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AZ Sheriff Again Blames ‘Free Speech’ for ‘Angry Country’ Benefiting ‘Some Party’
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teaparty teamster
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34amWhat a 100% IDIOT, stick to the investigation and stay the hell out of politics. Or, step down as Pima co. top cop.
Report Post »fordfan
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:08pmAgree with you 100%. Unfortunately, as far as I know, sheriffs are elected and this makes them politicians. :-((
Report Post »I do wonder, in this case, what investigation is necessary. He was watched by many do this, disarmed by a woman no less and restrained by two men. He’s NOT a “suspected gunman” or in this case innocent til proven guilty…..HE’S GUILTY! Even an insanity plea does not take away his guilt of committing the crime…maybe just changes his mode of incarceration…if he’s lucky enough to be incarcerated.
A trial is necessary but in my opinion, should only take a day or two and then only be to handle the formalities….like for instance, yes, his fingerprints ARE on the gun and the bullet(s) match the gun and then his sentence.
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 5:46pmThank you Sheriff, your the voice of Tucson right now.
Report Post »2bfree
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:33amMr. Sheriff, just shut up and do your job, like, arresting the bad guys. Oh, I forgot, you’re confused on who the bad guys are, or else you’re just plane stupid!
Report Post »William_Wallace
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:42amplane stupid – LOL
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:03pm@WILLIAM WALLCE;
YOU better not make one spelling or grammatical mistake and let me find it or I will embarrass you to no end.
“Let he who has not sinned, cast the first stone.”
Just sayin’
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:37pmDiamond back, you’re right. I just despise those people who go around with red pens trying to correct others comments. You’d think we were in school instead of writing comments. Many of us make mistakes because we’re typing too fast and fail to recheck properly. Ok well, I consider those with the little red pen usually have little who-who‘s or it wouldn’t bother them so much. This is for comments and ideas, not a blackboard at school waiting to be corrected for spelling & sentence structure.
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:31amHe needs to act more professional and do his job – i.e. the doctors and surgeons representing the hospital are fabulous in their professionalism. The sheriff should do the same – this was not the time or place for him to blow off steam. He embarrasses himself.
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30amFailure of logic, irresponsible mudslinging.
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30amMaybe the sheriff should consider the Daily Koz connection to the killer and the relation to shooting Giffords because of her vote against Pelosi. That would be the truth instead of the babbling lies the media is reporting like a salivating dog.
Report Post »DearLeader
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:02pmNonsense,
I’m sick of seeing this Daily Kos article being used as “evidence” of some sort of left wing call to violence. Read Blue Boy’s statement : “Congressman Giffords is dead to me now. I won’t lift a finger, make one phone call, nor will I EVER vote for her in the future.”
Not a clarion call to violence. Don’t know what “truth” you see this article illuminating.
And Blue Boy is not Jared Loughner.
Read the original article cache yourself from this right wing site: http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/08/my-congresswoman-voted-against-nancy-pelosi-and-is-now-dead-to-me-eerie-daily-kos-hit-piece-on-gabrielle-giffords-just-two-days-before-assassination-attempt-on-her/
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:34pm@ DEARLEADER — When the DailyKos gets blamed 9 — that’s NINE times for stuff they did not do, then you can be tired. TEA Party Patriots that LOVE this country are tired of the LEFT blaming us for every incident……………. READ and LEARN
Report Post »(1) NYC Times Square car bomb attempt: where Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Leftist media attempted to blame the Tea Party, but it was a Muslim who was responsible for attempting to detonate a car filled with makeshift explosives bent on murdering scores of people in Times Square.
(2) February 2010 IRS plane attack: where the Leftist media tried to claim the Tea Party was involved in an attack on an Austin, Texas IRS facility; turns out the pilot was a Democrat.
(3) Ft. Hood attack: where the Leftist media tried to claim the Tea Party was responsible for murders on an Army base; turns out it was a Muslim who shouted “Admiral Akbar!” at the top of his lungs while opening fire on his fellow soldiers.
4) Cabby attacked by a Leftist gay guy. The suspect was actually a very, very liberal pro-Cordoba/Ground Zero Mosque activist – LSM never corrected the original lie http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/pals_say_ballistic_outburst_is_un_7QiIB0dNNgPC8o05AXZf3M
5) At first the Discovery Channel loon was figured to be a Tea Partier attacking a network that promoted Global Warming, etc. Then of course, it turned out to be a guy who hated all the Baby Story shows promoting human life over the environment. I will now attempt to find the linkage. Actually motivated by Gore.
