Mayor Seems To Contradict Gov. Brewer's Story On Obama Run-In

Racist always feel threatened by Black men.

The secret service should of put her butt on the ground, when she put her finger in his face. She is a very, very ugly woman with ugly ways.

Well you know that black guys just standing there "looking tough" intimidate white people like Brewer....

He probably walked away to greet the other people because she just wouldn't shut up.

Iam woman, good point. I wonder if a man who did that would have been given the same pass by the Secret Service?

I would have completely understood if he had given into temptation and bit her finger.

I've said before, but let me repeat; if it's a republican, and their mouth is moving, they are lying! The mayor's account seem more in line with a dignified man like Obama, when dealing with uncouth Jan.

Being bombastic is a republican trait, with name calling,lies and inuindo,distractions and fake happy patriotic bs about freedom and liberty! It's a symptom of insecurity,Bullies do it all the time...

Better not, Terry. You don't know where it's been or what you'd risk catching.

Brewer sticks her finger in the President of the United States, like a petty child, and then screams he seemed threatening to her? Way to pump up the book sales, every Tpub hater of the President will rush out and buy her book looking for more hateful tales to tell their friends. And of course, the sales went through the roof today. Just shows how many hateful Tpubs are really out there.

oops, me bad , wrong place. sorry

look - we KNOW that Jan has her own "agenda" and i SERIOUSLY doubt she had a "loaded finger" (even IF she stuck out a MIDDLE FINGER, it just would have been a representation of her "mentality".

no need to get the guys in the dark suits, earpieces and shades involved...

no need to get the guys in the dark suits, earpieces and shades involved...

Pfff...party pooper.

She told a Phoenix television station she felt “a little bit threatened”

like this?

"Yow! A Negro! Save me!"

Every time I think I've seen it all...

/facepalm

John Franklin Mason

#1.1- Glad you picked up on that statement. A Black man is always threatening to a white woman. This woman wanted a confrontation with the President for a photo opportunity. That is what the finger waving is all about. Gov Brewer chastised the President.... When you view the photo, who is the one appear to pose a threat? She gets in the Presidents face, waves her finger and she felt threatened? She should have been thrown down on the tarmack, handcuffed and taken to jail for posing a threat to the President of The United States of America.... I mean, the secret service failed at their job, suppose this woman has lost it and had a gun on her, she could have killed him right there. The Presidents security needs to be improved... Something like that should not happen to any President....

I'm quite confused at what point did Brewer feel threatened, was it the moment she had her decrepit finger in HIS face or the moment he WALKED AWAY from her..

Get off the booze lady...you acted terribly and anyone that was raised right would agree with that. You don't go around sticking your finger in people's face.

She told a Phoenix television station she felt “a little bit threatened”

Well, nobody forced you to get up close and shove your finger in his face. It doesn't surprise me that you would feel the Secret Service's glare boring into the back of your skull when your the one making threatening gestures at the President of the Unites States. Show a little respect.

She's only embellishing the story to sell more books. Hopefully she doesn't get re-elected. She was on all the talk shows after the "incident" promoting her book. That's it! All of you posters who are implying racism should be ashamed of yourselves! Quit stirring the racism pot. Even you SEEDER.

Gilf Hunter you think this lying female dog is not a racist something is wrong with you, the republican and some democrats have gone crazy because a black man is the president and living in the white house.

It is election season and JB is hedging her bets 1. Increase dismal book sales to hot item on amazon. 2. Make her fellow teapugs feel all warm and fuzz and maybe vote for her next time around. 3 Show the boys at the Repub circus she has the (you fill in the blank ) — — — — — for future consideration for a nice post in wash town.

There was a tweet, last night, on the Ed Show; I'll paraphrase:

I'll bet she wouldn't have done it if Michelle had been there.

I can see the FLOTUS grabbing Brewer's finger inside her fist then pointing that finger back at her.

The envolope was a prop. I looked back at u tubes of leaders arriving to meet other leaders.
Not one was greeted by an envolope some received flowers but they were presented by assistants.

This really looks staged. How far will these people go to upstage their opponents?

All of you posters who are implying racism should be ashamed of yourselves! Quit stirring the racism pot. Even you SEEDER.

