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The Trump and Arpaio Problem and the Republicans’ Lack of Focus in the 2012 Election

Dec. 11, 2012 10:12am Becket Adams

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of articles examining what went wrong for the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election and where the GOP goes from here. Please visit our special section GOP : What Next? to follow the series of stories and find related content.

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The Republican Party and its conservative allies were hit with a crunching sucker punch on Nov. 6 when, along with demoralizing defeats in both the Senate and the House, President Barack Obama decisively defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Sure, a few races were easy to call well before Nov. 6 (we’re looking at you, Todd Akin), but many on the right were genuinely shocked with the results of Election Day (we’re definitely looking at you, Karl Rove and Dick Morris).

Many — including the Republican presidential candidate — thought the election would be closer. But it wasn’t. With 332 electoral votes, President Obama won handily.

Pictured above: Apparently, “winning handily”

After all the money, all the outpouring of conservative grassroots support, all the super PAC ads — what happened?

Some conservatives blame “changing demographics,” others fault the Republican Party’s emphasis on social issues. And although there’s something to be said for both of these arguments, another factor may have played a role in President Obama’s seemingly easy re-election.

Let’s call it the “Trump and Arpaio Problem.”

Business mogul Donald Trump and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio — along with lesser-known personalities – repeatedly shifted the focus of the 2012 election away from Barack Obama’s record as president and back to tired, old rumors regarding his personal history.

Titillating theories regarding the president’s place of birth, his college transcripts, and his former associates were as unsuccessful in 2004 (when he ran for the U.S. Senate) as they were in 2008 (when Hillary Clinton and her supporters tried their hand at the whole “birther” thing).

So why did Arpaio and Trump think 2012 would be any different? What were they trying to accomplish?

Barack Obama has been president for four years. Not only does he have numerous failed financial investments under his belt (a topic Trump could have spoken on at great length), but also the “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal (something Joe Arpaio could have offered some enlightening insight on).

Instead of hijacking news cycles to talk about things like the president’s many failed taxpayer-backed “green” energy initiatives, Donald Trump issued mock-worthy, multimillion-dollar offers to see the president’s college grades. Instead of asking hard-hitting questions regarding the White House’s immigration policy (like Univision did), Arpaio called a press conference to let everyone know that his “posse” had cracked the code (or something).

Trump’s so-called “major announcement” was ignored by President Obama and universally mocked (YouTube)

Between Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “Cold Case Posse” and Donald Trump’s obsession with the president’s college transcripts, things like Solyndra, the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), and four straight years of $1 trillion-plus annual budget deficits fell by the wayside.

This presented Romney with a problem.

It was left to the Romney campaign and its surrogates to build the case against Obama’s record as president, making the GOP candidate seem like he was always on the attack instead of letting his proxies play “bad cop.”

“Governor Romney has said repeatedly that he believes President Obama was born in the United States,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said in May. “The Democrats can talk about Donald Trump all they want — Mitt Romney is going to talk about jobs and how we can get our economy moving again.”

The fact that Saul had to issue this statement illustrates perfectly the “Trump and Arpaio Problem.”

Now we’re not saying people shouldn’t investigate the president’s past. On the contrary, vetting is a necessary part of the election process. People like Dinesh D’Souza and Mark Steyn do an excellent job of analyzing the president in his own words. But it’s pretty clear Trump and Arpaio weren’t interested in investigating the president’s character. They were more interested in trotting out discarded and debunked smears from Obama’s political youth.

Did Team Obama and the left-wing media play small and personal? Did they ignore Romney’s political record? You bet they did. But here’s the thing: They did a better job of focusing on issues of character that were a) a matter of historical record (Romney did put a dog on his car) and b) effective in changing the public’s opinion of the GOP candidate.

For President Obama’s supporters to avoid Romney’s public record in favor of character attacks makes political sense. For Romney’s proxies to avoid the president’s White House record in favor of debunked rumors makes less sense.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Team Obama and the left-wing media were focused. Everything they said and did was to one end: To make Romney look like a terrible, horrible candidate. Conservatives, on the other hand, were torn. One camp wanted to campaign against President Obama while the other wanted to talk about Obama of yesteryear.

