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GOP Candidate And AZ Sheriff Admits He’s Gay After Accusations Surface That He Dated An Illegal Immigrant

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Arizona is currently in the midst of a very fiery sex scandal as Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, a well-known anti-illegal immigrant proponent and Republican Congressional candidate, has been exposed as gay by a source telling the Phoenix New Times that he was Babeu’s ex-lover, and that Babeu threatened him with deportation several times when he refused to promise to keep the affair under wraps. Babeu responded by admitting in a press conference that he was gay, stepping down the Romney campaign, and denying the rumors that he threatened anyone with deportation.

The Phoenix New Times broke the story with an interview with the ex-lover, who they identify only as José, a 34-year-old from central Mexico. José says that Babeu’s lawyer threatened to deport him if he spoke of the affair after they broke up. According to José, this was how the relationship ended:

Jose says Babeu told him that he loved him and was with him exclusively. But Jose suspected Babeu was lying. The relationship soured, and Jose believes that Babeu sent DeRose after him. He says DeRose demanded the passwords to Babeu’s websites and social-media accounts. Jose says he complied but that Babeu and his attorney also wanted Jose to sign a document that would bind him legally to keep silent about the relationship.

As the relationship soured, Babeu allegedly sent his lawyer’s after Jose. “The latest of the alleged threats were made through Babeu’s personal attorney, who’s also running the sheriff’s campaign for Congress in District 4,” according to the New Times. José provided text messages and the above photos, as well as an Adam4Adam (think OKCupid’s less self-important gay cousin) profile. Gay culture and politics blog Towleroad reports that the couple met through a Gay.com (Match.com’s less self-important gay cousin) profile. José began, he says, working with Babeu by keeping his social media and web work up to date, but they eventually began an affair. The Tuscon Citizen, another local publication, is deeming this a “sex slave operation,” but that doesn’t seem to be based on any information not in the Phoenix New Times report.

Babeu was running for Congress and chairing the Arizona wing of the Mitt Romney campaign when the story broke. He is vocally anti-illegal immigration and appeared in Sen. John McCain‘s famous “Complete the Danged Fence” ad:


Today he held a press conference where he stepped down from Romney campaign duties and confirmed that he was gay, but denied the rumors about José being illegal– or at least that he had no knowledge of his legal status– or him threatening to deport anyone, stating: “it’s blatantly, completely false.” The New Times does note that he “denied the allegations made by the ex-boyfriend, and instead painted him as a jilted lover and former campaign volunteer who hacked into his website and other accounts.”

Below the local news report from Fox 10 Phoenix about the scandal below:

Watch Sheriff Paul Babeu Announce His Run For Congress On 01/04/12 below:

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  • OSTL

    Can’t wait to watch the “open minded” progressives let their hypocrite flags fly at full mast on this story. :)

  • Anonymous

    WOW, this has got all the ingredients of torrid Republican hypocrisy – homosexual­ity, an illegal alien, people of color.

    It could only get better if they were both Catholic and using Birth Control!

  • Anonymous

    Hey liberals be sure to demonstrate your intolerance with this post.

    Insert “intolerance” below: 

  • Anonymous

    The man is corrupt for dating an illegal alien. 

  • Anonymous

    A staunch republican with a gay mexican boyfriend that he threatens to deport. If that doesn’t make a few teabags explode, I don’t know what will. 

  • Anonymous

    Hilarious. 

    It’s always does really right wing guys. haha. 

  • Anonymous

    Republican deflection in 3….2……1…

  • News Of The World

    Hey!  Lookie!  Another hypocritical GOPBagger!

  • Anonymous

    So you’re just going to ignore the story huh?

  • Anonymous

    So you’re just going to ignore the story huh?

  • Anonymous

    This will NOT be a good day for Mittens….LMAO

  • News Of The World

    Of course he/she/it is … it’s what they do… they attempt to deflect and it rarely works.  But, it’s entertaining/embarrassing to watch them try.  

  • Anonymous

    You seem to have trouble understanding where the word “hypocrite” is more relevant with this incident.  

  • Anonymous

     Hey MrsPorkChops you only commented on this story 3 times in three minutes. Is there anything you would like to admit about yourself?

  • Anonymous

    Typical Hypocritcal GOP D-bag stuff. 

  • Anonymous

    Translation:OMG! We need talking points!! ASAP!

