These guys can't leave well enough alone, can they? It's bad enough that GED Jan's wagging finger has been all over the national news, prompting comments that she is disrespectful, that she embarrassed Arizona (a weekly occurrence by some asshole), or that she may have been hammered. The heavy drinking accusation is not a new one. As early as 1988, when she was a state senator, Brewer was detained for causing an accident while driving drunk, only to be released because Arizona has an immunity clause for legislators in session.
Brewer got what she wanted: sales of her book, Scorpions for Breakfast, have spiked more than 150,000 percent in the past 24 hours. So rather than STFU about Brewer's white finger in a black man's face, Senator McCain and others can't help but keep digging.
Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, on Thursday defended Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in her celebrated finger-wagging confrontation with President Barack Obama on the runway at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Arizona Republic
What, precisely, was McCain defending? Her rudeness and inappropriateness, or her tacky method of hawking a book? In this morning's interview with Don Imus, the host says to McCain that
he has a vision of Brewer sitting at a bar in Jerome with "a big Pall Mall hanging out of the corner of her mouth, a big double glass of Jack Daniels sitting in front of her." McCain, R-Ariz., laughed, but said "That's not the Jan Brewer I know."
Oh, really? Tell us about the Jan Brewer you know, Senator McCain. Maybe you're remembering 16-Second Jan. She makes us so proud. I think you'd agree with me, Senator, that if someone told you 20 years ago that community college dropout Jan Brewer would be sitting in the executive's chair, you'd think something was seriously wrong with your state. You'd be right. But then I almost forgot ... you introduced the nation to Sarah Palin.
"Jan Brewer is very concerned about the security on our border," McCain continued. "This 'Fast & Furious,' you know, selling these guns that ended up in Mexico. One of our Border Patrol agents was killed in Arizona. We still haven't gotten to the bottom of that whole fiasco as well. We still have cartel members on mountains in southern Arizona guiding the drugrunners up to Phoenix, where drugs then are distributed around the country."
Oh, silly me, it's all about the border, isn't it? Old Headless Bodies Brewer is still "concerned" -- unlike her concern for tens of thousands of people she kicked off the healthcare rolls last year, or her concern for patients who had been promised life-saving organ transplants, only to see her renege on the deal.
Later in the interview with Don Imus, McCain admits that immigration "has improved," but he doesn't understand why Obama didn't visit the border to get a "firsthand" experience, rather than an Intel plant. Here's a clue, McCain: The President has sent more men and resources to the border than Bush ever did; crossings at the Tucson sector are down 40 percent this year, as is crime. As much as you and Brewer want to screech about the President "not protecting us," the situation is vastly improved over what it was when your man was in the White House. In case you lunatics in Arizona have forgotten, while you're fear-mongering about Mexicans, passing Official Weapon laws, introducing red-meat Birther Bills, and creating a Tea Party license plate, some people are focused on jobs!
McCain wasn't the only Arizona twerp to criticize the President's visit to the Chandler Intel plant. Republican City Councilman Jeff Weninger stayed away from the event in his town.
Weninger said the visit was political move by Obama to take credit for the Intel project. "I respect the President and am happy he is coming to Chandler and highlighting Intel and our great business community," he posted on his political Facebook page. Arizona Republic
Asswipe! Obama did not "take credit for the Intel project." He praised the workers, not himself, and he applauded Intel for building its new facility in the US, not overseas. Happily, another Chandler Councilman, Mark Sepulveda, responded on Weninger's Facebook page:
"Do not forget you are in a non partisan elected office. Focus on our city and getting us out of these rough economic times rather than perpetuating the divisive politics that fail to allow for compromise and progress, while catering to talking points that stir emotions of certain voter populations. Shame on you."
Shame on you, indeed. That seems to be the phrase of the day in the Grand Canyon State. Maybe they should put that on our license plates.