Jan Brewer: No More Debates For Me

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is apparently done with participating in gubernatorial debates, because she is terrible at them. Per Jillian Rayfield at TPM:

Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has put the kibosh on all future debates with her Arizona gubernatorial opponent Terry Goddard (D), after her rather embarrassing display at Wednesday's debate. "I don't believe that things come out in proper context in an adversarial atmosphere," she defended herself.

My follow-up question would have probably been, "What is the proper context for your statement, and I quote, '...'" in which the ellipsis represents twenty seconds of silent dumbfoundment, but that's beside the point. Brewer says that only reason she participated in the debate in the first place was to claim "$1.7 million-plus" of "public funds for her campaign." That booty having been secured, what's the point in debating Goddard again? Said Brewer, "I think it's pretty defined what [Goddard] stands for and what I stand for."

Yes. As defined by the debate, Jan Brewer stands for telling crazy stories about the Arizona desert being filled with headless bodies, whereas Goddard stands for the ability to speak in complete sentences.

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Comments

[Evol Syawla]

09:11 PM on 09/09/2010

Jan Brewer does not have anything to fear from the voting population. The Republicans and teabaggers only elect the intellectually challenged extreme, idiots who always goes against the government. No matter who else is there, they chose the wingnuts. So it is a matter of whether Obama can do something to spur his base, jolt them to action, otherwise we will see the Republicans finish the job George Bush started. Destroy the middles class and create two groups. He crazy stupid rich and the poor. Soon the poor will die off because they will repeal the Health care bill and leave only the very rich. That is their way to get the economy back.

[ZeraLee]

06:23 PM on 09/09/2010

She puts her own spin on "Take the money and run."

I think she realizes that her chances depend on hype, not ability. Just the opposite of what a successful democracy thrives on.

[BlackTantalus]

02:00 PM on 09/09/2010

“Liberals insist that Brewer be quoted 100% in context.

That said, Liberals double-insist that Angle be quoted 100% in context.

No wiggle room for Tea Baggers.”

{A word has been changed to appease censors who cannot stand to have have a certain species of seditionist identified by their true calling.}

[DrBlunt]

09:24 AM on 09/12/2010

No wiggle room for Tea Baggers?

Those Tea Gaggers wiggle so damn much; it's not even funny...

[SarahhJ]

05:09 PM on 09/25/2010

Look what conservativism has done to the females who embrace it. With the men, it's made blantant hypocrites.. But with the women it's just scary

Sarah J.
http://www.decordedesigns.net

[BlackTantalus]

01:47 PM on 09/09/2010

Liberals insist that Brewer be quoted 100% in context.

That said, Liberals double-insist that Angle be quoted 100% in context.

No wiggle room for Nazis.

[Brane]

06:52 PM on 09/07/2010

I actually prefer a Brewer debate to a Palin debate, at least Jan goes silent when she has nothing to say.

[DrBlunt]

09:25 AM on 09/12/2010

lol

[dbmetzger]

06:00 PM on 09/07/2010

once again the famous opening statement
Ariz. Governor's Painful Pause During Debate
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled and stammered through opening statement during a gubernatorial debate. Brewer faced opposition from democratic candidate Terry Goddard, and walked away from a group of reporters during post-debate questioning. http://www.newslook.com/videos/247010-ariz-governor-s-painful-pause-during-debate?autoplay=true

[Joseph Pierre]

02:45 PM on 09/07/2010

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates lasted how long? I could forgive her Cruella de Vil looks if she was even remotely qualified to be an elected official, but she isn't

[worldsam]

11:23 AM on 09/07/2010

Immigrant bashing is lot easier than debating.

[bryan broome]

10:14 AM on 09/07/2010

Something tells me she was somehow lying in that 20 seconds of silence.

[Brane]

06:53 PM on 09/07/2010

She was probably saying things on the inside.

[RobertinNJ]

10:07 AM on 09/07/2010

Sarah Palin felt Katie Couric's question on what she reads was unfair. Jan Brewer doesn't like the adversarial atmosphere of a political debate. Michelle Bachman wants members of Congress who dont agree with her political views investigated as 'Un-American.'

Look what conservativism has done to the females who embrace it. With the men, it's made blantant hypocrites.. But with the women it's just scary.

[Jim281]

09:19 AM on 09/07/2010

And if her performance wasn't funny enough, she actually wants to he SENATOR! HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaHA

[Jim281]

09:16 AM on 09/07/2010

Ao much for the Jan Brewer Comedy hour.!

[1234j]

08:45 AM on 09/07/2010

It was funny watching her sputter and lose control.

No debates? What? Wow.

[fireW]

07:34 AM on 09/07/2010

She says no to debates. Wouldn't it be nice if the voters of AZ had the sense to say no to this lying incompetent fraud who isn't even smart enough to consistently utter coherent sentences.

[Whinger]

02:55 AM on 09/07/2010

Somebody gave her good advice, her hands are too small for crib notes!