Just imagine the millions of dollars that were wasted on this witch hunt in Holder's and Obama's quest to bring down Arpaio. Maybe there should be a criminal investigation into the motivations behind this investigation. I am sure that it would reveal that the investigation was politically motivated and driven by a political agenda, not based on any actual evidence of wrongdoing. This is pretty much confirmed by the fact that after years of investigating they finally ended the charade with no charges being filed against Arpaio or anyone in his department. Imagine how much good might have been done with those millions of dollars if they had been used to help beef up border enforcement in the southwest. Obama's henchman Holder is a complete joke as Attorney General and should have been bounced from office a long time ago. He certainly is not doing the job the Attorney General is supposed to do in upholding the laws of the United States. Holder's Justice Department has probably spent more time and money suing states to keep them from trying to enforce federal law then they have actually enforcing the laws they are sworn to uphold.

Holder won't be around much longer. Pretty soon we will have an Attorney General who enforces all laws. Not just the ones he happens to agree with.

As I said when Holder announced this improper pursuit in a news conference, if the Government actually had actual proof that Arpaio had violated people's civil righs, Arpaio would have been charged long ago. As a Democrat, I am positivley appalled that the Obama Administration (for which I voted in '08 but will NOT in '12) has endeavored to subvert (rather than enforcing) U.S. law and has sided with the lawbreakers over American citizens and LEGAL immigrants by granting rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreaking. DESPICABLE!

A GOVERNMENT WHICH REFUSES TO ENFORCE ITS OWN LAWS IS INTOLERABLE!

If you are trying to smuggle out underwear, maybe jail is a better place for you...you'll have all the underwear you need!

rush: While I don't really like "joe", I have to wonder where you get all that BS information?

His county is about half latino and yet they keep voting him into office. Maybe it's you that's racist.

Hey msh...........: How much time did YOU spend in his jail?

I'm shocked that nobody in D.C. could find the right charge to trump up on Sheriff Arpaio. I guess that would take intelligence and cleverness, neither of which can be found in D.C.

Joe Arpaio Should run for Attorney General of the United States.

mshawaii808,You know that your post is considered libelous unless you can prove that which you just posted.You may not like the man but make sure that you have proof when accusing somebody of these criminal charges on the internet.Journalism 101.

Rushless Fat,drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son.

The people of Maricopa County have spoken. Five times in fact. They want a no-nonsense sheriff. They have a no-nonsense sheriff. DOJ can find nothing to charge him with despite, I would bet, desperately wanting to. So they just sue him and his department in civil court hoping, because the burden of proof is so much lower, to find a judge and jury as morally feckless as they are in order to win.

If the US government is unwilling to enforce its own laws because it wants to send a different foreign policy message than those laws, then get those laws off our books. The absolute worst thing we can do to our laws is use them for political purposes. Mr. Obama, Mr. Holder, Ms. Napolitano, and others, are using them for political purposes. These people are would-be despots and we must defeat them.

The Obama administration wants to protect potential voters from being deported, and they're desperate. They'll resort to any means. Like legalizing as many illegals as they can just before an election.

I have always supported Joe. He has the right idea about how to treat criminals and illegals. If the bleeding heart liberals would leave him alone maybe he could teach the rest of the country something worthwhile.

I find it interesting at the amount of hatred coming from those who don't like him. I especially like the use of the word "bigot" (one who is intolerant of another's creeds, beliefs, etc.) by rushless several times to express his own intolerance. What a bunch of hate-filled hypocrites.

He was paid in the millions to allow illegals to cross overthe border, on a percentage

Hint: Look at a map. Maricopa county doesn't border Mexico. Didn't like the pink underwear and bolgna too much, eh? Methinks you're familar with the sights and sounds at 647 Laumaka St also.

Just in case, I typed this thread slow...

earthpig: Bravo. Best one tonight.

TumbleWeed maricopa county is 25% Latin Americam, 66% White and 9% others. You really should'nt make false statements.

Rushless'
Time to wake up! Your rights as well as the rest of us are under attack. Illegal aliens are just that, illegal. If you want to host them in your house good luck, but they are, after all illegal.

why: Did you count the illegals?

Eric Holder is the person who made the decision.\

More Joe's, less crime. Pretty simple, eh??

Nice try DemocRAT why

why:

Don't try to start rumors. I wasn't blaming obama. Didn't even say anything about him all night. but you brought it up so................

I live close to the border. I watch as the drug mules come across my land. They pass the drugs to legal Americans, then walk up onto the road so as to get arrested. That way they get a free ride back to Mexico for a new load.

Then that arregant obama tells YOU he deported another one. Of course you believe him.

Several ICE agents have filed suit against the administration over the current do nothing policies.

Obama's own team is turning against him... Voters will turn against him in November.

Just say no to "Dope & Chains"

Boy you liberals will believe anything this administration and their media tells you.

YEA ----- FOR JOE AND ALL HIS EMPLOYEES..................... Sure wish he was Sheriff in the county I live in. We have a POS who cares for nobody or nothing except his own agenda. Thank God he is not running for Sheriff again this year.

USA CITIZENS ACROSS AMERICA ----- LOVE JOE AND HIS EMPLOYEES..........

You guys are so lucky to have him as your Sheriff.

Our POS Sheriff refused to ever allow a citizen to have a meeting with him. He said that was what his underlings were for. But yet he was out of the Sheriff's office and off of the County property for 5 to 6 hours out of every day, 4 days a week the entire time he was Sheriff - going to different meetings at clubs, organization, etc. he belonged to at taxpayer expense.

I knew this Sheriff in our county since he started as a Deputy and he was worthless then, except he was smart enough to keep notes on political leaders who had mistresses and did drugs, etc. and started dropping hints to them when he was running for office and that is how he raised so much money to advertise and win the election.

Then our POS Sheriff made the Law that his dept. would not investigate breaking and entering of homes unless a homeowner was attacked -- because of the economy he said all homes were being broken into and it was a waste of manpower. My house was broken into 3 different times in one year when I was at work and over $150,000.00 of items were stolen and no detectives would ever come out because they were not allowed to. Burglar Alarm service said officers refused to respond to home break ins when no one was home.

why?

Your statistics aren't accurate either. Maricopa County is 30% Hispanic/Latino and 58.3% non-Hispanic Caucasian. I guess your stat provider doesn't consider Caucasian Hispanics to be real Hispanics.

According to the U. S. Dept of Commerce (U. S. Census Bureau).

Not sure what is going on in other american cities, but in arizona, any cop can pull over ANYONE at ANYTIME for ANY REASON. That is state law. The idea that MCSO was pulling over people who are brown for NO REASON is ridiculous. I was pulled over by a Gilbert AZ cop last year for absolutely no reason (he thought i didn't use my blinker, but of course I did), and when i challenged him on the reason, he let me go with no ticket. So the question is, was I profiled because I was driving a fast looking car? Was I pulled over cuz I was brown? was I pulled over cuz I look young and the cop thought i was likely DUI? The entire lawsuit against MCSO is a joke. If the hispanics in AZ can sue MCSO for profiling, then I should be able to sue GPD.

Maybe now Joe will arrest Obama and deport him!

az tumbleweed...

I worked the border area back in the 80s. Nogales to Douglas and all points between and north. The border was three-strands of barbed wire in some places. I do remember some pretty intense moments in Aqua Prieta/Douglas. If I remember correctly, the beginnings of the cartels were exercising their muscle. Some automatic rifle fire and a few murders on the south side happened. It surprised people somewhat because that kind of crap didn't happen too often so close to the US.

I left in 88 and haven't been back. I seen the progression of the illegal flood during my 3 1/2 years there. I have no desire to be near it again.

I feel for you bro...

Yeah, I agree, Guest. There's nothing I want more than a wussy sheriff.....makes me sleep better at night knowing I'm being protected by a tender hearted liberal who has all kinds of compassion for criminals!

i just love reading comments from people with paper a**holes ~ especially when I am holding the match. I think you need to check your stats again on the population as a whole there Why? ~ the White population @ 66% is rather high with the Latino holding @ 25%. I think you may have superimposed your numbers there goober. Regardless, most of this crap would never have been blown up like it was had it not been for the Mayor of Phoenix getting his back hair parted about Joe having the insight to send illegals back where they came from so the State of Az didn't have to feed and house and give free medical to all the illegals who managed to enter ILLEGALLY into the US. Why should AZ have to part with their monies for people breaking the law when they have a solution to the problem.. I mean ~ really!! In so many states they have Mexican embassies to HELP the illegals get FREE benefits while the CITIZENS do without. So unfair. Babies, children, old people go without ~ but the illegals have food, medical and money to pay utilities...

To GUEST: I lived in AZ for 20 yrs, and I can personally tell you that Sheriff Arpaio is the fairest; most honest, down to earth law enforcement officer you would have the opportunity to meet if you weren't so biased in your thoughts. Those living in tent city would be the first to tell you they earned where they are and that he is fair. He gives them the benefit of the doubt; he offers them the opportunity to work time off their sentences and he treats them like human beings...that is not like some of the other facilities you will see any where else...AND it is clean!!! So, before you say YOU wouldn't, you very well might :) Y'all come back now, hear???

