Chris.....stop acting like a child. Are you telling me that only Republicans are hypocrites and use their power for sexual gains? I'm sure the Democratic party loves it's voters like you who don't accept their party is corrupt. Same with Republicans.

Another "mature" insight about you is the fact that you make it sound like a fact that he threatened his lover when later in the same sentence you use "probably" So now you are in their bedroom as well?

And you make innuendo about a war hero like McCain?

How any of you hypocrites could ever judge a man like McCain on his love for America just shows how out of touch with other peoples beliefs you really are

"allegations of misconduct made by a Mexican immigrant with whom he had a relationship."

Don't they mean ILLEGAL immigrant?

I suppose pointing out that the man is a criminal would highlight his lack of credibility... why report reality when you can report what fits into your political agenda? thanks MSNBC.

pjam09, sorry, but the guy is a legal immigrant. He is not here illegally. That's his whole point. The immigrant is afraid this guy who is in a position of authority, will tamper with his legal status. Remember, we just had a guy in New Mexico who spent a couple of years being illegally detained with no trial, for a few years on a traffic violation (and he was an American citizen).

If the guy was here illegally, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on, and I would agree with deporting him immediately, but that's not the case.

"34-year-old Mexican national living in the US legally"

Pjam09- either you must of missed it or you didn't take the time to read the article

Are you telling me that only Republicans are hypocrites and use their power for sexual gains?

No, but the Republicans get called on it because of their holier-than-thou, you-shall-do-things-my-way attitudes that would make a Taliban seem moderate. Its time that they learned the people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

AMEN! Its time we stop catering to illegals and send them ALL home.

First of all, if "Jose" is here legally, why would he feel "threatened" by someone saying they're going to tell on him? And, if he is not here legally, the Sheriff is DUTY BOUND to report his ass. The truth is this is a set up by DEMOCRAPS. If the Sheriff had come out in favor of OPEN BORDERS, the way the hispanics want, he would never have been outed.

Since when do they say there were crimes commited and all i want is it to stop

Chris - you are so mis-informed. You're one of those individuals who voted for O'Bama because he promised to give you a brain. And like his other broken promises to so many people, O'Bama just lied to get your vote. The Latino is an Illegal and regardless of how his identity came to the media, he has been located and thus should be deported. Illegals have no rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution which guarantees certain rights to Legal U.S. Citizens. So regardless what the relationship is to the Sheriff, he (and his family) should be immediately sent back to their home country. Actually ,the Latino Group should be investigated for Immigration Violations because only O'Bama & Eric Holder can encourage individuals to ignore U.S. Federal Law.

Patricia -- shame on you for the name calling and the poor reading comprehension. He is here legally according to the article, but the spirit of hate and throw "them" out now and ask questions later that permeates roughly half of the political sphere of this country at the moment -- anyone named Jose has reason to be fearful. Just having the name Jose or being born south of the border is not in-and-of itself illegal, no matter what some people might want. You and all the others crying "illegal" to villainize this man are prime examples of why he should be fearful -- despite the fact that he is here legally by all accounts available to us here. Facts don't matter much for you, do they? Good god! If people put as much effort into trying to solve the real problems in this nation as they put into fomenting partisan hate, we'd be in much better shape than we are now.

Brian, attack the "message" not the messanger. Chris has the right to speak on this subject without being ridiculed or bullied over it.

What Chris was alluding to is the "hypocrisy" within the Republican party that operates on a "do as we say, not as we do" mentality. McCain is similar to majority of politicians/officials/servants who are steadfastly againstone thing, like homosexuality, then will do a 360 when defending their own party members who are found to be homosexual.

This is political reality (or lunacy) and has nothing to do with his military service to our country.

Personally, I can care less if this Sheriff is gay, however if he's abusing his authority or power, then the public has the right to know this regardless of who he was/is dating, citizen or not. period. Obviously his ex-lover is in fear of relatiation of losing his legal status or he wouldn't have taken such a bold step to contact this organization for help. If no probable cause (evidence/proof) exists, then why not allow the Justice Department to clear his name before the elections...the cat's already out of the bag, so to speak.

