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January 27, 2008
Sheriff Arpaio To Campaign In Tucson For Romney Not McCain
Sheriff Arpaio to campaign in Tucson for Romney
Political action is heating up as Arizona's Feb. 5 primaries near - from both ends of the spectrum.From the right, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will headline a rally Friday for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Romney is one of Sen. John McCain's chief competitors for the Republican presidential nomination.
Arpaio is the honorary chairman of Romney's Arizona campaign and will be in Tucson on Friday for a series of pro-Romney events.
He'll begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road, then at 3:30 he'll be at Broadway Proper Retirement Community, 400 S. Broadway Place. He'll finish up at a 6:30 p.m. rally at the Medicine Man Art Gallery, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road.
Who is Sheriff Joe Arpaio?
Many Republicans, maybe even a few Democrats, believe there is a real problem. One of them is Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. He’s nationally known for tough measures like taking away prisoners’ movies, their girlie magazines, and their hot meals. The philosophy he espouses is jails should be places people want to avoid.
When motorists are stopped in his jurisdiction, their immigration status is checked. They’re arrested if they’re here illegally. He’s also instituted a hot line for citizens to report employers suspected of hiring illegals. The New York Times offered its own imprimatur of the sheriff’s actions Sunday, editorializing that he “hounds immigrant day laborers as aggressively as he chases headlines.”
Sheriff Joe journeyed to Iowa last week to campaign for the person he’s supporting for president. He didn’t endorse fellow Arizonan John McCain. He didn’t express approval for Mike Huckabee.
Inside America's toughest jail (Brit paper says Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ideas would be great for U.K.)
The Sun
HIGH above the Arizona desert, a pink neon sign flashes the word “vacancy” from a watch tower manned by armed guards.Surrounded by 25ft barbed wire fences, this is the welcome offered by America’s toughest jail ? Tent City in Phoenix.
Inside, nearly 1,000 prisoners live in army surplus tents, baking in temperatures of 122°F (50°C) in summer and freezing during winter.
No matter how many criminals are locked up here, the vacancy sign is never turned off.
Instead, if prisoner numbers increase, jail supremo Sheriff Joe Arpaio simply orders extra tents. He says: “I will build tents to house 100,000 people before I ever let anybody out of jail early. If I have to, I will put up tents from here to Mexico.”
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Wild Thing's comment........
Sheriff Joe is known nationally as one of the toughest law-and-order guys around, and someone of impeccable conservative credentials. I wonder if this shows the lack of McCain's non appeal to his fellow Arizonans. Like we heard New York is no fan of Rudy. That would be so embarassing when your own State does not want you to be President. I think Gore's as well did not vote for him when he ran for President.
Posted by Wild Thing at January 27, 2008 04:47 AM
Comments
Can we call Mr. Arpaio "Americas Sheriff"? This guy is great! He has engineered a penal institution that is humane, and also something most thugs would not want to return to.
Posted by: Mikey Lee at January 27, 2008 06:24 AM
I like him! He not only looks like my late father, he acts like him too.
Arpaio is a good man who knows what a sheriffs job is.
He is to be commended.
I'd take those things away from prisoners too if they acted up.
They shouldn't have luxuries in prison anyway.
It's not a resort. It's not a healthcare facility. You did a crime, now you do the time.
Posted by: Lynn at January 27, 2008 07:34 AM
You are right WT. Gore did not carry his home state of Tennessee.
Sheriff Joe has the right idea for handling criminals. I wish his ideas were followed nationwide.
If it was not for McCain, I would just write off this primary and wait for the general election to vote(against the Dem nominee). I dislike McCain so much that I have to vote against him. I will probably vote for Romney, the lesser of all the evils. I think that conservatives are going to be very unhappy during the 2009-2012 years.
Posted by: TomR at January 27, 2008 08:43 AM
Sheriff Arpaio will cause may Conservatives to take another look at Romney.
Posted by: BobF at January 27, 2008 09:21 AM
My BEEF with McCain is he couldn't get a border fence...or install land mines in his own Arizona Republic's backyard! Mitt is right that the Hitlerys & McCains are what DC corruption are all about!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at January 27, 2008 05:21 PM
Mitt Romney should announce that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on his short list to head the Department of Homeland Security. I'm sure that he knows ways to get the border fence built.
I keep on having this nightmare of RINO John McCain campaigning at the Mexican border shouting, "Mr. Bush, tear down this wall."
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will be at Bush's last State of the Union address. John McCain will be MIA.
Posted by: Les at January 27, 2008 07:42 PM
IF Mitt is our 44th President of the United States, then Sheriff Joe should be our US Homeland Security Chief? As for Senor Michael Yerkoff...see ya and hasta la vista gringo!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at January 27, 2008 11:50 PM
Mikey Lee, that would be a great name for him.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 01:56 AM
Lynn oh wow that is so neat about your Dad. How cool is that!!
I agree, prison is not a resort.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 01:58 AM
Tom thank you so much, I thought so but wasn't positive about Gore.
"I dislike McCain so much that I have to vote against him. I will probably vote for Romney, the lesser of all the evils"
That is what Ihave been thinking too and Nick feels the same way.
I don't look forward to this election at all, it is scary and so unsure.Plus not to have someone we know will do the right thing. It's been such a long time already.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 02:01 AM
Bob, that is what Nick said too when I showed him this post.I agree with you both.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 02:02 AM
Les, I agree completely. hahaha That would be a great idea. Oh my gosh can you imagine like you said this Sheriff working in that position. The terrorists coming across our borders would be terrified of him for sure. Same thing with the illegals. heh heh
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 02:06 AM
Darth,yessss I would LOVE to get that Chertoff out of there for good and never see his face again.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 28, 2008 02:09 AM