God Bless you Joe...Keep on Keepin' On :)

Tumbleweed,

You are wrong. Maricopa county is 30% Hispanic. Virtually identical to the State as a whole. And if you think he has any significant support from the Hispanic community, you'd be dead wrong. He keeps winning because the majority of the population is able to overrun the minority. And unfortunately Arpaio's views are shared by many in the county.

Arpaio has cost the county well over $50 million just defending him in court. The guy has had well over 6,000 civil cases filed against him and he's lost a lot of them or settled out of court. That's close to one case filed for every day he has been in office. Just one wrongful death settlement they agreed to, was worth $8.5 million. They settled that one out of court. Pretty obvious they knew they would lose that one. They had to be concerned too that had the let the case run it's course, besides losing, it could very well have resulted in serious criminal charges based on the evidence uncovered. He has manged to escape criminal charges against him because of a lack of evidence. Pretty easy to cover your tracks when you're the chief law enforcement officer in charge of the evidence. Plenty of civil cases pending too. A lot of these cases get dragged out, but if he were out of office today, it is completely probable that court costs and awards could easily reach $100 million before all is said and done.

The problem is that this guy selectively enforces the law, makes his own versions of the laws, and thinks he has the authority to determine what appropriate punishment is. He believes his job is to dole out "justice" however he sees fit. But his job is simply to enforce the laws as written. The legislature is responsible for writing laws and the courts are responsible for deciding what justice is and determining the appropriate punishment. It is Arpaio's attitude that he is a one man "justice" system. That is why all the lawsuits and all the award settlements.

People may think that his techniques of abuse are acceptable because it is used against criminals, but that changes quickly when you are a suspect. And just because the majority may support something illegal, doesn't make it right. Arpiao definitely over reaches his authority.

I don't think this is over by any means, Arpiao will eventually get convicted on some criminal charge. They didn't declare him innocent, all they did is give him a short term reprieve. All it takes is one of his guys turning State's evidence and it will be the end of his reign of terror.

Guest...I guess you don't live in this country. If you did, you'd realize there is a serious problem with illegal immigrants and drugs...with the majority coming thru Arizona. The Feds won't do anything about it as Obumma wants to wine and dine them. (Excuse me, tequila and dine them) In your studies, did you learn that not all illegals are from Mexico...that there have been some terrorists from Middle East countries. You know? Like the ones that flew into the World Trade Center? So Gov. Brewer comes up with SB1070...only to have Obumma bring a lawsuit against us. What nerve. This is the same guy sending guns into Mexico i.e. "Fast and Furious". And one last thing...if you want to boycott us all the way, you might have to try giving up salads with your lunch and dinner since the majority of the world's produce comes from Yuma.

I have no personal opinion about Sheriff Arpiao because he is not the sheriff of my county.

What I do think is fishy is the company that supplies the jail food, is owned by the sheriff's wife. A little unethical and not enough arm's length for a supposed law abiding, supposed upstanding and clean operating sheriff. When you see one cockroach, there's usually hundreds more you don't see.

Cool. So now that they're done trying to brow beat this guy, maybe they'll notice that loud, noisy, colorful bus zipping around the states with the giant "NO PAPERS, NO FEAR" slogan written on it?

Maybe now the Sheriff can get back to business and do more investigating on who forged Obama's birth certificate.

In July, Arpaio said that volunteer investigators working for him concluded that President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is not legitimate.

"At the very least," he said at a news conference, "I can tell you this, based on all of the evidence presented and investigated, I cannot in good faith report to you that these documents are authentic."

The american people deserve to know where the president was born.

Maricopa County, Arizona, wants and will keep their very own azzhole, Joe. That is how they want it!

All this stupid partisan hate is disgusting and tearing this country apart. Everytime I'm on any article on this site all I hear is political hate speech. You would think that Obama was Hitler or something. Obama didn't uphold a lot of his promises and Mitt Romney will do no better, regardless what any of you think. Politicians will say anything to get elected to office. Plain and Simple as that. I almost feel as though humans need an enemy to function. We need somebody to blame for our problems. We need to hate each other. So go ahead and blame Obama for all your problems. I'm sure your life was perfect before. Me, I'm going to vote for who I vote for and then make the best out of the situation. My life's too short to spend it spouting political hate on news forums. Both sides suck, end of story.

The next thing is that Joe will invesigate if President Obama was even born. Joe does not believe that the President was born at all. His is an alien. You know, from outer space, not across the border alien.

If only all of the sheriffs in border states could be like Sheriff Joe, maybe the border would be a bit more secure. When the cartels come across the border and kidnap people from your own country, I think you have to say there is a big problem with border suckurity.

Blah, blah, blah.... Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a criminal and we all know it! Right wing idiots with no empathy for other cultures will say I'm crazy... That's normal for right wing idiots to thinks a decent person is an idiot!

They come from where they came.. Uneducated, struggling and unable to understand intelligence as it were...

They are the idiots who make the USA small and stupid. They try, but they are just the dumbbells in the group! They strive to stand on their old ground of stupidity and bigotry... They don't see it that way, but their stupidity precedes themselves. They are there for our viewing, but their ignorance does not allow them to see "themselves" as they are.. They think they are smart, powerful in their singular culture of stupidity, and of course they have no education other than high school (the simplest education possible).

They are white, and dumb, and they think they are brilliant.. If this is any of you, go back to school, PLEASE!!

We don't need ignoramuses anymore! We have plenty in the USA now. They are prevalent and too many to count sometimes... But they hide when their idiocy shows. They are the first to hide when ignorance comes to the forefront. GO HIDE YOU IDIOTS! HATE SOMEMORE, BUT HIDE FOR SURE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS FIND YOU!!

You're stupidity will always precede you!!

I was in Tucson on a business trip and every night there was a patrol car parked in the back of the hotel. I got curious and went and asked why he was always in the same spot all night. He said he was watching four hotels which joined at that spot. That changed my mind about Arizona being a retirement spot for me. From everything I heard, tunnels under the border, people trafficing, dope smuggling, gun smuggling, murders etc......... What Arizona needs is a bunch more of Joe Arpaios and the national guard at the border. Obama is wondering what to do with the returning troops............ddddddddddddduuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Put out a sign for border patrol officers. Then let them fire at will. The border with Mexico can be sealed. Israel is doing it with the Palestinians. Obama is so dumb. Always trying to reinvent the wheel.

People, I was Phoenix borne, Tucson bred. I think Sheriff Joe has the right idea. PRISON is punishment, NOT priveleges! If you have to wear pink, so be it. Bologna sandwiches? And trust me, they are NOT green. They get a sandwich and fruit for lunch, which is what I sent MY kids to school with as their lunch. No, not always bologna, sometimes it was PBandJ instead. Sheriff Joe does NOT advocate racism, no matter what anyone thinks! In Tucson, there are so many undocumented immigrants, driving around without a legal license OR the mandatory insurance! I expect, at any traffic stop to be asked for my ID, current registration and proof of insurance. If any resident cannot provide those REQUIRED legal documents, they SHOULD be questioned further. People see Sheriff A. as a racist, and as hater. ABSOLUTELY NOT! He upholds our citizen's safety, making sure we are safe! Come and live down here for a while, all you haters, and after 2 years, your attitude will change. If you live anywhere else (like Conncticut, Maine or Pensylvania), just shut the hades up! In fact, come and try to run a ranch inDouglas, be attacked in your own home by undocumented (usually armed and dangerous) aliens, and have your cattles frazing land pollluted by dirty diapersw, clothes utiner and fecal material, which seeps into the ground water table,polluting OUR beef, chickens and pigs (also the vegetables, for those of you who do not eat meat). The next time you feed your kids an egg sandwich and tomato soup, just imagine the contamination in which those products start! GIVE HIM A FARKIN BREAK! He is a decent man, who is just trying to protect we citizens who live in this crime rdden state! So just take a DEEP breath, and back away from Joe!

Also, I need not remind anyone from Arizona what out "Director of Homeland Security" did during HER tenure of office in OUR state.. Absolutely JACK @#%T!!! Thanks, Janet!!!

Sheriff Joe would put his convicts in PINK JUMPSHORTS!! To embarrass them while they are incarcerated!

Sheriff Joe is the biggest idiot in the world, and possibly the biggest manipulator in the world!

My first thought would be to kick Joe's ass no matter what! But I'm not a criminal, and never will be, but if I was... I'd kick Sheriff Joe's ass first and make him eat his teeth!.. He is not the good man people say he is.

He's a thug and a corrupt individual that uses human beings as pawns in his desire to manipulate their future!

I see dumb ass Joe for who he is: A right wing thug, with coercive tendencies and a desire to manipulate people for his own advantage!

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and in Joe's case, he's the biggest swine of them ALL!! Shame on the courts for being corrupt too!!

It smells and America can smell it!!

All this crap about racial profiling makes me sick. If 10% of the population had 2 heads and you were held up by a person with two heads is that racial profiling? Remember that blacks are more likely to assault, rob and kill other blacks. When the police ask for a description of a criminal, they have to know more than it was a man or a woman!

