Sounds like an Anthony Weiner moment (with the sheriff's underwear mirror pose.) Check out: dailymail.co.uk for more details and photos.

Just when you think it can't get any better.

Check out the Sheriffs gay profile on dailymail.co.uk:

Good guy looking for another. Vers/top, 7" cut, safe sex only, HIV neg

LOL!!

The difference is that Repubs will deal with lying, cheating, hypocritical members of their party. Unlike Dems who will vote unanamously to support their lying, cheating, hypocritical Presidents (Clinton) and attack anyone who dares question them.

What Babeu has done is UGLY and he will lose everything.

I am getting a bit sick of this rubbish and the GOP debate circus. The fact that the GOP can’t find someone suitable to challenge the President speaks for itself. How can they run the country when they can’t run themselves?

Freedom,

Rep sure know how to give "full of @!$%#" a new meaning. LOL Another bible thumper bites the dust.

LOL...Dems aren't hypocrites? You ever heard of Algore? You know the "save the earth" guru Dems worship who has a bigger carbon fooprint than my entire block? Sure, you guys are pretty open and honest about your sexual deviance...but be careful about claiming your piety. There is plenty of finger pointing hyporisy to go around. The difference is, when a Repub steps out of line, we won't rally around and attempt to deify them and make excuses. Paul Babeu is done...and rightly so. Maybe you libs should worry about your own messes, and let us deal with ours.

Babeu, who was elected in 2008 as the first Republican sheriff of Pinal County, has gained national media attention for speaking out against illegal immigration and the unsecured U.S. border with Mexico

Wow! I am surprised that he did not rant against gays. Usually closet Republican gays are the worst critics of the gay community.

Freedom, Republicans are called hypocrites because they don't agree with democrats. If you would ever come down from your throne of purity and open your eyes, you would see there is plenty of hypocritical thinking and acting on both sides of the aisle. You pointing the finger at one side without looking on the other side is in itself hypocritical. How about looking for something positive to do about the things you don't like. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. While I may not agree you you concerning anything at all, I really don't need to call you names. What you are is obvious to everyone. Have a nice day.

Paul Babeu is done...and rightly so. Maybe you libs should worry about your own messes, and let us deal with ours.

Unfortunately what you call "our own messes" concern all Americans. We Democrats will continue pointing out the lies and BS of the Republican party, so NONE of your "hopefuls" get elected.

Obama 2012

A gay "PIG". The guy is a real HAM. Don't want to be locked up in his jail.

@IRESPOND...to be fair that is a valid point. Problem is...I think that the libs have enough problems of their own to worry about. I don't see how the party of Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, and Anthony Weiner has ANY credibility on this issue. Democrats support failure in their leaders...I can guarantee you that this Babeu fiasco will be dealt with by the Repubs. The guy is finished and you won't have to worry about him and his political ideologies anymore. Now...go clean up your own house......

Yeah like David Vitter and Mr wide stance Larry Craig were dealt with?

We did deal with Clinton. He was impeached and was found not guilty. Stuff it. First off, him having sex with Lewinski had nothing to do with the Whitewater investigation. Nothing. That the repubs replaced the original prosecutor with a religious zealot was just a chance for them to pry into an affair that had nothing to do with the Whitewater land deal, a deal in which the Clintons LOST money. Love you holier-than-thou repubs who care more about what people do in their private lives than what the could be doing to improve the bush-crashed economy. Repubs preach family values, then go hide being gay. Dems don't.

Larry Craig was charged with a crime. He was forced out and never heard from again. David Vitter, was not charged with a crime, but did have a moral failure that was between him and his wife. Babeu committed a crime, he lied to his constituents numerous times, and lived a double-life...he is done.

Conversely, Clinton was charged with a crime, disbarred, and impeached...Liberals rallied around him and hold him up as some sort of false idol. Libs voted him the 18th most admired person of the 20th century..lol!!! Compared to those standards, I don't think libs have ANY room to criticize how Repubs deal with their "house cleaning."

Just what we needed another Barney Frank

Yeah, Freedom, I got a little Democratic hypocracy for you.........it's called the NDAA!

Insoc-Clinton was impeached?? There was a senate impeachment trial which began Jan 7th 1999 and ended on February 7th with clinton being acquitted on charges of perjury and obstruction. He was disbarred by the State of Arkansas for a period of 5 years. YEAH! your 1st collapsed post!! WOOHOO something to be proud of indeed!!! Sounds like your only intent here is to be an antagonist. Come back when you have something worthwhile to say.

It's a shame the Party of Lincoln has been hijacked by the idiots on the far right. I used to be a card carrying member of the Republican Party but they lost me when they lost truth and reality and became the party hiding behind God and the Bible instead of standing on FACTS and REASONING!

I just wish the congress had appointed an "independent" prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration as vigorously as the "independent" prosecutor Kenneth Starr investigated the Clintons. Now there would have been a story worth reading. The only reason it didn't happen was the Republican House and the Republican Attorney General protecting the Republican president. And actually Kenneth Starr was about as independent as Karl Rove.

What ever happened to Paula Jones and Linda Tripp after the Republican accomplished their mission? I believe they were dumped like trash never to be heard or seen again.

does anyone over the age of 12 care what he does with his penis.if you do get a life

I actually don't care much but did look for story at dailymail.co.uk and didn't find anything about this AZ sheriff. Where is it supposed to be Marlen???????

See: www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

Did find a story at enewsaz dated 2/17/12 that says alot more than is posted here. Some things I took from this and another article from Oct. 2011. The sheriffs' being gay is old news. Also "accounts of rumors that have been swirling for months". I suggest folks go check out the news stories for themselves before passing any judgements on this guy. All the facts are not represented here. But some will just decide this article is correct and not bother to check it out for themselves just to have something negative and nasty to say.Marlen Have you looked at any other stories???

Man! You repubs are quick to kill one of your own who doesn't fit the mold. That Sheriff didn't do anything wrong legally, at least not yet been proved. May just be a made up charge. But he admitted to being gay. That's it. Yet you keep saying that he is DONE! Just because he's gay you say he's done? What a sexist, homophobic thing to say. He was doing a good job as Sheriff? He was accused of something that's not good, but he hasn't been proved guilty yet. But you are all set to crucify (wait, don't do that, it didn't turn out good the last time) him for nothing? Nice way to stand behind your party. This man is one of yours! He is a lawman and a republican, and probably some kind of christian. But you want him gone. You suck. I am embarrassed to be on the same chat with you. You go ahead and stay repube. You all deserve each other. Shame on you. And go to hell while you are at it.

Good job as sheriff? I don't think so.

I have some HYPOCRISY for you

How about in 2008 when Obama challenged McCain to take public money, and limit the amount of campaign spending?

As soon as McCain did, Obama did an about face, and announced he would not accept public money, so he could spend as much as he wanted?

Sure enough, another election year, and more of the same from Obamney.

How about scolding the SCOTUS live on national tv over citizens united?

And then deciding he will now take superpac money?

And then trying to lower taxes on corporations who fund superpacs?

That's some HYPOCRISY for you.

For the record, I don't care if the guy is gay, it's not really relevant to his performance in my point of view. As far as whatever went on, and wether or not it was appropriate, there is not enough info in this article to form an intelligent opinion.

There's a big lie out there that all republicans hate gay people. Check out the Log Cabin society some time, it might be a real eye opener for some of you people who still buy into all the stereotypes.

Skrewed -- you don't get what "impeachment" means, obviously. There would never have been a Senate trial if there had not been House impeachment, as it is like "indictment" in that it means only that there is grounds to have a trial, as grand juries do in more typical cases. Most U.S. states function the same way. President Andrew Johnson suffered the same fate in the aftermath of the Civil War -- he was impeached, but never actually convicted and served out the rest of his (Lincoln's) term.

Democrats for the most part will do anything to support their fellows, regardless of what they have done. When have you ever heard of the "Rev." Jesse Jackson being chided as a hypocrite by fellow Democrats? Most Republicans are apalled by Larry Craig, John Ensign, etc., and couldn't wait for them to leave office. Now it will be exactly the same with this guy.

