Another Arizona Embarrassment

I try to keep this blog apolitical but the recent embarrassment(s) our Governor has caused our state need to be shared with everyone. I was pleased to see the video clip make the Today Show but I thought Matt and Ann were way too kind to our Jan.


If you haven't seen it, please click on the video. This is her "opening statement" from a televised debate held this week. What is really sad to me is that she is clearly unprepared or just did not take the debate seriously. There is no excuse for being unprepared . . . you are the Governor of one of the largest states in our country. Get your stuff together and don't get on TV and embarrass yourself and your state.

By the way, Jan was not elected Governor. She was "promoted" when Janet Napolitano was tapped to be Homeland Security Secretary, but she's had almost two years to "prepare." Jan has also gained notoriety for signing SB1070 into law. This is our new state law basically saying you must have your immigration papers with you or risk being arrested. Everywhere we went this summer people had two questions for us: is it really that hot and what do you think of SB1070. I can't tell you what I think about it because it is a complicated issue and one that needed to be discussed and debated much longer than it was and no it is not that hot.

And then today she also has admitted that she was "wrong" when she made the statement earlier this summer about law enforcement officials finding beheaded bodies in the Arizona desert. Perhaps Jan has a future making stuff up for Fox News . . . .

Our state has some serious issues and they will not be solved by pausing, taking a deep breath, and giggling.