Don't they mean ILLEGAL immigrant?

No, they mean a guy with a valid US visa.

Leave it to pjam to slur all Mexicans as 'illegal'.

It is not a CRIME to be born in Mexico, and it is not a CRIME to immigrate to the United States.

Yet another in a very looooooong line of disgusting attempts to spread hatred and intolerance of certai ethnic groups by pjam.

You should be ashamed of yourself!

Its time we stop catering to [expletive deleted] and send them ALL home

I'd like to get rid of all the bigots. Immigrants, authorized and unauthorized, seem to have a stronger American work ethic, and a greater love for the ideals upon which our great nation was founded, than the people who holler for special privileges just because they happened to be born here.

pjam -- you need to read the article in order to form an opinion. Jose isn't an illegal alien... but he is A SASQUATCH!!!

No, not really. But how is someone gay and republican? Are you so full of self-hatred you want to pass laws against yourself?

And what is it with Arizona? Should we build a fence to keep them away from the rest of us?

"I'd like to get rid of all the bigots." Even the one that are immigrants, authorized and unauthorized?

According to the Arizona papers, Jose is here on a legal tourist visa which means Paul can deport him, he is not a permanent resident. I personally don't care if Babeu is gay but if threatened his lover with deportation to keep his secret, it6 is a serious misuse of power which should be punished.

Actualy we should build a fence around Arizona, with all their BS . Maybe they should separate from the rest of the nation and become a nation in themselves. it's funny how many excuses this man made when he was forced out of the closet. He probably would have been better off saying he was against the NRA or an atheist. This nation was built on immigrants, and believe me, do you really think they were wanted? They only forced their way in and made up their own laws to govern this land of ours. If we don't learn to deal with these issues morally, and quit acting like victims, we are doomed that they will come back around again and again.

another republican that isnt gay, until he's discovered to be gay...

if the republican party is so tolerant and not so bigoted, why do their gay party members feel the need to keep their gayness a secret?

are republicans still wondering why black people dont vote republican too?

it's a little harder to hide your blackness for the sake of being elected as a republican, i'll admit that.

Some people here are as ignorant as they come, the Guy was a sheriff is that not reason alone to fear him, if your that stupid maybe you should not be posting, do you think being here legally is some how going to protect Jose, he could take him out to the desert and put one in his head ...........

Another republican hypocrite caught with his pants down around his ankles.

Just how is he a hypocrite? For being gay? Just a little clue for ya. Not every member of a political party agrees with every thing the party stands for.

I'm an atheist republican. I don't feel like a hypocrite. There are things I would like to see changed in the republican party. But they are the lesser evil. There is absolutely nothing positive about the Democrat party. I'm a firm believer that it takes a special kind of idiot to be a democrat. Blind, lazy, and retarded.

And Barney Frank had his gay lover running a prostitution ring out of his house, where was the Liberal outrage? BTW Liberals should we just have an open border,and screw the people coming here legally

Joe B,

You have it wrong. Someone, probably Faux News, has been lying to you. First off, Jose is legal. But he knows that if a person in authority has a hard on for you (pun intended) and you are a Mexican living in Arizona, they can make your life miserable.

Second, our Constitution DOES protect illegals rights. Do some reading instead of just tuning in to Hannity and Savage. Talk about liars. They have been proven time and again to mislead, misrepresent the truth, and flat out lie. Research, buddy.

There is absolutely nothing positive about the Democrat party. I'm a firm believer that it takes a special kind of idiot to be a democrat. Blind, lazy, and retarded.

I bet you stayed at least half the night forging that intellectual gem, didn't you?

How many Republicans does this make that were "outed" in the public eye due to their sexual activities? Some of them were doing the hanky panky with some very very young men and it is questionable as to the possibility that they even commited some very serious felony level sexual crimes with the pages they were doing the chickity hump de hump with!!!! What I find interesting is that a great deal of these closet homosexual republicans vote AGAINST their own, that is they support anything and everything that is directed at labeling and denying homosexuals equal rights under the US constitution!!!