My point was that Clinton was not run out of the white house in disgrace and he had a lot of supporters that still liked and beleived in him. He didn't doing anything that most Pols don't do. He just got caught. Major HYPOCRITE wanting Clinton tossed out of office-NEWT.Lot of nerve most politicians have to try and ruin those from the opposing parties when they live in glass houses and have feet of clay themselves. All most all politicans are liars, hypocrites, and theives on both sides. And Jesse Jackson has been known to be a hypocrite as well

Insoc-Clinton was impeached??

Why, yes. That just means that the House of Representatives filed charges. However, he was acquitted. The charges were without merit and it was really a case of malicious prosecution.

YEAH! your 1st collapsed post!! WOOHOO something to be proud of indeed!!! Sounds like your only intent here is to be an antagonist.

No, that one seems to me a recognition that the "community" will collapse any post that they think is persuasive against their prescribed views. As his viewpoint is consistently contrary to the majority of posters here (most of the posters here are lockstep Democrats and do not think for themselves; several others are lockstep Republicans who also let others do their thinking for them) the fact that his comment was collapsed is testament to him having produced an argument that the community found persuasive and so didn't want seen.

Alil:

How about in 2008 when Obama challenged McCain to take public money, and limit the amount of campaign spending?

As soon as McCain did, Obama did an about face, and announced he would not accept public money, so he could spend as much as he wanted?

Yes, that was wrong of Obama to do.

There's a big lie out there that all [R]epublicans hate gay people.

That's probably a bit of confustion caused by the fact that it is part of the Republican platform to persecute gays.

Hey freedom. You all called Newt a pig for his cheating on his cancer ailing wife. How about the chair of the DNC? Mayor of LA? Your response is?????

skrewd- Calm down, Quit picking on Marlene, she has a right to laugh her a$$ off at this hypocrite. As usual you try the let's change the subject and talk about Democrats ploy. Well guess what, this story is about a in the closet Republican. I don't know why anyone who was gay, would belong to a party that despises them!

You guys are hypocrites. No YOU guys are hypocrites. I know you are, but what am I? Hypocrite hypocrite hypocrite. It's like the limit of political analysis in this country. It's on the internet. It's on TV. It's in the paper. It's on the radio. It's the dirty word of the decade.

I wonder: Does anyone who levels this accusation really imagine that someone is going to say, "gee, you're right. I guess I AM a hypocrite." Sorry, about that. Do you really think that will happen? Have you ever seen it happen? No? Why don't you give it up then?

Larry Craig was charged with a crime. He was forced out and never heard from again. David Vitter, was not charged with a crime, but did have a moral failure that was between him and his wife. Babeu committed a crime, he lied to his constituents numerous times, and lived a double-life...he is done.

Newt was allowed to leave too.

He's back... another disgraced reject GOPper ... Teabaggers are hoping to redeem. He was flawed when he left, was flawed while he was gone... and still hasn't learned anything.

The difference is that Repubs will deal with lying, cheating, hypocritical members of their party.

Oh, like the lying, cheating hypocrite NEWT, who you've got running for president now???

jesus h nipple. you make such fraudelunt comments, i can only wonder if you believe your own crap!

Just another Bible Thumping, Right Wing Fanatic, Sheep Sheared, Tough Guy and for sure, a real live bone fide Tea Bagging Republican. It just gets funnier with these people.

The real issue is not whether he's gay, it's whether he abused his power by threatening to deport his ex-lover. There are many details available at the site that broke the story, Phoenix New Times. Communication between lawyers, texts, photos, etc. The texts are especially damning.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/

The fact that Sheriff Babeu is gay is irrelevant, or at least it should be. Babeu is also a fierce & vocal supporter of tight illegal emigrant control, again no problem there.

What is relevant, & what this poorly written article failed to mentioned, is that he had a long term relationship with an illegal emigrant & when the relationship soured, he threatened to have his ex-partner deported. That is where the highly questionable morality comes into play.

A swing and a miss for the tea party gang. Larry Craig served out the remainder of his term w/o disgrace. David Vitter was endorsed by the "Family Values" crowd for the 2010 election and was re-elected. Indeed, when his opponent ran advertisements regarding his buying sex from prostitutes, they were attacked for mudslinging. Now THAT is dealing with a rethug hypocrite!

Gay and Republican? Wow... you talk about voting against your own interests! Should be an interesting congressional run. Good luck with that. Now that he's out of the closet, let's see how long his lack of empathy for others (immigrants) lasts.

Uhh... what was that??? Oh, just another Republican head exploding over this story.

Impeachment is a political--not a legal process. It has the veneer of a trial, but in its essence, impeachment means whatever those who seek to impeachment think it means. The constitution provides grounds of impeachment as 'bribery, treason or other high crimes and misdemeanors" which gives a lot of latitude to Congress as to whether actions taken by the president can be impeachable. If you look closely enough, just about every president in our nations history has taken actions that could be impeachable--but few do.

It is telling that we've only had two presidential impeachments (plus Nixon's resignation), and that the two impeachments were largely political. Andrew Johnson was disfavored by Congress for his conciliatory attitude towards the south, so the House impeached him. The most specific and valid allegation was that Johnson fired his Secretary of War, in violation of the Tenure of Office act, which required Senate approval for the removal of any cabinet official. This act was later repealed, and would undoubtedly have been found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Johnson managed to survive with only one vote less than the 2/3rds needed to convict, then remove him from office. Many believed the impeachment trial to be a one-side presentation of the evidence. On the other hand, there were rumors that several acquittal votes were essentially bought and paid for through patronage.

As far as Clinton's impeachment goes, there doesn't seem to be much dispute that Clinton broke the law by committing perjury in his testimony to the grand jury. What was in dispute is whether that particular charge rose to the level of impeachment, and thus removal from office. Is "perjury" a high crime" or "misdemeanor?" Does the subject matter (his personal life) mitigate the circumstances?

Of course, much of the public didn't see it as a trial over perjury or obstruction of justice; they simply thought that Republicans were persecuting Clinton for having an affair, particularly since House Republican leaders didn't even consider a censure vote, knowing it would pass overwhelmingly. It didn't help that several Republicans then and since were revealed to have had affairs in their recent past or even in the present, including Gingrich, Henry Hyde and potential speaker Bob Livingston. This only angered the public further, as they saw it as rank hypocrisy.

Another poor, confused dumb ass voting for the party of anti-science, anti-women's health, anti-gay, anti-equal rights, and anti-human.

Just goes to show how much you don't know LMarcT. It is possible to be gay and Republican. Here is the real question the article doesn't address. What is the political leaning of the person making the allegations? Even money says he's not a Republican. This article isn't much in the way of news. It has nothing to do with Romney, just a man who needs to take care of his own business.

Sheriff, Don't step down. There are 37 Rethuglicans in Congress that are gay. There were 17 of them elected during the last election. Besides, check out Romney he is likely a closet queen.

I do not think that whatever a person's sexual preference is has any thing to do with his discharge of his sworn duties, if he handles them according to the mandates of the job. It is like criticizing a man for being a Catholic, or a Mormon or a Lutheran or a Baptist. We would no more label a public official with any of these religious preferences as being unfit simply because of his religion. I have worked with many people, some I knew who were differently sexually oriented, some I suspected who were, but by and large they did their jobs competently. They knew my sexual preference so I had no problem with them on this score, none of them ever made any overtures toward me. We should look on people with different sexual preferences not in the light of it, but in the light of can they handle their job effectively. we are all free to have political opinions about what ever policies are in force, and this too depends on whether any person can divorce his political opinion from his appointed duty. I have met many police officers who wrote tickets for not being buckled up because it was the law, but they said they didn't like the law also.

willowbrook

Just goes to show how much you don't know LMarcT. It is possible to be gay and Republican.

Apparently so. You're right, though. I am VERY confused about this. Let's watch his congressional run and see how it turns out.

Step pass the Liberal stereotypes and you will see so many more variations. I find most offensive is the way MSNBC headlines this. It actually has nothing to do with Romney, yet, they create a headline that is inferring it does.

Wow! I am surprised that he did not rant against gays. Usually closet Republican gays are the worst critics of the gay community.

And just look at all the closeted gay republicans ranting here on Newsvine. You know who you are!

"Wow! I am surprised that he did not rant against gays. Usually closet Republican gays are the worst critics of the gay community."

