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ArizonaLiberal Donating Member (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:12 PM
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Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor
Source: AzCental

Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not run for governor, announcing Monday that he and will remain Maricopa County's top cop for at least two more years.

The decision ends months of speculation, much of it fueled by Arpaio himself, that he would resign from the Sheriff's Office to run for the state's top elective office.

Arpaio's decision to remain sheriff was heavily influenced by the role the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors would play in naming his successor, potentially reshaping the Sheriff's Office.

Arpaio said he was being loyal to the office's longtime employees.



Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/03/20100503joe-arpaio-arizona-governor-ON.html#ixzz0mtnWvQaK


Damn!
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:18 PM
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1. Say it ain't so, Joe...
I was looking forward to another entertaining Primary.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:19 PM
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2. Too bad
I was hoping he'd try it, I think his popularity is highly overrated. On the other hand can you imagine the damage this asshole could do if he won?
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:28 PM
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6. He has more control as Sheriff
As governor he would lose all access to money that he has now in his current office, he would also lose all of the power he has accumulated over the years.

As for his "loyalty" to his officers, he knows good and well that the next sheriff would be firing any Arpaio loyalists, some who might even know what Joe has been doing with all that money he's been saving the county by feeding prisoners green bologna and providing just two meals per day.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:53 PM
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10. That is one man
I would love to see wearing a pink jumpsuit living in a tent city that he built. I don't know much about him but he sure exudes the corruption stench.
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OneTenthofOnePercent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:21 PM
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3. Of course not... with this new law he will be kicking out illegals left and right.
No way he'd give that up for governor.
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Old Vet Donating Member (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:26 PM
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5. He must feel like god .........
With this new law. Why leave Now that his dream has come true, Demented doesn't even begin to cover this guy.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:24 PM
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4. Is he worried about not being able to rig it or intimidate voters?
n/t
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:33 PM
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7. Bummer!! n/t
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:35 PM
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8. He wouldn't have a chance in hell winning anyway
Edited on Mon May-03-10 04:18 PM by Tx4obama
Latinos make up 30%+ of the population in Arizona.
Take away the Latino vote and the dem vote and he'd lose by a landslide ;)

Note: edited to fix misspelled word.
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 04:15 PM
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12. Except they don't vote and now , more than ever, they will be reluctant.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 03:42 PM
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9. When the hell will the Feds prosecute this asshole?
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:50 AM
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17. Never you mind. The Feds have the priorities straight. They have bigger fish to fry than Sheriff
Joe. Prosecuting Bushco comes first.

What's that? Oh.







never mind.
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MrBig Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 04:03 PM
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11. He has Fox News Correspondent written all over him
I just love media hounds who fuel their own rumors only to announce otherwise later. The desire of some people to get publicity is astounding both from the far right and the far left (and, heck, the middle too).
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:59 AM
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19. FOX: "Sheriff Joe (R) to be Arizona Governor." "Sheriff Joe (D) quits gubernatorial race."
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 04:24 PM
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13. dag, the thugs in AZ must be really hard up if they were trying to get this nimrod to run
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Jefferson23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 05:20 PM
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14. Despicable man, spend some time and try and find your conscience.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 08:48 PM
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15. K&R big #5 for, ------------- oh, REALLY?!1 -------------- uhm, beKKKause?!1 n/t
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 07:30 AM
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16. but he coulda been if he had run, according to him...
:rofl:
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:55 AM
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18. What a HUGH disappointment

to SATAN!!!!1111111!!!!
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