Rumors Fly About AZ Governor Jan Brewer's health

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rumors Fly About AZ Governor Jan Brewer's health

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/rumors-fly-about-az-governor-jan-brewers-he

October 11, 2010 09:00 AM
By karoli

When investigative journalist John Dougherty sent the tweet below, it got the attention of several Arizona journalists, mostly because of Dougherty's reputation as an investigative journalist. Despite his foray into politics recently, he's also known for his investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Keating Five, and Mormon polygamists.



Yet, it appears that there may be a reason for those lost seconds. As early voting opens, some Arizonians have called for Brewer to release her medical records on the strength of rumors about her health and a recent Psychology Today article naming specific reasons why she may have suffered such a complete blank.

But wait a minute! Brewer didn't forget her lines. She wasn't relying on memory. Her speech and/or notes were printed on the pages before her. She was staring right at them. But she couldn't see them, or make sense of the words on the page. She seemed literally uncomprehending of the words in front of her. They might as well have been written in Spanish or Farsi.

Indeed it seemed that Gov. Brewer was in the throes of -- you call it: prescription drug abuse brain dysfunction, drunk, early stages of senile dementia, or she had suddenly been afflicted by a mini-stroke or seizure.

[arbusto_baboso]

1. The Dark Side takes a heavy physical toll on any of its Sith devotees.

Ask Dick Cheney. He'll confirm that for you.

[sfwriter]

11. Oh sure he will...

...right after my lightning bath.

Sorry, I don't go to his house any more after that.

[K8-EEE]

2. Nobody can tell me Reagan was "all there" that 2nd term

The people who vote for them don't really care, and their handlers will just prop them up -- they're only puppets anyway.

[blondeatlast]

4. You've hit on the scariest thing; she KNOWS she can't do the job herself.

She's amazingly vulnerable to anyone with an agenda that is not good for the state; she hasn't had an original idea for the state in, well, never.

[K8-EEE]

6. Well then no wonder she's a GOP hero! nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. Reagan and the raked leaves

This happened after he left office, but in his final years, as his condition grew worse, the Secret Service kept a supply of those big black plastic lawn bags, and Reagan would rake leaves, and they'd help scoop them up, place them in the bags, and after he'd go back inside, they'd empty the bags on the lawn so he'd have more to rake and feel "productive."

Forgot where I read that...but I did, and it's a true story.

[K8-EEE]

9. GWB's "brush clearing" was prob the same deal n/t

[blondeatlast]

10. Most ranchers I know (and I know a few) prefer to work with the animals.

Stuff like that they leave to the hired help.

[K8-EEE]

17. Yeah but W is scared of horses!!

Remember the Mexican president who outted him on that one?

Anyhoo....it seems the "brush clearin'" and ridin' round in a pickup were both thought up to do the corny Reagan "Marlboro man" image without having to get him on an actual horse cuz Big Rancher George is a-feared of them.

[Gman]

16. Sad

[BrklynLiberal]

13. I always knew that it was Darth Cheney's hand up W's butt.....

[blondeatlast]

3. The talk isn't entirely new, but I'm glad that they are no longer being whispered.

Clearly, she doesn't handle stressful situations well. I have some impairment due to medical issues and I'm well aware of my limits (which are minor, but still).

She literally scares me. Her problems were somewhat apparent when she was SoS and yet she still carried that ambition and decided to run for governor (for those who don't knoe, she wasn't ELECTED).

[lonestarnot]

5. And hope she's not, but in the dry hate state, with morons marking ballots, who knows.

[blondeatlast]

7. I got the chills when I saw that debate. With all the crises we're facing here,

we need strength and self-assurance.

Brewer has neither.

[lonestarnot]

19. Scarecrow apparrently has more sense.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. organic brain syndrome?

[toddwv]

14. Glenn Beck and now Brewer?

If I was of a particular religious ideology, I'd have to say that someone is trying to send the right a message...

Good luck to them both assuming that it's not just a media ploy. I don't wish that kind of pain and suffering on anyone just because I don't agree with them politically or think that they are most likely douchebags.

[rocktivity]

15. Yikes--and I was going to make a joke

about mental versus physical illness!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=385&topic_id=501328

:wow:
rocktivity

[Change Happens]

18. Tell the idiot she can get cheap meds across the border in Mexcio!!!

[SargeUNN]

20. repeating my post on other threads but it is important enough to do so

While some mental illness is treatable and those people can serve without problem, some are not and those people shouldn't be in office. Here is an article on Jan Brewer that I find alarming and actually it could be applied to other candidates. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-media-zone/201009/governor-brewers-pregnant-16-seconds-humiliating-fame

[joeybee12]

21. I think they're missing the obvious...she's really, really stupid...n/t

[SargeUNN]

22. she is that for sure and

if you read the article she is likely suffering from incurable mental disorder.

[donheld]

23. It wrecks havoc on a body to be full of shit all the time