6) Police in Huntsville, Ala., charged Bishop, 44, with capital murder after she allegedly opened fire on six colleagues at a faculty meeting Friday, killing three. Afterward, she calmly called her husband and asked him to pick her up as if nothing had happened, said police Chief Henry Reyes. A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children – the youngest a third-grade boy – was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting.
7) The Kentucky Census worker who staged his own death to look like a murder: http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-24/us/kentucky.census.worker.death_1_mr-sparkman-suicide-body?_s=PM:US
8) Progressive activist vandalized Russ Carnahan’s (Democrat) office: http://michellemalkin.com/2010/08/25/not-again-another-act-of-democrat-vandalism-falsely-blamed-on-tea-party/ http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14045675“Activist Maurice Joseph Schwenkler, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to a second-degree misdemeanor for smashing windows at the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters last summer.”
9) AZ shooting on Congress woman Giffords. http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/08/my-congresswoman-voted-against-nancy-pelosi-and-is-now-dead-to-me-eerie-daily-kos-hit-piece-on-gabrielle-giffords-just-two-days-before-assassination-attempt-on-her/
powhatan
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:28amwell duh the country is angry…lok what is happening…andthis guy makes me angry too…..blaming politics on a paranoid murderer….shameful
Report Post »wifezilla
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:28amProgressive philosophy is let now crisis go to waste ya know. Man this makes me SICK!
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:28amThe left has redefined the meaning of the word “indecent” to levels below that of defiling the memory of the deceased. With the smoke of gun powder still in the air and the bodies of the victims down on the ground, they shamelessly attempt to politicize a national tragedy.
What a disgraceful lot they are. They are to be held in the lowest of contempt, below even that of the indecency of the Westboro Baptist Church. Despicable.
Report Post »jowolo
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:27am…and to think people of Arizona elected this twerp
Report Post »LearnFromTheGiants
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:27amSomebody needs to keep track of all the different people supposedly responsible for the AZ tragedy. It’s like a circular firing squad. Everybody who doesn’t agree with you is totally responsible.
I’m going to let you in on a secret. I know who the trigger-man was. One serious basket case. No one else, unless you can figure out how to blame Miss Polous (my 9th grade English teacher who gave me a D on my report card 40 years ago.)
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:32amTrue. Only one responsible for this murderous rampage is one, single demented and dangerous nut job who unfortunately succeeded. As he also got caught, now we can see just exactly what real and true lunacy and evil are when combined into one.
May we all learn from this loss.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:27amHe is angry because he is now just a coffee and doughnut fetcher for the FBI
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:07pmLol
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:42pmWhen the camera rolls…tongues flap
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:25amAs I said before, just another small town sheriff with a small town mind trying to be something he can never be. When the letter from the shooter’s safe proved without a doubt the killer was a leftwing nutjob, the sheriff refused to accept the truth and keeps babbling the same lies long after they have been proven wrong. Very acceptable behavior for the average lib who doesn’t understand the truth.
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:25amThis sheriff needs to apologize and resign, right now.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 3:51pmHe needs to be FIRED immediately. He spent 2 days on tv pushing his personal and political agenda instead of acting in his official capacity.
Report Post »Avidmonkey
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:25amI don’t get it…he blames freedom of speech for the tragedy and yet asserts as his right to say whatever he wants to say (even if it isn’t factual). And they give THIS guy a gun?
Report Post »time4termlimits
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:24amThis sheriff ought to simply focus upon what he is being paid to do. How do people like this rise to positions of power in this country. But of course, mainstream media will continue to let this guy ratchet up his own friggin rhetoric. I am losing all faith in this country. It is crumbling around our ears and my sense is that we’ll not save the Republic. We blew it.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:24amHe has no agenda ,trust him he’s a democrat after all.
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:23amHe is a Dem. and now he seen how much publicity hes getting he will keep up the message.
Report Post »Just Say NoBama
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:21amYou’re a law enforcement officer. Your “opinion” does not matter. Do your damn job, keep your mouth shut. You are a disgrace to law enforcement officers nationwide. No “agenda”? Please. The voters in this county should start a recall (if allowed) against this bozo.