Is it going to be a crime to say the person had blue eyes or brown eyes? How about saying he had curly hair instead of straight hair? Where is it going to stop? Hell if you look at the incarceration numbers you have to figure that whites are the minority in prisons. Then come Latinos and the biggest number are blacks. That is after the winnowing process when they have gone through court and found guilty. Those are OBAMA'S government numbers. So depending where you live you are going to look for different suspects in a crime. In North Dakota, you are not going to look for a latino or black. In Miami it is entirely different. The criminals are mostly blacks and Latinos. Just ride through North Miami beach and see all the steel bars on the windows and doors. No cars are parked on the streets. In the middle of the afternoon, it sounds and looks like a ghost town! Absolutely scary!

@ rushless #1.6

Legal Texan at least they are not lying, bigots against women's rights, blacks, immigrants and the middle class, like the tea bagger GOP.

Hey Rushless, if we are the Tea Baggers does that make you the Tea Baggee? (ref Hazing and online gaming)

Prison numbers relate to OBAMA!!??? WHAT? ARE YOU A COMPLETE IDIOT!!!!!

GW Bush will have the most people in prison after Obama's second term!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama will go after the SCUM OF THE EARTH (REPUBLICANS) THAT SCREWED THE ECONOMY!!

I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To see the scum Republicans take their place in prison!!!!!!! The one's who were greedy and scum-sucking basta*ds!!!

YOU WATCH!!! OBAMA IS GOING TO TAKE THESE SUCKERS DOWN IN HIS SECOND TERM AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR OBAMA TO SEND THE REPUBLICAN INVESTMENT BANKERS TO JAIL!!

It will be nice to see America send the greedy scum to jail and make new inroads to decent investing with total accountability!

Don't wait for the Republicans to do this! The Democrats will do it and Obama will make the Republican party look like the POOP ON STICK THAT IT IS!!!

Cheaters and money grubbers, that's the Republican party. THEY SUCK!!!

And before anyone calls me ignorant white trash because of my TYPOS, it was dirty diapers, urine and fecal material, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Also grazing. And I still say GO JOE, and Nappy, leave the office because you are not qualified for ANY security, let alone our Nation's! You didn't do squat taking care of Arizona! P.S. I graduated from the University of Arizona with a 3.8 GPA.

Since when is it wrong to defend the United States against evil invaders that are stealing resources from the American people?

dave, you r gonna be disappointed, the day of the commies is over, obama is out, along with his criminal DOJ cronies.

The only way to end this assault on the American people is to counterattack Mexico. Isn't that what NATO is for? What is the point of having an army when it is instructed to do nothing but watch the enemy sneak into the US?

Dave S, Now now, Please take your medicine and lay down before you give yourself a heart attack. I mean CAP'S And bold And!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And even a Poop reference. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! you must be really smart. Now go lay down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave Simpson,

You may want to look into the investment banker thing a bit further then what you are being told by media outlets. The democratic party has received very large campaign contributions from quite a few on Wall Street. The corruption in our government goes beyond the party lines. Special interests and PACs have gotten out of control on both sides.

I say this but have a sneaking suspicion that you are just trying to drum up a response. While there are those that will argue with you or shout back insults, it appears no one on this thread is willing to do that. Bi-partisan rhetoric is on its way out. Both parties are too silly to realize that they have started alienating the American people.

Hey all of you NUMBNUTS, an US ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL struck down the suit. So much for your blame the Government stupidity.

Going After Joe was just another election year stunt from the Toady in Chief and his cling-on lackeys. Nothing to see here, just move along!

Darn, what a disappointment. This man is a danger to America, Arizona and his local residences. I was hoping that they would find something they could use against him and I was also hoping for the abrasive "B word of governor, Brewster! These guys and gal often make mistakes so I'm hoping that the future will hold charges and execution if possible.

Does Sheriff Joe have a birth certificate from Earth or was it posted Mars?

Joenobody,

The words "Koch Brothers" says it all fella!

Weruledaworld. , You're sick in the head man. You sound like my English relatives who have echoed your words, of "We ruled a World!" The only problem was they never did, it was all held by force of will and military might. Our military is presently a disgrace with charges, demotions, mass killings by past serving soldiers of their families, people in Malls and yesterday at a work place. That and massacres in Afghanistan by our soldiers in schools, church yards (Mosques), urinating, cutting souvenirs. etc.

Like many criminals, Joe walks the edge of the law instead of actually breaking it. But no worries, God has a different standard of judgement then our legal system. His crime is cruelty and god has his own punishment for that. hope i'm standing right behind him on judgement day so i can hear is whining cries for mercy when god denies him.

Dave Simpson The next time you need the police don't call 911. Handle it yourself. Catch the criminal and give him supper in your house, treat him to some comfort time on the couch and watch a game on tv.

And after you handled over your wallet and your wife's jewelry, read up on recidivism rates for your town and state. I am dying to hear what you have to say. Most criminals stay criminals until they are too old to be criminals. That is why the crime rate took a tumble when the courts issued longer prison sentences. A lot of the criminals are not caught. Then they make a mistake and are put away. Meanwhile 5-10-15-20+ crimes are committed by the same person. How do you think they get the money for the fancy cars, clothes and toys they play with? They sure as hell don't have a job and a bank account. The only time they enter a bank is to rob it.

back on subject, the still ongoing investigation has been going on since 2008, almost 4 yrs now. hmmmm.... after 2 yrs tops if you cant find some definitive proof, stop wasting our money. imo, NOW if any charges are brought, it will be only for political showboating. charges brought, and dropped. GIVE IT UP!

As far as NObama deporting illegals... it's ICE doing it under given what immigration policies we still have left. in fact, the federal government does anything it can to try and prevent people from being deported. ICE was a Bush term creation if i remember correctly. (i think ICE could have been in refrence to Bush's comment "i'll be long gone, by the time they figure out what i done", prior to leaving the WH). We have detention facilities all across America... most of them sit empty, but by law they have to be built. This was a law (bill) signed into office when Clinton was president. what they are for, i dont know, but the ones being used to detain illgal immigrants and possible domestic threats at this point is fine by me. until it gets to the point where every day people are looked at as the threat anyway.

Looking at this from a ration pov, in my opinion... we have a job problem that needs to be worked out. our economy is in more than a shambles. if we can afford to put an American where an illegal is working it would help OUR economy. We base entry into this country on a level to maintain without exceeding a growth like China, with over population. Look at the position they are in now, breeding like rabbits. they make 0.02 an hr, and they dont have BC laws to be mean, but realistic. Look at America now... we are even worse off, because we patronise our population and look at it as the greatest cash kow on this planet. WE DID have everything, till gov kept getting deeper fingers, as well the entitled. but top dollar skilled labor jobs are failing. all the cost of government oversight into natural resourses, to you name it puts a burden on both company and taxpayer. Then, we look at costs from these resourses to the consumer. So those jobs we see going down the drain, added into the pot of unemployed, illegals, legals, entitled, elderly, fatherless, and so on we aid, a good chunk of them all if not on the top 3, i am guessing would be illegals.

they take jobs, they use $ in some form to benifit from the government. (thats taxpayer $ you dont think these people live on love and water alone do you?). Mexicans, above ALL people should be the ones fighting to change THEIR country. WTF are you doing fighting to change OURS, when you ran from YOURS!? my opinion is they have NO LEGITIMATE right to say one WORD of how this country is being ran, NOT 1! you have that much in you to fight, take it back to your country, and win it back... stay the he!! out of ours trouble making cowards. (that's just my opinion of it)

so keep up the fight Joe!

Dave Simpson The recidivism rate in Arizona is 67% after 3 years. In simple language, 67% of all the criminals released will be rearrested within 3 years in the state of Arizona. And 95% will be rearrested within 5 years. All the programs to rehabilitate the criminals while in custody are a failure. The only way to keep crime down is to keep these criminals off the streets.

.dakotavoice.com/2010/05/new-effort-to-fight-recidivism-in-arizona/ put www in front of the period and you can see the article. It doesn't matter if you put them on bread and butter or serve them filet mignon, give them pink panties or a tuxedo. They are going to reoffend. Just make the holding camps bigger, put the chains on, hold them twice as long and have them out on the road picking up trash.

JS in SD said:

Maybe there should be a criminal investigation into the motivations behind this investigation. I am sure that it would reveal that the investigation was politically motivated and driven by a political agenda, not based on any actual evidence of wrongdoing. This is pretty much confirmed by the fact that after years of investigating they finally ended the charade with no charges being filed against Arpaio or anyone in his department.

Actually, if you read the article, the investigation into Arpaio's financial mismanagement is over, but the allegations of civil rights abuses is still ongoing:

The federal government has closed a criminal probe of alleged financial misconduct by Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who styles himself as "America's toughest sheriff," and no charges will be filed, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Friday.

A separate federal investigation relating to allegations of civil rights abuses by Arpaio's office is continuing.

Obama's henchman Holder is a complete joke as Attorney General and should have been bounced from office a long time ago.

The US Attorney General's office was asked to investigate by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and subsequently dismissed the allegations of financial misconduct.

The announcement on Friday marked the end of an investigation that began in November 2010 at the behest of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to examine alleged financial improprieties by the county sheriff and his deputies.

