But if you ask her for more details she'll get mad at you. Watch:
Governor Brewer, two things: First, you are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts. Second, you need to learn to govern. You are the "govern"or. Act like it.
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Didn't Mitt Romney, during the campaign, explain that his budget would reduce the debt by adjusting "things?" Perhaps he could have fixed climate change at the same time.
In her case, 'things' represents an improvement on Diluvian exceptionalism
She's a good materialist, not a great materialist.