EXACTLY...and that's why we're sitting here patiently waiting for Prick Santorectum to "come out". Living a lie has to be killing him. Thing is... it's not really a secret. We're just waiting for him to confirm what we already know :)

How this disgusting piece of human waste got elected to sheriff in the first place?

I'm a little confused about this talk I see of illegal emigration. I wasn't aware that the U.S. prohibited anyone from leaving the country. Of course, the country is working its way toward a military dictatorship. And prohibition of emigration is common among military dictatorships.

I am a conservative(you can register as conservative in NY). I dont hate gays, I have a gay friend and I dont give a crap about it. Stop saying we hate gays.

Rick Santorum HAS A WIFE!!!!! Retarded sleazbag!!! I mean realy, how can you be gay yet have a wife and 2 kids. GROW UP!!!!

Trent:

I mean realy, how can you be gay yet have a wife and 2 kids.

By doing domething you don't like to keep up appearances. I'm sure you can figure that out.

You mean his other five kids are really some other guy's?

Ummm Trent...Maybe you ought to pull your head out of ...uh...the sand. I am the product of a closet gay man...who was married to my mother...gave her 3 babies and moved on. Darlin, if you were a gay republican, would you want it known if you were running for office? Ummm, I think maybe not. So, in the interest of calling someone a "retarded sleazbag"...me thinks you doth protest too much....

The one thing we can all agree on is; Newsvine and MSNBC are for the most part considered liberal - so why would a conservative even both to visit these sites? Those who go looking for fights, are sure to find them.

I can't think of anything more futile than if I went to Fox News forums and tried to argue liberal points.

Larry Craig was charged with a crime. He was forced out and never heard from again. David Vitter, was not charged with a crime, but did have a moral failure that was between him and his wife.

Craig's "crime" was a seductive act in a public restroom - not much of a crime, but enough to end his political career - he didn't resign, he decided not to run for re-election. Vitter's case involved a prostitute, the only reason he wasn't charged is that he wasn't actually caught "in the act", his name was on the Madam's contact list. I'm still amazed that Vitter got re-elected, apparently the Religious Right only condemns sexual sins if they involve the same sex or Democrats.

Babeu committed a crime, he lied to his constituents numerous times, and lived a double-life...he is done.

What crime? He hasn't been charged with anything yet. Being Gay is not a crime, nor is having a gay affair with another man. Keeping ones private life private isn't crime, either. Now there have been rumors that he threatened an ex-lover with deportation. Unseemly if true, but I'm not sure if that rises to the level of "crime".

Rick Santorum HAS A WIFE!!!!! Retarded sleazbag!!! I mean realy, how can you be gay yet have a wife and 2 kids. GROW UP!!!!

Maybe we should ask Michael Huffington, Ted Haggard, and Larry Craig.

That is just my sarcastic way of saying that your statement is friggin ridiculous.

Insoc,

Get your facts straight. Craig plead guilty to a lesser crime and NO ONE forced him out. It is common knowledge that he never resigned but instead finished his term and just didn't run again. Anthony Weiner, on the other hand, resigned almost immediately. GOP has plenty of judgement, but very little shame.

You are dead wrong when it comes to the difference in Repubs "dealing" with their politicians in sex scadals. Do us a favor and actually Google the repub sex scandals vs dems. There is a great imbalance of dems resigning vs repubs who glue their asses to their congressional seats until their terms are over. Sorry but the stats don't lie.

"I mean realy, how can you be gay yet have a wife and 2 kids. GROW UP!!!!"

Hilarious. You're actually that spectacularly naive and you're telling other people to grow up??? Try looking up Ted Haggard some time, half-wit. Married with FIVE children.

You have to be one hell of a self-hating gay man to be openly Republican. Just like I've never understood female Republicans either. Why would you ascribe to an ideology that calls you inherently inferior?

He didn't admit.He was outed.He didn't quit, he was quitted by the campaign managers.Gumps sez his beech was a illegal Mexican.

I think folks would be well served to go do your research on this as opposed to believing rumors. I have been and its' seems it's no secret that he's gay. Found an article from Oct. 2011 talking about it. Seems like old new to me. Also still haven't found the story in English paper cited by Marlen so am looking at US news stories in ARizona. Haven't found the alleged gay pictures yet either.

This is the stuff which explains why GOPpers keep after PresidentObama,they can not accept the fact that there is nothing bad to find on him - because he hasn't done anything that they can hang on him,and make it stick. He's not a Saint, just a decent human being - think hard, somewhere in your GOPper hearts you must have met someone who was genuinely decent and honest?

So, they are left with having to fabricate issue - which everyone sees as what they actually are - transparent fabrications.

And yes the profile pictures are right there for the whole world to see, you seem to be the only one not capable of find it. No wonder you keep supporting those who Gang Raped us all and our country, shame on all of you! Go back to your couch to watch Faux, it seems that's all your good for. Hippocrates!!! Try reading the article pay especial attention to how close to Mcain he is and how much he helped to get Mcain elected.

Ryan, just curious, are you gay that you know so much about gay types and their political affiliations?

I'm glad that we have you monitoring the gay community so closely, but isn't this a form of voyeurism? Being gay, your word, is something that passes through my mind about once every blue moon, and then only because someone else mentions it in reference to somebody. I could have gone on for years thinking Rock Hudson was the all American macho male but somebody had to tell me he was more fruity than the fruit cake. The fact that he was "gay" didn't detract from the roles he played. I'll bet the producers and directors who worked with him in those days knew it too, but they still made movies portraying him as the man many men wished they could be. How many of your heroes are "gay". I'll bet you don't even know and for the record I liked it better when they kept their sexual preferences private also. I'm just not interested in who is doing who, I'm bust trying to find my own who.

Wrong, Ryan. The difference is gay vs closeted homosexual, not gay Republican vs Gay Democrat. Gays are open and honest about who they are and do not hide it. Closet homos are often married to cover it up and play Conservative Christian on the side..... Dem or Rep.

The issue wasn't so much that Babeu is gay; it was more about allegations that he was threatening to abuse his powers as sheriff against his boyfriend. Also, if it is true that Jose is indeed an illegal, well, what does that say about a law enforcement officer who has tried to build up an image of being aggressively for illegal immigration enforcement? Finally, how prudent is it for an elected official to post suggestive photos of himself on social media sites? Whether or not he's an appropriate (GOP) candidate, because of his sexual orientation, is another matter for the right wingers to gnash their teeth over. It does make it, uh, awkward, for a party that claims to be for family values and is against gays/lesbians. But then, they have Newt Gingrich runnning as a presidential candidate, so you can't put much stock in GOP values.

Gumps, I read on another article that Jose has a valid VISA and that the sheriff was only threatening him with deportation. Jose's lawyer claims that he is here legally. We just had a local mayor, a Republican Conservative Christian come out of the closet over improprieties in his expense spending and a particular receipt for a gay sex toy shop in Canada. Greg Davis had campaigned against gays during his whole tenure as mayor and during his run for congress.

These things happen in stages. First the rhetoric and homophobic speech and big talk against gays while spouting your family values and love of Party and Jesus. Next comes the moment of insanity where they make a mistake and expose their secret lifestyle. The final stage involves a public speech (with scarf-and-glasses-hidden wife at side, children in background optional) and talk of rehab. The outcome is either another gay person who is happy or another incongruous enigma of the Human Race- a 'reformed homosexual'.

republican gays, republicans women, and republican blacks.

they are all both a tribute and an insult to everything america stands for.

yurite. Allen west clarence thomas allan keyes the piza guy sammy davis okrah parks sausage ceo woopi cab vallaway oj simpson barak hiself wouldn't have a drink with their own kind

"We need to stop illegal immigrants NOW! They keep sneaking in with their sexy mustaches and cowboy hats, and running off back to Mexico with my boyfriends!"

I for one am waiting for the comments from Mittins and Scrodumtorum. Getting dizzy just thinking about the upcoming spin.

lol

Jakrabt, it will come out soon enough as to what Jose's status actually is. Personally, I suspect that he is here legally, otherwise he would not have hired a lawyer to protect him from Babeu's alleged threats. Were the threats real or a fabrication, perhaps to derail Babeu's political ambitions? We'll have to wait and see. But one thing appears to be clear: Paul has exercised extreme poor judgement in what he posted on social media sites.

