jmowreader
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Sun Feb-15-09 12:50 PM
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Is "toughest sheriff in America" a synonym for "corrupt scumbag"? |
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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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Sun Feb-15-09 12:52 PM
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1. He's a pig but the AZ Dems can't find |
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anyone better to run against him.
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Sun Feb-15-09 12:55 PM
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2. Now he's under investigation by the feds. |
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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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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 |
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Would make for entertaining hearing though...
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