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.
Afternoon, y’all. 66 and scattered clouds here. DP took some kids kite-flying. Bill and Tom will be leaving shortly for Mass and youth group. I’m thinking I could use some wine and some laundry detergent, so I may go to Walmart when the kite people return.
Cloudy, windy and 75...storm on the way from CA.
In other news...I told my son of the hazards of diabetes, told him I would never bring it up again, and then said he was supposed to bury me, not the other way around.
We shall see. he hasn’t even attempted to lose weight, and I think his wife is behind that, even though it may be subtle.
You know I’m with you 100%. Unfortunately, we can’t get them to do anything they don’t want to do. I will put in some extra prayer for you and your son, and you can do it back!
Nice tagline.
Oh, it’s fine to be a genius of course
But keep that old horse
Before the cart
First you’ve gotta have heart
Very true - just ask a fish! And they smell terrible, even the cute, fluffy ones.
Gott segne euch auch!
Please spit over the railing, “downwind” vis-a-vis our direction of rotation ...
It occurred to me today while putting on some wool mittens. Mittens don’t have a left and right unlike gloves. I would think this is true with mittens in general. Unlike shoes that do have a left and right.
Hands aren’t perfectly flat, so mittens should have a left and right - acquiring one through wear, even if they’re not made that way.
Okay, now I’m officially confused.
Just what were those poor little kittens “who lost their mittens”, wearing?
Surely it wasn’t booties. If the kittens had lost their booties, they’d have had more help looking.
I mean, if the “mittens” didn’t have thumbs, and why would they, then they must have been booties, right?
This will need more thought. Maybe a government study.
L M A O
THAT looks like a Squee!
I just have to leave it up to the Lord and my son’s natural ability to use his brain for logical consequences.
Praying for you and yours is always on my agenda!
I love it when the kittehs adopt that pensive look. Introspection?
Or indigestion, especially if they just ate a bird ;-).
A beautiful, sunny Monday here. I hope to get some cleaning done in the next hour, and then we’re going to someone’s house for prayers and socializing.
I need to get busy on my paperwork and I really don’t want to. I hate the intrusiveness of it all.
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