From the linked article:
The bolded statement tells me exactly how little of a shit I need to give about the article writer’s opinion.
And for the record, no one deserves that asshole Sheriff Joe.
But of course she *would *say that.
And of course Sheriff Joe has said what he would say, to the news organ we would most expect to print it.
The idiocy about the Dystel & Goderich publishing blurb has no point in this thread. Take any references to that silliness to the thread that is currently snorting at it.
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Unless you have a recording of Arpaio saying that he was going to use attacks on Obama to further his violations of the rights of Hispanics in Arizona, you are wrong.
This thread was an invitation for posters to attempt to defend Arpaio against the charges of specific violations of the rights of people in Arizona, not simply a grabfest of “We hate Arpaio” stories.
You are free to open a substantive discussion of Arpaio’s Birther activities in GD or the Pit, but this thread already has a focus and a purpose and Arpaio-as-Birther (or supporter-of-Birthers), is not it.
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I understand. Let us not debate the merits of Arpaio’s Birtherism here. But, the fact of it is relevant, because this thread invites defenses of him, and we’ve already seen dngnb8’s post #206 – the “defense” that this DoJ lawsuit is politically-motivated retaliation for same, and that (it is implied) discredits its substance. (And I daresay there must be a whole lot of RW Arizonans muttering – or screaming – exactly that from the moment they heard of the lawsuit.) I fear that these two completely unrelated issues, unfortunately, cannot be cleanly disentangled – that is the nature of the current political environment in AZ, apparently.
Despite the lawsuit, Arpaio remains the front-runner for re-election.
Of course, Bull Connor, even after all the shit he did with the dogs and the firehoses, etc., and even after losing a lawsuit and being forced out of office (that is, Birmingham voters voted to change to a Mayor-Council form of government, ending Connor’s office of Commissioner of Public Safety; he sued to have the election overturned but his suit was thrown out), was elected to state office in 1964 and re-elected in 1968.
HOMER SIMPSON: D’oh! When are people going to learn?! Democracy doesn’t work!
Tits or GTFO ?
Let us have no more evocations, please, of any image involving Sheriff Arpaio’s tits.
Im not against migrants being here.
I am against identity theft, taxes not paid.
However, Im not just against migrants doing that, I am against everyone doing that, not just migrants.
I realize that. Then Joe retaliated with his pseudopolitical examination of a piece of paper that wasnt paper, but was a Jpeg and gave his astounding conclusion.
Now the DoJ has fired back.
I wholly expect Joe to fire back with a Fast and Furious comment.
That was Kent Brockman.
Until you live in South AZ, it is difficult to understand the political environment.
The negative information regarding illegals for the ordinary citizen far outweighs Joe’s stepping all over peoples Rights.
I dont like it, but that is the case. The people here want the border secure, and will do just about anything to get it done. It is the major campaign issue. the only reason why a moron like Brewer would get re-elected is because of her psuedo-Obama rants about immigration (in front of cameras coincidentally). She rides those little public displays like Slim Pickens rode the nuke.
The Arizona border is as secure as the St Louis Rams defense last season.
I recall Homer saying it when a pro-immigrant referendum (on the ballot for Apu’s sake) failed (this being The Simpsons, the irrelevance of any local referendum or election to a matter of federal law was blithely glossed over; as in Arpaio’s mind, apparently . . .).
Good post, but we don’t have a national police force, so there wouldn’t actually be a national requirment .
But I’ll shut up now, as you say this was a hijack.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Arpaio’s office arrests a 6-year-old girl on suspicion of being an undocumented immigrant.
That’s how I like my irony!
:rolleyes:In the other thread where you posted the exact some post (without any any commentary—again), another poser followed up with this:
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I don’t see how that’s relevant, notwithstanding Arpaio’s grandstanding. What were they supposed to do with her?
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Perhaps you care to answer the question here. Or there.