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    Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by Trump, plans to run for Senate

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-sher...un-for-senate/

    Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was pardoned by President Trump over the summer after being convicted for defying a judge's order, plans to run for Senate in Arizona.

    The Republican tweeted about his bid Tuesday, linking to a story about it by The Washington Examiner.

    "I have a lot to offer. I'm a big supporter of President Trump," Arpaio told the conservative-leaning newspaper in a phone interview. "I'm going to have to work hard; you don't take anything for granted. But I would not being doing this if I thought that I could not win. I'm not here to get my name in the paper, I get that everyday, anyway."

    He is running for the seat held by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, who announced in October that he would not seek re-election.

    Arpaio was convicted in July for contempt after he ignored an order to end traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. A federal court said that the traffic stops to find undocumented immigrants amounted to racial profiling.

    He served as Maricopa County sheriff in Arizona between 1993 and 2017. He once flirted with his own gubernatorial run, and has called himself "America's toughest sheriff." In 2014, dozens of inmates in his Arizona jail were put on a diet of bread and water for desecrating U.S. flags that hung in each cell.

    He told the Examiner that serving in the Senate would be a different job.

    "Being a U.S. senator is a little different than being the sheriff, because you can do a lot of things in the U.S. Senate, and I have many plans, believe me. It's tough. It's a tough decision. But, if you're going to come across that border, you should be arrested and get the consequences of it," Arpaio said.

    Rep. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, is expected to run for the seat. Dr. Kelli Ward, a conservative activist who attempted to defeat Sen. John McCain in a 2016 primary, is also running in the GOP primary as well.
    Lawsuits against Arpaio while he was sheriff cost his county $milllions.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-sher...un-for-senate/



    Lawsuits against Arpaio while he was sheriff cost his county $milllions.
    apparently not enough to educate the voters.
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    Gotta shake people down for donation money somehow.
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    They will make sure that a neocon gets into office one way or another.
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    If Trump hadn't pardoned his ass, Arpaio might just be cooling his heels in a cell instead of considering a run for the senate. And in a state that repeatedly re-elected criminals like Dennis DeConcini and John McCain for DECADES, the facist bastard has a good chance of winning. Just what we need in the senate, another facist criminal.
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    I guess the name of the game now is to turn every federal race into a friggin' divisive circus of hysterical snowflakes on both sides. Embarrassing what politics has become.
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing."-Ron Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by devil21 View Post
    I guess the name of the game now is to turn every federal race into a friggin' divisive circus of hysterical snowflakes on both sides. Embarrassing what politics has become.
    Democrats will do everything they can to help Arpaio win the GOP primary, then it will be Roy Moore Part 2. They will be able to pay or convince a loyal leftist to make something up. Will they go with some kind of harassment of women? As blatantly obvious as that would be after Roy Moore, it worked, and they will have the gall to try it again. Or they can go with the racist angle. Have people come forward to say that he used the n-word, or for good measure say that he is anti-Semitic. The media will work the sheep into a hysterical frenzy.
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    "Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
    "Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    Democrats will do everything they can to help Arpaio win the GOP primary, then it will be Roy Moore Part 2. They will be able to pay or convince a loyal leftist to make something up. Will they go with some kind of harassment of women? As blatantly obvious as that would be after Roy Moore, it worked, and they will have the gall to try it again. Or they can go with the racist angle. Have people come forward to say that he used the n-word, or for good measure say that he is anti-Semitic. The media will work the sheep into a hysterical frenzy.
    Don't forget they will have the legitimate WOD issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Don't forget they will have the legitimate WOD issues.
    Not enough emotional hysteria can be generated by that.
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    Who here is organizing the Moneybomb?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    Not enough emotional hysteria can be generated by that.
    It is yet another way to portray him as a "NAZI", it will also be a bigger issue if Sessions really does start a crackdown on legal pot. (We know what side Arpaio will take in that debate)
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    Yes , the Dems dream would be to run against him . They will load him up with money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    Democrats will do everything they can to help Arpaio win the GOP primary, then it will be Roy Moore Part 2. They will be able to pay or convince a loyal leftist to make something up. Will they go with some kind of harassment of women? As blatantly obvious as that would be after Roy Moore, it worked, and they will have the gall to try it again. Or they can go with the racist angle. Have people come forward to say that he used the n-word, or for good measure say that he is anti-Semitic. The media will work the sheep into a hysterical frenzy.
    Quote Originally Posted by EBounding View Post
    Who here is organizing the Moneybomb?
    I can't imagine anyone here supporting Arpaio though. He used to be a prime example of the antithesis of RPF. Drug warrior, DUI hawk, immigration demagogue, etc. The exact opposite of all things libertarian.
    Last edited by devil21; 01-09-2018 at 04:01 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devil21 View Post
    I can't imagine anyone here supporting Arpaio though. He used to be a prime example of the antithesis of RPF.
    There are some who like a bigger police state and abuse of police powers- as long as it applies to "them"- like immigrants and brown skins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    There are some who like a bigger police state and abuse of police powers- as long as it applies to "them"- like immigrants and brown skins.
    But you like a bigger police state, as evidenced by your quote in my sig line.
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    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
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    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
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    Ward!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    There are some who like a bigger police state and abuse of police powers- as long as it applies to "them"- like immigrants and brown skins.

    Edited? Didn’t you originally say some on RPFs?


    i think most here just want to be left alone, and you obviously don’t subscribe to that philosophy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    Edited? Didn’t you originally say some on RPFs?


    i think most here just want to be left alone, and you obviously don’t subscribe to that philosophy.
    I did consider removing "brown skins" from the post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    I did consider removing "brown skins" from the post.
    Danke did not ask what you considered doing. He asked you what you actually did.

    Did you not edit your post? Your post might have said, There are some on RPF who like a bigger police state and abuse of police powers- as long as it applies to "them"- like immigrants and brown skins.

    Did you say this?
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    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
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    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthCarolinaLiberty View Post
    Danke did not ask what you considered doing. He asked you what you actually did.

    Did you not edit your post? Your post might have said, There are some on RPF who like a bigger police state and abuse of police powers- as long as it applies to "them"- like immigrants and brown skins.

    Did you say this?

    Pretty sure that was what was originally posted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    Pretty sure that was what was originally posted.

    That's what I thought I saw, too. I looked again and it was gone.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheCount View Post
    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
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    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    Pretty sure that was what was originally posted.
    Maybe he was going to set a foundation for some of the sockpuppets to astroturf support for Arpaio on RPF at the appropriate time?

    (side note: Trump's only two Presidential pardons have been Arpaio and a CEO that was charged with 9000 violations of illegal immigrant employee and child labor violations. He was ultimately convicted of bank fraud and sentenced to 27 years. Trump commuted his sentence after 8 years served.)
    Last edited by devil21; 01-09-2018 at 07:47 PM.
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    Maybe you are seeing things.



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    Is Arpaio still under probation ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Maybe you are seeing things.
    How many red bars do you see on the left?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    I like the Chain Gang hat , did you keep yours ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    How many red bars do you see on the left?
    I don't judge people by their color.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Maybe you are seeing things.

    Maybe?! You can't speak definitively to your own words and writing?
    Quote Originally Posted by TheCount View Post
    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
    Quote Originally Posted by Influenza View Post
    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
    Quote Originally Posted by Dforkus View Post
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    The campaign of a freedom loving individual such as Arpaio has a good chance of being deemed mission supporting, and if not, no one will spam the forum supporting him. That would never happen.
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