New Jan Brewer ad: Here’s what Obama means by “border security”
posted at 10:09 pm on June 25, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via the Right Scoop, proof positive that Palin’s not the only Republican governor who knows how to spin populist gold out of Obama’s failings. The necessary materials? An extremely popular Arizona immigration law, soon to be challenged by the federal government; freaky deaky reports of parts of the state turning into no man’s land thanks to weak border enforcement; and of course a broken promise by The One to send at least token reinforcements to help out. Weave them all together and voila — you’ve got an incumbent who was struggling three months ago on her way to re-election with 55 percent. Well played, Jan Brewer. Very well played.
Oh, fun fact. Here’s the guy Obama’s tapped to coordinate federal and state immigration enforcement. What could go wrong?
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Daaaayamn! She laid a major league @ss-whoopin on the Boy King didn’t she?! lol
csdeven on June 26, 2010 at 12:36 AM
Let’s call it the way it is. Obama has no intention of securing the boarder. That would go against his International / Global initiative. This guy is hell bent on re-making this country the way he and allot of very wealthy, very powerful people have designing it. This has been in the works for a long time and they are succeeding. Don’t be surprised when he signs a pardon to all Illegal’s and grants them citizenship.
Badbrucskie on June 26, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Wow! 80 miles inside the USA has been relinquished to mexico. Eighty miles!! Wake up, America. Your town may be next.
TN Mom on June 26, 2010 at 12:40 AM
Bobnormal on June 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM
No offense, but do you realize I’m not? HA doesn’t allow apostrophes in the handles, and since my name requires a possessive apostrophe to make sense, I sign my name the way I wish I could’ve registered. I’m not the only one who does this… letget always signs with a “-l” and, iirc, Mircat signs with “The Cat”.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 26, 2010 at 12:42 AM
“Do your job!!!!”
….I love it….keep the heat on the “adults in charge”
Baxter Greene on June 26, 2010 at 12:46 AM
-Aslans Girl,
Mea culpa, I thought maybe you were dumb like me,
again, no offense meant, I guess I should stick to the point of the thread,
Robert
Bobnormal on June 26, 2010 at 12:48 AM
I think your on to something. Turn that area into an artillery practice range. It’s too dangerous and off limits for people anyway.
Guardian on June 26, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Gutsy lady shows gutless wonder what real balls are like.
Republican women rule America today.
Schadenfreude on June 26, 2010 at 12:51 AM
Time to relive 1848, with no-name “Cartels” instead of Pancho Villa?
I wish the imperial feds had the stones…dayum, they’re letting our WOMEN stand up in front of them.
Metrosexual/commie/punks have taken over…
Who is John Galt on June 26, 2010 at 12:52 AM
So THAT’S where all the GOP testicles went.
Daggett on June 26, 2010 at 12:54 AM
Seriously thinking about going camping on the Arizona border within that 80 mile zone…you know, do a little prairie dog plinking and all. Hopefully I don’t run into any Mexican drug cartel types who try to do me bodily harm while I’m there…that would require me to defend myself…
BadMojo on June 26, 2010 at 12:56 AM
The suit without an emperor gives away U.S.America in Toronto.
Jan Brewer tries to keep her from physically being taken over.
Enemy in significant ICE posistion.
May the lefties be bitten harshly by their imbecillic immigration policies. Their desired aim will backfire.
Sane Democrats and independents don’t like this either.
Schadenfreude on June 26, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Watch out for Republicans to scrooom us royally too, on immigration.
Schadenfreude on June 26, 2010 at 12:58 AM
What is this propensity to call anything that is “popular” populist? The term populist has a very distinct meaning in the political arena. It is not applicable in every situation where a particular view has broad support.
Those who espouse those views are oftentimes not “populists” in the classic sense either. I know plenty of Conservatives who support strict border security but also denounced Obama’s 20 billion dollar extortion of BP, are those people populists? No. Allah, you are sloppy and lazy with your rhetoric.
echosyst on June 26, 2010 at 1:01 AM
Jan, you Rock!!!!
DL13 on June 26, 2010 at 1:02 AM
Every Republican male needs to be culled from the herd.
Give us more chicks…..they fight!
rickyricardo on June 26, 2010 at 1:03 AM
FYI: Since Jan. 10 of this year the Guard is no longer under the control of the governors. That’s why Jindal hasn’t called them out either.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-executive-order-stokes-martial-law-fears.html
It’s an executive order, just like Obama and the Dems are gearing up to use to “parole” 20 million illegals.
