In a surprise move for many critics, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they were born in the United States before their names could have been placed on the state ballot. We previously discussed the bill and the serious constitutional questions that it raised. A former Secretary of State, Brewer objected to one state imposing such conditions on candidates.
Brewer stated that “[a]s a former Secretary of State, I do not support designating one person as a gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically-motivated decisions. She went on to suggest that some of the conditions were simply demeaning: “I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for President of the greatest and most powerful nation on earth to submit their ‘early baptismal or circumcision certificates’ among other records to the Arizona Secretary of State. This is a bridge too far.”
The move saved Arizona the expense of a costly challenge that would have likely resulted in a defeat for Arizona in the courts.
However, thirteen other states are currently considering the same type of legislation. While the veto in Arizona may deter some, this may still become a court battle leading up to the elections.
Source: CNN
BDAman,
I stand corrected, you weren’t being dishonest, just sloppy, and don’t know what ironic means.
I apologize.
Mike A. & Gyges,
Don’t forget the eloquent use of English by our previous president.
Trump on Rove
Gyges you probably didn’t add Barack Obama to the quote in your search.
“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.”
Ironically he made that statement over Citizen United.
(President Obama would be entitled to view it in person if he wished)
Maybe he could take Trump or Jerome Corsi wuth him.
Isn’t it odd that when you search for that phrase in google you just get a link back to BDAman’s post, and THAT’S it? It’s almost like he’s making it up.
2:03 mark
Correction:
“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.”
Mike,
Which also doesn’t bring any results. This just keeps getting more and more suspicious.
Gyges:
That is curious. In addition, I suspect that since the president went to school beyond the eighth grade, he would be much more likely to say, “The only people who don’t want to expose the truth ARE people with something to hide.”
Bdaman,
The state of Hawai’i no longer issues copies of the original BC (President Obama would be entitled to view it in person if he wished). So his refusal and denial of access are comprised of not trying to force the Hawai’i DOH to make an exception to their policy on this point and not taking you the Hawai’i to personally show you his BC. Meanwhile, the Republicans are tearing themselves apart over the issue…
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/poll-nearly-half-of-republican-voters-think-obama-wasnt-born-in-us.php Also in the same poll, more than half of republicans identify as tea party members. If this poll is close to accurate, one could then assume that the republican nominee for president will be a birther with a tea party affiliation.
“The only people who don’t want to expose the truth is people with something to hide” – Barack Obama
Isn’t it odd that when you search for that phrase in google you just get a link back to BDAman’s post, and THAT’S it? It’s almost like he’s making it up.
you can call people/me all the names you want. Doesn’t change the fact that [President Obama’s birth] certificate, on file according to state policy and procedures [and having been verified to confirm President Obama’s birth in Hawai’i by sworn testimony and official statements by members of the agency with custody of the original] and [thus] confirms [President] Obama is a natural born citizen. [Or the fact that President Obama has been far more transparent regarding his birth than any previous POTUS.]
exists and refuses to produce the original or allow anyone else access to it.
“The only people who don’t want to expose the truth is people with something to hide” – Barack Obama
Bdaman,
I edited your comment for accuracy:
Bdaman said:
but it doesn’t make the birthers any less than the stupid, ignorant bigots they have shown themselves to be. If you want to stand with idiots and racists, that’s your choice, but don’t be surprised when you get painted with the same brush…
you can call people/me all the names you want. Doesn’t change the fact that an original long form certificate, on file according to state policy and procedures and confirms Barack who’s insane Obama is a natural born citizen exists and he refuses to produce or allow anyone else access to it.
“The only people who don’t want to expose the truth is people with something to hide” – Barack Obama
GE’s Profit Jumps 77% Tax free.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576276564256544634.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
Eric Von Stroheim,
Who said I was against bank bailouts?
You get so caught up in your own scenarios that you fail to consider that others may not be … in that manner you are very similar to the politicians in their “beltway mentality”.
Besides, the figures you quoted were false which was my only real objection to your post.
Notice how you tried to spin away from that? Once again, just like a Washington politician.
You are that which you claim to despise which is the definition
of “apply your views inconsistently and contradictorily”.
Don’t try to play games with me, Bucko, you ain’t got the brains. I’ll twist you like a used teabag … I just did, in case you missed it.
Blouise:
the point is government should not have purchased GE nor should it have bailed out the banks. If you are against bank bailouts then you should also be against the purchase of GM. It is the same concept.
If you are not, then you apply your views inconsistently and contradictorily.
Regards,
EVS
Jan Brewer Faces Conservative Backlash After Vetoing GOP-Backed Bills
PAUL DAVENPORT 04/20/11
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/jan-brewer-faces-conserva_n_851383.html
Excerpt:
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s vetoes of a half-dozen bills sponsored by fellow Republicans are raising eyebrows, with some conservatives questioning whether she is still one of them.
Never mind that she has signed more than 200 other bills from the GOP-led Legislature.
They wanted her to OK bills on school choice and religious rights, among others, as well as one that would have made the state the first to require presidential candidates to prove their natural born citizenship to get on the ballot.
That last one has become a pet cause to some conservatives who believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. and therefore ineligible to hold the nation’s highest office.
It was too much even for Brewer, a Republican who last year became the public face of the state’s controversial immigration law and used it to help her win election.
The so-called birther bill was a “huge distraction” that would have tarnished the state’s reputation and hindered efforts to turn around the state’s ailing economy, she told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
“From my perspective, knowing what I believe the Constitution says and the information that I had, that it would be something that wouldn’t reflect well on our state,” she said.
Brewer said she based her sign-or-veto decisions on a standard of what’s right for the state.
Good job Blouise!