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H.I.Mcdunnough
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:28am
None of this matters. It doesn’t matter who you voted for or who you wanted to win. It’s all an illusion. They think they’re smarter than us, and they think they know how our minds work better than we do. Politicians don’t care about you or this country. They are no better than you or I. They are flawed, some worse than others but still flawed. We have all the instructions we need to have a peaceful, productive society but we’ll never acheive it. We will be our own undoing.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:47am
  If you want to win, you must offer an alternative. You didn’t and you lost… again. Only a fool keeps doing the same thing, expecting a different result.
  
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- E.Souchak
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:18pm
  Wake up.
  
  All anyone need do is focus on Chicago. It is their Achilles heel. Both Dems and GOP would be exposed. It is key to it all.
  
  U.S. Attorney’s Office claims author’s of Blagojevich book “Golden” lying
  
  http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/12/10/u-s-attorneys-office-claims-authors-of-blagojevich-book-golden-lying/
  
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- Danny78
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 11:35am
  You nailed it. The American people are in a stupor. We have been conquered by the off shore banks. We are there slaves. Slaves will not be permitted to own weapons or defend themselves. May your chains rest lightly upon you…….
  
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BannedByHuffpo
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:24am
“But it’s pretty clear Trump and Arpaio weren’t interested in investigating the president’s character. They were more interested in trotting out discarded and debunked smears from Obama’s political youth.”

Sorry Becket. You couldn’t be more wrong.

NOTHING was DEBUNKED (unless you believe Soros backed rubes like Snopes and FactCheck are some sort of authority in determining truth). IT WAS IGNORED out of fear of being mocked and ridiculed as a “birther”. Too bad there were/are so many cowards too timid to seek the TRUTH.

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- NDCORUP
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:38am
  Becks attitude on the whole “birther” issue cost him MANY folks loyalty.
  
  I’ve spent my Long Life applying LOGIC to my engineering livelyhood. Earned 7 Patents. I’m at a loss to understand how anyone can ignor the Simple Logic involved in the Birth Certificate Fraud.
  
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- KheSanh
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:53am
  I believe it was ignored because the Republicans intend to do the very same thing the democrats did in 2008 and 2012 which was to run an illegal candidate for president. In 2016 they will run Rubio and/or Jindal………both illegal candidates.
  
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- Jeffursun
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:05pm
  @NDCORUP
  
  I’m guessing Spell Check wasn’t one of your patents.
  
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- ranepowel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:17pm
  Yeah…I mean, who would want to believe Snopes and Factcheck, what with all their indisputable facts going up against proven-false hypothesis and racist-related accusations. And why would the GOP leaders distance themselves far, far away from the birther-craze? Oh. Right. Because facts trump (pun intended) conspiracy theories. Every. Single. Time.
  
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- BannedByHuffpo
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:33pm
  “who would want to believe Snopes and Factcheck, what with all their indisputable facts going up against proven-false hypothesis and racist-related accusations.”
  
  “Indisputable facts”??? Are you crazy? FactCheck claimed BHO’s Connecticut SSN was a “clerical error”!! How convenient. No explanation for the doctored Selective Service Registration though.
  
  And tell me genius, what “race” is a proven computer generated PDF image forgery of a birth certificate? And please, cut your foolish “racist-related” crap. Condoleeza Rice is far more qualified to hold the office. When you’ve lost the argument, all you’ve got left to play is the silly race card.
  
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:23am
Romney won in every state with voter ID. There is evidence of massive fraud, with touch screens changing from Romney to Obama, military votes being “lost”, bus loads of illegals taken from poll to poll to vote numerous times, etc. etc. etc. The electoral college meets this month to formally cast their votes. They are being informed of the fraud. If they don’t listen, we know the fix is in.
If we know the election was fixed, why should we acknowledge the results?
Maybe Trump was right when he said there should be a revolution and a march on Washington.

