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AP Newsbreak: AZ sheriff played probe for laughs
CBS News ^ | April 22, 2012 | The Associated Press

Posted on 04/22/2012 11:44:11 AM PDT by mdittmar

PHOENIX — An audio recording has surfaced of an Arizona sheriff playing his refusal to cooperate in a racial profiling investigation for laughs at a fundraiser for an anti-illegal immigration group in Texas.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio displayed contempt toward federal authorities who at the time were — and are still — investigating him on two fronts.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arpaio; doj; ericholder; obama; sheriffjoe; sheriffjoearpaio
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That's just "mean-spirited";)
1 posted on 04/22/2012 11:44:18 AM PDT by mdittmar
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"...Arpaio displayed contempt toward federal authorities..."

Rightly so!

2 posted on 04/22/2012 11:45:58 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: mdittmar

As Breitbart would say... “So?”


3 posted on 04/22/2012 11:46:53 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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I watched his news conference on the 'cold case posse' report. He made scornful pointed jokes about the ludicrous feds on tape and out loud. Nothing "surfaced," it was out there in public for all to see. The flunkies at CBS are so conspiratorial themselves it never occurred to them that the sheriff was not trying to sneak something by-- they were just too stupid to attend his speech.
4 posted on 04/22/2012 11:48:21 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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Good on him! The feds persecution of Joe IS a joke.


5 posted on 04/22/2012 11:49:27 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: mdittmar

SeeBS?


6 posted on 04/22/2012 11:49:54 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for the 47% to start paying their "fair share" of income taxes.)
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I see nothing wrong with displaying contempt for contemptible government.


7 posted on 04/22/2012 11:50:29 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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To: Lucky9teen

You beat me to it. Ditto.


8 posted on 04/22/2012 11:52:27 AM PDT by Jukeman (God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
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Laughing at the Fed’s now a federal crime for the right?


9 posted on 04/22/2012 11:52:45 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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for laughs
10 posted on 04/22/2012 11:55:05 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (under construction)
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To: ColdOne

Apparently so. Getting scary what with Ted Nugent getting a visit for an innocuous non-threatening statement and a pastor who said Obama was taking the road of Hitler getting slapped with an IRS notice.

I would not put it past the current regime to go after an opponent that laughs for them on a contempt charge.


11 posted on 04/22/2012 12:02:44 PM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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I share his contempt


12 posted on 04/22/2012 12:12:11 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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This is just Joe. The last time I saw him, he was talking about lawsuits. He jokingly asked the deputy with him how many lawsuits he had currently pending against him. I think it was 741 or 742. LOL!


13 posted on 04/22/2012 12:14:05 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for the 47% to start paying their "fair share" of income taxes.)
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It was a matter of time before the media harpies took aim at Sheriff Joe.


14 posted on 04/22/2012 12:24:28 PM PDT by skeeter
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio displayed contempt toward federal authorities

Contempt for the contemptible? How...appropriate.

Unlike Libs, who express contempt for anything & everything American.

15 posted on 04/22/2012 12:29:58 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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Maybe one of these great investigative reporters could use some of their skills on Fast & Furious or the fake Obama Birth Certificate....


16 posted on 04/22/2012 12:30:24 PM PDT by freebilly
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio displayed contempt toward federal authorities

Federal authorities display contempt for the American people and the constitution on a daily basis.
17 posted on 04/22/2012 12:31:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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Don't think it's working anymore.

I'm an optimist.

18 posted on 04/22/2012 12:36:37 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: cripplecreek
And remember, Citizen... nobama and his asshat minions hate you, hate your family, hate your success, hate your happiness, hate your freedom, hate Free America, hate Americans, hate the Constitution and hate the Bill of Rights. nobama is a hate crime foisted upon America. nobama is the Destroyer . Everything nobama and his minions do is intentional. God help us all.
19 posted on 04/22/2012 12:52:14 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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"...Arpaio displayed contempt toward federal authorities..."

Joe will be reelected for as long as he wants to run. AZ does not take States Rights lightly.
20 posted on 04/22/2012 12:54:28 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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