Arizona gov. vetoes presidential 'birther' bil

[onehandle]

Source: AP

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill to require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names can appear on the state's ballot.

The bill vetoed by Brewer on Monday would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement. The Arizona bill included proof-of-qualification for all candidates appearing on Arizona ballots, with those varying by the office sought.

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Brewer said in her veto letter that she was troubled that the bill empowered Arizona's secretary of state to judge the qualifications of all candidates when they file to run for office. "I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions," said Brewer, who was secretary of state until she became governor in 2009.

"In addition, 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 circumcision certificates' among other records to the Arizona secretary of state," she said. "This is a bridge too far."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_go_ot/us_obama_birth_certificate_3

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In five minutes, teabaggers will announce their effort to primary or recall her.

[TheWraith]

1. Maybe there's some shit that's too stupid even for her to believe. nt

[Iliyah]

17. Well yea that was some stupid shit

Prez O has a ceritifcate of live birth which is consistent with ceriticates being authorized by the State of Hawaii at the time of his birth. This acidnine bill dismisses this cerificate but oks circumcision cerificates? What Az tried to do was disregard a America State of Hawaii. Simple as that.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. I'm shocked.

Good for her.

[CBHagman]

3. I never thought I'd say this, but...

...good for her!

[Grassy Knoll]

4. was she doing Tequila shots ........

Sheriff joe blow won't like this.

[bluestateguy]

5. Good for her

Jan, as far as the teabaggers are concerned, you are one of us now :evilgrin:

[Tx4obama]

6. More quotes here regarding the three bills she veto'd

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041811_brewer_vetoes

[Historic NY]

14. Must be eating brain food or now realizes AZ is Ringling Bros..on steroids.

[freshwest]

15. Yep, she's still a jerk.

[rasputin1952]

7. Looks like Saddlebag Jan found a lttle shade out ther in the desert...

and cooled down a bit.

[Marnie]

8. Of course there would be the expense of having

to defend stupidity in various courts for the next year +.
There is the problem that, so far, no one denyies that Obama's mother was American, and that's all it takes for him to be a citizen.
So that part of the purpose of the law is moot and is already lost.

It is unlikely that even the Scalia court, oops, Roberts court would allow state law to trump the Constitution, at least as regards a national election.

And the Supremes would look very low IQ if they pretended they didn't know that the certificate issue by the states certifying birth, date and name is not legally recognized, despite what Mr. bankruptcy Trump says. Because it would mean they couldn't prove they were citizens either.

Guess Arizona doesn't have a pocket veto, 'cause she will pay a price for being sensible.

[Rozlee]

12. Didn't Scalia review one of the birther suits and throw it out?

I thought I read something about that back in the beginning when those crazies were first going around making waves. I always figured if the Supreme Court didn't want anything to do with it, it was pretty much dead in the water.

[Snoutport]

9. Most shocking thing I've read on here all day!!!!!

I think a pig just flew past my window!

[lonestarnot]

10. Did anyone check for heat stroke?

[KeyserSoze87]

11. For once, Jan Brewer has done the right thing.

[ChazII]

16. +1 n/t

[Paradoxical]

19. +1

[Scottybeamer70]

13. Goon on her.......

guess there's lots of little piggies flying tody........:rofl:

[SaveAmerica]

18. She's got McCain's back? Come back to haunt them if he were to run again?

[Buddyblazon]

20. Birther Bill

...Birther Bill...when someone batshit crazy says, "Holy fuck...that is batshit crazy".

[The Nexus]

21. Gotta feeling it will be overridden. nt