No it's racism. Racism isn't just people walking around in white sheets. It's not just planting burning crosses. Racism is the feeling that one is somehow superior to another based solely on race.

In Jan Brewer's case, what could possibly make it acceptable to ever do that to a President for any reason? If she is trying to sell a book, then what is the reaction she is trying to evoke? Who is she communicating with, people who like to see the office of the President of the United States disrespected? If this is the case, then there should be tons of examples of governors doing this to the President of the United States. There isn't.

While I couldn't stand GW Bush, I still respected the office. He was the President. That being said, if there was any doubt as to if it was racially motivated or not Ms. Brewer gives the us one of the most wildly used racial memes of all all time. The Caucasian woman who "feels threatened" by the mere appearance of a black man.

We can't solve problems of race in this country if we pretend it's not there.

As Faux News and the right wing propagandize 'Michelle Obama' as the ANGRY "BLACK" WOMAN???

Better vote people, the country you save, may be your own!

After her meeting with the president in Washington, she told reporters it went well and they just discussed the border situation. But in her book, it somehow became a "lecture". Were you taken out of context the first time or the second, governor? Have you ever heard the term "credibility"?

now, brewer is claiming she had to do what she had to because he 'lipped off' at her

we'll never know the real deal: the finger wagging picture is interpreted to favor brewer

she doesn't just look like a b!tchy witch, she is that persona

Remeber when the dumb bitch, said they had people found in the desert that had been decapitated, come to find out it was an imigrant, just ONE.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/04/jan-brewer-admits-she-was_0_n_705722.html

What a @!$%#ing moron.

just one AFTER the fact.

@ kc77 -

Please understand, I'm not defending Governor Brewer in any way. She's a tool, but a smart tool. This is all about her book, not racism, and you're playing right into it. You are the one implying she "felt threatened" by a black man. By stirring the racism pot, you are fueling the racism fire. I'm not pretending racism doesn't exist, I'm just saying that by playing the racism card, you're only adding to the problem. I do also agree that her reaction and subsequent media frenzy was disrespectful to the office of the presidency regardless of who is president. If you talk to most Arizonians (and other border states), they're tired of illegal aliens crossing over the border to smuggle drugs, steal and commit violent crimes in those border regions. It's not racism. The good, law-abiding Mexican citizens that cross over into the U.S. follow the proper avenues to citizenship or obtaining a work visa.

That's the right move. Just claim racism. Just because she has a testy argument with the president, she becomes racist. Maybe, just maybe, she doesn't like him because of what he is.

Also, he is not black. He is mixed race. In fact, he is more white than black because he was raised by two white women.

In fact, he is more white than black because he was raised by two white women.

How is skin color (more white) related to parenting?

My guess is that Governor Brewer just wanted a photo opportunity of her shaking her naughty-naughty-naughty finger in our esteemed President's face.

It was utterly disrespectful, and were I to be the President in that same situation, I would have had her summarily dismissed.

One would think a Governor, of all people, would have learned proper decorum prior to attaining that office.

Bill-910376 -

Maybe, just maybe, she doesn't like him because of what he is.

In fact, he is more white than black because he was raised by two white women.

And the ironic comment of the week award goes too....

She's only embellishing the story to sell more books

When did Gov. Brewer admit embellishing the story to sell more books?

Put it like this, I am a business owner, and if any of my employees put their fingers in the face of a customer, for any reason, even if that customer was obnoxious, I'd fire them. Responsible people don't put their fingers in anybody's face. When it's the President of the USA, its disrespectful to ALL of us.

I did that to my rep, but only because he did that to me first and shouted me down because he felt that my concerns as a business weren't important to him because they didn't fit within his vision of government. No surprise that he is a tea bagger extreme.

Idj

I've said before, but let me repeat; if it's a republican, and their mouth is moving, they are lying!

So, your saying that all Democrats are bastions of truth and honesty?

Now if this had been Bush and a Black woman gov. came up to him with her finger pointed , she would have been shot !

Therefore I also blame secret service for not doing their jobs ! had that envelope she was carrying been inspected ? secret service you are F- ing up !

This governor is just trying to cover her butt. The fact IS, she looks like an Idiot and the President looks like he had grace and compassion for her, even though she IS not deserving. Get over yourself Governor and realize you look exactly like what you are, a racist woman who cannot handle the fact that a BLACK President of the United States made you look like a foolish little idiot.

