Arpaio tops list of bums pardoned
There have been a lot of bums pardoned by a lot of Presidents across history. Arpaio now takes his place at the front of the line, a different kind of star pinned to his chest.
A guy who made his name .. because of his contempt for the law — and for the office he once held in Arizona — now gets a soft place to land ...
This is absolute power .. abusing power absolutely for .. Arpaio, whose idea of justice was pulling over Latinos for traffic stops, harassing day laborers, targeting enemies of any color and abusing his prisoners. And that is just the short list. Somehow he was allowed to turn Maricopa County into this kind of redneck banana republic for nearly a quarter-century ...
The ironic thing about this — even though you are reluctant to use irony in the underdeveloped country of Arpaio — is that he made his career on targeting immigrants and undocumented aliens, even though so many of them had a far better sense for, and appreciation of, this country than he does ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bums-presidents-pardoned-joe-arpaio-tops-list-article-1.3444917
