It appears to me that it is the WaPo Editorial Board's MO that is humiliation and intimidation towards the sheriff who is innocent until proved guilty in his pending case, over which the Board is obviously presuming guilt.
I have followed the events described in the above paragraph closely and the WaPo Editorial Board has failed to follow minimal journalistic standards in describing just how Sheriff Arpaio came to be involved in the "birther" investigation. He did NOT initiate it. It was brought to him by concerned citizens and was NOT funded by taxpayer money. WaPo's own Editorial Board member, Moranis, has found extensive falsehoods in Obama's biographical narrative. Sheriff Arpaio has claimed to have found forensic evidence that Obama's BC was forged that has been confirmed by a top EU crime laboratory, but WaPo has not lifted a finger to investigate relying on potentially corrupt Hawaii official representations that Obama's BC in their vault is authentic. How many US state governors are in prison for corruption? Could politicians in Hawaii have protected a forged BC in their Hawaii vault to save Obama's presidency?
This is the type of petty and stupid baloney WaPo is doing these days?
No wonder no one care about what they say any more
Arpaio was controversial in many ways but also was very popular for most of his career as sheriff. It was only after the open borders activists started going after him and Obama's DOJ decided to stop him from enforcing federal immigration law, did his popularity start to fall off some.
The people that don't like Arpaio are democRATS, illegals, activists for open borders, drunks and other criminals that have had to serve time in Tent City in jail. Law abiding citizens otherwise liked the guy because he was a tough jailer, albeit out of the ordinary and quirky sometimes.
He opened Tent City because the country would not build a bigger jail to hold the overflow of inmates. He used old Army surplus tents and with a chain link fence enclosing it, they served fine as a substitute for a conventionally built jail and saved the country money. The article claims it will save the taxpayers money but they don't mention that inmates now will have to be put up in a conventionally-built jail house that will cost 10 times that amount.
As for Joe being passed over for Trump administration jobs, this is also a cheap shot. The man has served in many capacities during his career, most notably with the DEA for 25 years and then served as sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona (Phoenix) from 1993 until 2016. The man is now 84 years old and doesn't need another job.
You can count on the Washington Compost to attack a patriotic American like Arpaio but they will defend a sleeze like Eric Holder all day long.
The compost is full of crap.
Attention Maricopa County:
“Hug A Thug” is now the order of the day.
That is all.
CC
Camps were wrong / Inmates preferred them
Leave it to the brain-trusts at the WP to provide gems like this in their writing.
They mention the costs involved, then don’t directly connect them to the over-crowding illegal aliens caused, or what it could have cost to build a brick and mortar permanent expansion on the jail system.
He hoped it would be temporary, but Obama refused to clamp down on the border, and that resulted in it not being temporary.
Bill the federal government Arizona.
Dear Washington Post,
This man who you denigrate as an idiot and a failure was elected at least 5 times to public office.
At some point I hope you people realize why middle America hates your publication and the travesty you have become.
Bryan24
If it wasn’t for Leftwing corporate activism, MSM arms such as a WAPO would be out of business.
Disney, Comcast, and Time Warner also participate in the MSM thuggery and misinformation game.
The hand-wringing bedwetters are now in charge.
And we all know that the Washington Post Editorial Board loves saving taxpayers money.
Wait just a minute there, no they don't.
But at least the Washington Post Editorial Board would prefer that inmates be kept in cramped cells in conventional jails.
Well, no they don't prefer that either.
It must be mighty confusing to be a member of the Washington Post Editorial Board, comrade, because someone has to tell you what you think and what you believe and what you prefer - clearly you're not smart enough and can't be trusted to figure it out for yourself.
The current sherif will be gone next election. Sherrif Joe lost the election due to his age more than anything else. A lot of conservatives I know wanted Sherrif Joe to retire, and voted for the Dim. Couldn’t believe it but there it is. Anecdotal of course.
The current sherif will be gone next election. Sherrif Joe lost the election due to his age more than anything else. A lot of conservatives I know wanted Sherrif Joe to retire, and voted for the Dim. Couldn’t believe it but there it is. Anecdotal of course.
And Illegal aliens and their supporters rejoice.
Revisionist history
Arpiao was investigating BEFORE the federal suit. 0bama and crew fired off their suit in retaliation
The sheriff’s office proved all of 0bamas documents were poorly forged.
There’s even a credible case that 0bama isn’t even a US citizen, as being born on the soil does not bestow citizenship
Reputations, lives, careers, families, incomes and so forth of prominents names-in-the-news who are anti-Left are in their cross-hairs, now and forever.
They are employing the time-honored Alinsky tactics of "isolate, attack and destroy" as we speak.
Sheriff Arpaio has been on the Left's list for a long-time...O'Reilly is in their sights at the moment, he will be leveled, also.....who will be next?
Leni
The fellow saying that is a Democrat. These guys are Alinskyte crazy. Freezing and personalizing your target must not always work. I certainly hope not.
This is nothing but a Soros liberal gloating hit piece. They do not have a clue as to Joe’s character. He is not swayed in the slightest with his Soros’ orchestrated defeat in the last election. He proudly wears the commie liberal attacks as his badge of courage. He knows true right from wrong, truth versus fictional BS. Just as heat tempers steel, Joe’s spine only gets harder each time it is dipped into the crucible.
In fact, closing the encampment will save taxpayers some $4.5 million annually.