And this article pasted below is a lot of the reason why he's still being investigated:

EL MIRAGE, Ariz.—The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and he needed to use the phone. Once inside, the man pummeled the teen from behind, knocking her unconscious and sexually assaulting her.

Seven months before, in an apartment two miles away, another 13-year-old girl was fondled in the middle of the night by her mother's live-in boyfriend. She woke up in her room at least twice a week to find him standing over her, claiming to be looking for her mother's cell phone.

Both cases were among more than 400 sex-crimes reported to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007 -- including dozens of alleged child molestations -- that were inadequately investigated and in some instances were not worked at all, according to current and former police officers familiar with the cases.

In El Mirage alone, where Arpaio's office was providing contract police services, officials discovered at least 32 reported child molestations -- with victims as young as 2 years old -- where the sheriff's office failed to follow through, even though suspects were known in all but six cases.

Many of the victims, said a retired El Mirage police official who reviewed the files, were children of illegal immigrants.

The report of the 13-year-old who had been inappropriately touched by her mother's live-in boyfriend had been faxed to one of Arpaio's investigators. El Mirage police, who were given back the case about 11 months later, learned that it hadn't been worked.

When El Mirage police finally tracked down the mother, she said her boyfriend had moved out and that she no longer had contact with him. She and her daughter were in counseling and didn't want to bring the case to court.

Arpaio's office was under contract to provide police services in El Mirage as the city struggled with its then dysfunctional department. After the contract ended and El Mirage was re-establishing its own police operation, the city spent a year sifting through layers of disturbingly incomplete casework.

El Mirage Detective Jerry Laird, who reviewed some the investigations, learned from a sheriff's summary of 50 to 75 cases files he picked up from Arpaio's office that an overwhelming majority of them hadn't been worked. That meant there were no follow-up reports, no collection of additional forensic evidence and zero effort made after the initial report of the crime was taken.

"I think that at some point prior to the contract (for police services) running out, they put their feet on the desk, and that was that," Laird said.

Bill Louis, then-assistant El Mirage police chief who reviewed the files after the sheriff's contract ended, believes the decision to ignore the cases was made deliberately by supervisors in Arpaio's office -- and not by individual investigators. "I know the investigators. I just cannot believe they would wholesale discount these cases. No way," Louis said. "The direction had to come (from) up the food chain."Louis said he believes whoever made the decision knew that illegal immigrants -- who are often transient and fear the police -- were unlikely to complain about the quality of investigations. He said some cases also involved families here legally.

El Mirage paid the sheriff's office $2.7 million for a wide range of police protection from 2005 through mid-October 2007, after the city's police department had been criticized in an audit as poorly organized, loosely supervised and mismanaged.

Although a small number of El Mirage officers continued working there during the period, Arpaio brought in patrol officers and detectives and managers who ran the department.

In their follow-up on the case of the 13-year-old attacked by the man claiming to have a broken car, El Mirage police discovered Arpaio's office hadn't interviewed the victim.

An El Mirage detective went to the girl's home just off the city's main drag. The girl's uncle said she and her mother weren't around and took the investigator's card with a promise to ask them to call.

The mother never called back. She and her daughter's whereabouts are unknown.

And this:

El Mirage police files obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests establish a pattern of sex-crimes not actually being investigated after the crimes were reported to Arpaio's office.

In April 2007, a 3-year-old girl was reported molested by her father, an illegal immigrant who cared for the child while her mother was at work. When the mother confronted her husband about the abuse, he cried and swore he'd never do it again.

Yet a few days later, the mother noticed more signs of sexual abuse on her daughter and called for help. After the initial report, that help didn't come.

The string of unresolved cases left Elizabeth Ditlevson, deputy director for the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shaking her head. "My impressions were anger at the system and concern for the people whose cases weren't addressed," she said.

According to both Sands and Scott Freeman, a sheriff's official who heard complaints from then-El Mirage Police Chief Mike Frazier about the quality of the sex-crimes investigations, more than 400 cases countywide had to be reopened. Freeman told outside investigators examining alleged managerial misconduct at Arpaio's office that a number of arrests were made in the reopened cases.

Anytime a child is sexually assaulted and it is reported, but no investigation is started, that, to me, violates the position of public trust. No matter who you are, what political party you're from, what you believe, what your skin color is, or what Deity you worship, someone molesting a 3 year old should be investigated! ESPECIALLY if the molester was illegal! If he looked at the report, saw a Hispanic name as the one who reported it and declined to investigate based on that Hispanic-sounding name, that requires investigation!

Look, I understand the US has a problem with illegals. I understand Arpaio doesn't want them in his jurisdiction. But if he were really anti-illgal immigration, then he should be investigating these cases as well because in the course of uncovering a rapist he could have the illegals involved (plus the illegal child who has been raped) deported--or at least, if they file a claim to stay under a violence against women act, they could be relocated to outside his jurisdiction and he won't have to bother about them again.

I don't understand, if he's so against illegals, why isn't he seizing on EVERY case that involves someone with a Hispanic-sounding name in the hopes of uncovering an illegal that he can legitimately say 'This one has committed a crime' and have that person removed from his jurisdiction? Then he'd really be 'the hero' with the tough anti-illegal stance.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

By reading many of the above posts you can see the uncontrollable anger, hate, rage, racism, bigotry and hatred for America by many of the Liberals/Progressives when it comes to the rule of law.

They condone illegal aliens invading our sovereign nation and demonize anyone that tries to uphold the law. They support a criminal Department of Justice who spends more time suing States who share dual sovereignty with the Federal government to protect themselves. They scream and yell at Eric Holder to prosecute Sheriff Arpaio and are mute when he doesn't prosecute the criminal banks, like Goldman Sachs, that brought our economy down. They are silent when Jon Corzine just "loses" $2 billion from MF Global customer’s accounts so he can continue to bundle campaign contributions for Barrack Hussein.

Liberals/Progressives will advocate less punishment and greater freedom for Death Row rapists and murderers but will sit by idly as millions of innocent babies are brutally ripped out of their own mothers womb for a crime they never committed.

This is difficult to understand until you realize that Liberals/Progressives dismiss the Constitution as some mythical “living breathing” document that can be interpreted as needed to promote their irrational social and economic justice nonsense. They believe a nation as great as ours can be run on emotions rather than the genius our Founders and Framers provided us. This is evident when our own president admits his belief that the Constitution is NOT a “Charter of Negative Liberties”.

If our Federal government and many of our Liberal States had half the pride and patriotic devotion to our nation as Sheriff Arpaio, most of our problems would be eliminated. Political correctness is the new law for Liberals/Progressives rather than the true rule of law. Their delusions are supported by many of the Liberal cabal, it’s time to clean this mess up. Liberals must be taught that you can’t just pick and choose which laws you want to enforce.

ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 for real Americans

dave simpson,

Where the heck have you been all the while this has been going on?

"I see dumb ass Joe for who he is: A right wing thug, with coercive tendencies and a desire to manipulate people for his own advantage!"

Change "Joe" to obama and "right wing" to left wing. Now you really are an intelligent person. But in the case you don't see it, what do you think obama is doing to "manipulate people for his own advantage"? You seem to not be able to see him sucking up to every group of people he can in order to become the first president ever to be a one term eight year president. Or did you forget that he himself stated that he wanted only one term?

Jim Spence,

Heaven forbid you don't mean those law abiding, God fearing Liberals/Progressives people that believe in enforcing the laws of this country now do you?

Clwyd, you may want to look into the Democrat campaign finances. You will find heft sums from Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac among other wall street contributers. You cant honestly be silly enough to believe that only Republicans have money. Neither party gives two cents about you or anyone else. They care about power. How to get it and how to keep it. The difference being, whatever media outlet that tickles your fancy conveniently leaves out all the information when it has to do with Democrats being projected in a negative light. All politicians take kick backs from special interests and PACs. The democrats are no different. If the Democrats are the anti-financial deities you make them out to be then I as you this. Why when they had a two year super majority in congress and could pass any single legislation they wanted without fear of Republican obstruction, did they not pass legislation to regulate banks? Why did they not remove the so called tax breaks Bush gave to the wealthy? Why even to this day, do the democrats keep extending the very tax breaks they are accusing Romney of taking advantage of? I will sit back and eagerly away your intelligent response to which there isnt one.

Hey! Leave Joe alone!!!

Bush Sr & Jr, Clinton, Holder, Janet, Obama, they are the "ONES" who are the CROOKS!!!

You people on the web are so deceived by the "News Media" that you believe every word that they say!

Quit having "Childlike" faith in the Government, they are a bunch of LIARS!!!

If you want results, get informed and get involved!

Jerry said:

Hey! Leave Joe alone!!! Bush Sr & Jr, Clinton, Holder, Janet, Obama, they are the "ONES" who are the CROOKS!!!

In case you noticed, it was Holder himself who dropped the financial mismanagement charges.

That being said, however, if you call 911 you expect that it will be investigated. If you were not home and your 13 year old daughter was raped by someone breaking into your house, you would want it investigated, wouldn't you?

EL MIRAGE, Ariz.—The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and he needed to use the phone. Once inside, the man pummeled the teen from behind, knocking her unconscious and sexually assaulting her.