There is also the issue that should be resolved amongst members of the GOP: What exactly is the party's stand with regard to gays/lesbians? It's clear that the GOP is against gays in the military and allowing gay couples to enjoy the same rights as straight married people. And of course, one of the GOP's well known spokesmen, Rush Limbaugh himself has publically made statements such as:

“When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it’s an invitation”

Democrats will “bend over, grab the ankles, and say, ‘Have your way with me’” to African American and gay voters.

Comments such as these don't exactly suggest an acceptance of gays. All of this suggests, to me anyway, that the GOP has an image problem. No surprises there.

They should both be deported to Mexico.

Gumps, if that is true then Babeu should lose his job. No doubt about it. Him being homosexual has nothing to do with it. But sexual extortion, if that is what it is?

Nah, he's just ticked because republican won't let gays marry, so now he can't stay in the country.

I suppose that I should have included a link to the Arizona Republic article, so here it is:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/02/17/20120217pinal-county-babeu-threatened-ex-lover-article-claim.html#comments

Yes.Jose Claimed? Where is the Proof? Babeu states that he never threatened him and did not know that he was illegal. What about Babeu being named Sheriff of the year? What about his National guard record? What about all the good he has done these years he has been in office? All of the people who stood for him all this time and ONE-1 Illegal states something about him,Do we know if this is some kind of a Smear tactic? Do we know for sure,beyond a doubt any of it is even True? NO! It seems silly that he would take such a stand against illegals in our country and how we need more troups along the border if he was not against this. Come on. Gays are coming out of the closet right and left,They want RIGHTS! They want,They Demand! Babeu has had a good record until now and I for 1 will stick with him until i have solid Proof that he did anything wrong.

Gumps go look at ALL the stories. There are many written from different perspectives and political stances. Go do the research before forming an opinion. ALL the research not just the stuff angled at whtever side your on.

Just another Bible Thumping, Right Wing Fanatic, Sheep Sheared, Tough Guy and for sure, a real live bone fide Tea Bagging Republican. It just gets funnier with these people.

Ah yes, skrewdworld, the old "media is liberally biased" ploy, eh? What research do you require? Paul Babeu has openly admitted that he is gay - nothing to research there. You're buddy, KRedcorn, above, asks "where's the proof?" Babeu was named "sheriff of the year", and we should take his word over the claims of his boyfriend? Obviously, somebody is lying. The only opinion I've expressed on this matter is that if the allegations are true that Jose is indeed an ilegal immigrant, then that says a lot about a sheriff who is all about enforcing immigration laws. Do you disagree with that?

Wrong! The man has a legal visa and is NOT here illegally, get your facts straight.

Not true.Get your facts straight before you speak.The truth is he is a legal citizen and worked for him.The other party has claimed that he threatened to make this story public .This person also alleges that the Sheriff treatened to deport him if he did.

The Sheriff states that this is false except for the fact that he is Gay.

Romney spokesman Ryan Williams told The Arizona Republic in a statement. "We support his decision."

.....just as long as he doesn't mention the word 'Marriage'...........

Gumps / Take a moment and read the article.No where does it state or infer that he's an illegal.This is all dirty politics drummed up[ by the left.

dennisoy, I read this article as well as articles in the Arizona Republic. And no, this is not something that was "drummed up from the left". Try doing a little research.

Insoc, that's really funny what you say about Republicans because they DON'T deal with people. Example, Senator David Vitter is still in office who refused to resign after he got busted in not one but two prositute stings. This is after he went after a fellow republican in the state of Louisiana, Bob Livingston who resigned after it was discovered he had a child out of wedlock and then Vitter went after Clinton. He should be out of office, and let's not talk about all the other republicans who have been outed and still in office.

I don't care if this guy is gay, that's none of my business nor should he have to announce it to the world. It is in situations where people will use your personal business against you if you have hidden it from the world which is dangerous. I guess the former lover was angry about something, or he really did tell him he was going to deport him, I don't know if it is true, but it is enough to get him dropped. I don't have a problem with this guy being a republican, but I don't understand why you would align yourself with someone who hated your guts for being yourself.

Valhallaarwen-

Agree that being a gay Republican is about the most masochistic thing one can be.

This MSN article is actually quite sparing of details which are not flattering to this confused and possibly criminal sheriff- the LA Times article is a doozy:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sheriff-babeu-20120219,0,182908.story

His lover didn't know about American politics and what the hard right tea baggers are like. Its either their way or the highway and well the highway it was. He should sue the sheriff for support right now, since its public. LOL.

Now, i see why my Uncle always headed for the Closet with the Bible; when the COPS were called.......

Don't pay freedom4none any attention. On one post board he is claiming how he hates government and going to sail away on a boat and not have anything to do with our government. On other boards, he's downing the Reps. and lauding his heroes the Dems and Obama.

The truth is not in him. He's full of BS !

I wonder had Romney knew about the sheriff and his buttbuddy, would he have kept him on???

We see this over and over in the Party, closeted ideologies, secret agendas. The party is devouring itself because of a basic lack of integrity.

FACE IT Brother&Sister American: This "Gas price Surge" Is EXCLUSIVELY The Work Of TheRepublicanCrimeCartel Oil Industry Executives so that it will Stop PrezO' Economic Progress and THEY will Try to Blame it on the president WITH The Notoriously Shameful Republican BlameThrower. Just like this Babeu/MittTaxPittanceRommel thing IS a dual assault on legislator positions, some one Exposes the truth about Them And "Bam Kick It Up A Notch!" True to Republicanism: "Blame the other guy!" Really, This BabeuBaby/Rommel pair is a tipp off for those who are unaware: These are BAD Politicos; Let US Dump them in November.

AND!! Here Are More TRUE Happenings with this Foul MittTaxPittanceRommel/Babeu Pair. True to The RepublicanCrimeCartel way of Extorting/Silencing THE TRUTH: Try This One On!! Compliments of PhantomBeast, Fighter For TRUTH, JUSTICE And The AMERICAN Way: Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, a Republican rising star and a leading candidate for Congress, is facing accusations that he and his attorney threatened to deport a Mexican former Boyfriend of Babeu's if the man refused to agree to not disclose the relationship, according to Explosive revelations published Friday by Phoenix New Times. Hot Stuff Huh!!???!!! What can "Constable" Baby say now!??!!

AND!, This is a RepublicanCrimeCartelPair!!! Trying to pick up ANY Legislative Position of Authority Ruthlessly. So "Constable Baby" and MittTaxPittanceRommel Were Partnering it up on the Campagin Trail, While "Constable BabyFaceBabeu" was Partnering it up Extorting an Ilegal piece of Tail, While MittTaxPittanceRommel was Extorting We American Taxpayers to pay his $8,000,000 Tax Liability

He is the first elected Republican Sheriff of Pinal County? Man, I would have missed that one on Jeopardy.

The first thing the illegals do in Pima County is buy an Arizona Wildcats shirt and shorts, so they look like the legals. Half of the Valencia Walmart customers are illegal - why do we even bother with a Border Patrol?

My brother loves Joe Arpaio - he lives in Texas. I love it - my brother who hated cops all his life - becomes a conservative and suddenly starts sending emails telling everyone how great Sheriff Joe is....that boy is messed up...lol.

AND Babeu "is a raising star" RepublicanCrimeCartelSoldier "Caught WITH HIS PANTS DOWN"!! Literally!! So What we have here are Not one But Two RepublicanCrimeCartelSoldiers involved in Illegal, Extorting Sex from a Mexican Illegal Immigrant AND Immoral, MittTaxPittance Rommel Who Extorts $8,000,000 from We American Tax Payers to pay his IncomeTaxLiability!!... And MittTaxPittance Trys to Convince America HE is Fit to Be President While Not producing One Shred of Economic Recovery Action as Prez O IS Doing Day in and Day Out. This ALL the while when his RepublicanCrimeCartel Oil Industry Masters are Sharply Raising Gas Prices so to Sabotage Prez O's Progress!!! Really These RepublicanCrimeCartelSoldiers Belong IN PRISON Not In public Office.