That is the same as giving money to someone to lobby against using paper when you own a paper mill yourself!!!

Spencer I have good eye sight, a 170 IQ, and get up every morning to work on my farm and then in the evenings go to my night job. I for the most part vote dem.

Neko, well right there lowers your IQ 100 points

Spencer: "I'm an atheist republican."

I would bet that you do not widely advertise that fact. Try putting a sign around your neck proclaiming your atheism and going to Republican meetings. Let us know how you are treated.

Well at least he didn't get on TV and say "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." And how about JFK banging that young girl. Before you liberals start beating up on one Republicans think about how many Democrats get in this fix. 10 to 1.

Your messing with us, right Hamwich? Their was a spelling error in you're post, two. You need to be careful with you're posts. Their our people who have trouble interpreting this mistakes.

"The group, Respect Respeto, on Monday sent a request to the U.S. Department of Justice for a probe into Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu"

Okay, So am I the only one that thought that was an "ironic" choice of words?

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. ²⁷ In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Romans 1:26

Soldier What are you talking about? I hardly think that god had anything to do with this political scandal.

No, of course politics doesn't have anything to do with this. (Sarcasm.) If the sheriff did indeed threatened Jose (Mexican national), then Jose should show the text, email, threat, whatever is was that he received from the sheriff. It should be no problem to prove, that is if he is telling the truth. Right?

You know, if there really was a "God", then we humans exists purely for his entertainment.

I'm sure this is really going to be a far investigation, your witnesses are all criminals. What do you think they are going to say, what a joke. All this PC crap is ruining our Country, people need to get a grip.

Sadielady, if we read the article once more, we will see that is said that the Sherrif had in the past acted against immigrants. I would say that that is the real reason for this probe; homosexuality is just a catch phrase here. We should hod out horses until we see proof of these allegations. May be someone's free lunch has stopped and he is trying to get money this way. I have great reservations about the veracity of these witnesses as well. Just another attempt to take over !

I think he may enjoy a good probe.

I think it was the foreign probe rather than the federal probe that was his undoing.........!!

Jim, as yet, we have only allegations, no proof. Let's not be rash.

Fricsaid, the Sherrif has in the past spoken out against illegal immigration and the open border with Mexico. I bet you that that was the reason this ex-lover is pushing this probe forward. And we taxpayers should finance this lover's quarrel ?

Who are those people that they think they can restrict our rights to free speech ?

I can't believe you have not become desensitized to it. You know, from excessive exposure to a stimulus.

Milo, it actually brings out burst of laughter followed by aerobic rolls on the floor.

The good Sheriff might not agree, for all his talk about closing the border, he might have a vested interest in keeping it open just a little bit... While he was yelling about illegal immigrants he was sleeping with one. A visitors visa does not make one a legal immigrant. If one stays and works on a visitors visa it makes one illegal. His later threats to deport the Jose tells me he knew he was here illegally.

Hey Kevin should we ship them back before or after the Big Gay Republican Sheriffs have sex with them?

"Jose -- who Politico reported on Tuesday is a 34-year-old Mexican national living in the US legally"

Learn to read please...

Kevin, although I would like them to come here legally , I take exception to your description of people just trying to make a living for themselves and their families, just as I'm sure you would be doing the same thing in their shoes.

Kevin Q you do realize that our country was founded by people just coming on over. I mean for gods sake we perpurtrated the largest geneicide in human history to take this land. I don't think that the illegals should get the tax benefits they get. But they are no different than a majority of americans ancestors.

Neko, yes they are different from a maority of American ancestors. The laws are different and they are breaking them. Huge difference !

wlee-950886:

I take exception to your description of people just trying to make a living for themselves and their families

It is unfortunate their home country is a CRAP HOLE but that is their life. There are a lot of countries that are a lot worse off than them! There are untold MILLIONS of people from all over the Planet who have submitted applications to reside here LEGALLY! Just because ILLEGALS CAN cross our border illegally does not afford them ANY rights to work here to "support" their families on our dime or at the expense of disrupting our workforce!