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:52amHis opinion does matter and unfortunate for you his voice is being heard in every household in this country.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:53amYour right they should get him out. I wonder if law enforcement as a group, each city or county across the nation could send this joker a message, a letter from each Police Chief or Sheriff would make a heck of a statement on mail day!!
Report Post »Grady Curve
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:02pmwhiteteaparty a law officer is supposed to be impartial to politics… but in your leftist socialist soros world… you only want your way and no other… what a troll you are…
Report Post »Go back to Huff Po
Old Truckers
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:37pmMaybe Sheriff Joe Arpio can get him some pink underwear. HaHa
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:17pmLionslayer, Absolutely love the “bear” analogy. Suits perfectly!!!
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 7:06pm@WHITETEAPARTY
Report Post »Does this sheriff have the right to his own opinion? Most Certainly
Does this sheriff have the right to “voice” his own opinion i.e. “Free Speech”? Indubitably
Does he have the responsibility to make sure his ‘personal’ opinion does NOT get in the way of his professional job as an elected official? YES!!!
What he has done here is absolutely irresponsible for a Law Enforcement officer. I don‘t care whether he’s Left or Right. As a Law Enforcement officer, he is required to be objective. And if that statement is too unclear for you, that means he leaves his opinion at home when he’s on the job. That’s what he was elected and paid by tax payer money to do! To act professionally, not use the situation for his own aggrandizement.
82dAirborne
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:21amHow did this guy get elected in AZ???????????
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30amI have to wonder that myself, and I live in AZ.
Report Post »mrprof
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:37amUnfortunately Tucson is a bastion of liberalism, and has been for years – we have majority democrat in this county. I have been voting against this jerk for as long as I can vote and yet he’s in there year after sad year…
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:11pm@MRPROF
Report Post »Thanks for the info. You just answered my question. D*mn, we need to have term limits across the board, to get rid of all the perennial pond scum.
82dAirborne
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:21amAdd your comments
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 4:48pmCan’t figure out why, but many Sheriff’s win elections by people who never bother to look into backgrounds. That‘s because so many towns have such a good ’ole boy system, we never know how
Report Post »corrupt our own Sheriff & Chief of Police really are. It’s a hush-hush thing. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. It’s kept under wraps as long as they all play the game. This goes for D.A’s too.
gfotwins1995
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:21amMSM in AZ verifies this guy was LEFT WING NUT http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/01/jared_loughner_alleged_shooter.php
Report Post »starman70
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:13pmThey certainly won’t dwell on that point. They will use every means of subterfuge to smear the real story and paint him as a reght wing advocate.
Report Post »123abc
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:20amI wish someone would put a gag on this wacky liberal. I realize he thinks he is trying to bring us together with his crap but he’s making it worse. Incompetent loser.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:27pmI kind of agree but I think it is good for him to keep showing what a disgusting, worthless moron he is.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:20amHey Sheriff – “You’re Fired”
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:25pmWhere was this law enforcement professional when all the warnngs went
out that this very unstable kid was in his area?
How did this kid get a legal weapon with his background?
Amazing how they shift blame.
Wolverine
Report Post »mountainb
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:35pmHey True Grit!!!! you need to stop, he was busy putting water out in the desert for our poor “ILLEGAL ALEINS” sneaking in to vote for him. You can’t worry the big sheriff with little details like, um, doing his job!!! he is to busy playing politics and who knows what else he has been playing with. I can only pray his county looks closely at this slimeball and send him packing with a recall election or at least next time he is up. What a slimey typical politician!!!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 4:21pmThis POS sheriff is an Un-American coward, most liberals are.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:19amThe FBI, Jan Brewer, somebody needs to put a muzzle on this “law enforcement officer” who is looking for his 10 mins of fame and tell him to stick to the facts and keep his personl opinion out of the investigation. I’m sure the public would just like to know the hard facts and are capable of making up their own minds what motivated this deranged young man.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:23amAgreed as well Grandmaof5; political agendas and statements do not belong in any investigation, even though the administration and the left are doing their darn best to make it out as such. This one sheriff is WRONG for the way he is going about things.
Recall petitions need to be started, and get him out of office.
