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.
Hmmmmmm
Best of luck Darks!
Have a great day, y’all!
Sorry to lose you for a couple of months. Thank you for your service.
Gonna need it!
Thanks!
It’s only from March 25th to the almost end of May.
Should be okay.
It’s not like there’s a flood of trolls out there waiting for me to not be here, right?
You’re *famous*!!!!
LOL, not really!
Don’t worry - we’ve got your six.
OK, forget it.
Worse, or better?
Invader Ten with the malfunctioning SIR units: “Oh my God, they’re destroying EVERYTHING!”
I will miss you. But you know that, right?
XOXOXO
I’ll be back in May.
I know. But I’ll still miss you. In fact, I’m practicing for it, now. *snert*
;o]
so was his law application.
Snert?
I had quite a muddle this morning, trying to play the piano and read Spanish with the test-pattern flashing across my eyes. It’s a good thing Tom drove!
I took a giant ibuprofen and now I have only a mild headache. Maybe a decongestant would help, but first I’ll try a shower.
I may or may not be online tomorrow. In my travels yesterday, I managed to tweak my knees and today, I’m on crutches. It’s too painful to get up and down here, so I am going to bed, put some heat on my knees and take some ibuprofin.
Anyway, don’t worry. If you do worry, you can text me!
Later..
OH, dear. I hope you feel much better after heating teh nees.
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