Merged Trump Pardons Arpaio

This thread is disturbing in what Arpaio was able to get away with and still be elected.

The highlight being his diversion of funds from investigating child sex abuse cases to promote himself.

Late 2005 to October 2007 was not a good time to be raped or molested in El Mirage.

During that time, the town had signed a contract to pay the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office $3.6 million for police services. But Sheriff Joe Arpaio didn't use the money to bolster his sex-crimes unit. Instead, the publicity-hungry sheriff's focus, as always, was on political witch hunts and pet projects that got his name in lights.

Victims of sex crimes — mostly children — in the town and throughout the county still are paying for Arpaio's misguided policies. Rapists and child molesters got away with their crimes.
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Trump's pardon of Arpaio is one of the most morally depraved things he's done but WTF is wrong with the people of Maricopa County that he kept winning elections until 2016?
 
Stacko said:
This thread is disturbing in what Arpaio was able to get away with and still be elected.

The highlight being his diversion of funds from investigating child sex abuse cases to promote himself.



Trump's pardon of Arpaio is one of the most morally depraved things he's done but WTF is wrong with the people of Maricopa County that he kept winning elections until 2016?
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Maricopa is large enough that they have all sorts of other news distractions and name recognition alone in local elections is generally good for a fifteen to twenty point cushion. I don't have the stats but I'll look to see if I can find them. I'll bet that the sheriff elections drew less turnout than the larger elections.

Oh, that and there's a large and dedicated (but not necessarily majority) batcrap crazy right wing in the county.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Maricopa is large enough that they have all sorts of other news distractions and name recognition alone in local elections is generally good for a fifteen to twenty point cushion. I don't have the stats but I'll look to see if I can find them. I'll bet that the sheriff elections drew less turnout than the larger elections.

Oh, that and there's a large and dedicated (but not necessarily majority) batcrap crazy right wing in the county.
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Yes. And that he continued to project an image of "Tough on Crime."
 
The guy's 85 years old. I've been sick of his shenanigans for years, but there's no real purpose in putting him in prison.
 
Brainster said:
The guy's 85 years old. I've been sick of his shenanigans for years, but there's no real purpose in putting him in prison.
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Justice.

Especially since a lot of the depraved things he did were in the name of it, and here he is now being spared from it.
 
He was convicted of violating constitutional rights. By pardoning him Trump has signaled that people can violate the constitution and not suffer any consequences.

Can conservatives here really not see how dangerous this is?
 
PhantomWolf said:
Trump proves once more that he doesn't care about the Law and the Constitution when it comes to him and his friends.
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He's spent his life as a very rich man in the USA.

What cause has he had to worry about laws or rules?

I would guess, but do not know, that he's broken a lot of rules and a fair few laws and suffered no consequences whatsoever up until now.
 
Apathia said:
Yes. And that he continued to project an image of "Tough on Crime."
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Well, in fairness to the good folks of Maricopa, Sheriff Joe was getting worse and worse returns every election. This, even with his frame-up bomb plot to gain sympathy, his harassment of opponents, etc...

A think that the county ultimately settled for about ten million dollars (settlements, not the amount sued for) for his various deeds.
 
dudalb said:
The message is clear: Latinos and Blacks have no place in Trump's America. No doubt a FInal solution to the problem is in the works.
And to do this while a Category 4 Hurricane is bearing down on Texas.
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Says Mr Reasonable.
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PS: Farewell, I assume.
 
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Travis said:
He was convicted of violating constitutional rights. By pardoning him Trump has signaled that people can violate the constitution and not suffer any consequences.

Can conservatives here really not see how dangerous this is?
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Can conservatives see anything that harms conservatives? Not by the evidence in these sub-forums.

Why, here's a thinking conservative and former Republican blogger posting just before you. Surely he'll speak up about the Klepto in Chief.

Brainster said:
I suggest you call yourselves Wolverines.

Holy crap.
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Ohhhhhh! I guess not. This is their typical reaction. "Let's deflect!"
 
Brainster said:
The guy's 85 years old. I've been sick of his shenanigans for years, but there's no real purpose in putting him in prison.
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Why not? He can drag his doddering old ass to political rallies and to press conferences. It's not like we're going to put him in a tent in the southwestern desert in 120 degree heat. A nice comfy white collar criminal jail. Far better than the people who had to do time under his rule!
 
Foolmewunz said:
Can conservatives see anything that harms conservatives? Not by the evidence in these sub-forums.

Why, here's a thinking conservative and former Republican blogger posting just before you. Surely he'll speak up about the Klepto in Chief.



Ohhhhhh! I guess not. This is their typical reaction. "Let's deflect!"
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Sorry, I was flabbergasted by Dudalb's apparent suicide by mod. I mean, that one flew way above Tony Stark territory. They are going to have to AAH most of this thread to cover it up.

By comparison Trump pardoning Arpaio--not really news is it? Anyway we can say anything we want at this point. Because it will not be part of the thread for long. Chuck Norris hopes to be reincarnated as Joe Arpaio.
 
Brainster said:
The guy's 85 years old. I've been sick of his shenanigans for years, but there's no real purpose in putting him in prison.
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This would seem to give a pass to any octogenarian to do what they like regardless of the law.

"Hey, I'm over 80, they won't put me in jail" is not, I think, the attitude one wants to engender.
 
Brainster said:
Sorry, I was flabbergasted by Dudalb's apparent suicide by mod. I mean, that one flew way above Tony Stark territory. They are going to have to AAH most of this thread to cover it up.

By comparison Trump pardoning Arpaio--not really news is it? Anyway we can say anything we want at this point. Because it will not be part of the thread for long. Chuck Norris hopes to be reincarnated as Joe Arpaio.
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Conservatives have been arming up, just in case, for over a decade here. (That's his first post you responded to.) I'll let the jury decide on the Malcolm X analogy.
 
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