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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 12:50 PM
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Is "toughest sheriff in America" a synonym for "corrupt scumbag"?
I remember two "toughest sheriffs in America" in my recent memory.

The first was Gerald Hege of Davidson County, NC. He dressed his patrolmen in combat fatigues, drove a cruiser with a Richard Childress Racing engine in it, carried a submachinegun instead of a pistol, and copped a plea on fifteen felonies.

Then there's Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ. He turned off the air conditioners in his seven jails, erected a tent city, feeds his inmates green bologna, and forces inmates to watch Newt Gingrich videotapes. He's also big on chain gangs, pink boxer shorts and misuse of government funds.


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drmeow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 12:52 PM
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1. He's a pig but the AZ Dems can't find
anyone better to run against him.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 12:55 PM
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2. Now he's under investigation by the feds.
The New Times, a Phoenix area alternative style newspaper has been exposing Arpaio for years. I'm glad Waxman is on him now.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 02:42 PM
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3. Sort of a clue that reps from his own state won't take him on
Would make for entertaining hearing though...
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