone I dont think this woman is getting a fair shake.

'..the way this is wrote'? At least it conforms to basic standards of English literacy. However, aside from the hyperbolic use of 'meltdown' what exactly do you see as 'unfair' in this article?

[DEDixon 39]

argue with

abcnews "Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer's Awkward Silence "

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=11551397

and CBS "Gov. Jan Brewer's Awkward Pause"

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6832325n

[DEDixon 39]

Would that it were only an awkward pause! It was a complete shut down of the most lengthy and profound sort. My inner twelve-year-old, asked to present a report on Joan of Arc in front of a class of strangers on the first week of school in a new city felt her pain.

My inner adult, however, felt no pain. I don't get sympathetic twinge reactions when Stepford wives experience system breakdown.

i feel no pain for her either. i just think meltdown is the wrong word. more like a hiccup or maybe she burped a little gastric reflux and had to shallow it before speaking?

[twowls 217]

i feel no pain for her either. i just think meltdown is the wrong word. more like a hiccup or maybe she burped a little gastric reflux and had to shallow it before speaking?

Oh she shallowed it alright... Sorry. Okay I think we can solve this. It's more than a hiccup, less than a meltdown. It's a hick down.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Considering the way this is wrote alone I dont think this woman is getting a fair shake.

Here's yer fair shake.

[_Simpson_ 250]

'..the way this is wrote'? At least it conforms to basic standards of English literacy. However, aside from the hyperbolic use of 'meltdown' what exactly do you see as 'unfair' in this article?

This is being blown our of proportion, so what she had a brain fart.

Say what you will about her but at least she getting stuff down.

And whats with that news station they sounded like a bunch of giddy kids. "We got her we got her"

[Peikko 1,575]

This is being blown our of proportion, so what she had a brain fart.

Say what you will about her but at least she getting stuff down.

And whats with that news station they sounded like a bunch of giddy kids. "We got her we got her"

She is 'getting stuff down'? Regardless, I simply found her performance unimpressive. You have the right to excuse it and consider it of no consequence. Everyone is entitled to make of it what they will. I do not see why it upsets you so much that some people do find it an embarrassing performance though, it really is - regardless of whether it means anything more than that or not.

[_Simpson_ 250]

She is 'getting stuff down'?

Well she has a lot of people thinking and addressing our immigration problems. Then theirs the cutting and balancing of the budget.

Regardless, I simply found her performance unimpressive. You have the right to excuse it and consider it of no consequence. Everyone is entitled to make of it what they will. I do not see why it upsets you so much that some people do find it an embarrassing performance though, it really is - regardless of whether it means anything more than that or not.

I'm not going to pretend that that wasnt a embarrassing moment for her or that she looked smart but I'm not going to make a big deal out of something so insignificant.