Bet you 10 bucks she's a bull dyke.
Posted on 05/27/2005 2:59:46 PM PDT by hsmomx3
PHOENIX (AP) -- Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano has managed to get the Republican-led Legislature to go along with virtually all her priorities in each of her 2 1/2 years in office.
Her road to success, at least at the Legislature, may be harder to travel in the future.
En route to setting a new state record for bills vetoed in a single year with 58, Napolitano stunned Republicans last week by rejecting a school-choice bill that they expected to become law as part of a budget deal with the governor.
Napolitano said that Republicans didn't include a promised provision that would have automatically repealed the income tax credit after five years and also unraveled the budget understanding by not compromising with legislative Democrats on a separate school funding issue.
"I have a strong belief in what was intended and agreed to," Napolitano said of her closed-door talks with two GOP leaders.
Republicans say Napolitano is off the mark on both counts and that it was unethical for her to veto the school-choice bill while signing a new budget that included her funding priorities -- a new medical school branch campus, expansion of all-day kindergarten and dollars for social programs.
"The people cannot trust the governor of this state to keep her word," said House Speaker Jim Weiers.
"This is a sad day for Arizona," said Senate President Ken Bennett.
Some Republican legislators agreed to back the budget package only in exchange for Napolitano accepting the school choice measure, a new state income tax credit for businesses' donations to groups providing private school scholarships.
The vetoes will have lasting ramifications on Napolitano's dealings with the Legislature, said Senate Majority Whip Jay Tibshraeny. "The trust isn't going to be there."
For her part, Napolitano says she'll call the Legislature into special session to rework the two vetoed bills if there's a bipartisan compromise on the school funding issue.
"People disagree but in the end when the dust settles we're going to have to get back to the table and put this thing back together, and I think people of good will can do that," she said. "I intend to proceed in that fashion."
In the last two years, Napolitano largely got what she wanted on budget and other spending issues by forging coalitions of Democrats and moderate Republicans that overcame resistance from GOP conservatives who dominate their party's legislative ranks.
It's unclear whether Napolitano's relations with legislative Republicans will hurt her away from the Capitol. She enjoys good poll ratings and several prominent Republicans have decided against challenging Napolitano when she goes up for re-election in 2006.
Still, some supporters say they've grown disenchanted.
Lenny Graziano, a Phoenix courier, said he voted for Napolitano in 2002 but probably wouldn't do so again.
"I don't like some of the things she's done," said Graziano, a Republican who cited Napolitano's positions on abortion and immigration issues.
The school-choice veto probably won't hurt Napolitano but she could be on more dangerous ground with voters over her positions on immigration issues, said Zachary Smith, a Northern Arizona University political science professor.
Napolitano also rejected bills to restrict services to illegal immigrants, make English the state's official language and let state and local police enforce federal immigration laws.
"There is some potential that the Republicans can use that against her," Smith said.
Napolitano served one term as state attorney general before being elected governor in 2002, when she won by fewer than 12,000 votes in a race that saw more than 1.2 million votes cast.
Previously, she served as a member of Anita Hill's legal team during Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearing and was U.S. attorney for Arizona during the Clinton administration.
In 2004, Napolitano was mentioned as a possible running mate for John Kerry and made a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention.
On the Net:
Gov. Janet Napolitano: http://www.governor.state.az.us
Arizona Legislature: http://www.azleg.state.az.us
Federal or state level, it doesn't matter. The stupid party (to which I belong) gets rolled again. Sigh ...
What a shock! A Democrat who doesn't keep their word.
Yep. Always seems to happen that way. And our side never learns. If Napolitano proposed another deal tomorrow to the Republicans, they'd fall for it again.
They should have gotten it through their thick heads by now that more often than not, making deals with democrats is shaking hands with the devil.
There is plenty of proof by now that you simply can't trust them to honor agreements.
Bet you 10 bucks she's a bull dyke.
"I am altering our deal, pray I do not alter it any further."
A former politician who had to endure working with her says she is. She denys it of course.
KAET just took a poll of 357 whopping people (or dead animals, who knows) and said that 79% of the citizens think she is doing a wonderful job.
I would like to conduct my own poll, and call 10 people from every zip code in AZ and ask them the same questions.
This bytch can be beaten. But we need a candidate.
"This bytch can be beaten. But we need a candidate"
We have had 3 serial women governors. Each worse than the last. The first accidently released a murderer (killed 3, execution style). He went on to law school, taking a slot better used by a human.
She got her Inbox and her Outbox confused.
The second was dumb as a box of rocks and screwed up so many things, I can't enumerate them.
She didn't know what an Inbox or Outbox was.
"Butch" Napolitano, is a protege of JANET RENO. What does that tell you?
She definitely knows what HER InBOX and OutBOX are!
Well, there we have it, Republicans voting for an ultra liberal. I think I know what's wrong with Arizona, it's got to be the sun. It can't be the water because their water comes from Colorado and, although we have our moments, we're not as bad as Arizona. Too much sun, too much heat; what Arizona needs is a long period of overcast skies.
Lenny Graziano, a Phoenix courier, said he voted for Napolitano in 2002 but probably wouldn't do so again.
"I don't like some of the things she's done," said Graziano, a Republican who cited Napolitano's positions on abortion and immigration issues.
The GOP is a joke.
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