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.
YAY!
Two pounds is good!
Darkchylde and Anoreth were born on the same day?
We’re doomed, doomed I say!
I keep reading that as:
The short redhead with the marginal personality.
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry,
Marginal personality has not been diagnosed; however, “edgy” is a common descriptor.
Weight Watchers.
And no, nothing from the Celebrants yet. Working, probably, since it’s a Tuesday.
Our hairdresser is coming around 2:00. Bill wants a new ‘do, and Tom looks like he has a nutria on his head.
LOL!
Howdy.....a strange thing out side this morning..SUN!!!
I will shortly be nearly as trashed as the Constitution.
Anoreth is the only person who ever lived who faced Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World who:
1) defeated him in 3-dimensional chess;
2) defeated him in full armour jousting;
3) beat him in a match lasting 2 hours in judo;
4) and had the audacity to tell him that Dos Equis beer is crap (and walked away untouched)....
Viva Anoreth!
Uncle Frank
;-o)
Ah, the Irish Viking gift.....
We believe it. Anoreth rocks!
Somewhere, somebody must have brewed avocado beer - liquid yeasty guacamole with a head. My wish for you is that you find this grail of beverages . . . or a Diet Coke with Guacamole in the alternative.
And I gaily and noisily support your American right to get as trashed as you like, as long as you stay safe! (We’re dealing with the Constitutional thing. Not in a visible, rabble-rousing way, but we’re dealing with it.)
P.S. Please don’t tell your Mom on me.
“I keep reading that as:
‘The short redhead with the marginal personality.’ “
Did you have a lot of formal education? My husband correlates that with misreading things. I do a lot of double-takes. Example: Party specialist van w/signage “Let us run your fun.” It was in funny-looking cursive hybrid, and for all the world it looked like, “Let us ruin your fun.”
Have a donut!
nutria=lol in caps!
Sunshine—a perfectly gorgeous way to start the celebration!
*gasp*
We have hazy skies, sunshine and pollen. And I’m developing a sinus headache so I’m going to go lie down. I hope you are enjoying the Yellow Face!!
Turns out Jamie-our-hairdresser was poorly today. She’s diabetic and had some Symptoms, it seems. We hope she’ll be better tomorrow morning to cut Bill’s and Sally’s hair, but Tom will be at the Envirothon competition. Maybe his nutria will be helpful in the Wildlife Knowledge category.
I hope it's useful there, because most of the Cajuns I know won't eat one. And if it's a living animal and a Cajun won't eat it . . .
Do the public schools participate in these competitions? Perhaps it’s my advanced age—it’s like there’s a vast subculture of educational opportunities that I never knew existed. I tutored one of the neighborhood kids who homeschooled her daughter until the child’s father objected. (I learned more than she did lol!)
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