Seven months before, in an apartment two miles away, another 13-year-old girl was fondled in the middle of the night by her mother's live-in boyfriend. She woke up in her room at least twice a week to find him standing over her, claiming to be looking for her mother's cell phone.

Both cases were among more than 400 sex-crimes reported to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007 -- including dozens of alleged child molestations -- that were inadequately investigated and in some instances were not worked at all, according to current and former police officers familiar with the cases.

In El Mirage alone, where Arpaio's office was providing contract police services, officials discovered at least 32 reported child molestations -- with victims as young as 2 years old -- where the sheriff's office failed to follow through, even though suspects were known in all but six cases.

If you think ignoring a report of children being assaulted and raped means Arpaio isn't a crook himself, you need to have your moral compass realigned.

In April 2007, a 3-year-old girl was reported molested by her father, an illegal immigrant who cared for the child while her mother was at work. When the mother confronted her husband about the abuse, he cried and swore he'd never do it again.

Yet a few days later, the mother noticed more signs of sexual abuse on her daughter and called for help. After the initial report, that help didn't come.

If he really wanted to be 'the hero sheriff with the tough anti-illegal stance', why in God's name didn't he investigate this one?

You can't be 'anti-illegal' and then refuse to investigate an illegal child molester raping a 3 year old little girl!

With all the bleeding heart Libs out there it's a wonder there's any law and order at all left in this country. I don't wish it on anyone but, whether you live on the southern border, Ohio or anywhere else, when the day comes and one of your loved ones is raped and/or murdered by a felonious illegal alien you will change your tune bigtime. There have been over 11,000 documented cases of rape, murder and child molestation committed by illegal alien re-offenders in various states. And when the cartels start taking over your state, as in North Carolina, you'll be crying for people like Sheriff Joe. What we have sitting in DHS, DOJ and the Executive Office are bumbling idiots who are absolutely clueless about the justice system. They have no interest in what happens to the citizens of this country and prove it every day with their frivolous lawsuits. There is no justice in the DOJ, only injustice meted out by Hold'em Holder and his left wingnut posse. So, Sheriff Joe, you get out there and round 'em up; and round up that bunch of felons sitting in the DOJ, DHS and WH while you're at it. Oh, and you can clean up both Houses, too.

target illegal aliens:

when you pull over a driver, for speeding, red light violation, erratic driving; and he/she has a Mexican drivers license, does not speak English, has no valid registration in the car, no insurance; you are not supposed to inquire into their status as a citizen, because that would be racial profiling, TALK ABOUT CRAZY .

Yet more millions of taxpayer/borrowed dollars flushed down the toilet in the pursuit of "getting" political enemies.... I only wish our government were as dedicated to the pursuit of real criminals as they are in their pursuit of states and individuals they don't like. Vote for change in 2012.

Liberals just want to pick and choose what laws this country honors! If they think that a certain racial group, who happens to vote for their guy, is being arrested at a higher rate than they think is "fair" they never want to enforce that law! If too many hispanics are being arrested as illegals, don't enforce that law (or make it damned hard to do it)! If too many african-americans are being arrested for mugging, blame the white guys! If Occupiers are being forced out of city property because they take dumps anywhere they want to, it has to be "political discrimination"!

The President is to honor ALL laws of this country, not just those which are convenient! The President is to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic, not just those whose religion is not the flavor of the day! We have a president who ignores federal and state immigration laws and forcefully fights anyone who tries to honor these laws! We have a president who ignores voter intimidation on individuals in the last presidential election because the intimidated were white and the intimidators were black! This same president has passed law through Presidential edict (allowing children of illegals to stay in violation of both federal and state immigration laws)!

Sheriff Joe has chosen to continue to enforce state and federal law. This is to be applauded not prosecuted!

The feds under their idiot leader (Holder, commanded by his boss) will continue to bring charge after charge against sheriff Arpaio in a pattern of government sanctioned harassment because he insists on enforcing the laws that Obama and his bunch don't want enforced.

Much like the anti doping dopes that harassed Armstrong with not a shred of proof (failed drug test) until the stress and cost of defending himself became too much.

80 years old and Senile. Barack Obama's birth certificate is not authentic? What a nut job. If he investigated that and came to that conclusion then I'd hate to see the other types of investigations he does around this state. Is he also investigating if its true and Mike and Ike really broke up? I need to get out of this place. AZ is nuts.

Chris,

The investigation of Arpaio was an election year stunt?

I've got news for you, the current investigation started in 2008 while GW Bush was in office. The FBI started investigating long before the justice department got involved. The reason being because of the huge amount of complaints and credible information. The reason the investigation was stopped is because they don't have enough evidence, (yet), to gain a conviction.

I will say though that there may be a little political consideration for dropping it. And that is if they were to issue a Federal indictment now with relatively limited hard evidence, people like you would be accusing the Administration as taking revenge out on Arpaio because of his crazy posse investigation into Obama's birth certificate.

That said, I have little doubt that eventually this guy will be taken down, but it won't be easy. The guys controls virtually any evidence against him. He may be an idiot, but he knows enough to cover his tracks. The reality is that all the civil suits against him will eventually take their toll. Those suits may not put him in prison, but eventually they will cost him the office and probably cost Maricopa County close to $100 million. They are already more than half way there just defending him in over 6,000 lawsuits and that doesn't include all the monetary awards against him.

Arizona and the entire country will be a better place when he's eventually out of power.

Dave Simpson

You're stupidity will always precede you!!

It did in this case...

Dave Simpson,

I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Not because Obama won't have a second term, but because Obama is above taking the kind of revenge you suggest.

As much as I would like to see much of what you suggest, I don't see Obama trumping up charges for political gain or revenge. Going after the previous Administration really doesn't accomplish much besides creating hard feelings. And as for the Wall Street thieves, the problem is that as disgusting and wrong as their antics were, their antics weren't illegal. That's the real issue, because the previous Administration literally abolished the rules of regulation and let these guys write their own rules, thereby enabling their disgusting, but "legal" misdeeds. Personally I'd like to see them throw the book at the Wall Street bums finding anything, including offenses like jay walking, to prosecute and convict them on to the fullest extent possible. But that's not the way Obama operates and in reality, I have a great deal of respect for that very approach. Using government power as a tool of revenge simply isn't right, even though many of us would accept it. The real focus need to be about putting the appropriate regulations back into place. In many respects for some of these idiots, I might be willing to "look the other way" to see "justice" done. But it really isn't justice when doing the morally right thing doesn't reflect what the legally right thing to do is. Above all, our justice system must be based in laws and if we circumvent laws to achieve justice, we're doing the wrong thing.

As for Bush an Cheney and a few of their top lackeys, these guys are pretty much confined to the United States because an appearance in many countries could result in their immediate arrest and trial for war crimes. A lot of what these guys did was very wrong and probably illegal, but it really doesn't sit right to most people to be putting a former evecutive government officer in jail. I hate to admit it, but as wrong as these guys were, I think they were doing what they believed to be in the best interests of the country. They believed they were above the law and in a lot of respects that may be accurate, although not morally or legally right. Prosecuting them doesn't undo what has been done. The thing about making them pay, is that we would be doing exactly the kind of things we detest the right wing for. I am afraid that bringing them to "justice" might actually set a dangerous precedent and potentially create an even more partisan environment where every change of power resulted in the other side seeking vengeance through prosecution. Obama realizes this and is not one to create a witch hunt even when he knows who the witches are.

@ Dave Simpson #1.66

Obama will go after the SCUM OF THE EARTH (REPUBLICANS) THAT SCREWED THE ECONOMY!!I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!To see the scum Republicans take their place in prison!!!!!!! The one's who were greedy and scum-sucking basta*ds!!!YOU WATCH!!! OBAMA IS GOING TO TAKE THESE SUCKERS DOWN IN HIS SECOND TERM AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR OBAMA TO SEND THE REPUBLICAN INVESTMENT BANKERS TO JAIL!!It will be nice to see America send the greedy scum to jail and make new inroads to decent investing with total accountability!Don't wait for the Republicans to do this! The Democrats will do it and Obama will make the Republican party look like the POOP ON STICK THAT IT IS!!!Cheaters and money grubbers, that's the Republican party. THEY SUCK!!!

Why is Obama waiting for his second term, to go after these guys? Would it not have been better to go after them when he first got into office? fresh tracks, so to speak?, statutes of limitations? etc?

OH THAT"S RIGHT, it was because it wasn't really the EVIL REPUBLICAN EMPIRE at fault. Two Names, Barney Franks, and Chris Dodd. YUP, two Democrats were in charge of government oversight of the lending practices of Freddie and Fannie. (It was their job to ensure, it was all done legally) OOOPS, guess they weren't smart enough for the Job, I call it INCOMPETENCE, but if they are as smart as the liberals would have us believe, the alternative is that they were complicit.

In 1995, President Bill Clinton's HUD agreed to let Fannie and Freddie get affordable-housing credit for buying subprime securities that included loans to low-income borrowers. The idea was that subprime lending benefited many borrowers who did not qualify for conventional loans. HUD expected that Freddie and Fannie would impose their high lending standards on subprime lenders.