What do you think he’s coming for after that with a stroke of his pen?
UnderstandingisPower on June 26, 2010 at 1:04 AM
Do you job . . . Arizona and the Nation are waiting
Go Gov. Brewer . . . coming out of the corner fighting for her state and constituents and not backing down. No political speak, just direct and to the point. That meeting she had at the WH with the Pres was about as effective as the beer with the cop and professor in the garden. Just another photo opportunity to sweep a problem under the rug.
I am lovin’ my fellow GOP ladies!
LadyGator88 on June 26, 2010 at 1:08 AM
Here’s a link to the White House. gov site as that prison planet one looks kind of hokey. But this is the real deal.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governors
UnderstandingisPower on June 26, 2010 at 1:09 AM
West of Nogales over to Cali border is the Yuma Proving Grounds. A-10′s practice there, along with Army desert units(or used to). Not much crossing activity there… Maybe the DOD could just expand it?
Empiricist on June 26, 2010 at 1:10 AM
Obama is Mr Thin Skin. He will be pissed over this ad. Pass the popcorn, please.
mbabbitt on June 26, 2010 at 1:28 AM
Jan Brewer for president!
The ladies will have to save the country this time. They’re the only ones standing up for what is right.
deewhybee on June 26, 2010 at 1:44 AM
Remind you of anyone?
Tav on June 26, 2010 at 1:49 AM
OUCH!!!
Go get ‘em Governor!!!
Vntnrse on June 26, 2010 at 1:54 AM
I’m absolutely positive there’s new Apache helicopters that need test flights and some gun and launcher checks.
Speakup on June 26, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Awesome FU to the Obamunists.
rayra on June 26, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Senor Brooks shall not be amused.
rayra on June 26, 2010 at 2:43 AM
That’s some nice Arizona Bar-B-Que there, slathered in Awesome Sauce!
ornery_independent on June 26, 2010 at 3:33 AM
Jan Brewer/Chris Christie in 2012
or
Chris Christie/Jan Brewer in 2012
????
Decisions, decisions.
fred5678 on June 26, 2010 at 4:48 AM
Barry missed an opportunity to stick the Recovery Act logo on those signs as proof of “jobs saved or created” with Porkulus.
As for Ms. Brewer, apparently she wasn’t bowled over by Barry’s historic unprecedentedness and expected him to actually follow through with his promise. Patriots like Ms. Brewer and Paul Ryan refuse to stand down to Barry’s federal overreaching and are the vanguard of the approaching salvation of the Republic if we only have the faith to persevere through this coming November and then into 2012.
tpitman on June 26, 2010 at 5:57 AM
Somebody hasn’t been paying attention. This crap has been going on for years now, and it’s not just “reports” of it. The vicious Mexican drug cartels have been invading our land and setting up more than just “look out posts” within them. I read a story several years ago about a national park in which the Mexicans had set up a large marijuana farm; the feds were well aware of what was going on in the park, but took no action (other than posting warning signs to Americans), because the Mexican criminals were too well organized and too well armed. This is what we’ve come to — we’re just allowing foreign criminal gangs to take over our country, and we’re not even pretending that we’re going to fight back.
“National security” now consists of putting up signs warning Americans to stay out of parts of America controlled by foreigners, and rewarding our soldiers for showing “restraint” in battle. What a sad joke we’ve become.
AZCoyote on June 26, 2010 at 7:13 AM
AZCoyote on June 26, 2010 at 7:13 AM
You know, when it came to defending Israel, our side used to say, “Would America allow Canadians or Mexicans to shoot rockets across our border?? We wouldn’t stand for it!”
Guess we need to retire that one.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 26, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Conservative women rule! I was amused recently reading a column in the Daily Beast that called the GOP hapless and leaderless. Not really… I believe we have more bonafide leaders than liberals can shake a stick at, and it scares the he!! out of them. The extra special, gooey, yummy icing on the cake is that many of them are women (what is Gloria Steinem to do?) who refuse to bow at the altar of feminazism. Conservative women are the real deal, and we have the stones to pull it off. We’re opening up several cans of electoral whoop-a$$, so libs better run for cover. Better yet, let’s pay for them to go camping in that 80 mile stretch, and they can sit around the campfire, holding hands and singing “Kumbaya” with their Mexican cartel buds.
College Prof on June 26, 2010 at 7:43 AM
OK, I usually resist the urge to be the language police, but this has gone on long enough.
Border = The dividing line between two political subdivisions.