You are the one implying she "felt threatened" by a black man.

I wouldn't have any problem saying it if i was. However, that's precisely what she said.

She told reporters, among other things, that she “felt a little bit threatened, if you will, in the attitude that he had.”

Kc77 -

What???? Help me sort out my confusion with your response to my post. You say, "However, that's precisely what she said."

So you're saying "attitude" is code for black man?

She never said black man or implied the term. As I stated earlier, you're playing the race card and adding fuel to the fire for no reason. She's a tool who's trying to sell books. That's it.

So you're saying "attitude" is code for black man?

She never said black man or implied the term. As I stated earlier, you're playing the race card and adding fuel to the fire for no reason. She's a tool who's trying to sell books. That's it.

So Obama would be classified as Caucasian? I think it's pretty well known. She doesn't have to say "I feel threatened by the black man" when we know he's mixed in racial make up and would be considered African American by most standards. We take in information with our eyes, ears and noses.

What you are doing here is precisely what I spoke of earlier and that's pretending that as long as it's not the KKK or no one is being hung by nooses, then it's not racism, which is preposterous.

You can't use lack of reasoning, or plausible deniability as an excuse. That too is as old as the sun when it comes to dealing with race in this country.

No one is denying she's trying to sell books. However, she's using this imagery to do so and that's what we also need to discuss.

I agree with you, michelle, about the book sales.

I also think she wanted that image out there of pointing in his face because she fancies herself as the next Sarah Palin, a woman to run as VP to bring in the racist vote. Like a tag team with Newt Gingrich. Arizona politicians think racism is in the majority the way South Carolina does. The Gabby Giffords are rare.

She projects a lot. No one knew the title of the book attributed to her. This is her usual nonsense. My guess is she is hoping extremists and Prez Haters will rush to their computers to order nthe darned thing. Sarah taught them well! Money, money, and more money fuels this crap!

Speaking of rushing to the computer...here's Jan rebutting, "Larry, Barry, and Terry"... hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPKKbmWMZ8

why is she writing a book while still governor.

why is she writing a book while still governor.

Those beheaded bodies she said were found that were never actually found...need reading material?

She's on video the day of that meeting saying the meeting was "cordial"and that the President was cordial as well. See why Obama might have a problem with her book account of it?

She's on video the day of that meeting saying the meeting was "cordial"and that the President was cordial as well. See why Obama might have a problem with her book account of it?

Because she's writing another book? AND you can bet your beheaded lost relatives that she claimed was found in the Arizona desert (but never were found) - that photo of her pointing at the president will be on the cover!

Shameless! Direspectful of the president and the presidency! Typical tea party nonsense!

I have been reading stories and watching videos of this incident; and something just kept running around in my brain (that's how my brain works). What keeps popping up in the vast regions of my brain is a story I read in high school.

Now, my years in high school span the civil right marches, the beatings and hangings of civil rights activist; the march in Selma and the buring of many churches and homes of African Americans - I even remember the KKK burning an entire town because the people just happened to a prosperous African American community. No, I'm not linking anything - don't be lazy - google - I'm sure if anyone is really interested will be able to research what I'm posting here; and if anyone can come back and dispute what I'm saying - have at it. It's all fact. This sh1t actually happened.

The story that keeps hitting me upside my brain is - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I'm not sure if anyone remembers the book, but I'm pretty sure everyone remember's the movie - after all Gregory Peck was the star - loved Gregory Peck. Anyway, The gist of the story - well here - left me cut and past this excerpt and link.

(http://www.gradesaver.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird/study-guide/short-summary/

To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with high moral standards. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill are intrigued by the local rumors about a man named Boo Radley, who lives in their neighborhood but never leaves his house. Legend has it that he once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors, and he is made out to be a kind of monster. Dill is from Mississippi but spends his summer in Maycomb at a house near the Finch's.