By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 10, 2008

So which is it? A couple of incompetent boobs who get bamboozled by smarter Republican Bankers or Smarter Democrats, complicit in the housing market crash?

Personally, I think Franks and Dodd need to be tried for treason, convicted and Hung along with every member of congress involved (That would include Obama) and a couple previous Presidents.

But what d I know, I'm just a DumbFarmBoy, I ain't a sophisticated city dweller, like yu'all, Dave.

Richardharrow,

Yeah, I agree with you. Maybe the high heat and lack of moisture dries out your brain. I wonder sometimes about the effects of environment on people's thinking abilities because we see a whole lot of examples of extreme differences in thinking from one geographic area to another. Seems like something should be able to explain that. Of course one of the things about being nuts is that often you think you are the only sane one and everybody else is nuts. I suppose it is a good sign when you consider that you might be wrong or feel that you need to make personal changes. Hope you can get out and find a better place before you get the same illness!

debbie 1.52 - Just like the cockroach in the WH, when there is one, there are bound to many more around him.

You've got to love the way some of the liberal left look at things. I find it highly amusing that my post above, #1.7 was closed down. I made a negative comment regarding Holder and Napolitano followed by a pro Sheriff Joe comment. I made no negative comment regarding President Obama, and yet someone else above makes a disparaging remark about him and does not get shut down. You hard corps lefties really need to get a grip on your priorities as you are downright hilarious sometimes!

1newday 1.95
You should get your facts straight instead of regurgitating the rhetoric of the left. The real facts are:

The announcement on Friday marked the end of an investigation that began in November 2010 at the behest of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to examine alleged financial improprieties by the county sheriff and his deputies.

You will notice that the probe mentioned in the article was started in November 2010, not 2008 as you claim.
Additionally:

Maricopa County authorities were informed on Friday that federal prosecutors likewise had declined to bring charges in connection with allegations that the sheriff's office had misused county credit cards or misspent money from jail facilities excise taxes

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The investigation that is currently still active is under a separate federal inquiry since 2008 over allegations that he and his deputies engaged in an extensive pattern of civil rights abuses which fits a pattern of accusations filed by those that don't want any kind of immigration enforcement at all. In plain English, a harassment lawsuit designed to make it unpalatable to uphold immigration laws.

I have little doubt that there are more such lawsuits in the works.

After reading many of the Posts supporting sheriff Joe, it is clear that many of the posters don't live in Maricopa County and therefore have no knowledge of the damage Joe has caused over the last ten years or so. All that you outsiders know about Joe is what has been reported in the media regarding the pink underwear, tent city, and more recently his supposed "crime sweeps".

What you people don't know is that it wasn't that long ago that Joe didn't give a rip about illegals. In fact, when an incident occurred where a former soldier called 911 while holding some illegals at a rest stop at gun point, Joe wanted the guy arrested for taking the law into his own hands. But then he faced the wrath of the right wing lunatic fringe, and he immediately saw an opportunity to tap into that force. So practically overnight he became a champion for those who would want to plant land mines and barbed wire along the border.

Joe is an opportunist and a huckster. He is too smart to let himself get caught doing something wrong - he has plenty of toadies to do his dirty work for him. Those of us who followed what has gone on within MCSO over the last decade have seen Dave Hendershott pretty much run the show, until Frank Munnell (if you don't know who he is, then indeed you are ignorant of the history and facts) released his now infamous snitch memo, detailing that toxic environment within MCSO - that forced Joe to fire Dave. And of course, what happened to Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon is also history.

Now, the fact that the lawsuit has been dropped doesn't mean that Joe is exonerated - it simply means that there was no evidence that he committed any crimes. It doesn't mean that the $100M of misspent funds didn't happen, it simply means that because there was no accounting, there was no evidence of crimminal intent. It doesn't excuse the fact for example, that money was spent to pay for his wife's internet service for her business. If an employee did this in some company, he would be fired, not jailed.

The 400 sex abuse cases that were not investigated by MCSO didn't disappear - that really happened, whether you care to believe it or not. Perhaps you don't give a rip - mainly because your daughter wasn't one of the victims. Maybe you don't care that a paraplegic, busted for having a little pot had his neck broken by MCSO guards who forcibly restrained him - afterall, he was an inmate, right? And inmates deserve to be treated harshly. Well, the taxpayers of Maricopa County have paid milllions of dollars in lawsuits and settlements. Maybe they don't care - if not, then perhaps they deserve to re-elect Joe. That would be a sad. But hey, most of you don't live in Maricopa County, so what do you care?

Wet Willy,

I apologize in that I didn't state that clearly. You are correct in what you stated, however I was pointing out that the Feds have been investigating him since at least 2008. And as you state, this particular investigation started in 2010. I remember reading that in this case, they were trying to get records regarding the misuse of funds but Arpaio didn't want to comply and when he finally did, the records they were looking for "no longer existed." Arpaio alledgelly kept a seperate set of books regarding officer assignments. The county's investigation as I recall found plenty of information that the official records didn't reflect reality and covered a five year period, I believe, of numerous abuses of funds . My point was about this not being "an election year stunt by Obama" as was described and clearly it wasn't started by the Obama Administration. This was turned over from the County office of management as I understand it. Arpaio doesn't get along too well with Maricopo county supervisors and there have been a lot of actions against him by the County. However, Arpaio manages to escape a lot of these through his connections and stonewalling. I am not "regurgitating rhetoric of the left", I do my own research. If you believe I stated some left wing rhetoric, please tell me where I got it from.

As you say, there are a lot of civil cases pending and the one involving the two reporters and false arrests that they were trying to block and had gotten thrown out by a lower court, just got the OK to move forward when the appeals court said there was valid evidence to suggest improper arrest.

A lot of other investigations are still ongoing too at various levels. Arpaio spends a lot of time in courts trying to defend himself and this isn't something new associated with President Obama. That was what my post was all about. I could have stated it better and after re-reading it I understand your complaint, however, how this is left wing rhetoric is beyond me. We're talking about public record and not opinion pieces. I can assure you that I don't blindly accept left or right wing rhetoric, but do my own research checking out the claims of both sides. And I don't consider reading blogs or agenda based websites and pundit spin as being research. My opinions may sometimes be in line with left wing rhetoric, but I assure that they are my own opinions. Likewise, I hold some opinions that are at least to some degree, in line with right wing rhetoric too. An example of that is my thoughts on the Second Amendment and gun control issues. I am not an NRA nut job, but support gun rights with appropriate regulations and don't think a lot of left wing ideas on restrictions are appropriate and are probably not Constitutional.

I consider myself a progressive but don't buy everything in the Democratic party line. I am above all a supporter of individual rights and oppose either the left or the right's attempts to restrict them. I also believe strongly in our system of government that separates, legislative, judicial and executive authorities. Many of our problems arise when one branch attempts to take the authority of another. One of my biggest issues with Arpaio is that this guy often tries to "write his own laws" while ignoring others and feels that he has the authority to determine appropriate punishment despite what the courts prescribe. The man's job is enforcing the laws and executing the will of the courts. Instead he operates like an all powerful dictator.

Gumps

After reading many of the Posts supporting sheriff Joe, it is clear that many of the posters don't live in Maricopa County and therefore have no knowledge of the damage Joe has caused over the last ten years or so.

but over the last 10 yrs or so he was elected, and re-elected numerous times by the people who vote. this makes your commment kind of null and void imo. he didnt elect himself, AND as after every election, there is a winner, and a whiner. yet still it is more than clear, the people of Maricops county can speak for themselves at the booth when they cast a vote... so do forgive me, (you as well as others) when you start to talk about who lives where... your residents of your area affected by your vote speak for themselves, as a whole, not just for you and what you feel is a job being done, or sitting in a chair doing nothing.

monetary charges dropped by holder means its too close to election time to put on another coat of "clown make-up" like the bozo in charge to look like a fool. it would be an emarassment to the king staining his so called throne, formorly used by actual REAL presidents who did a great job turning this nation around, not head wind into the crapper.... i doubt still he was born in the US, (due to gramps being a big cheese in the medical community on an Isaland how hard is it to slip a few bills to get a legal document back in those days? pretty easy, and who would know?) i know this guy in office (white house) eats horrendous a$$ when it comes to running a country, and why i think he needs a boot out the door, no other reason.

also, every time illegals seem to get the run out of town, liberals flock from the closet like bats from a old church balfory....

NaughtyMossy, you bring up the same argument that others who don't live in Arizona like to make:

but over the last 10 yrs or so he was elected, and re-elected numerous times by the people who vote.

If you lived in Maricopa County and have followed the sad story of Joe and the damage he's done, you would know that most of what I described happened during his current tenure.

Yes, he's been re-elected. And yes, it was mainly due to his political grandstanding - he knows how to pander to the conservative fringe. Yes, the pink underwear, the tent city, green Bologna - it all sells because it appeals to people like you who believe that inmates should be treated as harshly as possible.

Joe's popularity made him a force to be reckoned with, as the Maricopa County Board Of Supervisors found out - to their chagrin. At first, they went along with him. But Joe's ego made him a loose cannon. When the county had to tighten the budget, Joe was pissed - especially when the county was going to build a new courthouse. So Joe decided to go after members of the board, and this is what started the war between the B.O.S. and Joe, Dave Hendershott, Andrew Thomas and the rest of Joe's toadies.