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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:54pm
  There are 30 states with voter I’d laws. Romney won 24 states. Is there some kind of new math I missed?
  
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- jay1975
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:32pm
  Ohio, Florida, Hawaii, Michigan, New Hampshire, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington all have some form of voter ID laws. Romney lost all of these states. Is there no end to the conspiracy theories in the GOP. Perhaps this article was spot on after all.
  
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KheSanh
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:15am
Mark My Words…. in 2016 the Republican Party will run one or two people in their primaries (who I believe are illegal candidates) for president or vice president…..most likely Senator Rubio and/or Governor Jindal. If either of them win in the primaries, unlike the Republican party in 2012 which failed to challenge the Democrat candidates eligibility, the Democrat Party in 2016 will go after them for not being ‘Natural Born Citizens’, just like when they went after Republicans Chester Arthur in 1880, Barry Goldwater in 1964, George Romney in 1968, Lowell Weicker in 1980, and John McCain in 2008, but not Barack Obama (Gee I wonder why?). Hillary Clinton started this Birther issue. Why don’t the Republicans followup? It is because they intend to do the very same thing that the democrats did which is to run a illegal candidate for president.

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- Cibolo
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:29am
  It is because the Republicans and Democrats are corrupt! EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON AND THE MASS MEDIA IS CORRUPT! Follow the money! The CIA, FBI SEC, FDA, FCC, DEA, FEMA, DHS, DHHS, are ALL CORRUPT. War on Drugs = CORRUPT, CIA smuggles in drugs, War on Terror = CORRUPT, The USA trades weapons with terrorists (Iran Contra, Benghazi)
  
  WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!! THEY ARE ALL CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE HUNG FOR TREASON!!!!!!!
  
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- yeahook
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:56pm
  Why don’t you ever accuse white people of not being born in the United States? There’s plenty of other countries with white people in them. Your fear that democrats are going to accuse Rubio or Jindal of not living in the US is just generalizing your racial paranoia to other people.
  
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TheVolleyballGod
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:15am
This election was simply all about white guilt, racism and I voted for him cuz he looks like us

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- jay1975
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:35pm
  That;s what they said in 2008. face it, the GOP is fielding nothing but losers these days. Until they step up to the 21ts century, they will not win the White House again. There has only been one election since 1988 where the Rep won the popular vote. If that isn’t a wake up call, then the party is doomed.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:57pm
  Think they’ll vote fo’ some OLD White Woman in 2016 ????
  Shi* Slick Willy will be gone by then……..
  
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smokeyridgerunner
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:14am
I for one will not vote for either! I’m voting third party even if they run a monkey. I already see more monkeys in Washington DC now who have their head up their ass.

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- zorro
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:17pm
  You see that? The comment above is exactly why conservatives lose elections. But instead of blaming this dumbassery, you blame social issues. Social conservatives are the most loyal conservatives you’ll ever find. And the party will continue to isolate them to keep idiots like these with their “anchor babies aren’t real Americans” & “Obama was not born in the US” happy. Good luck in 2014 and thereafter.
  
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- RavenGlenn
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:45pm
  Because social issues do not belong with conservative ideals. The whole point of conservatism is supposed to be smaller, limited government and more freedoms. How does pushing your personal beliefs and moral values on people do that? Answer: It doesn’t.
  
  People aren’t voting for a third party because it’s fun. They are voting for them because both parties have the same agenda with ever so slight differences. Do you want to vote for the Democrats that tell you how to live your lives when it comes to what you eat, drink, what kind of car you drive, etc? Or would you like to vote for the Republicans that tell you how to live your lives when it comes to who you love, what you do with your body, what kind of television you watch, etc?
  
  Two sides of the same coin. Until Republicans drop social issues and focus on the constitution(which does not give the federal government the power to regulate any of those social issues), then they will not receive my vote. Period.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:50pm
  Then continue your path. Bring in guys like Scott Brown. But you should really educate yourself on what being a social conservative really is. And I agree that people don’t vote a third party because it’s fun. They do it because they’re stupid.
  