How Can It Be that Babeu, a supposed "Officer Of The Law" Uses an Arizona State Immigration Law as BlackMail to Extort Sex from an Illegal Immigrant from Mexico and gets away with it???? Is this guy, An Officer of the law, Above the Law? Send this stinking RepublicanCrimeCartelSoldier Mess to the Arizona State Attorney General?? Good Idea.

PantomBeast, you're delusional. First of all, Paul did not use "BlackMail to Extort Sex from an illegal immigrant". Supposedly they had a relationship for some time - met via some online gay dating site. Jose has a visa. Paul wanted Jose to keep his mouth shut about their affair, and when he refused, Babeu's attorney contacted and told him that his visa had expired (untrue). When all of this came out into the media, Paul had to admit he was gay - afterall, there are all those photos of him out there on those social media sites.

I was sincerely going to try to help out with the drought in the southwest. But my dehumidifier cord is only about 4 feet long.

redcorn, it makes perfect sense to say you're against illegals being here even though you are dating one the same way closet gays are the most repressive of other gays. for proof simply look at what gay politicians do against gay rights before they come out and say they are gay.

Republican party looks gayer and gayer by the minute... I mean: more and more fun!

Oh the irony...if only the Republicans supported gay marriage, the Sheriff could have married his boyfriend which would have given the boyfriend legal status...problem solved.

I'm going to go ahead and kick it up a notch, PhatomBeast is more than delusional, he's an idiot.

thanks MasterChief. In that case, will you let us build a border fence to wall off Arizona please?

Ok, in that case let California keep their 1.98 trillion GDP (largest in the nation) to themselves and for themselves. We're sick of funding red state welfare programs with the higher share of taxes we pay. I totally agree with the wall idea too. So tired of rednecks wandering across the border and blathering about how bad CA is. If you don't like it here stay the hell out and let us have our paradise to ourselves.

I hate to burst your bubble, but we don't fund the red states. We can barely fund ourselves. Scratch that...we can't fund ourselves. Those programs you think are so incredibly important, like farm subsidies, well those don't go to the state, they go to individuals. Some things do go to states, like transportaion funds, but I doubt it makes it on the list of important things to consider. Why not get a grip on reality and end this political circle jerk. No homosexual pun intended in a story about a homosexual sheriff.

Actually no Rich. We had a net deficit with the Feds one year (2008.. most states had a deficit that year because of stimulus spending), but overall we're one of the most net positive states in the country (meaning that we always give more to the treasury than we get back from it).

We may have had our own budget problems, but, as a whole, we still do more from the US than the US does for us.

I found a chart, doesn't say what year, that shows how much a state receives for each dollar paid into the federal government. Interestingly 17 states pay in more than they get back, 33 and dc get more back than they pay in. Seems a bit lopsided. I didn't use my calculator but I suspect that california is the biggest donater.

IWonder-932455:

I didn't use my calculator but I suspect that california is the biggest donater.

Considering California was the 6th or 7th largest ECONOMY in the WORLD, I wouldn't be surprised!

No where does it say he is illegal. Other articles I have read quite the guy as saying he has an up to date visa.

I'm amazed at people's penchant for assumption and poor reading skills.

No he wasn't an illegal and go back to bed.At least their you won't have to think.

Yes guys, this particular article did not mention anything about the status of Jose - that was reported in other articles, such as the Arizona Republic. It's quite likely that Jose is not an illegal, afterall, he did hire a lawyer. There is the possibility that Babeu may have threatened to abuse his power - we don't know at this point. It's a matter of he said, he said.... Still, there are a lcouple of things that cannot be overlooked:

1. Paul exercised poor judgement in posting photos of himself on social media sites.

2. Paul must have been dreaming if he thought that he could run for Congress as a member of the GOP and not have the issue of his exual orientation come out into the open. It is widely known what the prevailingo attitude is in the GOP towards gays/lesbians.

They must of had an all out scratch your eyes out fight, a hot blooded Mexican and a hard right tea bagger, must of made for one passionate relationship. The Mexican should take the sheriff to court and sue him for spousal support. The Mexiacan just probably wanted to help out with his lovers campagne and the sheriff couldn't handle that and look, divorce court. Theres just no place in a relationship like that for politics. The Mexican probably thought he'd be going to all the big gala dinners together with the sheriff at the WH and look, poof nothing now. Spousal support would be the way to go for him now, his dreams are shattered, no chit chat with the congressional wives at the parties, exchanging different ideas on how to decorate the living room. His dreams are shot.

Ohh well... i think people worry too much about others sexual life's and forget about their capacity .

Many people when feel pressure or unhappy... they just use what they have on hands to mess up the others life's. Maybe, and just maybe all this it's just a pay back...for something made the other one unhappy.

And just a comment: A valid visa doesn't mean a person it's legal or illegal, just mean they have rights to try to come in here, and if they are allowed to be inside USA they can stay for a period of time...this period of time it's called PERMIT to stay, and can be for days or months. But expire one day.And after expire if they don't have the permanent resident card... they became illegal in here. it's little complicated...

I feel bad for both of them...

@Masterchief,

Since you think that all Californians are "illegals" I'm sure you won't mind if we keep our revenues for ourselves, instead of doling it out to all the red conservative welfare states. In fact, that goes for all of the other blue states as well. Lets see how well you bible thumping little welfare queens do without us.

Those programs you think are so incredibly important, like farm subsidies, well those don't go to the state, they go to individuals.

Since states don't pay taxes, individuals do, it is certainly fair to look at all the funds that come back from the federal government when calculating net donor/receiver states. The fact is that the conservative states, full of people demanding a balanced budget, tend to be the ones that benefit the most from net federal spending. It is "liberal" states such as CA, NJ, NY, CT, etc... that is providing the funding. Perhaps there's something to be said for liberals, after all.

Barry NJ, you are catching on. The only red state that produces ANY revenue comparable to the Blue States is Texas and that's only because they bend us all over on oil & gas prices. Meanwhile, their education statistics are at the bottom.

Maybe Babeu and Newt ought to get together...

You all are obviously commenting on what you read here on this article without going to the Arizona newspaper stories and reading them for yourselves. If you had you wouldn't be spewing the things you are right now based on rumor and non-proven allegations and other posters citing links that I couldn't find. I e-mail the Foreign link cited by a poster asking to be sent whatever story they have and if I do hear back from them and this story is still up I'll let you know Marlen. It's an election year and both sides are determined to play down and dirty and both sides fully intend to drag anybody they can into this viscious cycle with any rumor and inuendo they can find. Hopefully the majority of people don't beleive everything they read especially on this comment site. Folks like Rserp1 obviously believe what they see here cause this man is openly gay, it's old news.

skrewd -- appreciate your honesty toward this story. Again, it's not gayness, it's the hypocracy of being anti-illegal immigration on the one hand and having a sexual relationship with an illegal immigrant on the other that is the story. Wouldn't it be about the same if he had a girlfriend who was an illegal?

Please explain to me why any person is a hypocrite if as an American citizen they beleive than illegally entering this country is wrong? Why is an Americazn citizen hypocrite if they think foreignors should follow the laws of this country instead of sneaking in over the border without proper permission and documentation?? Why is an American citizen a hypocrite if they believe than once a foreigner has illegally entered this country they should not expect to be sent back to here they came from and told to come back only when they an do so legally??? Why is it hypocritical to be a democrat and beleive all of the above? Why is it hypocrtical to be a republican and beleive all of the above? Why is it hypocritcal to beleive both Dems and REpubs equally hypocritcal and beleive all of the above??

Or why don't you all tell the truth that you don't like him becasue he's bald??? White??? Male??? From AZ???? Gay????

Gumps

Maybe Babeu and Newt ought to get together...

Newt would have to get in line behind Arpiao, Sen Kolbe, J.D. Hatworth & Dan Quail all of whom are close to "Bahboo" & hug him in public at GOP functions .

In AZ it's not only the winds that blow.....

skrewdworld, yes, I did read the articles in the Arizona Republic as well as in the New Times. And I'm not surprised that Babeu is gay. But that's not the issue, as you're trying to make it. The issue that it is being alleged by Jose (Paul's boyfriend), that Paul was threatening to abuse his powers to get back at him. If true, that's a serious matter.

your classmates ex-wife boyfriend ...said he was smoke'n that crack...

