Posted on 03/02/2012 9:17:36 AM PST by Short Bus
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona is bound and determined to make sure we never forget the embarrassment of the birther movement. Most of us would love to put that ugly little racist blip in our history -- a time when conspiracy theorists and fools alike accused President Barack Obama of not being American. But Arpaio, a sheriff in Phoenix, Arizona, just won't give it up.
Can we say beating a dead horse, people? Sometimes it seems like certain politicians just do things to help out Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Bill Maher. After all, how else does anyone explain Arpaio's inane and insane assertion that Obama, a man who produced his birth certificate last year, isn't American?
See his ranting [here].
"Forgery or fraud may have been committed," says Arpaio. Ooooh no! Are ghosts and goblins real, too, Sheriff Arpaio? How about the Loch Ness Monster? Do you go visit old Nessie on your days off from enforcing the laws of Arizona?
In all seriousness, this is vile racism plain and simple. In a place like Arizona, it's no surprise -- after all, many politicians there (including Arpaio) hold rather Draconian views on immigration -- and it's disgusting. And it's getting old fast.
For all you doubters for whom book learning was apparently a challenge, here are the facts: President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu on August 4, 1961. He has produced both a certificate of live birth during the 2008 campaign and the long-form certificate last year. Neither has been disproved.
So why is this still going on? Arpaio seems like a joke, but, according to Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt, Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney doesn't think so. Yesterday LaBolt tweeted:
Romney has called Arpaio for his endorsement, his aides called "weekly" and Arpaio was his honorary Chair in 08.That's embarrassing. The fact is, most people agree Arpaio is a few cards shy of a full deck, but here we are still talking about him. Is this an alternate universe? Why am I guessing this guy is the type of person who stays at parties hours after they have ended asking for more chips and guacamole? Dude, the party is over, the ship has sailed, and you are beating a dead horse.
Sadly, there aren't enough cliched ways to say IT'S OVER to make it any clearer to this guy.
I used to like it on "The Rugrats", when the kids would say, "So help me Bob!"
She is so CUTE!!!!!!!!
Thanks! She also sleeps at night! God is being generous to this old lady. Frank didn’t sleep more than two hours at a time until he was over a year old.
That kitty has it mastered, fer sure.
Probably a natural talent. None of us is sanitary enough to be around catz.
Thanks for the photos! Bookmarking numbers 15 and 17 for occasions when my sense of internal harmony needs tuning....
It’s beautiful! Prayers up....
Unfortunately, that’s not the house the Hk family has made an offer on ... it’s the one they couldn’t use because of the hilliness.
But wow, huh?
I do that, too ... just pull up the pictures and remember what’s most important. I got a strange array of pictures on there, not quite what I intended. It seems like there were more catz, originally ...
Oops—I miss a lot when my caffeine titer’s too low.
I’ve been having three cups of coffee every morning.
My limit is one pot.
I love cats.
I just can’t eat a whole one at once!
I get external help for my internal harmony.
At least, I think that's what's going on. Whenever I come out with some zany observation, folks around me go "hmmm". I think they're trying to tune me up.
That must be nice Bob.
People just tell me to shut up.
Hmmmmmm.....
Wait!
They’re saying “shut” up?
I thought they were saying “Shout up!”, and I would always speak louder.
Hmmm.
LOL, thanks Stephen.
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