According to this article, Jose is here on a VISITOR VISA and is not allowed to WORK! In order to WORK in this Country you must have, at a minimum, a RESIDENT VISA (commonly called a Green Card)! That is why he is "listed" as a "volunteer" for Paul's campaign.

It could well be that "Paul" was/is the sponsor of Jose's VISITOR VISA and has EVERY RIGHT to deny sponsorship, at ANY time, which would void the visa and require him to return home! If this is the case, it is not a case of using influence as sheriff but a personal quarrel gone bad...

Should we ship them home before or after the Gay Republican Mit Romney supporters have sex with them?

Right after they stick the PETER to them!

"Jose -- who Politico reported on Tuesday is a 34-year-old Mexican national living in the US legally"

Learn to read....

Well Ameri-soc... I have heard from CNN since then that he is "illegal". So.. KEEP UP on your reading... And the Sheriff has since admitted that he didn't know the guy was illegal. You probably aren't too worried about legal status when your cruising for a piece of Azz.

Based on this article you would not know that he had a visitor's visa which does not allow him to work. He had a business doing web site work which as his boy friend Babeu would have know about. Thus the illegal part of someone here legally. Just google BABEU, you'll get more than this condensed soup of an article.

Your right relly. Their all a bunch of blow hards.

Number of illegals given amnesty by republicans, 3,000,000

Number of illegals given amnesty by democrats, 0

yes both parties are terrified of losing the vote from the millions of mexicans who have built themselves into quite the important voting bloc. now both parties need to come together to negate the destruction caused by illegaql mexican migration, if its not too late.

Democrats don't have to give them amnesty. They already provide them with free health care, social security, unemployment benefits, and free education. and the illegal right to vote for their favorite democrat come election time.

If there was any proof of an illegal voting for anyone we can be sure you would post it but there is not yet you still use the rhetoric.

Mike m1967- You should check Judicial Watch.

JW Exposes White House/Department of Justice Working Relationship with ACORN Group Implicated in Massive Voter Registration Fraud

With the 2012 elections just months away, the ACORN-connected group Project Vote (and Obama campaign ally) is redoubling its efforts to undermine the integrity of the 2012 elections - and they are evidently doing it with the participation of the Obama White House and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

In January, Judicial Watch obtained additional documents about meetings held between Estelle Rogers, Director of Advocacy for the ACORN organization Project Vote, and officials from the Obama White House and the DOJ.

Judicial Watch is investigating the extent to which Project Vote, which once employed Barack Obama, has been working with the Obama administration to use voter registration laws to register greater numbers of low-income voters, widely considered to be an important voting demographic for the Obama presidential campaign.

Judicial Watch was already well aware that the DOJ was heavily involved in this scheme based on documents previously obtained, but the latest batch of records implicates the Obama White House directly!

According to the records, obtained by Judicial Watch in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed on August 19, 2011:

• On April 27, 2009, Estelle Rogers wrote to Deputy Assistant Attorney General Sam Hirsh regarding an upcoming meeting on April 30, 2009. In addition to Rogers and Hirsh, other attendees included: Nicole Kovite, Director of Public Agency Project for Project Vote; Spencer Overton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy; and two officials from the Obama White House: Celia Muñoz, then-Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and recently promoted to Director of the Domestic Policy Council; and Tino Cuellar, Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory Policy. (Muñoz, you will recall, is the former senior vice-president of the National Council of La Raza who has been funneling tax dollars to radical Mexican separatists ever since she joined the Obama White House.)

  In her email, Rogers referenced documents she forwarded in preparation for the upcoming meeting on the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), to which Hirsch replies that he looked forward to "reading these materials" and to "seeing everyone on Thursday."

• On February 23, 2011, Rogers wrote to Associate Deputy Attorney General Robert Weiner, asking him to "make some headway with Attorney General Holder in enforcing Section 7 of the NVRA." The email notes that the DOJ had not yet filed any Section 7 lawsuits, which Rogers dubbed "deeply disappointing." The first such DOJ lawsuit (against Rhode Island) was filed on March 18, 2011, less than one month later. Of particular note, is Rogers' comment that "We have received oral assurances from [Assistant Attorney General Thomas] Perez on several occasions that enforcement action was imminent," suggesting that Rogers was privy to internal discussions inside the DOJ regarding pending legal action.

