Arizona Gov vetoed bill requiring President Obama to prove Citizenship

[demtenjeep]

PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state's ballot.

The bill would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement. Opponents had warned the bill would give another black eye to Arizona after last year's controversy over the state's illegal immigration enforcement law.

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.



Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2011/04/18/1813415/arizona-gov-vetoes-presidential.html#ixzz1JvrqKQKE

[Drale]

1. This crap needs to stop

States should not decide who gets on the ballet for president. That needs to be decided at the national level.

[BallardWA]

2. Good on Jan Brewer?

I dunno. This whole thing is so preposterous, how can one create a story from this?

[whoneedstickets]

3. This is a good strategic outcome for the birthers!

If she had signed the law, then when 2012 rolled around she would have had to concede that Obama was a legitimate candidate and given the imprimatur of the state of AZ to the anti-birther position.

Now he need not prove anything AND the birthers won't be proven wrong by one of their own kind.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. She lost her chance to see his penis

Dumb move, Jan.