Or get him to retire.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:28amYou are right. This guy is a joke and a disgrace to his uniform. Who cares what his personal views are, just the facts please. I don’t know if he is elected in his state or not, but he should be locked up for breach of his authority. What goes around comes around, and this guy better duck when it comes back at him. Of course he has the drive-by media to make sure his 5 minutes lasts much longer.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:01pmWhere’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio when you need him .
Report Post »starman70
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:10pmYou are so right. This Sheriff needs to SHUT UP and concentrate his efforts on enforcing the law and developing evidence to prosecute the shooter to the fullest extent of the law. His political rethoric is un necessary and certainly counter productive.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 4:39pmRight on! This Sheriff has absolutely no legal right to give his personal opinion while it’s being investigated. However, maybe he‘s never had the chance to be ’impotent’ before ha. He reported little
Report Post »available information and much personal opinion. I noticed he was slow to admit this young man had been in trouble before (5 times) and with his mother’s influence, perhaps there was a slight of hand in how it was handled. Sorry, the Sheriff might be a good ‘ole boy, but he needs to be reprimanded severely and asked to resign for his personal comments at this heinous crime against people in his community.
OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 5:32pmThe more I think about this guy, the more suspicious I get. Consider: 1) He’s obviously VERY liberal or left leaning. 2) He’s been a proponent for being a sanctuary county for illegal immigrants – with a statistically much higher incidence of violent crime involving Drug cartels. 3) As a Law Enforcement officer of several years, and a superior of other officers I might add, he would KNOW FULL WELL that his spouting off this opinion garbage was going to taint the prosecution of the suspect. The defense attorney will eat this up. At the very least, keep the case going for some time with all the basis for appeals. This all smacks of a deliberate act to provide the suspect a viable defense, and hence, raises my suspicions of him being on someone’s payroll – and I‘m not talking about the taxpayer’s either. Makes me wonder what would come to light should someone “follow the Benjamins”. hmmm?
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:18pmAnd now the suspect ends up with the same defense attorney that defended Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber!!! curiouser and curiouser
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 7:46pmThis guy is just putting out fodder for a crafty defense attorney – can you say “prejudice a case”?
Report Post »MJDalton
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:17amCan you fire a Sheriff
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:22amYou can have them recalled in a special election in AZ.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:25amI almost wish I lived in his district so I could be part of the group who will petition to ‘fire’ him. What a moron.
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:27amTime for him to resign. He has let his political beliefs influence his supposed to be impartial investigative law enforcement duties. Where he is not looking for facts, but is bending facts to suit his personal political beliefs.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:27amLeft wing loony! Goes to show how SICK the left is… they will use any situation to forward their agenda. Yes, even the murders of innocent men, women and children. Sick… absolutely SICK!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30amPlease do somethin about this rabid lib. I don’t believe anything he says any longer. Not about the letter, they are keeping secret, the second suspect or ANYTHING else. He not only refused to take back his original politicized statement, but he openly accused Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin for this heinous shooting, and went as far as to say it would continue until 2012. Unethical, lying, freaking lib.
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30amEvery one is allowed to have there own oppinion no matter how wrong it is.
Report Post »48
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:31amWhat ever needs to be done, he should be fired.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:32amThis is exactly why our government was designed to operate slowly and methodically. It prevents anger like this, justified or not, from taking away our rights. Free speech is so important to our Republic it was first in our Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is non-negotiable! Wait ‘til you’re rational before you speak publically, Sheriff…
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34amSo the sheriff can make inflamatory accusations against percieved political opponents because he was “angry at the time…..and I am still angry”?? However, American citizens cannot voice their anger at our elected politicians, especially if they are politicians that he agrees with?? Nice double-standard game those Progressives have going on there…….
Report Post »FreeMan5771
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:35amYou probably can’t fire a Sheriff unless you can prove some sort of wrongdoing.
Anyway, what you can do is realize that the global elite, through the Progressives, are using this crisis to try to take away our right of free speech and our guns. Whether you realize it or not, this country is on the verge of having its sovereignty completely dissolved into this NWO. All that’s left to do is to declare martial law in the US and turn on the Socialist / Communist system of the NWO. That’s it! Of course, these officials fear for their lives too much to do this with an armed citizenry. So they are using this crisis to its fullest.
