She was caught in a bald-face lie. Normally, this is no bid deal because reporters often ask a politician about the untruths they cough out time to time.
Once she tried the question deflecting and tippy-toeing around it, she came to the realization that it was getting her no where, and she only had two choices: apologize for the lie and make herself look bad, or continue the lie and make Arizona look bad.
So she used "Super-Runaway" and won the game!
Normally, this isn't quite shocking, but people getting hounded by reporters usually say "No more questions at this time, thank you" or "No comment" or at least SOMETHING to make it look like they weren't completely unable to answer the questions. Brewer just fucking ran; what a total cheesedick maneuver. Now she looks incompetent at her job, and with her state under a harsh light while elections are coming up, it will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
It's sad that even Sarah Palin would have been able to stand her ground and string together some random words. Spewing utter gibberish is actually a better political move in the U.S. than saying nothing at all.
Also, I wish I could give stars just for the shit-eating grin on Mr. Green Tie.
Bear in mind that this woman also has fantasies of presidency, and has been trying to finagle a way into the limelight for some time, and she just blew it.
Or did she? I mean they say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and up until I watched this clip, I didn't even know that Arizona *has* a governor, let alone who it actually is.
We've taken raw sections of debate and cut them into chunks. Coming up: we continue to use terms normally associated with unsanitary hunks of meat to describe modern politics. The Apt Metaphor Hour will be back after this.
Lucky for her, she won't lose any grounds with the tea baggers. Pretty much the only way she could lose their blind party line vote is if she agreed with Obama on something.