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The children are curious to know more about Boo, and during one summer create a mini-drama they enact daily, which tells the events of his life as they know them. Slowly, the children begin moving closer to the Radley house, which is said to be haunted. They try leaving notes for Boo on his windowsill with a fishing pole, but are caught by Atticus, who firmly reprimands them for making fun of a sad man's life. Next, the children try sneaking over to the house at night and looking through its windows. Boo's brother, Nathan Radley, who lives in the house, thinks he hears a prowler and fires his gun. The children run away, but Jem loses his pants in a fence. When he returns in the middle of the night to get them back, they have been neatly folded and the tear from the fence roughly sewn up.

Other mysterious things happen to the Finch children. A certain tree near the Radley house has a hole in which little presents are often left for them, such as pennies, chewing gum, and soap carved figures of a little boy and girl who bear a striking resemblance to Scout and Jem. The children don't know where these gifts are coming from, and when they go to leave a note for the mystery giver, they find that Boo's brother has plugged up the hole with cement. The next winter brings unexpected cold and snow, and Miss Maudie's house catches on fire. While Jem and Scout, shivering, watch the blaze from near the Radley house, someone puts a blanket around Scout without her realizing it. Not until she returns home and Atticus asks her where the blanket came from does she realize that Boo Radley must have put it around her while she was entranced by watching Miss Maudie, her favorite neighbor, and her burning house.

Atticus decides to take on a case involving a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a very poor white girl named Mayella Ewell, a member of the notorious Ewell family, who belong to the layer of Maycomb society that people refer to as "trash." The Finch family faces harsh criticism in the heavily racist Maycomb because of Atticus's decision to defend Tom. But, Atticus insists on going through with the case because his conscience could not let him do otherwise. He knows Tom is innocent, and also that he has almost no chance at being acquitted, because the white jury will never believe a black man over a white woman. Despite this, Atticus wants to reveal the truth to his fellow townspeople, expose their bigotry, and encourage them to imagine the possibility of racial equality.

Just thought I would bring a little bit of classic literature to the conversation - AND I think why this story kept hitting me - I see Jan Brewer in Alabama egging on the idea "the angry black man", the black man who has come to rape our lily white women.

Jan Brewer has gone from Dog Whistler to PIT BULL HORN and she is rallying the racist and bigots for her "pat on the back" - "way to go, Jan - you sure showed that n.gger."

So that's how I see this incident.

Raising my steaming "President Obama Birth Certificate Mug" of the most delicious blend of Hazel Nut, Chocolate and brewed Coffee and saying, " Have the most excellent of Saturday's" :o)

"DEBEKI " , that is how it look's , by the way great movie ! It also reminds me of the true story about Rosewood Florida where a White marrried woman had gotted beat by her White lover and she cried rape by a Black N ! even though they knew she was a 'Ho" , and the Black people who saw what happen told them the man was White , they killed and burned down the entire town , except for a few who could exscape!

katt

Rosewood Case, one of the worst race riots in American history, in which hundreds of angry whites killed an undetermined number of blacks and burnt down their Florida community.

In 1922 Rosewood, Florida, was a small, predominantly black town. During the winter of 1922, two events in the vicinity of Rosewood aggravated local race relations: the murder of a white schoolteacher in nearby Perry, which led to the murder of three blacks, and a Ku Klux Klan rally in Gainesville on New Year’s Eve.

http://www.africanaonline.com/2010/08/the-rosewood-massacre/

It seems like the more things change in this country - the more some "elements" want to take us back to the "good ol' days".

Arsonists torched black church after Obama's win - US news - Crime ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46052395/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/arsonists-jailed-torchi... - Cached
Jan 19, 2012 ... Arsonists jailed for torching black church only hours after Obama's ... The last of three Massachusetts men charged in the burning of a predominantly black church to protest President Barack Obama's election was sentenced ...

Here's the thing - the Teapublicans keep saying this President ran on hope and change - THE CHANGE - well, finally we are really discussing "race and bigotry" in this country. THE HOPE - Eyes are really opening up and seeing exactly what the Teapublicans have been bringing to this conversation and FINALLY people are actually speaking out....because what we are seeing and hearing isn't just "one incident" or "one bad apple" - it's a whole freaking barrel of rotten apples and a lot of them are "elected officials".

Until the Republican party really takes a hard look at what they have unleased within their own ranks - they will continually be looked upon as RACIST AND BIGOTS.

Yeah ! good ol day's !!!!!