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Old 08-03-2010, 03:17 PM
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The underlying message: Be askeered! Run for your lives! Hide! The Mexicans are gonna git ya, unless the brave hero sheriff saves everyone by arresting all persons with a dark to semi-dark tan.

All praise Arpaio!
All praise Arpaio!

All sarcasm aside: My opinion is that he is a media hotdog that tries to stir up fear and anger - well suited for today's political climate.

I admit, he definitely has his finger on the accelerated pulse of America!
The "Mexicans" have already proven they WILL shoot and kill across the border. So it's not just hype and the sky is falling.

The concern is real. This particular message may or may not be real, but if someone were to take the text message at face value, and goes after the sheriff believing they will get a bounty, well, then there is an issue, isn't there?

What I disagree with in your statement is you act like there isn't justifiable cause to be concerned that someone may take a shot.... it isn't panic, it's a situation that exists.
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What I disagree with in your statement is you act like there isn't justifiable cause to be concerned that someone may take a shot.... it isn't panic, it's a situation that exists.
That's the gist...

If one were to write "Obama might attack Iran.", the Left will think it's BS and not worth the keyboard it was typed on...

But we can go back and see the MULTIPLE number of articles on how Bush might attack Iran and the same people sat there and said "Of course this is 100% credible!!!!" because, in their mind, Bush was evil and you can write anything about Bush attacking someone or something or someplace and the Left will gulp it down as truth...

Just the same, people are ready to gulp this article down as truth becaus there HAVE been death threats on Arpaio before and considering bounties HAVE been placed on politicians' heads by Mexican cartels, there is nothing out of line with reality...

If it were the opposite and said the cartel offered $1 million for anyone who give Arpaio a pony ride, I'd find that "slightly" less credible...
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The Mexican gangsters better watch out. When they get arrested, Joe is gonna make them wear pink drawers.
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The "Mexicans" have already proven they WILL shoot and kill across the border. So it's not just hype and the sky is falling.

The concern is real. This particular message may or may not be real, but if someone were to take the text message at face value, and goes after the sheriff believing they will get a bounty, well, then there is an issue, isn't there?

What I disagree with in your statement is you act like there isn't justifiable cause to be concerned that someone may take a shot.... it isn't panic, it's a situation that exists.
Of course there is reason for concern for Mr. Arpaio. My point is that Mr. Arpaio (with help from media) is creating an atmosphere for political use by design. In this political season, the story is offered (true or not) that there is a hit out on him. As cnredd said, that isn't anything new...so I ask why the press now? Fear in politics in a political season...a means to an end. Plus he gets to see his ugly mug on TV (yet again)!

If he is successful, then people will associate Mexicans with drug cartels. In their panic, they will forget about the majority of the Mexican people trying to come here just to feed their families. That fear of Mexicans is the goal of the many people who are rabid and frothing about illegal immigrants.

Fear works - it's been an effective tool for centuries.
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FOXNews.com - Mexican Drug Cartel Allegedly Puts Price on Ariz. Sheriff's Head

After the Breitbart scandal, I find this unbelievable pile of garbage on "Foxnews".

Fox News doesn't even have the cajones to say this is what happened.
A REPORTING news agency is watering down their story by saying it "reportedly" happened. Giving your first clue that the contents of this article HAVE NOT been verified...
The title states it "ALLEGEDLY" happened.

Then you get down to "the source" of the news story.
A man was supposedly told something by his wife.
NOTE: It is evidently not the wife coming forward, but a man who is REPEATING what his wife supposedly told him...
(There is a reason hear-say is not allowed in our courts...)

And THEN comes the kicker...
The part that makes a person do a double-take with whiplash...
The article claims *Even if the message isn't authentic, it could still pose a threat*
If that is the case, then WHY IS FOX NEWS REPORTING on a story that is OBVIOUSLY NOT VERIFIED???

FOX NEWS IS SPREADING the very threat they are reporting on WITH LITTLE CONCERN as to whether not the original "threat" is actually real!

This coming after the Breitbart scandal?
I love FOX bashing! By the way, FOX just got a front row seat at White House briefings by the unanimous consent of their peers. Where was your seat again?
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Of course there is reason for concern for Mr. Arpaio. My point is that Mr. Arpaio (with help from media) is creating an atmosphere for political use by design. In this political season, the story is offered (true or not) that there is a hit out on him. As cnredd said, that isn't anything new...so I ask why the press now? Fear in politics in a political season...a means to an end. Plus he gets to see his ugly mug on TV (yet again)!
If you check back into your memory, you'll recall Sherriff Arpaio was making news long before the illegal immigration problem came to a head. It's just that now, he's ticked off some rather heavy handed people. The subject itself is in the news, and the media, hungry for anything dramatic to feed on, will make the biggest to do they can.

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If he is successful, then people will associate Mexicans with drug cartels. In their panic, they will forget about the majority of the Mexican people trying to come here just to feed their families. That fear of Mexicans is the goal of the many people who are rabid and frothing about illegal immigrants.
Hate to clue ya, but Mexicans have been equated with drugs and drug gangs for a long. long time, nothing new there. It may not be all truth, but just as people like to use the wide paintbrush for most things, they apply it here too.

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Fear works - it's been an effective tool for centuries.
Yes, it has and always will be. From all sides and walks of life. For centuries.

It amuses me that the left keeps dredging up the "fear" factor.... I believe in the phrase "thou dost protest too much".
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