# Why Did Jan Brewer Endorse Obama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205 "2012-08-30T23:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nogravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nogravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogravity)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/1 "2012-08-30T23:39:52Z")
I did a search here and didn’t see anything posted so if I missed it I apologize in advance. With that said, [why did Jan Brewer endorse Obama last night at the convention](http://youtu.be/lvHGkkiQ6tE)? Is it a case of rats leaving a sinking ship? She was drunk? Or, it just beats me? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/2 "2012-08-30T23:49:49Z")
My first thought was that it was an alcohol-induced slip of the tongue where she started one thought and segued into a contrasting thought mid-sentence without noticing. If so, I would have loved to have seen her reaction to watching that clip for the first time later. “This is the sound of your political career imploding.” If she did it on purpose, I have no freaking idea. Maybe she lost a bet or something. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/3 "2012-08-30T23:54:37Z")
Oh my… talk about a slip up. I thought your post had to be the Onion or something. I’m guessing that all that airport hand shake stuff was because she secretly _wants him_. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/4 "2012-08-30T23:59:29Z")
> [@nogravity](#): > > I did a search here and didn’t see anything posted so if I missed it I apologize in advance. With that said, [why did Jan Brewer endorse Obama last night at the convention](http://youtu.be/lvHGkkiQ6tE)? > > Is it a case of rats leaving a sinking ship? > She was drunk? > Or, it just beats me? Are you of the opinion that it wasn’t simply a slip of the tongue saying the wrong candidate’s name that she didn’t catch? ---
**Author:** ![nogravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nogravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogravity)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/5 "2012-08-30T23:59:48Z")
Maybe it was a finger shake I waited by the phone all day you never called me back scenario? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/6 "2012-08-31T00:11:28Z")
> [@nogravity](#): > > Maybe it was a finger shake I waited by the phone all day you never called me back scenario? Maybe it was the wrong forum you posted in. Feel free to delete “maybe”. ---
**Author:** ![nogravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nogravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogravity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/7 "2012-08-31T00:15:01Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Maybe it was the wrong forum you posted in. > > Feel free to delete “maybe”. Sorry, it’s too late for me to edit. And my answer was meant for the post below (which originally just above mine when I posted but yours slipped in there). > [@Enkel](#): > > Oh my… talk about a slip up. I thought your post had to be the Onion or something. I’m guessing that all that airport hand shake stuff was because she secretly _wants him_. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/8 "2012-08-31T00:15:28Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/9 "2012-08-31T00:20:29Z")
History of camera gaffs. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/10 "2012-08-31T00:22:34Z")
> [@nogravity](#): > > Sorry, it’s too late for me to edit. And my answer was meant for the post below (which originally just above mine when I posted but yours slipped in there). If you ask a Mod, they’d probably be glad to move it for you. ---
**Author:** ![nogravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nogravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogravity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/11 "2012-08-31T00:24:17Z")
> [@campp](#): > > History of camera gaffs. Who, Brewer? And I guess I should have asked in my OP should or will the Democrats use this in the ‘you didn’t build that’ vein? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/12 "2012-08-31T00:32:02Z")
> [@nogravity](#): > > Who, Brewer? > > And I guess I should have asked in my OP should or will the Democrats use this in the ‘you didn’t build that’ vein? It would certainly be amusing to see them do so at the DNC next week, playing it on a big screen behind Obama. But they probably won’t. The Democrats are kind of boring like that. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/13 "2012-08-31T00:41:52Z")
> [@campp](#): > > History of camera gaffs. [Painful Pause. Starts at 1 minute in.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqX-dB2_U4M) ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/14 "2012-08-31T00:44:38Z")
I could see Gary Johnson putting together this clip, the one where McCain called Obama the next president or something when introducing Romney, and a couple others under a theme of “even they can’t tell themselves apart” ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/15 "2012-08-31T00:49:36Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It would certainly be amusing to see them do so at the DNC next week, playing it on a big screen behind Obama. But they probably won’t. The Democrats are kind of boring like that. Well… they could do something like: \ doesn’t mean Obama is against small businesses any more than \ means that Brewer indorsed Obama. Sane, thinking people can tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/16 "2012-08-31T00:50:35Z")
reverse psycology? ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/17 "2012-08-31T00:54:26Z")
Okay… I admit, I’m obsessed because of Brewer’s super hard core open hatred for Obama, this has got to be about the worst video clip that she could ever have (short of being caught signing naked on the state capital CCTV system). Here’s another commercial: \, then shows picture of Obama looking wistfully at her picture with thought bubble “She likes me. She really, really, likes me.” ---
**Author:** ![nogravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nogravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogravity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/18 "2012-08-31T00:57:06Z")
> [@campp](#): > > [Painful Pause. Starts at 1 minute in.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqX-dB2_U4M) Yikes:eek:. So this is business as usual but just on the national stage, another Rick Perry. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/19 "2012-08-31T02:49:29Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Well… they could do something like: > > \ doesn’t mean Obama is against small businesses any more than \ means that Brewer indorsed Obama. Sane, thinking people can tell the difference. This. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205/20 "2012-08-31T03:17:36Z")
Awesome. I love how the reporter didn’t jump in to correct her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-jan-brewer-endorse-obama/633205.md?page=2)