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- The_Bronze
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:47pm
  “Because social issues do not belong with conservative ideals. The whole point of conservatism is supposed to be smaller, limited government and more freedoms. How does pushing your personal beliefs and moral values on people do that? Answer: It doesn’t.
  
  People aren’t voting for a third party because it’s fun. They are voting for them because both parties have the same agenda with ever so slight differences. Do you want to vote for the Democrats that tell you how to live your lives when it comes to what you eat, drink, what kind of car you drive, etc? Or would you like to vote for the Republicans that tell you how to live your lives when it comes to who you love, what you do with your body, what kind of television you watch, etc?
  
  Two sides of the same coin. Until Republicans drop social issues and focus on the constitution(which does not give the federal government the power to regulate any of those social issues), then they will not receive my vote. Period.”
  
  I love that line of thinking. Until someone stands up for shutting this bloated, infringing mess down I won’t have a candidate, either.
  
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Pork_Anvil
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:12am
332 to 206! Dang!

What was that, like EVERY swing state?

Nice.

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- ranepowel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:14pm
  lol
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:03am
This is the most political ignorant article that has ever been written. I bet over 90% of Obama voting commies have no freaking clue who Joe Arpaio is.

The state-controlled media coupled with the almost impossible task of defeating a sitting president is why he lost. Plus, Romney did not excite the base. I voted for him but I can’t remember one major thing he was running on other than he wasn’t Obama. He told the conservatives he wasn’t interested in them after the primary and he suffered the consequences. It’s just that simple.

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- baxter999
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:30am
  Excellent reply. The average Obama voter doesn’t have a clue about Trump and Arpaio; they voted for the guy who will give them more stuff – more food stamps, more health care, more housing, more unemployment. There were plenty of conservatives talking about other issues. But the media is liberal and won’t cover anything other than what makes conservatives look bad and liberals look good. There is nothing that can be done about that. Alternative media like talk radio and internet pretty much only reach conservatives. Unless we do as the liberals did – fight to take control of the schools, the media and the culture – we’re doomed. Surrendering our values will just make things worse. Demography is destiny and when a huge percentage of immigrants are socialists, bringing in more of them or legalizing more of them will just make it worse.
  
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- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:09pm
  You’re exactly right. The only ones who seem to know or care about Trump and Arpaio are the same people that listen to these talk radio dingbats who are obsessed with these characters. Same radio bobbleheads are obsessed with Farrakhan, atheists, Alynski, etc etc.
  
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modilly
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:01am
Why yes. Why would anyone really care about the Constitution being forsaken by both parties? Unfortunately, the birth certificate was a red herring for the real issue that was never sufficiently addressed when it could have mattered. The GOP and responsible Democrats (there are some aren’t there?) did not question O’s credentials relative to the Constitutional requirement spelled out specifically for the President. The GOP missed it’s chance to remove the fraud when it could have done so. Now with two elections under his belt he is invulnerable.

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jackboydspeaksout
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:58am
Without a corrupt media, with a few exceptions, Obama would have never been elected to the senate much less President. Every republican is investigated back to his date of birth and every accusation is treated as truth no matter how ridiculous. Every accusation leveled at Obama was dismissed as either false or racist. Why was there no uproar in the press about Obama’s suppression of his college records and his birth certificate? Even now his executive orders are ignored no matter how outrageous. This man and the people who help him ruin this country should have been voted out of office. It is only the people who truly don’t understand, what made this country great, voted for this communist pin head. Not communist you say, see his job czar’s comments about how communism works well.

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- KheSanh
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:03am
  Mark My Words…. in 2016 the Republican Party will run one or two people in their primaries (who I believe are illegal candidates) for president or vice president…..most likely Senator Rubio and/or Governor Jindal. If either of them win in the primaries, unlike the Republican party in 2012 which failed to challenge the Democrat candidates eligibility, the Democrat Party in 2016 will go after them for not being ‘Natural Born Citizens’, just like when they went after Republicans Chester Arthur in 1880, Barry Goldwater in 1964, George Romney in 1968, Lowell Weicker in 1980, and John McCain in 2008, but not Barack Obama (Gee I wonder why?).
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:46am
  Works well IN CHINA is what he said, he wasn’t suggesting we adopt their culture and systems.
  