The B.O.S. let the genie out of the bottle and found it was nearly impossible to put him back in. Joe's popularity increased greatly with the tea party and other members of the right wing lunatic fringe with his "crime sweeps" - going after landscapers, library janitors etc. - the easy to pick, low hanging fruit. Who cares that drug dealers human smugglers, gun runners were untouched by MCSO - afterall illegal is illegal, right? So Joe found it easy to pander to the right wingers with little effort on his part.

But when he arrested Don Stapley and others on the Board, he crossed the line. No evidence eventually lead to charges/claims against MCSO, resulting in Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon not only losing their jobs as county attys, but they were disbarred.

Again, all you who don't live in Maricopa County are unaware of any of this. And most of you don't give a rip, because you're infatuated with an image, an image that supports your feelings and prejudices. It matters not a whit what the reality is. And so, given enough of you, living in Maricopa County, he may indeed get re-elected for another term.

But if Joe keeps his job, don't expect anything to improve with regard to the flow of illegals into the state, or a decrease in the number of claims and payouts of taxpayer dollars to families of abused inmates. Don't expect a better level of law enforcement - things like the 400 sex abuse cases that were left untouched will continue. But hey, you will be content that you have the toughest sheriff in the world - a living testament to the Peter Principal: An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

Landmines, Barbwire, are a good start but AC-130s and Apache Helicopters backed up by M1 Abrams tanks are even better. Seal the border then make Joe PRESIDENT!!! GO JOE he's my HERO!!! SHOOT FIRST then you dont need to ask questions.

You certainly don't expect much from your heros, do you?

You bet it was. It was both. And they have the power to do the same to any citizen; holder of elected office or not. It was both a huge waste or OUR money and harassment of an opponent. Simply because he enforced the law. Something Attorney General Holder cannot be accused of doing.

Opponent of what

After years of trying to smear Sheriff Joe as a "racist" or "anti-immigrant" or "anti-Hispanic," Eric The Red's Department of Injustice can't pin squat on him? Well, you know he must be squeaky clean or they would have nailed him on the flimsiest of evidence. He's guilty of having tried to enforce the law while Barry Hussein Soetoro is dead set against that. You'd think that would be enough for them to have concocted some kind of bogus "civll rights violation." I mean, it's not like he was black and stood outside a polling station waving a billy club at any potential whlte voter who dared approach to exercise his Constitutionally granted franchise. THAT is acceptable behavior for Barry and Eric; enforcing the nation's labor and immigration laws is not!

It was a 'snoopers' hunt. The best and brightest (choke puke) couldn't find anything to 'nail' Joe with so they withdrew before they got their heads handed to them through their ass.

This isn't the first time sheriff Joe has beaten Holder & Obama, you would think the morons would learn.

Obama & Holder both need to spend a few days in Tent City.

I guess you did not read the article. The investigation was started by the Maricopa County board of Supervisors. Not Eric nor Obama. But good knee jurk reaction on your part. Forget about the facts.

Just to be sure we have all the bases covered...let's have an investigation of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors!

Thank you Snailguy @ 2.7

I was wondering when one of these genius RWNJ's on here would actually read the article and notice that!!

These people are so predictable it's frightening.............like people who have been so thoroughly brainwashed by the spin machine they are a danger to themselves and others.

Kudos to the Justice Dept for being fair. When evidence turns up, it will be curtains for stinking Joe!

snail,

"I guess you did not read the article. The investigation was started by the Maricopa County board of Supervisors. Not Eric nor Obama. But good knee jurk reaction on your part. Forget about the facts."

Doesn't matter now does it since holder and obama got involved in the fray?

the heat is off joe, because the heat is on Holder. Interesting.

Lonereb, it is both!

Snailguy, the prosecution was started in-state, but, it was forced through by Obama and Holder through political intimidation!

More liberal lies, so boring. Get over it, Joe is guaranteed re elected as long as he wants the job.

Gumps,A very libelous post.Can you prove these allegations?If not you can surely be sued.Journalism101.

Sherrif Joe for PRESIDENT !!! If only . . . Hopefully R & R will be successful !!!

grumps

You know this but holder and obumer can't find it ???????

Just a cleaning lady~is gumps (or anyone else on this thread) a journalist? Not for or against anything here, but replying Journalism 101 over and over is not really contributing to the discussion.

Well Grumps, file suite! By you evidencde You have a case and zshould win, if not will you apologise?

You probably want gov Jan back too. Good luck with that one. If you look different I can arrest you. Nice community.

snailguy,

With all the blind hatred you have for Sherrif Joe, I have to ask one question - did you spend any time in pink?

- Jeff

Excellent comment! Payback is a Bi-ch. What goes around comes around. He thinks he tough. He couldn't spell tough even if you spot him "toug." he'd come up with an "f".

I heard your mom was great last night, but she gave birth to you.

i probably should have taken a few of these guys with me yesterday and had them neutered with my kittens...just sayin'...

With all that hanging over him and the feds couldn't get him on anything. Either your list is politically inspired or the investigators are inept -- which is it?

Gumps list actually is libelous.

Can you say Huey Long? Even better, do you know who he was and what he did and what happened to him? Probably not Want the truth...

PERSON what the hell are you talking about ? Long was a democartic fixture who hated 'blacks' and kept them at bay. How does that action fit here?

It doesn't except it shows how damn ignorant you are. Or did you Mom write the comment for you and the crayon smudged so you had to 'wing' it ?

As an Arizonan, I despise this guy...and fully expect he will be charged with Civil Rights Abuses. Every time I see someone pulled over in traffic, I look...and invariably I see poor hispanics in an older vehicle. They get surrounded by multiple cop cars, and held by the side of the road for hours. For what it's worth from this person's eyewitness account, there is no big "illegal alien" issue in Arizona. And in fact there are only a small fraction here compared to the Bush years when the housing market offered employment.

sweet equity Where is your head it must be up your, of well you know where,or you live alone in the mountains and there is no one around you for 100 miles. You say the is no big illegal alien issue in az. When did you arrive yesterday if not you were born yesterday. The illegal even had the set in a few week ago to say they are proud to be illegal teens. The schools in Surprise ( that is in AZ in case you don't know) have a large % of illegal Mexican student . we provide free lunches and free health and help with house and food. But you say no problem you must be illegal and it would be no problem for you that i would agree with. Deport all illegal it is the law.

If you think there was nothing on Joe (the criminal) Arpaio, you're just the stupid leading the stupid!

The government went after him because he is a criminal. No lawsuit?? So he's not guilty? STUPIDITY!!

Arpaio is the sleeziest of the law enforcement people of the world.

If he were in Iraq, he'd be the boss by now.. Stupidity rules there!! Didn't you know??

Religion has plenty of sleezy people in sleezy places at sleezy times. And Arpaio is right on time!

Read the article. It was the Maricopa county board of supervisors that went after him............not Obama or Holder. They absolved him..........so far.

david simpson,

"The government went after him because he is a criminal. No lawsuit?? So he's not guilty? STUPIDITY!!"

I don't think the word stupid is applied to the right person in the above quoted statement. It applies more to the person who wrote it.

The government also went after the American Indians, and stole their lands!!! Take that to the bank!

People with Power get corrupted, they forget that they are "SERVANTS!"

Just be glad you don't live under this "hero." He's as crooked as they come.

Yet another pathetic liberal lie. If there were ANYTHING on him you can bet Obama would have it. Ergo, ZERO.

Seriously Val, you think he must be clean because the government was unable to get him? So you must think Obama is the most competent president ever, if his failing to get rid of Joe indicates Joe's complete innocence? That is what your proof of Joe's innoncence is, right?

BTW, I may be a dem, but I have no problem with enforcing immigration laws to their fullest extent. Whether I agree with them or not they are the law and until the law is changed, it should be enforced fully and across the board. I do think the Feds left the border states - and I live in one - out on their own with immigration. I have lived near the TexMex border and our border patrol is so corrupt the drug cartels look honest.

Toasty how do you know this ? You might be in trouble with the 'law' if you have info about a crime or a criminal and do not step forward.

Or are you one of those paid by word fools who have been called by Alinsky and Obama (if that is his name) useless idiots?

Maybe they said useful ? Naaah they clearly meant USELESS !

@ Cat - Well, when you spend years investigating him and still can't make a damn thing stick people have to wonder. Especially since you have to know the Feds would have loved nothing more than to nail the guy. So you tell us what laws he broke that the Feds couldn't find?

No Josh, I just live in Arizona and see this criminal in action.

Sheriff Joe is ignorant! He has imposed himself in the place of Democracy, but Joe doesn't know Democracy. All Joe knows is taking away peoples freedom and making them submit!!

That's a sick ideal for knowledge and understanding. Submission and iron fisted will is always the confession regarding Joe and his stupid crew! They make human beings feel unhumane!!

Sheriff Joe will always be a stain on the ideals of mankind and Democracy! He only wants to rule people like himself, and if you aren't Sheriff Joe, you made a mistake!!

I get sick thinking of people like Sheriff Joe! How can anyone put theirself above others in their desire to make the world special!??