See, if its not legal to speak out against the governemnt, they’ll just use Homeland Security (USA’s version of KGB) to call you a terrorist and imprison you. Then they’ll use the FCC to keep you from posting the wrong kind of speech on the internet. The Republicans in congress aren’t scared enough to go along with limitations on free speech and gun control. So the Progressives will use the unconstitutional regulatory branches to bring their evil plan to fulfillment.
This Sheriff is just one more pawn in the system. Maybe he has some skeletons in his closet and got word that they are going to be brought public if he isn’t on TV every 5 minutes calling for limiations on speech. After all, seeing a sheriff say that speech provokes people to commit murder is supposed to make all the stupid serfs believe that something must be done. That something is supposed to be an end to free speech and an end to the right to own a gun.
Time for common sense here. Do not accept your own slavery. We have to hold this country together for two more years, then we can change it with the elections. We have to make sure our newly elected representatives are watchful not to let the FCC and Homeland Security bypass Congress and trample our consitutional rights until then. Believe me, the Progressives will try like never before. They’ve got 2 yrs, then they will be out of power, at least for a while, but hopefully forever. Let’s hope we still have a country by then.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:36amYou just can’t fix STUPID! He just keeps digging a deeper hole for himself!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:37am912828Buckeye, true, but he’s not just anyone, he’s a law enforcement official. He has a responsibility to be more rational before speaking publically.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:37amWere I a Pima County Commissioner, I’d be calling this knothead on the carpet and order him to keep his “opinions” to himself and his yap shut!. In the position he holds, he has no business spouting his opinion out like this, but I guess he couldn’t resist the chance for attention to himself.
Report Post »JimOhio
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:37amThis man has shown his community and the nation how unprofessional he is during a time when being objective and acting in a professional manner about this situation could have been his moment to shine.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:40amTry to curb free speech, try to curb the right to bare arms, then see what happens!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:47amMe thinks he ain‘t be gettin’ re-elected.
Report Post »The Atomic Mom
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:48amIn Arizona you fire the sherrif by electing a new one. Tuscon is pretty liberal and a place were anyone with a “D” gets elected just because of that D.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:55am@Snow
Report Post »I just read his bio. Since his appointment in 1980, he has been elected and then re-elected seven times. Does that partisan jerk have a strong lib base or what?
7.62AirMailComeGetIt
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Report Post »Ronko
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:01pmThey should call a special election because he’s taking advantage of the crisis and using propaganda to expand his political views and that is wrong. He has a right to free speech but not to blatently lie about the event when he said that the Tea Party was partily responsible for this attack which is flat out wrong, Disgusting, and a complete lie on his part.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:09pmFunny how this guy and HIS anger sound just like what he is explaining.Practice what you preach idiot.
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:09pmWeekend stories on MSM….. Bla bla bla… conservitives… bla bla bla Sarah Palin… bla bla bla talk radio… bla bla bla… repeal health care… bla bla bla… hate speach…… bla bla bla… need more gun laws ….. bla bla bla
Weekend stories on fox and conservitive sites… Bla bla bla …. communist…. bla bla bla …. See its the left again… Bla bla bla… its always them never us … bla bla bla…. marxist….. bla bla bla … you know what he was thinking…. bla bla bla… Agenda..
Seams every one on both sides has an opnion on what he was thinking and what caused him to do this terrible act. I bet if you asked the kid he would say the same thing that any kid would say “I Don’t know!” And that is probably the truth. My kid has done some very stupid things and that is his responce when I have asked him.
And where were the parents? In shock and disbelief like the rest of us. I can only imagine the ammount of sorry that they are in right now.
Last but not least Sheriff …Really ???? Free Speach? Really? ok so drop all charges agaist this person and arest free speach. Yes free speach is the killer. FFS
This is a very tragic event. My heart felt prayers to all involved.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:12pmThis guy is not fit for duty. You can not have a political reprobate spewing this kind of pornography as a sheriff. They should start a recall election immediately. This sheriff is a depraved individual and it‘s obvious he’s not able to uphold the law without bias.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:16pmWhy is it the sheriff doesn’t see his speech as hateful and inciting to riot?
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:21pmEver wonder why their stopping the pledge???????
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Could it be it says RE PUBLIC (OOOwwww bad word-hint sarcasm )
and they have you believe were a DEMOC RACY
The Founding Fathers Were 100% AGAINST A DEMOC RACY
read the Constitution and learn about it if you have any doubts
And who’s getting the wool pulled over their eyes????????????????