I want the movie rights to the GOP primary!!! It's like a prewritten screenplay for the funniest movie of the decade.

....on Comedy Central network, or the SyFy channel?

deprogrammer, they already had a movie made about the GOP...oh wait, nevermind, that was Blazing Saddles, a COMEDY.

exactly, and yet those GOPers , ACT LIKE THERE AREN'T ANY gay republicans what a bunch of hypocritical, idiots

For one Reserp, hes not a racist if he's living with a Hispanic, he just trying to keep illegals from crossing the border illegally, no matter what race they are.. hes NEVER been opposed to gay issues or brought up any anti-gay issues. and further Im a gay republican, and none of my republican gay friends are racist, I find most racism with Liberal Democrats as I hear both sides way more than you do.. and by far the liberals are the most racist, you have to quit repeating liberal MSM mantras.. your mesmerized with your own hate..,,

Keep blaming the GOP like you always do. It's no wonder people like you are still on welfare. Also, next time read the article before you comment, then you will know that this isn't an article about being gay but about blackmail by someone's former lover.

Come on! He is gay and there is nothing wrong in being gay and embracing your gayness:) Holier than thou GOP, just full of peity and hate. I hope he keeps his job, doh! Does the polic force have "don't ask don't tell"? Eh! I am loving this Unhappy-1583758, GOP is full of it and to top it, GOP is just hateful. If they truly know the "bible" verses they keep throwing at everyone, they would just LOVE. But naaah! Good for you police officer! Embrace who you are, and let it be you just didn't know coming out of the "closet" was going to on TV. It's all good:)

It is a whole lot of undercover Gay's in the "GOP" that is why they fight so hard against it, just like they fight against everything that is for and in their own best interest !!!

I'd give up my secret recipe for Cheezey Donuts, if one of Santorum's Middle School buddies would "out him."

And having gay sex with an illegal alien? I'm shocked!! LOL

I'm thinking it would be considered, illegal entry of an illegal immigrant. Some things are just too funny. Over 60yrs of failed policies and people are just now realizing whom they voted for. I guess the lessor of the two evils is all were ever going to get!

Free this nation from all the bull****. VOTE RON PAUL. Time to get the monkeys off our backs.

Ron Paul is just another Republican in disguise. His only purpose in running for office is to draw away votes from certain other candidates. It is the oldest political trick in the Washington circus. Throw away your vote if you want to, but I am voting for OBAMA 2012!

Ron Paul is a racist biblethumping misogynist fruitloop. NO THANKS. If ANY Rethug or Pretend Rethug gets ahold of this country we can kiss the land our forefathers founded goodbye. Adios free republic, Hello fascist theocracy.

All you people who say this guy is an illegal alien are LIARS!

undocumented alien...there's a difference...

Just another day of crap talk from the liberal party, huh?

I'm not voting for RON PAUL Racist and hateful Goblin! And for Unhappy-1583758, smile and know liberals are just happy for the dude. Freedom of Speech, do you remember we have that in this country? Stop the hate, even mormons have gays in their backyard. Thats human 101.

I included a link to the Arizona Republic article above. Sorry - should have included it in my original post.

You have to admit, Romney and Santorum would make a beautiful couple! They could wear matching sweater vests!

(This post goes with apologies to my gay friends!- who are wonderful people. And guess what, they have NO AGENDA. They just want the same rights in the country that others have.)

But Republicans are "haters" if they belittle Barney Frank. Well, thanks for showing the depths of both your intellects and your moral consistency.

Wrong, Mitt is a democrat reject.

depends on which subject and which week you're talking about.

Good. Maybe they can teach the people in their district about tolerance. Their campaign slogan could be "Welcome to the 21st Century".

Keep your 1st century mentality comments to yourself. Your fairytales don't apply to those of us who live in the REAL WORLD. Sheesh....you should have figured out Jebus wasn't real about the time you found out about the Easter Bunny. the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

To Beware: The existence and deity of Jesus is the most well documented and verifiable history fact in existence. Do a little research and don't just rely on what YOU think is true.

To Beware: The deity and existence of Jesus is the most well documented and verifiable historical fact known. Not my opinion, but the truth. Just because you choose not to believe in something does not negate the truth of something.

Clegg:

All your "documentation" can be tracked back to the early christian leadership. No independent historian has ever confirmed the man's existence, let alone his deity. Your statement is simply false. He may well have existed. Many people spend their lives as unknowns or as unknown outside their little group. But it is safe to say that, if he existed, he was no deity. And there is nothing verifiable.

Well, thats pretty optomistic, but unlikey. Babeu is DONE. He lied and abused his power. I may have a few things I agree with him in politically...but his credibility is shot. Heck, maybe he lied about his political ambitions just to win the election in the first place. His ethics are in serious question right now.

U gotta be kidding....he's done. peace

Insoc and Royal - It'll be interesting to see what happens. Right now everyone is standing behind him. We'll see how many of them flee if it gets too hot. You could be right.

Katheryn-for all I know you may be right, but you may be wrong. Have you heard that line in a song?? Do the research and find out for yourself.

You may be right, I may be crazy ... but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for (in which case, may I suggest Dr. Ron Paul, ladies and gentlemen).

He's done, ONLY because he's a repub who has now drawn much attention for being gay. It has NOTHING to do with ethics or credibility. He may not have been closeted before, but it surely wasn't well-known that he was gay. I guarantee there were plenty of repubs who voted for him the first time who didn't know he was gay.The repub party and voters will abandon him like rats from a sinking ship ONLY because he's now imfamous for being the gay, republican sheriff...Plus, it's Arizona...he'll be lucky if he doesn't get shot by some righty nut-job.

You know skrewd - this is one of those whiskey tango foxtrot moments.

I did go read a few articles about this - do you think I'd rely totally on the small amount of information in a msn article?!

Which part of my comment is inaccurate? That it is not sour grapes from a former lover? Or that it may not effect Babeu's campaign?(you know,because the gay thing was kind of a moot issue for me)

Okay - I can see we are all riffing on song lyrics - can we riff on Zappa next?

Katheryn-yes you may bring it!! Whatz your favorite Zappa? As far as your questions, think the truth is somewhere in the middle. Think it's clowns to the left of me, jokers to my right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Wow, reading all these idiots posting their hate is sad. Glad I live in TENNESSEE.

watch out where the huskies go...

Ha! Skrewd - lately "Trouble Comin' Every Day" has been going through my mind. But I like your choice too plain bob. ;~))

Even Hollywood can't come up with stuff like this. I don't even watch TV anymore, just read the news.

Hollywood should be taking cues from this stuff. I certainly enjoy stories driven by character conflict like this a million times more than "reality TV" which isn't even real but scripted.

You don't need to go figure, just do the research for the truth not just rumor and inuendo. And alex unless you live in AZ you don't have a vote on this guy.

Not just Arizona, but his county or at least his congressional district.

Yes, you are correct Rlquall.

Alex I am a bleeding-heart liberal,can't stand most right wing Republicans, but I do agree with the teaparty on one one thing - illegal immigration.

It is simply wrong for you to state that the teaparty is against immigration. They are against ILLEGAL immigration, and allowing those who willfully did not abide by US regulations and illegally entered the country or illegally overstayed legal visas to be given taxpayer funded government services and be allowed to remain in the US.

Homesick.. I'm right there w/you. ILLEGAL immigration is the ONLY Republican issue I can get on board with. I still can't figure out why Democrats are so adamant about letting alien invaders go unpunished and rewarding them by not deporting their asses back to where they came from. LEGAL Immigrants are always welcome... ILLEGAL immigrants are CRIMINALS... pure and simple.

He was not illegal. Quit lying!

I apologize, but I don't remember a political party inherently having a character flaw; that's right, apart from their constituency political affliations don't have character. It's a human failing. You might as well fault the man has his or her affliation

Indy, that makes you the only sane person I know from AZ.

Nice post, Independent.

My husband and I love to visit the Southwest. However, since AZ has gone over the deep end, we just visit New Mexico. I just can't support what your leaders are doing at this time.

So, none of our tourism dollars are coming to AZ. I will be glad to come back when AZ's elected leaders stop their insanity.

Not a spring chicken either and have seen the same CRAP from BOTH sides, all over the country for well over a quarter of a century.