Sheriff Joe does it all, and then he ruins others!! Who is this sick person that uses others for his fame?!!

Get over yourself, Dave. Your consistent 1 vote you have been getting for your posts should tell you something. Not that you could figure it out.

I doubt anyone misses you......................

OUR state and county are better off without you !!! Thanks for hitting the road. We are very happy that Sheriff Joe has been CLEARED of all criminal charges and he will WIN in November !!!!!

AZ is glad you left too.

IKAW probably left just ahead of being served an arrest warrant. Do you suppose ? Yep that' s what I feel happened.

We're glad you left.

Janet Naponito (sp) said this week she is tihinking leaving DC and returning to "her" AZ. Why would anyone in AZ want he back? She cost them millions of $$ for law suits that were just a waste. S.he stopped securing the border so that illegal could come in and kill innocents. She did whatever Holder and Obama told her to do illegal or not

CoCo,

You really cant be that blind. Obama has deported more illegales than any President in history, Run a fact check if you want, it's true.

He let more Illegals in than any other President and you can run a fact check on that to

Oh, why - that story is getting old and it's bull @!$%#. While it's true the boarder patrol has deported more people, it's also true that Obama lets pretty much everyone else stay who manages to get past the boarder patrol. In fact in an interview, Obama wishes he could stop those but he is powerless to interfere with them so find another talking point. Obama wouldn't even deport his own illegal alien family members.

This man should not be in office anymore. It's sad how ignorant people keep electing him to office. You want immigrants to leave your state for good? Good luck with that, not likely that it will happen in your life time. As long as U.S. keeps on needing workers(slave labor) immigrants from all over will continue to flood the states. Just your wonderful luck you are a border state to beautiful Mexico – largest provider of immigrants legal or not.

Me thinks that lkaw had to model the pink jump suits and eat bologna in Sheriff Joe's establishment............

Why...you don't understand how it works. What it is...Obumma's deported more because there have been more of them to deport.

Obviously, you do not live in Maricopa County.

Do you mean like Darrell Issa's witch hunts? What have they produced and how much have they cost the American people?

More pathetic liberal lies. Issa has found PLENTY, if you don't know that you are purposely avoiding all the revelations.

And they haven't cost taxpayers a dollar, he is doing what he is supposed to do.

Rick invthe Forest.Our government is all three.

Mshawaii -- I live in Arizona, Maricopa County actually, and will vote for Joe as long as he runs -- he is good for Arizona and you spout nothing but anger and vicious lies. Hopefully Sheriff Joe will see your post and soon you'll at the other end of a lawsuit. What an idiot you are!!!!!

I did live in Maricopa County as a matter of fact and still have friends there. In fact I was in Arizona only three weeks ago. I do read, however, and I DO pay attention to what has been happening with Sheriff Joe. I stand by my original comments about the size, power and cost of our federal government. With an additional 5 Trillion in debt loaded upon our shoulders during the Obama presidency there is plenty of reason for concern. That and the fact that our Attorney General is making a career out of suing our states for trying to enforce their own laws but refuses, among other things, to bring charges of voter intimidation against the New Black Panther Party.

Feds? Tell me, how many people died because of Fast & Furious?

And if Obama get re-elcted you ain't seen nothing yet! Who he will pardon and the executive orders he will give will scare you into an early grave...if you are lucky. America will NEVER EVER EVER BE THE SAME. Think VERY carefully before you do not vote for Romney. YOUR life depends on your vote\. this is very serious. See 2016 and watch the Democratiic convention.

2016 HAHAHAHA. D'Souza (you know the director) was on CNN and could not back up a single thing in the movie or the book. It is purely fictional. If you think it real than I have some beautiful farmland in Florida or a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Why? there is actually quite a bit of farmland in florida, there are lots of people selling farmland, your attempt at a joke failed really , really bad

Of course it's fiction idiot 2016 is a few years away. The movie depicts what couse we are on based on decisions and leadership (or lack thereof) of the Obama Administration.

re: "After all their bluster the Feds come up empty."

Nonsense...A) it wasn't the Feds who requested the investigation into financial wrongdoing, it was the State of AZ. And...it was a weak allegation although based in fact. B) the Civil Rights investigation is ongoing...and you can bet the farm he'll be charged with that!

As an Arizonan, I can assure you there simply is not the big "illegal alien" issue that Jan Brewer claims. Under Obama, we don't see a fraction of the hispanics that used to be all over the place. AZ Republicans love to whine about this, but it just isn't true.

sweet equity-- I take it you name mean as a illegal you bought a home. As a illegal is the only way you can say there is not a big illegal problem, because for the illegal it is not. I live here and it is. When illegal feel ii is OK to say i broke the law and you owe me the right to be here, their are wrong. An illegal breaks the first law to cross into the USA illegally, #2 law broke to work here. #3 if driving in most states that is illegal, #4 driving without a insurance. # 5 not have a legal S/S number or using another number, #6 getting state or federal benefit for example free lunches, free health, assistance for housing. Now that is just for started and that is just the ones not breaking hard law. So don't give me it ok it is not. It is the law deport all illegals.

Then you and the rest of the commies are in deep crap.

Rebellion if he wins, Race War if he loses.

If indeed you win and get 4 more years I hope you can survive it.

If you think Obama's election actually helped race relations then go ahead and vote for him again as you are too stupid to be helped.

Wow, the haters and republician (oh, they are the same) are really out here tonight

Sherrif Joe deserves a medal,maybe a statue in his honor.He enforces the laws the government should.

I disagree...under Bush and Arpaio there was a huge local population of undocumented hispanics. You would see them on every building site, they would knock on the door all the time asking for work. No more. Under Obama (and Arpaio) I rarely see them at all, and maybe one door-knocking per year any more. If it isn't fictitious WMD's, it's fictitious aliens...remember when it was Russians??

Sweet, you don't see them knocking on your door anymore because they are now employed full time by the construction companies building the homes, the pipeline companies building the pipelines, the lawn service companies, and just about any other labor company. Since they have work why should they knock on your door? I even have 4 living near me working as welders on a pipeline and they do not have green cards that allow them to work in the U.S. They don't even intend to stay in the U.S. All their money gets sent home to their families in Mexico.

Sweet Equity - You don't see them anymore because of SB1070. Whether or not it passed, it scared enough illegals out of the state to make a difference. And to hell with your "undocumented" PC BS...

Why don't you like him? Just curious.

And the United States claimst o be a "christian" nation.

Father (?) perhaps you missed the leading American Mooslum saying that America is a mooslum nation ? Now you don't want to be brought up on charges of contradicting the chief mooslum do you ?

Just.. hang on! Help is coming! BUT YOU must vote. Vote and tell your friends to vote Romney. you also must vote in Repulican US Senators and Representatives. if you are not in the San Francisco area find someone who is and INSIST they get rid of Nancy Pelosi. You know the one the republicans caught doing insider trading FOR YEARS!

YOU MUST RECRUIT ROMNEY VOTERS AND REPUBLICAN REP VOTERS! THIS IS YOU NEW JOB DO WELL MY FRIEND...HELP IS COMING!

I think I agree with you.Mad as hornets that they had to serve time in pink undergarments.

I think you're half-right Wire. It's the bologna they don't like, they're fine with the pink......

And Joe, like John Wayne was a hero and REAL American too right? On the screen making war movies, that was about it. Never served unless you call film that.

Kinda like Romney flittering his way around France during the war, except his family had the "Get out of jail free card"...... money !!! Only thing missing was the PINK underwear, and bet that being in France, he still has a pair of those stashed on Ann's night out.

Rushless? Thanks for the compliment and go take another vicodin, or did he lose that sponsor too?

Just about 12 weeks to go to the vote.

Bet you hope for another hero(s) to pull this one off like Katherine Harris and good ole Jeb did in 2000, as John Wayne is dead.

Oh my DEOM309,

Did the koolaid taste good?

I have yet to see Obama's service record. maybe he did not live in America.

Romney or Ryan doesn't have a service record either CoCo-1551796.

But they both have birth certificates.

Deom, Actually, Marion Mitchell Morrison (John Wayne) applied to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis but did not get accepted. Later during WW2 he tried to go into the military but was rejected. What have you done in the military or did you even try to go in?

I really do not understand the "koolaid" concept. Does it have some connotation of Jones and the multiple suicide or just plain stupidity. It seems that this response is because the writer has no better thoughts than some comments like your are stupid, or you are a lib or some lack of any new phrases.

Holder said he would not do that right after the election in 2008. He said that they had a 'right' to wield their batons any way they chose to, and did not consider what they did as intimidation. Yet he has the gall to say that conservative observers without weapons are intimidating black voters.

Talk about hypocrisy!

Harry Lee, in my parish was another good sheriff as well. He's gone now, but he trained his replacement well.

They stopped the looters at the parish line after Katrina. The parish was closed after all. Instead, the looters torched a shopping mall on the Orleans side of the parish line. I'm not sure that they were ever caught.

I was glad to hear that they beefed up the anti-looting laws in the state in time for Isaac, though. And they advertised that they were catching looters!

Anchor babies? aint they the ones that get tied to the anchor when the ship stops?

Sharpton is in pink