Posted on 04/14/2009 11:51:33 AM PDT by Tarantulas
Reverend Al Sharpton
106 West 145th Street
Harlem, New York City, New York 10039
Fax: 212 690 3070
Dear Reverend Sharpton:
I have read about you with much interest since learning of the protest you plan to lead against me in Maricopa County in June as a way to force my resignation or removal from office.
Your public proclamation leads me to the conclusion: not only do you not understand Arizona; you also do not understand democracy. As the elected Sheriff who, so far has been elected to five consecutive four-year terms, I answer to the four million residents of Maricopa County. I do not answer to the whims of the media, or locally and nationally elected officials who want open borders and who have their own agendas. Nor do I answer to a publicity hound outside interloper who has demonstrated no interest in looking for the truth before making loud uninformed noises.
While your public outcries are colorful, there are several instances where you have inserted yourself into other people's affairs without knowing any of the facts. Poor judgment has caused you plenty of trouble in the past and promises to do so again. Most earnest people want to learn by their mistakes. You seem to glory in repeating them.
I would like to help you avoid further embarrassment by assisting in your understanding of the illegal immigration problem here in my county. When and if you do make the trip here, I invite you to call me to talk about these false allegations.
We can discuss how my deputies are extensively trained by the federal government to properly combat illegal immigration and how the laws of this state allow this Sheriff's Office to question and investigate the immigration status of those people deputies detain in the course of our everyday law enforcement duties.
Don't make the same mistake made by the four Democratic Congressmen calling for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation of this office. They and other politicians relied solely on media reports and anti-law enforcement handouts that are replete with inaccuracies. They have brainwashed a handful of local residents to believe these lies. Rest assured that the men and women of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office do not racially profile anyone.
However, we do enforce the state and federal illegal immigration laws. And we will continue to do so as long as these laws are on the books. You can parachute into town, stomp your feet up and down and hold more press conferences against me -- that is a hallmark of democracy too -- but you will not stop me, nor slow me down for one second, from doing what is right.
Before you bring your circus to town and take to our streets by marching against this Sheriff, let's get you fully informed for a change. Congressman John Conyers did not have the courtesy to respond to my invitation to visit with me personally. I hope you will consider my invitation. Surely, a man like yourself -- a reverend -- who famously preaches from the church pulpit understands the infinite wisdome of these words: You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Let's talk about the truth, Reverend. I await your response.
Sincerely,
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Joe Arpaio
Sheriff, Maricopa County
Sheriff Joe 2012!!
Just outstanding!!
“...a man like yourself — a reverend — who famously preaches from the church pulpit...”
As if this whack job has ever stood behind a pulpit in his life. He and Jesse Jackson call themselves “Rev.”, but are not preachers or pastors; they do not preach.
Just thought you might like to read this
Surely, a man like yourself -- a reverend -- who famously preaches from the church pulpit ..I could be wrong but I don't think 'Rev Al' ever had a church or a pulpit to preach from. IIRC he's always been a 'community organizer'. Annnnnnd I believe 'reverend' Al became a 'reverend' the same way me and my buddy Dennis did in 1973.
We sent in $20.00 to a place (church) in Tennessee and got our ordination papers as 'Reverends' about a week later. For another $20.00 we could have become Bishops.
this is totally legal and if I registered with the county I live in I could perform everything from Baptisms to Marriages.
“Come and Get Some”...Ping!
What a breather in an atmosphere filled with smoke & mirrors.
Same here.
That was an articulate, well-reasoned, measured respond to the Rev. Loudmouth.
Beautiful.
I know it’s a ways off, but...
Has the sheriff started grooming a replacement for the time when he is too old to run for reelection?
Sharpton is a hate monger, a nazi in fat man’s clothes. Whites are his jews in his obsessive compulsive complex.
Really? Well hell, I looked at the stock market earlier today. I hereby dub myself an economist!
Uh-oh...
-PJ
I’ve said it before on here (and elsewhere)—and I’m serious:
Joe Arpaio and John Bolton—in either order-for POTUS and VPOTUS.
It could be said perhaps that Sherrif Joe does not have top-level executive experience, or foreign policy experience, but I don’t agree that it’s a dealbreaker—and after Hillary! and BO have been considered candidates—no one can ever be viewed as not experienced compared to those two.
Rev. Al should be joining with the sheriff in fighting illegal immigration, since so many American blacks are hurt by it. It’s an upside-down world.
BTW, when you stand up to Al and Jessuh-like Sheriff Joe, Jackie Mason, and T. J Rodgers(one of the best executives in America-Google him)and fight back without apology—the two creeps fold up like an accordian. More people should be doing this.
My letter to Sharpton would be a lot shorter. Two words.
“I hereby dub myself an economist!”
OK! Congrats!
I would like to see pictures :) I like Joe, doesn’t put up with anyone’s $h!t.
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