"Don Lampson" <filmby
...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 24, 4:34 pm, "Technobarbarian" <Technobarbarian-
> ztopz
...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "richard" <mem
...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>> news:177936uwj7eot.6x5mkf7cxrlk$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:54:01 -0700, Technobarbarian wrote:
>> >> This one is fun because it's a great example of tone deafness.
>> >> Sheriff
>> >> Paul is apparently so short of supporters that he's regularly
>> >> recycling
>> >> the
>> >> same people. His latest campaign ads present subordinates, including
>> >> the
>> >> PCSO's community-relations Director as ordinary citizens without
>> >> identifying
>> >> their relationships with Sheriff Paul.
>> > Big joke. If you looked hard enough, I'll bet you'll find a dozen or
>> > more
>> > sheriff's in every state doing the same damn thing.
>> Name just one. One of the reasons his ads are particularly tone
>> deaf
>> is that he's already under investigation for Hatch Act violations. Under
>> the
>> circumstances you would expect a reasonable person to be a bit more
>> careful.
>> If you're a serious candidate how hard can it be to find credible people
>> to
>> speak in your favor? If he's proud of these endorsements why not identify
>> the people who are making them?
>> > They're picking on Babeu because of his "gay" life style.
>> > Oh and I'll bet we can even find a few US Senators who do the same
>> > thing.
>> > Not to mention governors.
>> Name just one current politician who is so tone deaf that they're
>> doing this.
>> > Maybe even the guy we call President has done it? Nahhh. We all know
>> > he's
>> > such a choir boy and can do no wrong.
>> One of the fascinating things about this little Greek tragedy is
>> the
>> way everyone is dancing around Sheriff Paul's sexual
>> orientation--including
>> Sheriff Paul. He avoids saying anything about it on camera or at campaign
>> events here, but when he's talking to gay friendly organizations
>> elsewhere
>> he says he's going to make gay rights his top priority. Right this minute
>> he's preparing for a fund raising event in Washington DC sponsored by the
>> Log Cabin Republicans. $1,000 for PACs, $500 for individuals or $250 for
>> young professionals.
>> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/gay-republican-group-fundrai...
>> Even though this is an important fund raising event for him there's
>> no
>> mention of it on his campaign website--zero, zip, none.
>> http://www.sheriffpaul.com/
>> I wouldn't get too worried about any of this. Sheriff Paul isn't
>> going to Congress. He's in a three way race for the Republican nomination
>> in
>> a very conservative district. Regardless of his sexual orientation the
>> very
>> public picture of him with a hard-on is not working in his favor and
>> that's
>> only one of several problems that go way beyond his sexual orientation.
>> TB
> Notice that Sheriff Paul has lost all his supporters here. Remember
> when Lardass was sticking up for "The Sheriff", saying all that stuff
> was just nasty rumors, spread by liberals? Booby had to give him a
> cyber-elbow in the ribs! He finally clammed up... HawHawHaw!
Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny too. All of a
sudden--silence--except for richard of all people.
> Sheriff Paul is phony as a three dollar bill, and probably "in a heap
> of trouble"? I suspect Sheriff Joe taking on the case of Obama's
> forged birth certificate will be the end of him as well? Your Arizona
> nutters are every bit as crazy as the ones we have out here in
> Commiefornia!
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2012/04/17...
"Maricopa County Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins wants something simple from
the elected county officials who are looking for a big "pain and suffering"
payout from taxpayers.
Prove it.
Verify that the claims these elected officials are seeking -- in the case of
Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, $975,000 -- are justified.
Declaring he has no intention of serving as a "rubber stamp" for county
administrators, Hoskins has asked County Attorney Bill Montgomery for a
legal opinion regarding what, exactly, constitutes proper compensation to an
elected county official who has been maltreated by other county officials,
namely Sheriff Joe Arpaio and now-disbarred former County Attorney Andrew
Thomas.
It is a fair question. Hoskins must sign off on compensation for claims made
by elected officials, and the huge claims filed by both Wilcox and
Supervisor Don Stapley deserve close scrutiny.
Both officials, for example, argue that the infamous civil racketeering
charge levied against them and other top county officials by Arpaio and
Thomas were ruinous to their careers and reputations. Wilcox said the
"intimidating" charge harmed her "emotionally and economically."
Really? The infamous federal racketeering charges filed Dec. 1, 2009, were
almost universally mocked and condemned from the moment they were filed.
They were so outlandish that their filing became the anchor argument in the
just-completed disbarment cases against Thomas and his top aide, Lisa
Aubuchon."
[snip]
There are elected officials in Phoenix predicting that the Feds will
indict Sheriff Joe for abuse of power sometime in the next month. He's lost
a lot of allies lately. I suspect the birther nonsense is something Sheriff
Joe is going to use to claim that he's a victim. There are a lot of
"victims" in the GOP these days.
TB