Boarder = Someone who rents a room in someone else’s house.
Kafir on June 26, 2010 at 7:52 AM
This governor has the heart of a Spartan. She is strong and she has common sense.
I would vote for her.
ted c on June 26, 2010 at 7:59 AM
I now crown her Govenor Whoop A$$!!!!
Now if we can get the rest of the 49 to do the same
xler8bmw on June 26, 2010 at 8:00 AM
That’s what is called kicking ass.
tarpon on June 26, 2010 at 8:21 AM
xler8bmw on June 26, 2010 at 8:00 AM
“Uh, let me be clear, don’t you, uh, mean the rest of the 56?” -Obama ;)
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 26, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Wait… Are those signs also posted in Spanish?
…………guess not
lm10001 on June 26, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Dayum! That’s gonna leave a mark! :)
I’m too lazy but someone needs to do an interactive map showing the area of Arizona that has been deemed too dangerous and overlaying that on the area of other states that a user selects.
Would be mighty instructive for others to see how much of their neighborhood would be affected.
aikidoka on June 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Mama KickAss
CWforFreedom on June 26, 2010 at 8:30 AM
That’s the problem, TBOD, Not only does Arizona border mexico, it boarders all mexico and some others.
Old Country Boy on June 26, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Heh.. 80 miles…
Tucson is 63 miles away from Mexico.
Makes ya go Hmm…. (or is it Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm ?)
UncleOlaf on June 26, 2010 at 8:45 AM
A thought to give Captain KickAss and every liberal in this country an endless array of sleepless nights and non-stop cold sweats for the next two years….
PALIN/BREWER 2012!!!!!!!!!
pilamaye on June 26, 2010 at 9:04 AM
The situation in a lot of areas is past the point where folk can or should put up wit it. The states should simply do what is necessary and tell the Feds to eat dung and die…
JIMV on June 26, 2010 at 9:05 AM
It would seem to me that Gov. Brewer is becoming the ass kicker while our fearless leader is becoming the ass kickee. You’ve gotta love this woman. I think she needs to put signs up that say “no idiot presidents allowed here”.
Wills on June 26, 2010 at 9:06 AM
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governors
and when we don’t like their recommendations, we either fire them or change their report.
katablog.com on June 26, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Nah, it’s Americans that are suppose to keep out!
katablog.com on June 26, 2010 at 9:12 AM
They need to put one of those signs in the middle of Manhattan and see how it makes the New Yorkers feel.
txmomof6 on June 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Is the entire State of Rhode Island 80 miles wide?
txmomof6 on June 26, 2010 at 9:20 AM
The eunuch who would be king thinks words fix anything. In November he will be enlightened to the fact that votes fix things that are broken better than words.
volsense on June 26, 2010 at 9:20 AM
After 1.5 years of Obama, Mexico moves 80 miles north. At that rate, after 16 years that would be about 800 miles north. Mexican American War reversed big time. La Raza will be so pleased.
KW64 on June 26, 2010 at 9:24 AM
The year (decade) of the woman in GOP politics.
Show me a male GOP politician as tough as Jan Brewer?
jake-the-goose on June 26, 2010 at 9:38 AM
I really, really like Gov. Brewer.
Sheerq on June 26, 2010 at 9:57 AM
I really, really like Gov. Brewer.
Sheerq on June 26, 2010 at 9:57 AM
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Daggone,you beat me to it,anyway I like her also,she is not afraid.Hmmmm,another strong conservative woman!:)
ohiobabe on June 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM
I LOVE how Jan took their Washington is Broken message team Zero used in 08, heh.
more dillys going Jan’s way from this Arizonan.
ginaswo on June 26, 2010 at 10:18 AM
They need to put one of those signs in the middle of Manhattan and see how it makes the New Yorkers feel.
txmomof6 on June 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM
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Now THAT I would like to see :) I am looking for someone to put a billboard up with j/carter smiling and saying MISS ME YET?!after Rush made the suggestion last week.Now that would turn some heads and make them fume!
ohiobabe on June 26, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Great Ad…
Does Arizona NOT have a law that allows you to protect your property with lethal force like Texas does? In Texas your neighbor or someone working for you can protect your property with lethal force if they believe you would want them to. Especially if it is night time, you don’t even have to yell “Stop” to shoot!
So the answer is simple. Make similar law in Arizona…then…throw a big party with everyone bringing their gun of choice. Simple
Spinstra on June 26, 2010 at 10:23 AM
AZ time to call up the militia.