Now this is GOOD an arizonian telling it like it is they are all crazies down there especially that Republican skin head who shot the democrat congress women.

Stupid, immature comment R-sticker

I find the lies of most of you just what I would expect from Liberals. It is NOT Republicans who have pushed their agenda on America. It IS the Liberal left who continually has pushed their AGENDA on the rest of us. I am an Independent and have become more against Democrats than Republicans for just that reason. Most of us just want to be left alone to live our lives as we wish. If you want to be gay and kill unborn babies and spend your state into financial ruin, but don't push that agenda on the rest of us. I don't wish to push my belief in God on you. If you wish to think that Jesus was a fairy tale, then find do so. Just don't tell me how to think. For one thing the Bible is documented proof that he was not a fairy tale. That is more than can be said for the Left's belief in Evolution. Not only have they been unable to make the case for the connection between ape and man in the evolutionary process, but they have not make any scientific connection throughout the process. Just ask yourself one question. How many apes have you witnessed becoming a human in your lifetime? The answer is none and why is that. We still have apes and humans. The fact is that it just a limp baseless theory and not a scientific fact as the left asserts. Believe in your fairy tale and I will stay with something more plausable like their is a God. I would rather believe I came from something more devine than an ape and it was through a plan and not just an accident.

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My, what a hypocrite, Bobwhite!

"Most of us just want to be left alone to live our lives as we wish." But if a gay person wants to serve in the military, well that's a different matter, right? Oh, and if gays/lesbians want to get married, well, that shouldn't be allowed either. Because you are an avowed Christian, who thinks gays are perverted, right?

"Just don't tell me how to think" But we should abide by your religious views.You should be asking yourself who is really telling you how to think?

Bobwhite time to come out of the closet you dirty bird

I dropped my subscription to "Joke of the Day"- the big government, anti- Constitution bunch known as the Republican Party provides a daily giggle, and each day's joke is more outrageous than the last.

BTW- where does it say in the Bible- "Thou shalt campaign for Republicans,in order to remain in ignorance and denial, take many pictures of thyself half dressed, and invest thy money in the Cayman Islands"?

Christianity and Islam are just derivative religions, copied from Judaism-I am neither of the three, but Judaism is the original-if you really believe in the Bible, you would know that the Hebrews are God's chosen people -so shut the f up with the "I am better than you" rant!

Bobwhite - very well said regardless of the usual moronic comments made by droids of the left and those that can't separate sh— t from shinola. Lets see, what do most Republicans and Conservatives support? - 1st and 2nd Ammendment rights, religion, moral values and moral behavior, a strong military, small government, traditional values, natural relationships, traditional marriage, hard work, self-sufficiency, strong work ethic, the Bill of Rights and constitutional law as it is written and NOT activitst judges distorting the law Many liberals and many Democrats support exactly the opposite, and THIS is what is tearing this country apart right now. Gumps - gays ARE perverted when compared to natural and normal behavior as defined by most cultures. They are also psycho-emotionally impaired with ego dystonic sexual identity disorders regardless of the garbage that the gay intimidated APA says, and they have three times the mental health related problems, sexual partners, suicides, and STD's as straights - even THEY admit that. Anybody can tell someone what to "think", except in North Korea, but nobody can make someone think unless they can apply a Vulcan Mind Meld. Cultures however have every right to negate or separate any type of behavior deemed detrimental to the culture or society as HOMOSEXUALITY has been in most societies and cultures for the last 3000 years. True, there has been a great deal of "accmodation" for homosexuals throughout history, but in most cases it was more like finding ways to deal with the weird kid in the neighborhood. Some societies just used them for entertainment or sexual gratification, others gave them colored triangles before they put them in gas chambers. Even the ancient Greeks considered homosexuality devient behavior, and don't give me the Spartan Homosexual argument; their man-love situations were merely to form bonds (kind of like circle jerks before gays started saying that adolescent boys exploring their sexuality with each other made them all gay). Most americans would breathe a sigh of relief if gays went BACK into the closet. Ok, lets start with the name-calling and usual BS attacks by those who still don't know what genitalia and reproductive systems are designed for and choose to be dumbed down, but please try to articulate drivel more intelligent than homophobe, bigot, racist, blah blah blah. There's an old saying, "the truth will set you free-but first it will make you miserable". Gays in the last 50 years or so have refused to accept the truth and instead have been trying to make everyone else miserable. They're doing a great job in that respect. Enough said.

jp you are extremely knowlegdable about gay history and behavior. You must think about it all the time, with all that information in your little head. All joking aside you are one strange person.

H8TPARTY:

Gay means happy, not homosexual. How queer of you.

You are so right about that definition of gay. But they also say the rainbow is theirs too.

H8TPARTY:

Obviously, no draft dodging was done by that great war hero, Bill Clinton ... oh, wait. But only REPUBLICANS can be draft dodgers, or hypocrites. Glad that you are here to keep that sraight. Otherwise, one could wrongly draw the obvious conclusion that both parties are involved in both draft dodging, and hypocracy. And I've heard people say that he, too, looked gay, was gay, whatever, but I tend to hear my B.S. detector going off when I hear it, so maybe you should listen for yours, if you have one.

So h8tparty-What exactly drew you to that name? And why not just HATEPARTY?

skrewdworld I like the name. It fits with the repulsive Republicans, so yeah I could have said H8DraftDodgingLieingCorruptIneptIdiotTroglyditeKnuckleDraggingConeHeadedRejectsThatWrapThemselvesInTheFlag, but the name was too long.

Did you read this study?

http://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html

You're right Freedom...it is sickening. Until 2 days a go I was a HUGE Babeu fan. We should ALL be sickened by the sheer amount of distrust that MANY of our leaders ON BOTH SIDES have fostered. I really thought this guy was legit. Its disheartening to find out that he was basically a COMPLETE lie from top to bottom. Isn't it about time that WE stop making excuses for failed political leaders just because they said a few things we agreed with politically?

Caderyn: Didn't you read his nice sigining statment? There's nothing whatever to worry about!! (Of course, if he had meant that, he could've vetoed the bill, explained that he would never sign any law with those provisions for adminstratively detaining U.S. citizens, and found another way to have paid the troops in the interim and the American people, for the most part, would've backed him IMO. If some civilian employees had missed a check, it just would've emphasized how civil liberties are IMPORTANT, and naturally it would've been made up. Even some fairly decent members of Congress have given the lame excuse that they had to do this or the troops wouldn't get paid. Isn't that the best [worst] way they've ever devised to pass UTTER CRAP?)

Cadeyrn, How many Republicans voted for that bill. As an independent voter all I can do is laugh at how the party lemmings try to defend their respective party. Grow up, smell the coffee, smell the bacon, both of these parties are the enemy of the American people.

Rlquall,

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Although his veto would have been little more than a gesture (I believe over 95 senators voted for it and therefore his veto would have been easily overturned), it would have demonstrated to the American people where he stood vis-a-vis the constitution.

I was very disappointed he signed the bill.

Yeah, maybe it would teach people like you some tolerance. Shocking that so many in your party are human, and therefor a percentage of them are homosexual, isn't it?

Too many ignorant rednecks in the south.

So, NV Vet, if Babeu stays in the race and wins, what does that say about the GOP being the "family values" party, that is against gays/lesbians? No, this is too delicious!

Hey T Beaulieu I notice by your remark that bigots can me democrats too. btw, the "ignorant rednecks" in the South vote democrat, lol. Do you think any of the freeloaders are republican?

Any gay person that votes Republican should be given a bumper sticker that reads:

GAY REPUBLICANS DON'T NEED DILDOES, WE CAN SCREW OURSELVES! ....

Heard...obummer offered him a pink patrol car...

Darrell and Bob, thank you very much for your comments. You so eloquently reinforce the views a lot of people have of the conservative base.

In case it went over your head, that was not a compliment!

that was priceless...

I guess Elder Verdell doesn't remember that Jesus died on the cross for all our sins.

Nope, you just need networks like FOX to lie to you blatantly, which you'll eat up because it's in line with your failed out-of-sync-with-reality ideology.

Bman..whatever

bush was, is, and always will remain, a high-treasonous war-criminal, utterly dishonest, a crook and a liar, cocaine/drug/alcohol abuser, an incompetent, an AWOL Coward, and a BAFOON!!

