rssSheriff Joe Arpaio for President?
Thursday, September 09, 2010 at 11:47 am
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Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will head to New Hampshire Sunday to headline the Nashua Republican City Committee lunch, fueling speculation that he hopes to run for the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2012, the CNN reported today. Arpaio’s spokesman didn’t exactly shoot down the idea: “People just don’t go to New Hampshire if they are not interested in these things,” his spokesman told CNN, although he said Arpaio was “not going back to test the waters.”
Arpaio, who was first elected Maricopa County sheriff in 1993, seems to think he has substantial political clout, the Huffington Post reported:
Earlier this year, in squashing speculation that he might run for Governor in the Grand Canyon State, the Arizona sheriff said, “I don’t want to be egotistical, but I could be the governor if I ran… My polls are very high. I got the money. I got the polls. I got the support.” And, Arpaio recently said that he considers his endorsement cred to be stronger than that of home state GOP Sen. John McCain.
Last month, the Arizona sheriff suggested President Obama consult his advice on the issue of illegal immigration.
If he were a serious candidate, he would have some hurdles. For one, Arpaio was sued last week by the Justice Department for refusing to cooperate with a probe into alleged civil rights violations within his department. He also has a reputation of being extremely tough on illegal immigration — a reason for his popularity among some, but possibly a liability overall. Arpaio has run raids to track down illegal immigrants, forced inmates into tents when jails were full and made prisoners wear pink underwear as a humiliation tactic.
A new 527 group was created this week to defend Arpaio’s reputation, Talking Points Memo reported. Called “Defend Sheriff Joe,” the group said in its filing it aims to “defend Sheriff Joe’s reputation against the Obama administration’s effort to stop enforcement of our immigration laws and to challenge elected officials so that more representatives are elected who are willing to enforce our laws and support the police on the front lines.”
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Comment posted September 9, 2010 @ 5:38 pm
Has my Vote, Jan Brewer for Vice President.
Would win, guaranteed.
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Comment posted September 10, 2010 @ 4:10 am
I love it. Sheriff Joe for president. Where do I send my check? You go Sheriff JOE
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Comment posted September 26, 2010 @ 1:23 am
“made prisoners wear pink underwear as a humiliation tactic.” This is incorrect. He started using pink boxers and T-shirts because wearing the white underwear marked “property of Maricopa County Jail” was seen as something to be proud of on the streets and he was getting tired of replacing stolen skivvies. When he went pink, the thefts stopped. I've heard he's actually made some money for the county coffers buy selling the pink marked underwear at local stores after his tactics and their success became well known.
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Comment posted December 19, 2010 @ 6:59 pm
I truly hope that those who express approval for this nut are doing so facetiously, because if his ideas are the direction you want this country to go I’m freaking leaving and those who chose to stay can piss off. Our founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves — did you NOT pay attention AT ALL in elementary school history class? Arapio has a strong resemblance to the way Saddam Hussein controlled Iraq, and look what that got him… that insane, inhumane, moron. Spit on that bastards grave.
What happens when our government decides to attempt to rob us of Ammendment II (Right to Bear Arms), or Freedom of Free Speach? Do you want the establishment of North Korean type of prisons? That Arapio chump shouldn’t even have the authority to decide which brand of toilet tissue to stock the shelves with at the county food mart.
Please, my fellow Americans… wake up and realize. No one is guiltless or sinless – not even you; you just haven’t yet been caught.
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