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.
*yawn* ‘morning. Must. Have. Coffee...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YO YOU!
GET PLASTERED YOU BA...D BOY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
I hope you have many more that are filled with all the fun things of life...starting with chocolate!
‘Face
Coffee first.
Waddya think this is? Yer birthday? Get to work slaving over that hot keyboard!
I say we should stay with 10:00 .
Did someone mention...
...coffee?
Papua New Guinea...
I know a nice way to brew coffee.
Really I do.
I kilt tha thread.
You admit it, you’re a thread murderer!
No! I didn’t!
I merely, uh..posted a post that made the thread slam to a halt, yes!
Call the thread police, this guy is a thread murderer!
Clap him in irons!
Or clap him with Jeremy Irons, who cares, just get him!
Lol! The feline counterpart to the devil dog....
Nah. You just knocked it out for a while. Sionnsar was the only one who could kilt the thread! LOL!
However, I DID notice that you and Lightsheare were having a little debate. I will keep my eye on both of you to learn the outcome and be receptive to any income that should arise from said conversational outcome.
;o]
He was clapped with Jeremy Irons.
Rather brutal I’m afraid.
Nully’s birthday? Everyone take the day off and party, starting at promptly 10:00 a.m. Undead Daylight Time and continuing until it’s 2006 in Ethiopia!
Basement Cat. He’s bad.
Will Jeremy Irons get better, or is it the antibiotic-resistant clap?
Please! That’s antibiotic-resistant applause!
Happy bithday!!!
I hope we’ll be FRiends ‘til we’re old and senile; then we’ll be new friends.
I wish you rivers of satiny, silky, creamy chocolate....
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