Oh, you made a mistake! You really meant to say Obama, didn't you. I'm sure you did. Ha!

Dangerous Mind

That's exactly the left wing liberal mindset. If that was true then how does FOX NEWS crush every other cable news program on TV. They've done it for years and have done it consistently. More people watch FOX NEWS then any other cable news channel and recently The Factor beat a network news broadcast...NBC Nightly News. Hannity = All left wing nuts. Cannot watch his right-wing bias either.

So your theory/reply is seriously flawed, inaccurate and without merit... it's an opinion without any facts whatsoever to back it up, like the reporting by this network.

BuddyThisToo~~

I agree with you on that 100%. I voted for Obama because I believed his lie and like the rest of the country was tired of 'Bush-like' politics. However Obama has made his share of mistakes that quietly and quickly get swept under the carpet. Obama's never held accountable for his actions when (as the leader of this country) he should be.

Say what you want about the war and the recession under Bush. Obama did not have to increase our deficit and introduce ObamaCare at a time when this country cannot afford it. He did not have to bail out companies with taxpayer money that are now bankrupt. We will never get that money back.

Remember Bush started the bailout of the auto industry... that was his deal, not Obama's. Obama didn't stop it or stand in it's way. That is the only thing he has done correctly in his administration. In fact, his economical policies have all failed. Yet these networks fail to report it. We are not in a turnaround when major companies are declaring bankruptcy and closing stores. 100's of stores that employ thousands of People are closing this year... more people will be out of work.

For BMAN, boggie man. Let me copy what unbiased sources say about deficits and let me explain first, although I voted for Obama for president, I think, if not for the skin, he would be another retard pervert from Texas. That said, here is what other sources say about your "deficit." In Fact, Experts Attribute Deficit To Bush-Era Tax Cuts, Wars, Economic Downturn." Here another: "CBO Projected $1.2T Deficit In January 2009 Based On Spending Bush Authorized; Actual Deficit Was $1.4T. In a January 7, 2009." Other sources put deficits in this order, the king of deficits? Ronald Reagan with his taboo economics fo "trickle down economics." Guess who number 2 is? The retard pervert from Texas. You can have your opinion, but not your own facts. BTW, the whole media can't be trusted to tell the truth or practice Viet Nam era true journalism, they all are scady cat scared of the truth, and the only thing they care for now is bottom line, a la your buddies at the fixnews network.

Bman, you forget O'Rielly (FOX) interviewed President Obama? Maybe that doesn't count. Fox News(Entertainment) draws the lowest common denominator; the grocery store Enquirer mindset, which was shown to have a lower intelligence factor. What do you expect President Obama to do in 2 years of Democratic controlled House/Senate that President Bush had control of for 5 years straight? That is equivalent to standing in front of a new microwave oven after years of cooking on a malfunctioning stove and yelling 'HURRY UP!' No different than the GOP blaming President Obama for TARP, when it was enacted by President Bush. No different then the GOP screaming about the ending of the Iraq War to President Obama following the timeline for the final withdrawl of troops in Iraq. Maybe because the GOP's hand in the Military contractor laundry scheme would be drying up? Of course the Iraqi Government WANTING the U.S. out made no difference to the GOP. Not to mention the foreclosures going over the cliff in 2007 and the blaming of the Frank/Todd practices, when the ACTUAL fault was 80+% of the PRIVATE Mortgage companies and banks, NOT Fannie/Freddie. 23 straight months of economic UPSWING is not failure, unless you are from the GOP, then you start picking fights concerning Women's Rights, because you want to move back to the 1812's, instead of looking forward past 2012. Nothing like making women angry to change where the vote is going to go. THANKS GOP!!!!

Bman - if you do not care for the way MSNBC covers the news - why on earth are you wasting your time reading anything on this news site? I don't know about you, but I don't have enough time in the day to waste it in places that I think have little value.

Now thats a fact. I watched Faux News twice and that was enough!

Buddy, First off Rick Perry is so kinky he could hide behind a cork screw. Second, Perry has been having homosexual relations since his college days and was even caught in the act with the Texas Secretary of State in his office by his wife Anita. He followed the path of Texas's other gay governor George W Bush. In defense of Perry he was coked out of his brains in that debate to try to get through it without his usual stupidity. Bottom line is that every top ranking member of the Republican party is homosexual. I did not use gay because they are closet homosexuals who believe that being honest is wrong and that if you keep it in the closet it is not a sin. If you don't believe me just ask any gay Baptist preacher.

Whatever happened to unbiased Journalism? This headline is intentionally misleading, I feel sorry for those who let it set the mood for the article. At first glance, it appears to be about Romney's campaign. On closer inspection, it's not. The connotation is another blatent, biased, muckracking attempt to cast the republican candidate in a poor light. Hence the coupling of the words 'force' and gay in the caption of the picture. How is he 'forced' to admit he's gay if he voluntarily stepped down to deal with the allegations? Obviously, the liberal media knows the public isn't buying the democratic snake oil the way they did four years ago. If Babeu's stepping down, there's possibly some truth to the allegations.

I'm not for either side politically, I'm neutral as regards politics, from what I have gathered from reading the news for years the people this gay guy was promoting are generally anti-gay. I don't believe that men should smoke other men's cigars or play with their dice, but I believe God is allowing them to do so until he says no more smoking other men's cigars or playing with their dice. He put a stop to it at Sodom and Gomorrah and he will stop it again on a global scale in the future, in the mean time, men smoking other men's cigars and playing with their dice is only on the same plain of sin as women and women, and all other gross sins, it's not the only sin, even unmarried men and women is called fornication, if you care about the Bible's viewpoint, it isn't vague about such things, it states God's view of such things very clearly. But, God is allowing people to do as they wish for now under Satan's rulership. His son Christ's Jesus' disciples are not political, they tell people about God's Kingdom that Christ taught about that would solve the world's problems, Christ didn't get into politics although he was offered all the Kingdoms of the World by the Devil (showing who owns and runs all the governments of this world) after he was baptised and went into the wilderness to fast for 40 days and 40 nights, he had the free will to accept that offer if he wanted to do his own thing instead of his father's just like Satan chose to rebel against God and by getting Adam and Eve to follow him he became ruler of this world we live in therefore, Christ's discipiles do not involve themselves in the politics of this world either. I understand that what people are most upset with is the hypocrisy, because this guy's political group is very anti men smoking other men's cigars and playing with their dice and they keep catching them doing it. The people that are upset however think it is ok for people to do anything with their bodies. People who excercise the many different views on these things will eventually answer to the one that Christ looked to please, the Creator of the Universe, all of the inteligent angels who have been faithfull to Him, all of the rebelious angels who run this world with Satan, and us, intelligent mankind who have the capacity for thought, reason, love, hate, peace, spirituality, to the point of eventually being in God's image like our forefather Adam was created, and living forever on this earth for most who lived in human history and eternal death for most now living who will die at Armagedon. In the future the earth's population of people who live forever will be made up of those who survive Armagadon, their offspring, and the people who lived throughout human history, who are brought back from death, and desire to live by the standards of our Creator. So you see your petty little political arguments will after making people suffer for the time period Satan will have been allowed to rule, will all come to an end.

Alabama is the new Arizona. New movie for the GOP: Bend Over and Take It Like a Man

Come on MB!! That really wasn't necessary was it?

You seriously think he personally appointed this guy to work on his campaign? HMMMNN think I'll wait to judge until the facts actually come out.

You gopers seem to blame EVERYTHING that happens on Obama himself if it turns out bad, so The Buck Stops With Romney. It is his campaign, he is ultimately responsible.

Amazing similar that is to how EVERYTHING that has happened the last three years is still GWB's fault, isn't it? The only think BHO is apparently responsible for in that time frame is the death of Osama bin Laden.

Rlquall: Strange isn't it?

Everything bad that happens = Your political foes
Everything good that happens = Your political party

The truth is lost on probably 95% of the public who are incapable of actually understanding it but fully capable of going to their favorite Soros-funded blog or right wing radio show host....Even the Paulbots have nutty Alex Jones for their "truth". Scary!

samantha...you know that ain't nothing but a scam...sick people...