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On visit to Arizona, Obama and Brewer spar over her book
The Hill ^ | January 25, 2012 | Amie Parnes

Posted on 01/25/2012 4:36:26 PM PST by greyfoxx39

When President Obama landed in Phoenix on Wednesday, he was greeted with sunny skies and a kerfuffle with Republican Gov. Jan Brewer.

After welcoming the president upon his arrival, Obama told Brewer he didn’t like the way he was characterized in her book, ‘Scorpions for Breakfast,’ the governor told reporters traveling with the president.

But Obama “didn’t feel that I had treated him cordially” in the book, the governor said.

In the book, Brewer complains about one meeting at the White House with Obama -- centered around immigration and border security -- writing, “It was though President Obama thought he could lecture me, and I would learn at his knee.”

Initially, Brewer called the meeting “cordial.” But in the book, she walked back the sentiment, calling the president “patronizing.”

In a rare move, the White House put out their own statement quoting a White House official: “The governor handed the President a letter and said she was inviting him to meet with her. 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. The president looks forward to continuing taking steps to help Arizona’s economy grow.”

At one point in the tense conversation on Wednesday, Brewer pointed her finger at Obama and at another time, they were talking over one another, according to a White House pool report.

Obama appeared to walk away from Brewer in the middle of their conversation, according to the pool report.

“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.

“The book is what the book is,” Brewer added. “I asked him if he read the book. He said he read the excerpt. So.”

Brewer said she handed Obama what she called a personal letter asking him to sit down with her to discuss the “Arizona comeback.”

She said she “reiterated an invitation that I’ve extended to him before with regards to coming to Arizona and going to the border with me.

“We’ve had a remarkable comeback here and I want to share that with him,” Brewer said. “I thought we probably would’ve talked about the things that were important to him and important to me, helping one another.

“Arizona was upside down,” she continued. “But we have turned it around. I know again that he loves this country and I love this country.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; az; border; brewer; illegals; janbrewer; obama
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Obama has treated the state of Arizona like crap. Good for Gov. Brewer for standing up to the usurper.
1 posted on 01/25/2012 4:36:34 PM PST by greyfoxx39
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2 posted on 01/25/2012 4:41:15 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (When does Mittens come out in black-face to accuse Newt of racism? H/T APatientman)
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Well, hell . . . an illegal alien doesn’t want to talk about illegal aliens . . .

I would love to know if this impostor and grifter living in our White House has to show a passport upon landing in a foreign country, and what does the passport say about the national origin of this goofus?


3 posted on 01/25/2012 4:46:28 PM PST by laweeks
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"I know again that he (Obama)loves this country"

Okay.

4 posted on 01/25/2012 4:48:19 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, or the jobs that go with it.)
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To: greyfoxx39

she continued. “But we have turned it around. I know again that he loves this country and I love this country.”

.....why do people assume Zero loves this country.


5 posted on 01/25/2012 4:48:19 PM PST by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: greyfoxx39

“Arizona was upside down,” she continued. “But we have turned it around. I know again that he loves this country and I love this country.”

uh yeah Jan, you might want to think about that last statement a little bit more. obama hates us in AZ and we’re just fine with that


6 posted on 01/25/2012 4:50:14 PM PST by Jeff Vader
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7 posted on 01/25/2012 4:50:46 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: greyfoxx39

Yes, Obummer, not everyone grovels in front of you and kisses your a$$.


8 posted on 01/25/2012 4:50:56 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Indeed. Picture on Drudge. In November voters will be wagging a different finger in his face.


9 posted on 01/25/2012 4:52:07 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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The president looks forward to continuing taking steps to help Arizona’s economy grow.”

Is this a veiled threat? ...support me and I'll send money your way; don't and you'll miss out on "my" generosity? The federal government needs to get out of the way and let states grow their own economy.

10 posted on 01/25/2012 4:56:16 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: greyfoxx39

“Obama has treated the state of Arizona like crap. Good for Gov. Brewer for standing up to the usurper.”

Spot on, greyfoxx39.

States should treat that Chicago thug with no respect or honor to the office he stole. This pig doesn’t believe in the rule of law or the Constitution. In the same way, all of obuma’s laws, his fascist bureaucrats and his illegal czars should be treated with complete loathing, contempt and disrespect.

It’s time to let obuma know that he’s not welcome in these united states.


11 posted on 01/25/2012 4:59:50 PM PST by sergeantdave
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.....why do people assume Zero loves this country.

Let's hope she is only saying this for political consumption. Even then, it is grating -- the Marxist is out to destroy our Republic as founded.

12 posted on 01/25/2012 5:02:51 PM PST by sand88 (Hey Rove et al, I will, with great pleasure, NOT cast a vote for the Statist Mitt.)
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I know again that he loves this country

Assumes facts not in evidence.

13 posted on 01/25/2012 5:04:21 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: greyfoxx39

Bless Governor Brewer. I hope she knows how many people stand with her.


14 posted on 01/25/2012 5:05:45 PM PST by Paperdoll (On the cutting edge)
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To: greyfoxx39

“Initially, Brewer called the meeting “cordial.” But in the book, she walked back the sentiment, calling the president “patronizing.”

I guess the author of the piece, Aimee Parnes, has never met an egomaniac who feels he is doing a person of lesser understanding a kindness by imparting his superior wisdom in a warm, heartfelt way?


15 posted on 01/25/2012 5:08:21 PM PST by ngat
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To: sand88

She must have learned from McCain, he was always complementing Zero.


16 posted on 01/25/2012 5:10:26 PM PST by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: greyfoxx39
Love the pic on Drudge.


17 posted on 01/25/2012 5:20:03 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: greyfoxx39

Grow some ‘nads and call him the America-hating Marxist moo-slim steaming pantload that you and all of us know he is.


18 posted on 01/25/2012 5:24:40 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: greyfoxx39

That's what's known as a thinly veiled threat.

Threats in full view of the public by the President of the United States.

That's either bitter or arrogant.

19 posted on 01/25/2012 5:42:16 PM PST by delacoert
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To: greyfoxx39
The president looks forward to continuing taking steps to help Arizona’s economy grow.

Arizona is doomed!

Did little Barry get his panties in a wad?

20 posted on 01/25/2012 5:54:26 PM PST by depressed in 06 ( Where is the 1984 Apple Super Bowl ad when we need it?)
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