Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:00:02 AM
EDITORIAL: Psssst ... Let's nail the sheriff
Justice Department takes on Arizona's popular Arpaio
By
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., is no
stranger to hardball tactics, so he probably isn't fazed by being on
the receiving end of rough politics. Still, that doesn't excuse the
Obama administration's apparent ideological vendetta against him.
By the (il)logic of the administration and its allies at the
American Civil Liberties Union, Sheriff Arpaio should not set up a
phone tip line to search for immigration violators, and he is not
allowed to tell the public about federal immigration enforcement
policies even if he is merely disputing demonstrable falsehoods told
about him; yet the Justice Department can set up an anonymous tip line
to gather evidence against the sheriff.
Of course, the administration isn't much worried about
consistency. Moral grandstanding is its game, and its intended prize is
the scalp of a pestilent sheriff.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/16/psssst-lets-nail-the-sheriff/