As the progressive screams NNOOOOOOO it cant be FLAG FLAG DELETE FLAG as the Truth lights up on their computer screen… no no no flag flag
COPY & PASTE E-mail RE-POST
Just an HONEST ?????????
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:22pmYou Think You Know?
FOUNDING FATHERS WERE AGAINST DEMOCRACY
The Founding Fathers Were Against Democracy Because It Was Really Anarchy In Disguise; They Chose System of Governmental Control.
When the United States was born, the Founding Fathers were adamantly against democracy and sought to establish a republic. Their goal was to create a nation that would be strong, upstanding and committed to a fair deal for its entire population.
They were even in many respects opposed to democracy as the following quote attests. ‘A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49. ‘
– Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, author of the Bill of Rights.
The Founding Fathers looked high and wide for the most reasonable system to put in place for the new country that was to become the United States.
But they found in history only reasons to avoid democracy, at least in its literal sense, as one of the worst forms of government ever to be attempted. It is for this reason that the United States Constitution does not refer to a democracy.
What it does say is that the United States should guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government.
Report Post »jnewbank
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:22pmYes you can, at the voting booth. It would be a stretch to impeach or recall him based on his violation of the constitution by infering that the Ist ammendment is bad of which he is sworn to uphold
Report Post »jnewbank
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:24pmWell, He’s sworn to protect and defend the constitution of the United States except ammendment 1. I think you have a case
Report Post »101
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:24pmSheriff Dupnik said “it’s not in his job description to protect representatives at public appearances” Dupnik you’re the “Sherriff” why have you not made it your job to serve & protect the representatives in your district? Had you done your job and had the police protection for AZ Rep. Gabrielle Gifford which is your job, this wouldn’t have happened, yet he blames everybody else for your incompetence …this would have never happened on Sherriff Joe Arpaio’s watch!
Report Post »mountainb
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:24pmThis jack a– is typical of most police chiefs and sheriffs. There are exceptions but not many. They are mouthpieces for the liberal agenda as they are usually overeducated, underexperienced officers who hid in special assignments and will never have a clue what a real police officer thinks. This a great view into the thoughts of the IACP and their ilk.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:25pmhe’s old and decrepit and irrelevant who needs 5 minutes of fame. i say let him speak.
Report Post »siralien
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:26pmWhile this country PRAYS for the victims and their families, with shameless sensationalism the news media PREYS on their viewers.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:27pmThis Sheriff needs to simply shut up. Freedom of speech is not from government, but from God and he needs to drop it before he riles up more negative sentiment and division. He’s a divider, not a uniter, and he has a definite agenda – a negative agenda, a deleterous agenda, a power-over-those-he-dislikes agenda, and he needs to shut up.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:29pmThis guy is so mad at the state of Arizona’s new attorney general.Last Thursday he ordered all sheriffs in Arizona not to release illegals arrested. Up until that former AG Terry Goddard let him declare his county a sanctuary county.Judge Susan Bolton declared the part of SB1070 prohibiting sanctuary cities and counties constitutional.This guy is for open borders.
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:32pmLIBERAL / PROGRESSIVE —– MIND FRAME
Blame, lie, lie some more, blame again, and if that does not work play the race card
your all the same
Hate FACTS….. TRUTH to you is like ACID. FLAG ALL TRUTH…
FACTS to a PROGRESSIVE are like COMMON SENSE they want NO PART OF IT
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:36pm912828Buckeye Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30am
Report Post »“Every one (sic) is allowed to have there (sic) own oppinion (sic) no matter how wrong it is.” This is most definitely true, and they are allowed to express it. But, just because you are free to talk stupid, does not mean you should. What’s that old adage about keeping your mouth shut and letting people think you are stupid, rather than opening it and removing all doubt? Not saying he’s stupid, just that he’s talking stupid.
chazman
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:46pmJackass!