I’d also send the IRS a note that said their monies was in the ‘no travel zone’, and those damm cartels stole it.
Of course you all know that either of those actions is a de facto declaration of w4r on the Feds.
How many will stand with AZ?
orbitalair on June 26, 2010 at 10:24 AM
That was just so excellent.
Cindy Munford on June 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM
But ligtening fast response if you insult the Won and he can fire you…even if it means more dead soldiers.
jukin on June 26, 2010 at 10:37 AM
For those wanting a map of the area in question, here you go:
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/06/obama-gives-major-strip-of-arizona-back-to-mexico-video/
Note not just how far into Arizona it goes, but also how wide it is.
UnderstandingisPower on June 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Can someone take a two-by-four to the melon of the RNC and get them to pay attention to this?
Tell us the truth. Not what will please the media and not hurt the feelings of Democrats, tell us the truth.
We can take it.
Democrat policies both suck and blow, give it to us straight and we can toss leftist ideas onto the ash heap of history.
NoDonkey on June 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Can someone take a two-by-four to the melon of the RNC and get them to pay attention to this?
Tell us the truth. Not what will please the media and not hurt the feelings of Democrats, tell us the truth.
//
It’s pretty clear that they don’t have the guts.
ohiobabe on June 26, 2010 at 11:04 AM
I wonder if Brewer could hire 10,000 people for a state border patrol under the auspice of the state police.
WashingtonsWake on June 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM
There are some GOP governors out there showing what executive means in the term Chief Executive.Brewer, Jindal and others are, by their actions, showing the inept leadership coming from the White House I hope the RNC is taking notes on what should be emphasized this Fall.
xkaydet65 on June 26, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Captain AssKicked.
Akzed on June 26, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Great ad. I wish she also encorporated into it that not only is AZ NOT getting the help Obama promised, but he’s SUING them AND boycotting the state to boot.
DrAllecon on June 26, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Nice ad. I don’t know what her other policies are, but on the immigration issue alone she is head and shoulders above her peers.
She is one of the Mama bears that Palin was talking about. Get a few more like her (with a big ol’ Polar bear in NJ to assist), and we will most certainly wrestle control of the country away from the spoiled kidlings, and back into the hands of the adults.
An aside: Where are the rest of the Congressional GOPsters to echo the sentiments of Brewer on the House and Senate floors??
itzWicks on June 26, 2010 at 12:02 PM
What’s that clanging sound. It sounds like………brass.
iurockhead on June 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Well, I see they’re shutting down the armor training center at Ft. Knox, KY so they should also shut down the the desert training center at Ft. Irwin,CA and combine the two in Arizona. A little live fire shouldn’t bother the Mexicans – they’re used to it.
LarryG on June 26, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Remember the three S’s…
Shoot
Shovel
Shut-up
!
Extrafishy on June 26, 2010 at 12:36 PM
More and more I’m thinking, Jan Brewer – 2012. IMO she’s surpassed Palin by miles. Brewer has a real spine. DD
Darvin Dowdy on June 26, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Probably a dumb question:
Governors of some states are the CinC of the National Guard. Palin and Christie come to mind as two such Governors who claimed that title. Is Arizona different? Why doesn’t Brewer simply deploy the Guard to the border herself as Governor and Commander of the Guard?
Jaynie59 on June 26, 2010 at 12:58 PM
What no CRR666 comment here either? /
CWforFreedom on June 26, 2010 at 1:01 PM
If other foreign criminals like BP were recklessly using these public lands without permission, the feds would put a stop to it at once!
Or maybe not.
If she really wants his full attention, she should declare the desert a sand trap.
Noel on June 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM
GO, JAN!
She just keeps pokin’ O-Dumbo in the eye with a big stick. Between Brewer and Palin, I hope Ogabe has many, many sleepless nights.
GrannyDee on June 26, 2010 at 1:41 PM
That may be the best political ad I’ve ever seen. How can anyone of any political persuasion not be totally outraged by this!
rockmom on June 26, 2010 at 1:42 PM
And don’t you just love the fact that nobody would have heard of this woman had not Obama put the egregious Janet Napolitano in charge of Homeland Security! Brewer is not only doing a better job than Napolitano did at her old job as Governor of Arizona, she is doing a better job of enforcing the border than Napolitano is doing in her new job!
rockmom on June 26, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Interesting to note – Gov Brewer is a member of the 2010 Council of Governors.
http://governor.mo.gov/newsroom/2010/Council_of_Governors
chickenhawkexpress on June 26, 2010 at 1:59 PM
I am really getting P.O.’d at our Al-Qida/Taliban Republican males (Gov Cristi excluded), you know the kind that hide behind the women.