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Locked
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:56am
“Everything they said and did was to one end: To make Romney look like a terrible, horrible candidate.”

Yeah, because it was reaaaaaally difficult to make Romney look like a terrible, horrible candidate.

I’ll be honest. The most fervent Romney-bashing I’ve seen wasn’t from the left. It was from the right. The left was anti-GOP; the right was anti-Romney.

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Go Glenn
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:55am
So we are supposed to to ignore facts and focus on just the things that YOU think are important??!!

Wrong!!! The reason these are tired old stories is because the media in this country is bought and paid for be the liberals. Any Republican would have been crusified by the media for doing any of the crap that the messiah has gotten away with.

The sad truth is that because the media has ignored things like his birth certificate, the obvious fraud and forgery, the scandals involving Fast & Furious, and others…..we have to rely on a county sheriff and a billionaire business man to force these issues into the public arena.

Don’t blame the few who are trying. Don’t criticize those who are actually doing the right things. Try encouraging them and others to fight the fight against this tyrannical muslim and his minions.

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- ranepowel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:24pm
  There is no birther conspiracy. If you will actually just look for the FACTS, which are out there and easily available, you will see that to be the case. People like you just so badly WANT Obama to be an “illegal candidate” that you refuse to look and acknowledge the facts. That’s what makes you a dangerous part of this system. You know what you want, and you’re willing to believe anyone who says they can give that too you. It makes you one of the most dangerous kinds of public voter there can be.
  
  If anyone — be they GOP or democrat or libertarian — is willing to ignore facts in favor of unsubstantiated evidence — just because it goes along with what they personally want to believe — they are a fool.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:52pm
  ” is willing to ignore facts in favor of unsubstantiated evidence ”
  
  I’m not a birther nor do I care where he was born. Even if he wasn’t born here, we will never know it. I care that he’s an America-hating socialist. But, to suggest that Obama produce “facts” about his birth certificate is astoundingly ignorant. If the same amount of evidence went to a court on any other issue, Obama would have lost. The preponderance of the evidence lends towards the birthers.
  
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Gary_K
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:49am
The electiom was stolen. Corruption is so rampent throughout the system nobody sees it anymore.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been and will continue to be a problem for flobama and the NWO.

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BannedByHuffpo
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:44am
Nah. There were simply too many suckers that bought into BHO’s “Nigerian Prince” scam with promises of riches if they would cast their vote for him. “Hey! I gots my Obama phone” and from Detroit “we gave you our vote…now give us some o’ that government bacon”.

Fools.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:44am
If not for voter fraud (i believe rampant electronic fraud, particularly in key corridors and house/senate races like Allen West) we would not be having this conversation. Are we really going to go around in circles on false pretenses? Mitt would be the nominee. No question about it. Just as Allen West won in his district.
Is it really conceivable that a President as bad as Barak Whosinsane obama could be reelected with less than 85% of his previous turnout? That a large part of the 15% he is missing ddin’t actually vote AGAINST him? NO! It is not conceivable. It is irrational to think that he could. We saw ballot conversions taking place right before our eye! We saw the “Results” scrolling television screens A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION for crying out loud. Obama lost- we know it, the left knows it, G.Soros Union accessible machines know it!
If legit engineers would have been put on these machines immediately after the election the boards and chips would have proven it. This is basic 2+2 math.

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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:54am
  Probably just repeating WH press release masquerading as real analysis. Stories like this are manufactured and placed out there to cause confusion and disarray. Feaux ‘geniuses’ pick them up and run with them so they have something to turn in.
  
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kdshell1
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:41am
Who is Becket Adams and why does his confused opinion matter? They were ALL valuable and important issues, some of which the network media refused to cover, especially those surrounding Obama’s character, integrity, and eligibility (which was never really investigated in-depth as required). When the referees (media) favor one side (Obama) and refuse to examine his economic mess, philosophy, or lies, “analysts” and commentators should not criticize the players for not getting their message out.

