Arizona sheriff endorses Poizner

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Source: LA Times

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, best known for housing prisoners in a tent city in the Arizona heat and cladding them in pink underwear, is backing Steve Poizner in the California gubernatorial race, Poizner’s campaign announced Friday afternoon.

The endorsement comes after Poizner made illegal immigration a central issue in the Republican primary against Meg Whitman. Poizner strongly backs Arizona's controversial new crackdown on illegal immigrants while Whitman opposes it.

“Steve Poizner has been a staunch supporter of Arizona’s illegal immigration law,” Arpaio, who has been sheriff of Maricopa County since 1992, said in a written statement. “I have witnessed firsthand the effect that this law has had on curbing illegal immigration in our state in its early stages, and I believe that as governor, Steve Poizner would enact a similar law to secure California’s borders. Steve Poizner will be tough on illegal immigration, and California and Arizona must work together to fix this problem once and for all.”

Poizner has taken a hard tack on the issue, blasting Los Angeles County supervisors for voting to boycott Arizona, and pledging to end taxpayer-funded benefits for those in the country illegally, revoke the business licenses of companies that hire them and kill state contracts with companies that cannot prove all their employees are legal residents.

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Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/06/arizona-sheriff-endorses-poizner.html

[lob1]

1. He also endorsed Mussolini for Italian tyrant.

[David__77]

2. Poizner won't win.

But I am pleased the he inspired that dog of a woman Meg Whitman to say such racist and reactionary things that will doom her in November for 100% sure.

[musette_sf]

4. Not to mention the sexist and reactionary things.

[musette_sf]

3. Poizner that EEEEVIL LIBRUL???

After watching Meggy's attack ad on Poizner, like, a brazillion times over the last few weeks, it looks like party unity through hatred of Illegal Brown Folks takes precedence over party unity through hatred of Feminazis. This year, anyway.

[NBachers]

5. Actually, I approve of all the "evil" librul things they complain about

They're both trying to tar each other with the "librul" brush- but all the evil things they accuse each other of, are things I agree with.

It's the Cage Match of the Billionaire Sociopaths. Let's hope they both knock each other out. By the time election season comes around, it should be like the Thunderdome here. It's just one gaping ad after another, with Prop 16 (The Taxpayer's Right To Vote Act) in between.

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