The_Basseteer on June 26, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Thank you!
silvernana on June 26, 2010 at 4:49 PM
It was my understanding that the Feds didn’t put up those signs but an Arizona state agency.
LordJack on June 26, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Well, she’s certainly not afraid of King Tut (aka: the Dalai Obama).
I just wish she’d've been a little harsher, but it works. If he’s a Conservative and Republican, I think we need R. Lee Ermy as a Southern state governor, and see what happens when the Dalai Obama tries giving him the runaround. It’s too bad the federal government now controls the NG, because this, once again, is a classic illustration of government intervention in states’ business. If she had full control of her own NG forces, what do you think she would’ve done with them, by now?
Virus-X on June 26, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Pathetic. Just pathetic. You really are desperate to find faults.
Slowburn on June 26, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Now we need the oil Coast Governors to make adds too.
Slowburn on June 26, 2010 at 6:44 PM
AOL is trying its darnedest to churn up anti-Brewer lashback for her claim that the drug cartels are behind a lot of the illegals’ transport.
onlineanalyst on June 26, 2010 at 7:26 PM
No doubt this will be called…. RACIST!
CrazyFool on June 26, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Can I just crawl into her lap and let her pat me until 2012?
seejanemom on June 26, 2010 at 9:00 PM
As if my folks in Puerto Rico don’t have enough crap to worry about, they are being targeted BIG TIME for identity theft. I DO pay the price here, because now I have to get a new BC for my son and myself.
Stupid illegals!!! Read this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37949054/ns/business/
ProudPalinFan on June 26, 2010 at 9:40 PM
SO – Why isn’t that sign bilingual? That’s Racist!
Pole-Cat on June 26, 2010 at 9:58 PM
Conservative women are leading the way. Boldly speaking the truth. Confidence of Character, Faith in the American people gives them strength. Failure is not an option, perseverance of true convection will prevail. The fact that we have so many great women leaders, must have many progressives losing sleep. Palin alone drives them to distraction. Bachmann has them whining, Brewer is freaking them out. Michelle Malkin Exposes them like no other. Ann Coulter satires them.I hear we have no leader, I say we have many. Why have just one?
IowaWoman on June 26, 2010 at 10:07 PM
“The Bureau of Land Management has confirmed that a total of 15 BLM warning signs were posted about a week ago on BLM land along the Interstate 8 corridor between Gila Bend and Casa Grande in Arizona (roughly 30 miles from the Phoenix Metropolitan area).”
That sort of sounds like BLM did put them up.
Pole-Cat on June 26, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Go Jan!
bitsy on June 26, 2010 at 10:47 PM
ANOTHER “bag of hammers”, courtesy of Gov. Brewer!
BRAVO ZULU!
Khun Joe on June 26, 2010 at 11:31 PM
You quibble over apostrophes but make no mention of his “WAR” call, pathetic.
I guess I should apologize for being so rude as to suggest that Bobnormal might be out of line.
I waited a full day to see if anybody else has a problem with Bobnormal and his “WAR” cry. I repeat, this is getting pathetic.
The Race Card on June 27, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Spoken like somebody who has never run a business and hopefully never will.
The Race Card on June 27, 2010 at 2:15 AM
Brewer does have the power to remove the land from federal use.
Brewer does have the right to use the State Police to deputize a militia group.
They’d probably do it for the cost of the ammo.
docjohn52 on June 27, 2010 at 6:53 AM
National Geographic has series titled “Boarder Wars”. The entire series documents the problems and success the Customs, Immigration, DHS/TSA, and others have protecting the boarder between AZ and Mexico.
Most of it deals in the success of Fed agencies involved, But the opening segment highlights the large gap that exist around the lack of a physical barricade to prevent illegal aliens for any country from walking into the U.S. Anyone successful enough to make it to a populated U.S. urban area the problem of finding that illegal alien is compounded 100 times the cost to complete the fence. Finally, enforcing existing laws instead of running scared from the P.C. crowd.
I am sure the P.C. crowd would change their minds if a illegal alien broke into their ‘Castle’ searching for valuables to support their family in Mexico or their drug habit that they picked up while living on the streets, where they developed a drug problem.
The answer is simple enforcement of existing laws and completing the fence which was started year ago and overcome by political correctness instead of practical commonsense.
MSGTAS on June 27, 2010 at 10:07 AM
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