• On March 29, 2011, Rogers wrote to Associate Attorney General Perrelli, urging him to review and "make improvements" to a document she was sending following another meeting held on March 17, 2011, between Project Vote and the DOJ on Section 7 compliance with the NRVA. Accompanying the document was a previous letter she had sent to the Civil Rights Division plus "additional comments on the Q and A."

These documents raise fundamental questions about the politicization of the DOJ under Eric Holder and demonstrate that the ACORN-connected Project Vote is throwing its weight around the DOJ and driving the agency's voting rights agenda.

And, evidently the Obama White House is now directly implicated in this growing scandal. It is now clear that Project Vote and the Obama/Holder DOJ are conspiring to file DOJ lawsuits to help re-elect Barack Obama. This collusion between Project Vote and the Obama administration is a significant threat to the integrity of the 2012 elections.

To have Project Vote involved in DOJ voting rights enforcement is like having the Mafia run the FBI! And Estelle Rogers is one of Project Vote's key "bosses."

As Director of Advocacy for Project Vote, Estelle Rogers ‒ a former attorney for ACORN, which was besieged with charges of corruption before declaring bankruptcy in November 2010 ‒ is a primary contact person on policy matters at Project Vote at both the state and federal levels and has been actively involved in voter registration issues. Using the threat of a lawsuit under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), Project Vote has aggressively sought to manipulate voter registration laws in various states in an effort to increase the registration of people receiving public assistance.

On August 4, 2011, Judicial Watch released documents obtained from the Colorado Department of State showing that ACORN and Project Vote successfully pressured Colorado officials into implementing new policies for increasing the registration of public assistance recipients during the 2008 and 2010 election seasons. Following the policy changes, the percentage of invalid voter registration forms from Colorado public assistance agencies was four times the national average. Project Vote also sought a "legislative fix" to allow people without a driver's license or state identification to register to vote online.

In addition to pursuing public agency registration cases in Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia and New Mexico, Project Vote and the NAACP filed a lawsuit on April 19, 2011, against the State of Louisiana alleging violations of the NVRA. Less than three months later, on July 12, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division/Voting Section sued Louisiana on the same grounds, claiming that "Louisiana officials have not routinely offered voter registration forms, assistance and services to the state's eligible citizens who apply, recertify or provide a change address for public assistance or disability services."

The DOJ's March 11, 2011, lawsuit against Rhode Island led to policy changes intended to increase the number of voter registration applications processed by "public assistance and disability service officers." These two lawsuits, filed within five months of each other, are the first such lawsuits filed by the DOJ since 2007.

Project Vote and ACORN have both been linked to massive voter registration fraud. A total of 70 ACORN employees in 12 states have been convicted of voter registration fraud. And as documented in a July 2009 report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, of the 1.3 million registrations Project Vote/ACORN submitted in the 2008 election cycle, more than one-third were invalid. (And don't believe the line that ACORN is dead. As we documented in our special report "The Rebranding of ACORN," the corrupt organization is alive and well and ready to wreak havoc in the 2012 elections.)

A storm is fast approaching in 2012. The integrity of our elections is under attack by ACORN and Project Vote. And it now appears that the Obama administration is complicit in a plot by these community organizations to steal the elections. Trust Judicial Watch to do what it can to uphold the rule of law against this very real challenge to our election system.

As far as VOTING is concerned, it is not only a RIGHT, but a DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY of Citizens of the USA!

Unfortunately, the MAJORITY of Citizens abdicate this DUTY to the few who do bother to attempt to keep abreast of the issues at hand. "Dragging" uninformed voters to a polling place to make choices they have NO (or, at best, VERY LITTLE) understanding of is, in itself, a misrepresentation of the concept of VOTING!

When you VOTE on something it isn't "pass it so we can see what's in it" (Hello Nancy Pelosi) but making an INFORMED decision on the items on the ballot! If you are a career Welfare recipient and your only knowledge of the candidate is he/she is going to keep your Welfare rolling along or take money from those nasty RICH people and give it to you, who are you going to vote for?