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RIGS
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:39am
HEY!!!!!! GOPers and CONSERVATIVES its your fault romney lost. You did’nt vote for him because he was a morom or not conservative enough and because of the stupid political crap mentioned above. WELL YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER IN THE WHITE HOUSE and FOUR MORE YEARS.You had better get your heads straight or the 2014 election will be the same.

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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:49am
  Sorry- Without the voter fraud Romney would have won in a landslide. This stories narrative is as made up as the election was and now is designed to confuse what the real problem is, VOTER FRAUD.
  That’s not whining nor sour grapes. It’s the problem that SHOULD be focused on, not fixing some side issue designed to take the focus away. Shame on the blaze for propagating it. There is no math that could explain obama ‘winning’ in the face of States voting Republican Government. Puhleeeze- Nobody but NOBODY voted a split ticket in favor of obama. That is beyond absurd. That’s twilight zone material.
  
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- ranepowel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:29pm
  I like the guy who thinks there was voter fraud. I like picturing him at his computer, slowly adjusting his tinfoil hat while fapping to pictures of CRAPpio in his sheriff’s costume.
  
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stopprintn
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:38am
Just the fact Obamas father WAS NOT A CITIZEN disqualifies him.

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- Locked
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:00am
  No it doesn’t. Please stop doing exactly what the article said: repeating debunked lies. There are important things to focus on, and legitimate criticisms that should have been the focus of the election.
  
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:35am
Trumps so full of himself he thought he was helping. The sheriff should have had the Governs back. The media should care more about the temporary jobs they still have.

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csbaby
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:27am
The left is just very good at lying and getting their illiterate voters to believe them. Granted, not all the left voters are illiterate, but many are. The smart ones are the wealthy ones.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:16pm
  I think there’s enough illiterate people to go around, the left doesn’t have a monopoly on that. Actually based on Palin’s lingering popularity among you, you definitely win that contest.
  
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TheMajority
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:25am
“The Republican Party and its conservative allies”

That is as far as I made it into this article. Why read more if it starts out this delusional?

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:56am
  I like Sheriff Joe as a Sheriff and I like what he does as Sheriff. That being said.. he should have known when to pack it in (not saying he was wrong mind you) as it was a lost cause. He took his street cred and took to the national stage with a loser of an argument. Millions upon millions of our fellow Americans really don’t seems to care that Obama is an all-around POS and fraud in many ways. Sad commentary regarding a very large sector of our society.
  
  Trump is just a blowhard with bad hair. He made some “good” points, but he’s like a fart in the wind blowing every which way…
  
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cdn1979
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:24am
wow. good job blaze. you actually nailed this one right on the head. it was the fringe nut bar right wing that cost the republicans the election. how many more times are you gonna complain about the birth certificate? these caused the downfall when there were so many other (so so so many) other things to bash obama with. his record was less than good. easy to pick apart.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:21am
This is the American way as each legal voter has the right and privilege to get out and vote. If you did not that was your choice and you now have a system that you ignored and will have to live with it whether good or bad. If you voted illegally or was bribed whether by money, things or promises then you deserve what you get and that is illegal, bribes, lack of money because it was given away and promises that may never come. I still love America. God Bless America

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cannon12pdr
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:20am
If all the judges and offical followed the constitution then the big o would not have been on a ballot to elect him.

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- encinom
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:27am
  Why, he is qualified, there is zero evidence supporting the racist theories of the racist AZ Sherrif or Trump. The Judges did their jobs, they kept the consipracy theories from polluting the halls of justice.
  
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encinom
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:19am
I can here the popping of the heads of the Beckerheads as the Blaze just dismissed their racist conspiracy theories regarding the President.

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  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:25am
  @ Encinom
  
  Troll Patrol is advising readers to ignore you!
  
  Troll: one who posts a deliberately provocative, false or misleading comment with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.
  
  Tempus fugit.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:13am
  TROLL PATROL . . .Nobody cares what you advise.
  
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