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.
[ Video claims that Obama’s Selective Service card is a forgery!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2853351/posts
Maybe Sasha will understand what a pattern of deceit looks like. ]
Not to mention the missing Microfilm from INS.....
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Now get back to your room!
And you can stay there all night
Until you learn to think right!
[hmmmm. kinda catchy...]
O hai.
I like Joe Arpaio.
Joe Arpaio has had my vote since I lived in AZ years and years ago! I pray that God will bless him with a long life and a clear mind.
That was goooooooooooooood!
I’ve never had the chance to vote for him, but I’m a moral-supporter!
Arpaio rocks! Prisoners sleep in tents, wear stripes, and get pink underwear. His guard dogs get fed better than the inmates. Inmates get bologna sandwiches. Arpaio says he’s running a prison, not a spa for gangsters.
No TV, no weight room, no A/C. My kinda guy!
I’d love to have that poster to hang on my front door (inside.)
Gives you a sense of perspective, eh?
I read his book, years ago I suppose. Quite a sense of humor.
Yes, it does.
I am hoping that he is healthy enough to throw his hat into the presidentail ring, but I don’t know. I also hope there is someone else just as gutsy to take on the fight when he is gone.
America needs heroes like him.
Yeah, well...it also shamelessly resurrects the 1980’s, but it did fit the moment.
I vote for him regularly. I also always answer polls about him running for Governor “Heck no!” We need him right where he is, and he probably would not be a successful Governor because the necessary skill set is much, much different.
Whatever he’s doing, I hope he completes his job. He has what it takes to run the AZ prison system, and if he could run America’s Prison System, we would have far less crime.
I love the guy! <3
You have hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head....Sidney was NOT old enough to confer citizenship on her son and the alleged father was not a citizen at all.....therefore Barrack Hussein Obama is NOT a natural born citizen of the United States even if he was born in Hawaii - which seems increasingly unlikely. (Thank you, Sheriff Joe.)
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