Gov. Brewer on Sarah Palin's 'cojones' comparison

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says she's not surprised that Sarah Palin thinks she has the "cojones" the president lacks because she's heard and seen it before:

"She, of course, wasn't the first one who has said that," Brewer said Wednesday. "People have mentioned that to me on my Facebook and on my encounters through the state of Arizona."

The subject of the governor's cojones was raised Sunday by Palin, who had been John McCain's 2008 running mate in his ill-fated bid to be president.

Palin has repeatedly defended Brewer's decision to sign the state's new immigration law. She also supports the governor's decision to appeal an injunction issued last week by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton blocking key parts of the law from taking effect while the challenges make their way through the legal system.

Brewer seemed amused by the subject, but when asked about her personal opinion of "cojones" comparisons between herself and the president, the governor said, "I'm not going to comment on that."

- JP

Every picture tells a story, don't it

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h/t: Chicks on the Right

- JP

NewsBusters: Schultz calls 'cojones' remark 'sexist.' No, really...

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NewsBuster Noel Sheppard reports that moonbat MSNBC host Ed Schultz, apparently with a straight face, claimed that Sarah Palin's "cojones" remark was a "sexist" attack on President Obama:

Schultz took exception to this comment in a fashion destined to leave many readers gasping for air in hysterics...

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Honestly, the lengths folks on MSNBC will go to trash this woman while defending the president they helped get elected is astounding.

Whether the word is "balls" or "cojones," most every dictionary in existence offers a meaning which has more to do with attitude than body parts. Sheppard's example is from dictionary.com:

a. boldness; courage; brashness.

This has become a very common term for courage with a lack thereof indicating cowardice.

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As such, to suggest this was sexist on Palin's part indicates a lack of inteligencia and sinceridad on Schultz's part.

It would be nothing short of astounding that MSNBC allowed Schultz to accuse Gov. Palin of sexism were it not for the fact that hypocrisy is a prerequisite for liberalism. And MSNBC is about as hypocritical and as liberal as it gets. The Obama-loving, Palin-hating network's hosts and guests have launched many a sexist attack against the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate. For just a few examples, look here, here and here.

- JP

Quote of the Day (August 2, 2010)

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Matt DeLong at The Washington Post:

"Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Sunday that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has 'the cojones' that President Obama 'does not have' to take on illegal immigration... This may be the most high-profile political use of the word 'cojones' by an American woman since then-U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright famously said in 1996 that Cuba’s shooting down of planes flown by anti-Castro exiles was 'not cojones' but 'cowardice.'"

h/t: JewsforSarah.com

- JP

Rush: Palin not the first to say Obama has a cojones deficit

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Rush Limbaugh on Monday's show, regarding Sarah Palin's "cojones" remark:

Sarah Palin says that the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, has something that Obama lacks: cojones. You have to love this because she's one of the few Republicans in Washington that has cojones herself, and accusing the president of the United States of not having any.

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You know, this is big. I think this is a little bit more noteworthy than a lot of people are saying, especially inside the White House. Obama may not know how insulted he's been here because he doesn't know how to speak Spanish. If somebody in there speaks Spanish they're going to know what she has just said, but I mean here you have somebody with ranking in the Republican Party, a female, saying that the president of the United States does not have cojones. Now, it sounds like, ladies and gentle, if she's correct, who does our president blame? If she is right that Obama has no cojones, who was it that suggested at one point removing them? That would be the Reverend Jackson. Wednesday, July 9th of 2008:

"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson complained on Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama can seem to be 'talking down to black people' at times and should broaden his message. ... Jackson, talking to CNN on Wednesday, said Obama has given what amounts to 'lectures' at African-American churches. 'I said it can come off as speaking down to black people. The moral message must be a much broader message.' ... In an aside to another guest after a Fox News Channel interview on Sunday, Jackson had said Obama had been talking down to black people and added: 'I want to cut his n**s out.'"

That was caught on tape and it was not part of the interview, the microphone was still on.

So Sarah Palin says the president of the United States has no cojones and the Reverend Jackson has expressed a desire in the past to make that a reality.

"He said on CNN: 'I was in a conversation with a fellow guest at Fox on Sunday. He asked about Barack's speeches lately at the black churches. I said it can come off as speaking down to black people. And then I said something I felt regret for -- it was crude. It was very private, and very much a sound bite -- and a live mike. I find no comfort in it, I find no joy in it.'"

We saw it, the video, the Reverend Jackson seemed very happy when he made the statement. And back in May of 2008, none other than James Carville, the Clintons' ubiquitous former aide, booster and informal advisor made the point even more vividly, giving Clinton a two-gonad edge in her primary rival. James Carville said that Hillary's got more gonads than Obama. Now, Hillary took it as a compliment, by the way. What Carville said was:

"If she gave him one of her cojones they'd both have two."

So, folks, can you remember at a time ever in your life whether or not the president has any cojones has been discussed and people on both sides of the aisle have suggested no, and that women, the governor of Arizona and Hillary Clinton have more gonads, cojones, than Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. And that's not all. May 6th of 2008:

"Evan Bayh was halfway through telling a story about 'a steelworker in Northern Indiana' on stage beside his Senate colleague, Hillary Clinton. 'Anybody know what he said?' Bayh asked at the Saturday rally, starting to quote the steelworker: 'Our candidate is the one in the race --.' Clinton cut him off with a whisper and an urgent gesture. 'She doesn’t want me to go there,' Bayh told the crowd. 'OK. I won’t. Alright, alright.'"

The Politico, by the way, reported this May 6th, 2008:

"Clinton may not like the story, but her supporters love it: The sheet metal workers union official in Portage, Indiana cited by Bayh had praised her 'testicular fortitude' before lighting into unnamed 'Gucci wearing, latte-drinking' opponents,"

such as Barack Obama.

So Evan Bayh, James Carville have questioned the cojones of the president while he was a candidate, claiming that Hillary had more. Here comes Sarah Palin, Fox News yesterday. You might say piling on. I mean people are laughing at the president of the United States over whether or not he's a man. They are laughing at his toughness, they are laughing at his manhood. And now we've got Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who wants to debate Obama, not have negotiations, not have talks, but he wants to debate. Meanwhile, the Castros have decided socialism may not be the answer, that communism may not be the answer, they're going to fire a bunch of government workers and say, "You're on your own, people, go out and get your own jobs." Same thing the western socialist democracies are doing, cutting back on all their socialism when Obama's out there to the DAV today, Disabled American Vets and he's promising even more spending, money that we don't have.

- JP