Our racist friends over at Free Republic are just having a baby over reports that Governor Melty-Face in Arizona is thinking about vetoing the "birther bill." (A friend once mentioned to us that she thought Jan Brewer looked like the Nazis whose faces melted at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. We agree.)
But, we digress. This "birther" legislation, of course, would be the notorious bill recently passed by the Arizona House and Senate, mandating that candidates for President provide proof of citizenship.
Separate out the racism behind the measure — and all the emotion that routinely accompanies teabagger railings — and you have a rather cut-and-dried (accent on the "dried") question of federal versus state authority. Governor Brewer, surprisingly quite reasonably, appears to believe that the feds might trump the states in this case.
But, oh, goodness. Don't tell that to the Freepers and the teabaggers. They are livid. Here are a few representative morsels from today's postings.
"Unbelievable! What politicians can you believe in anymore?"
"WHAT got to Jan Brewer? If she backs out of this, Arizona, vote her OUT!"
"Jan, if you don’t want to sign it, let it become law without your signature. Wonder if the Holder DOJ gave her a call. Barry has given we [sic] citizens of Arizona the finger so many times, I say sign it, if not just to irritate the man."
"Obozo will win in 2012 not because Obama is anything other than a rotten communist, but because the GOP has become so stupid as to shoot itself in the foot."
"The GOP has gotten to all of them. I was called silly for thinking the GOP plans to put someone on their own ticket who is also ineligible*, to get the Hispanic vote. Gee, wonder who?"
"I think the stupidity [sic] excuse of the GOP is a ruse, they are complicit in the execution of a crime in order to further their addenda [sic] against the American people. Vote them all out, especially Boehner as he is willfully perpetrating this fraud of a party."
"If Brewer vetoes this bill, she is dead meat, along with all her GOP supporters."
"Amen. That is why I support trump [sic] bachmann [sic] and west [sic] and sarah [sic]. They are the only ones going after obamo [sic]."
(*We cats are curious. Who on the Republican side is ineligible to be President? Our phones are open.)
UPDATE: Well, she vetoed it. Along with a bill that would have allowed guns on college campuses. We cats will stop by Free Republic again later today to check on the outrage.
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