Brewer vetoes Arizona Presidential “Birther” Bill

There’s 11th-hour bad news coming over the Internet for patriots tonight: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed the bill to require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names can appear on the state’s ballot. “The bill vetoed by Brewer on Monday would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement.” (azcentral.com. April 18, 2011). “The Arizona bill included proof-of-qualification for all candidates appearing on Arizona ballots with those varying by the office sought.”

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“Brewer said in her veto letter that she was troubled that the bill empowered Arizona’s secretary of state to judge the qualifications of all candidates when they try to run for office. “I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions,” said Brewer, who was secretary of state until she became governor in 2009. “In addition, I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth to submit their early baptismal circumcision certificates among other records to the Arizona secretary of state,” she said. “This is a bridge too far.” “The certificates are among the documents a candidate could submit in place of a birth certificate.”

State Rep. Mark Hatfield (R-GA) was among the first public officials to respond, sending the message out on his Blackberry: “This is an outrage. Is there any chance to overturn the veto?” Brewer’s veto on the presidential “birther” bill is the latest among the slings and arrows of disappointments for patriots trying to keep usurpers from gaining powerful positions in the White House. First off the mark to register his disappointment and disdain was Charles F. Kerchner Jr., Commander USNR (ret’d), who is the plaintiff in a longstanding lawsuit against Barack Obama on his eligibility for being president. “I’m totally disgusted that our Republican leaders have no guts to stand up and support and defend the constitution, in particular Article II, Section I, and will find some lame excuse to not do the right thing,” Kerchner wrote in an email. “I never thought Gov. Jan Brewer would veto it.” “I did all that I could. I am very disappointed. I think our nation is headed for a disaster, especially if Obama gets re-elected.” The obviously unexpected veto by a governor who stood so tall on an issue considered the most vital in upholding the USA Constitution, is being taken as a stab in the back. And for those who have spent long months working behind the scenes on a bill they hope will be taken up by other states, it’s back to Square One.

Good news from Louisiana. Too bad Jindal is not a NBC.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Will Sign Proof Of Eligibility Bill If It Reaches His Desk CDR Kerchner (Ret) [url=http://www.protectourliberty.org]http://www.protectourliberty.org[/url]