Bran Mak Morn wrote:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=380829
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Sheriff Joe 'suspicious' of motive behind Obama attacks
Is lawman's probe of president creating panic at White House?
The title of the article is "Sheriff Joe 'suspicious' of motive behind Obama attacks." But what are the actual statements of Arpaio contained in the article?
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In an interview with WND, the sheriff said, "I am an elected sheriff. I took an oath of office to enforce all the laws of the state of Arizona. I take that very seriously. I do report to the people."
Nothing unusual there in the slightest.
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But he said he's considering the possibility there are political connections to the circumstances that have developed.
"The investigation, I'm not sure that's part of the puzzle or not. I wonder why they are going after me," he said. "I'm a little suspicious of what's going on. The reason I'm suspicious is that the president mentioned me recently."
He flat-out says that the reason for his suspicion is because Obama mentioned him recently. Y'know, I don't
recall Obama mentioning Arpaio's birther investigation...I wonder if Arpaio is referring to...oh wait, what's that next paragraph say?
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He was talking about Barack Obama's recent discussion with some Hispanic journalists, and the question one raised about the government's investigation of Arpaio regarding his civil-rights record.
"The president didn't like the way I enforce 1070 (a state law regarding immigration)," he said.
Oh, so what Arpaio ACTUALLY said to WND was that he thought the probe had to do with his enforcement of the state immigration law. THAT is what his suspicions were about. Not the cold case birther thing.
Odd how that got turned into story with a subheadline of "Is lawman's probe of president creating panic at White House?" that's filed under CERTIFIGATE.