skippy the bush kangaroo: deer in headlights

Thursday, September 02, 2010

deer in headlights

this is the governor of arizona, and she wants to continue in that job:

repubbblicans...who says they're stupid?

tip o'the kangaroo tail to steve benen, who rightly points out:

it really is bizarre, and kind of painful to watch. an opening statement is the easy part -- a quick introduction, highlight a few talking points, something about getting stuff done, ask for support, and move on. it's the part of a debate in which folks tend to memorize a short spiel so they come across as competent and set a good impression for the rest of the debate.

brewer just had a breakdown of sorts. worse, she seems to be referring to notes in front of her -- which would seemingly tell her what to say if she forgets -- but which didn't help.

by my count, there's a full nine seconds in which a stumped brewer says literally nothing. that may not sound like a long time, but on the air, during a debate, it's an eternity.

brewer is, by the way, the sitting governor. she's not some fringe candidate included in the debate as a courtesy -- brewer is currently the chief executive of arizona, and has been on the campaign trail for months...

update: but wait, there's more. when the subject turned to brewer's bogus claims about "beheadings," she got even more confused.

posted by skippy at 1:10 PM |