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:47pm101, I gotta agree, if this mouthy sheriff had been doing his job, probably none of this would have happened. He’s proving himself to be a consumate loser. The more he opens his mouth, the more the rest of us can see what a mistake his district made and hopefully they will replace him at the first opportunity with someone competent. As we look back, we also have to point to the FBI and wonder how this shooter passed his background check. Granted that if he was adamant he could have found an illegal weapon, but somehow it was too easy for him to obtain a legal weapon. I don’t want to make the purchase of a weapon for self-defense or for hunting, more difficult, I just want to make it nearly impossible for the criminal element and the mentally unstable to get a weapon. Of course to do the first, we must have competent law enforcement (which excludes this sheriff and many, many judges). To do the second, we may need to revisit how information that shows mental problems can be used to protect society. Think of the murders at Virginia Tech. Same thing, a very deranged young man was able to obtain weapons and kill innocent people. We need to get some dialog going on this before our elected democrats attempt to further curtail our freedom and Constitutional rights.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:52pmAlmost before the bullets had stopped flying in the assassination attempt of Congresswoman Giffords, the mainstream media invoked the preponderance of propaganda proclaiming that this was just another violence incident caused by “inflammatory right-wing rhetoric.” An investigation of the perpetrator soon proved that he was just another proponent of tyranny with little or no connection to true patriots.
“Inflammatory right-wing” rhetoric, of course, is any disagreement with President Obama’s actions or proposals. The purpose of this propaganda is to discredit and silence the opposition to tyranny (Obama’s programs). Even though the thug has been proven to be just another disciple of tyranny, the attacks on patriots continues.
One would expect that after so many failed attempts to tie the rhetoric of freedom to the cause of violence, the mainstream media’s credibility would be severely damaged. Sadly, this is not the case. The lies just continue with the expectation that the quantity of lies will trump the truth. So don’t expect the mainstream media to apologize or even admit that they were wrong.
The tyrants, with virtual control of the mainstream media, are following Joseph Goebbels’ instructions for the dissemination of propaganda. The volume and quantity of lies will be used to bury the truth with the expectation of discrediting and silencing those who advocate freedom.
The tyrant’s premises are false. So the only arguments that the tyrant can use are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reach huge profits from the misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics. These tactics are very effective when the tyrant controls most of the media. Do not be duped by repetition. The 10,000th repetition of the lie is no more valid than the initial statement.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny! http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:58pm@UnTameable Kate:
You may not be able to vote in his re-election bid BUT there’s nothing that says you (and we) can’t make political contributions to support his opponent!
There’s more ways than one to skin a rat.
Report Post »MRLAZ
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:04pmYes, we can fire the sheriff – they are elected officials.
I’m sure this one is the finest of persons, but I would respect him more if he would boldly apologize for his vitriole on national television, spewing anger where it isn’t deserved.
He says it is because he knows and loves Gabby; well, most everyone else does, too. He says he is just voicing his personal opinion: Sheriff, it is one thing to voice your opinion in your living room. It is another the spew angry, emotional accusations on national TV. Out of respect for Gabby, directly apologize to the many people you falsely wronged. After all, isn’t this the kind of language you were condemning?
Report Post »airbrnmtr
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:11pmAs a Sheriff he isnt allowed to have an “opinion”. Not until all of the facts have been reviewed and documented is he ALLOWED to publicly speak and tell the world what he has learned. To do what he did, was policically timed and he is looking for those in Washington to throw him a bone.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:13pmThis Sheriff sounds like a defense attorney’s wet dream.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:26pmHey Sheriff
UP AH U S
Get it? Nuk! Nuk! Nuk!
I didn’t know the tea party, Palin, and the Obama regime started in 2007 when this mad man started stalking these folks.
Oh wait! That was before that time. Humm!
I didn’t know that tea party types typicaly keep shrines in the back yard with skulls.
Humm!
I didn’t know that tea party types favorite books are of Karl Marx.
Really!? Humm!
But I do know that the progressives are recking the country I love and taking money from our children and grandchildren.
I do know the progressives are for abortion in their health care bill. A angry death wish if there ever was one.
I do know the progressives were trying to slip death pannels into the health care bill. Woops, another kind of sort of, um, death wish.
That they do advocate violence to shred the constitution. I think last time I checked that tea party types are peacful resisting progressives to not (I repeat not) shred the constitution.
Now here’s where I get really really violent with progressives. Are you ready for this? Don‘t have your children read this it’s really violent what I am about to say.
Please don’t read further unless you have a strong stomach.
The following is not for the faint of heart to read.
Here we go. I warned you…..