Voting for (particularly, President) a candidate is not a "ME" vote, it is a vote for the future of our country. What the Democratic Party (under the guise of ACORN) is doing is rounding up, mostly, "ME" voters in an attempt to sway the elections!

If these "ME" voters really had an interest in the FUTURE of our COUNTRY they would get themselves INFORMED of the issues and make their way to the polling places to cast an HONEST vote! What the Democrats (ACORN or what ever they are calling themselves these days) are doing is the most insidious, but legal, form of VOTER FRAUD being pushed onto those of us who do try to stay abreast of what the consequences of the vote are and cast our votes accordingly.

I have this bridge for sale...

Hey - London Bridge is in Lake Havasu, AZ.

LMAO - we're both in shock

He this Sheriff needs to call Michelle Bachmann's husband! But then again everyone knows there is NO such thing as a Repuglican Barney Frank!!!

They just keep getting married over and over hoping they can chase the gay thoughts away but they know that a woman cannot complete them (see: Limbaugh, Rush/Gingrich, Newt

You forgot H25

What exactly are Log Cabin Republicans...Eh... Mickey D...You don't get out much do ya!

Why is it always baby Jesus. Wouldn't we have a better chance of being understood by the adult Jesus? Maybe they just figure they can slip more BS past the baby version?

P-E-T-E-R-with that screen name,you really expect us to take you seriously.

Sounds like Peter is having gay thoughts about Big Gay Republicans

i thought Jesus was like 35 or 37 when the romans killed him...

Teenage jesus is my favorite, that's when he was off in the Himalaya's studying Buddhism. But I also liked the jesus pops the ice cream man use to sell, they were the crucified jesus on a cross of popsicle sticks, lime was my fav on a hot day, that was back in the day when he would still answer prayers for a quarter, now you have to drop a hundred dollar bill in the collection plate every Sunday to get his attention.

OK, you earned a response.

LOL!!!!

My niece says the same thing: "She did it first!". But she's only five, and it's cute when she does it.

You, Steven, just look dumb.

B Hatfield if all hypocrites were never born man wouldn't exist

jroliver,

I wish there was a list of laws that aren't enforced, so we could all quit obeying them. Maybe Obama can make the list.

"Jose -- who Politico reported on Tuesday is a 34-year-old Mexican national living in the US legally"

Learn to read...

What part of ILLEGAL can't our government understand

Obama is very practical. A vote is a vote and no ID is required.

I find it funny that so many people seem to have a problem understanding that a person can be here legally, and not be a citizen. Have so many people not heard of Visas (student, work, etc.)?

The article (keeping in mind that just cause it's in print, doesn't make it true) states the accuser is in the US "legally", but was threatened with deportation. That would suggest that he is not an "illegal", and that the aggressor/sheriff was willing to take some unethical steps to remove his legal status.

Yes, please read and think before you embarrass yourself posting nonsense.

Something is smelly around here...Oh never mind that Babeu's unit.

....and you would know.

"Jose -- who Politico reported on Tuesday is a 34-year-old Mexican national living in the US legally"

Read...not that tough

Socialist,

He said, "if."

Please learn to read.

Marjorie, in the case of the individual featured in this story, the one bringing allegations, there is no "if." He is here legally. Let's move beyond reading to comprehension, shall we? Comment 20.1 stands as a resonably response to comment 20.

I'm saddened with your lack of comprehension sad,but 20's comment clearly states if any were illegal, with no specificity of the person in the article. American Socialist nice rebuttal let me guess where you stand politically, please save your F-off for your wife.

Based on this article you would not know that he had a visitor's visa which does not allow him to work. He had a business doing web site work which as his boy friend Babeu would have know about. Thus the illegal part of someone here legally. Just google BABEU, you'll get more than this condensed soup of an article.

Just another example of the moral decay of this once great country. It is sad when you truely can not trust the authorities, as they have prostituted

We will begin reversing that November.

just another example of the total decay self destruction of the Rupuicklican party