PROGRESSIVES STICK IT UP YOUR ROSEY RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There I feel better now. Boy was that violent. Could somebody please arrest me. I feel oh so bad for having gotten so out of control. Who knows may be it will get worse. But I promise I won’t tear Obama bumper stickers off of cars. That diffinitely would be going toooooooooooooo far!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:32pmThis sheriff reminds me of a cop back home. Try to find the facts that fit his theory. Never investigate to find the truth, but get an idea in his head and then do everything to prove it, whether true or not.
Report Post »To do an honest investigate, you take the crime, the Known facts at the time, collect the evidence, do the foot work to find any more evidence/facts, and put it all together to see where it leads.
You can not do the leading just to end up where you WANT to be.
This sheriff fails Invstigation 101 big time. Even a rookie knows better. Hopefully the FBI will investigate correctly and not allow anyone, and I mean anyone to change the facts.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:37pmYeah far be it from the sherriff to blame corrupt government offical coupled with a bais media system instilling mistrust and contempt among the population.
Report Post »River0
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:39pm“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid.”
– Rahm Emanuel
Report Post »WTH
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 1:47pmThe DEUCHEPOCALYPSE is in full force and this guy proves it!
Report Post »SeeMoore2
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:02pmIf he suspected anyone acting on the “angry rhetoric” he should have provided more security, especialy at an event with such high profile participants.
Report Post »He knows he’s a major FAILURE, so he has to cast blame in any direction he can.
kryptonite
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:12pm@7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Report Post »Almost all countries nowadays are “republics”. As long as a country has a “president” in place — even if he stays there forever — it can call itself a republic.
We are a Constitutional Confederated Republic. That is what makes us different from China or Iran or any other so-called republic.
WTH
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:26pmThe DEUCHEPOCALYPSE is in full force and here’s your proof!
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:29pmThe very first time I saw a clip of this idiot, I said ” I’ll bet he is a democrat, or liberal “
Report Post »PoxZombie
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 2:42pmyeah who needs all this “free” speech anyway. (sarcasm) although… can it really be called free speech anymore when you pay for anything you say with ridicule and blame? id say its more like “free speech with strings attached” anymore.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 3:58pmThe real story will come out about this dingbat eventually.
Report Post »Tea Party Conservatism
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 4:09pmSheriff Dupnik is actually right in saying that the level of vitriol in America is disconcerting. It is shameful that progressive socialist democrats and the activist liberal media elitists conspire to lie to America by ascribing the leftist assassin’s personal politics to the Tea Party and conservatism.
Combat the lies!
1.) Register more conservative citizens to vote.
2.) Vigilantly disallow vote fraud in all forms.
3.) Boycott all advertisers of news outlets that lie.
If you don’t like divisive vitriol caused by the lies, then fire the liberal politicians and media liars! Don’t let the enemies of our Constitutional Republic bring our nation down, care enough to clean it up! Restore America’s conservative values, especially if you share the frustration of Sheriff Dupnik, a dedicated public servant who took an oath to support and defend the United States Constitution, including Amendment 1.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
“In matters of power let no more be heard of the confidence in man but bind them down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.” Thomas Jefferson
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Why Obama is ineligible – regardless of his birthplace
Report Post »By Leo C. Donofrio, Esq.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=134881
101
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 4:31pmThey should do a movie “Starring Sheriff Dupnik”. Rouge Sherriff, about a small town corrupt Sheriff who shoots an innocent man and plants a gun to get away with it!
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 5:35pmWhat a moron.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:33pmhe is the face of a democrat,left wing political hack. I really feel sorry for anyone who comes in contact with this guy. The freakish mentality of an elected official who takes an oath to protect and serve. I wouldnt feel safe anywhere near this guy.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:57pmjust found out that this Sheriff knew about past threats by this guy. Why didnt he protect his county?? but he likes to falsely throw the blame around. Shame on him.
Report Post »lizaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 7:01pmI’m not in his district, but he is an embarrassment to many of us in AZ. He’s definitely not my voice!! I think a public official should do his job and leave the pontificating to others.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 9:08pm@MJDALTON Be careful, you used the word “fire”. It could be perceived as a threat.
Report Post »dominke
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:16amThis old man cant be trusted. He has been a liberal dem for long time. He has spoken from both sides of mouth. Remember liars will say anything to get elected and many people have believed him for long time.
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:20amStupnik looks and speaks as crazy as the perp. At 75 he’s obviously lost it
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