  • Anonymous

    Is Paul Babeu a top or a bottom? Cause if the immigrant was the top, I find that really UnAmerican.

  • Anonymous

     Hey are u going for a record here? That’s your fourth gay bashing comment in five minutes.

  • OSTL

     And that’s only ONE of his monickers. He’ll use over a dozen on this thread, alone.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    So a sheriff in Arizona is gay?  What is the story here?

    You can file this under who gives a f#*%?

  • Anonymous

     This story has all the outrage as when we all found out Anthony Weiner is straight.

  • News Of The World

    Unfortunately, I live in Phoenix (until the end of April – can’t WAIT to get the hell outta this embarrassing GOPBagger hell)… and this story took up the first 15 minutes of the 10:00 news here last night – another amateur GOPBagger politician caught with his pants down.  I mean, seriously… who does this stuff?  A GOPBaggeer posting an ad on a gay hookup site WHILE you are sheriff and threatening to deport your gay Mexican lover via text and voicemail messages!  LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I feel sorry for Jose, but good for him for coming forward.  And I hope he finds an honest, real man to spend his life with.

  • OSTL

     OMG, this is huuuuuuge! Just ask the “open minded” progressives! The world economy teeters on policy this sheriff controls!

  • Anonymous

    If you wrote a fiction book with the story of this primary season no one would believe it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Another hypocritical, anti-gay gay Republican – let’s not overlook the fact that this crook was MITT ROMNEY”S CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR for the state.

  • Anonymous

    Watch, now any liberal that makes a gay joke about Babeu will be a biggot to them .. meanwhile they campaign against gay rights, and Chris Christie strikes down equal marriage.

    Go Republicans :D

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    And why the detailed account of the sheriff’s private life?  Why do liberals gleefully like to “expose” people  for being gay as if it is scandalous?

  • Anonymous

    You forgot… love.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    So you have no problem with a person in a position of authority using deportation as a threat to cover up his affairs?
    You conservatives love corruption almost as much as you love hypocrisy.

  • Anonymous

     Are there any straight people in the republican party?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    and, of course, they play the whiny victim card – claiming mean ol’ lib’ruls are ebing mean to this poor, corrupt conservative.

  • News Of The World

    You seem to be paying a lot of attention to what he posts.  That’s called “rent free”.  Enjoy!  Love to see you Baggers with nothing to say!

  • Anonymous

    no, no you are right.  Nothing to look at here, just another right wing hypocrite shooting himself in the foot….move along lookie loos….hey…Anthony Weiner!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    maybe the fact that this guy is Mitt’s campaign co-chair, and he was threatening his lover with deportation to try to cover up his affair (one which puts him squarely at odds with the anti-gay position of the GOP)

  • Anonymous

    I count 3 comments from you as well.  What are you trying to say?

  • Anonymous

    You sound like you’re speaking from experience. 

  • Anonymous

    equal marriage would be if no limit of people could join in a marriage, just allowing 2 people to get married is discrimating

  • Anonymous

    Because you’re just a beacon of tolerance, eh Texan? 

  • Anonymous

    yes the guy has issues, i guess he didnt want to admit to himself, but he does not deserve ridicule

  • Anonymous

    It’s starting to look like one big Log Cabin. 

  • Anonymous

    It’s not the being gay that is scandalous. It’s the hypocracy and the lengths that some gay GOPers will go to keep who they are a secret.

    They are the ones who are ashamed of who they are not us liberals. They are the ones causing their own pain attempting to live a double life and in this case several levels.

  • Anonymous

    Let’s hear your thoughts on gay marriage. 

  • Anonymous

     Do you think Babeu ever shook Romney’s hand without wiping off the Santorum?

  • OSTL

     an edwards supporter no doubt

  • val smith

    This is GREAT news. This odious cretin has been banging anti-immigration drum and spouting off about Fast and Furious for years now. I think its great that he has been fina lly outed as a fraud and charlatan in the mode that we often see in the GOP After all the things this moron has said about the president its classic poetic justice that he go down in flames for being such a raging hypocrite. And hey that’s even better that he’s attached to the Romney campaign. I can’t wait for mitt to flip flop and throw this idiot under the bus. No more appearances on Fox; no more write ups in townhall magazine.

    Good by and good riddance you stupid creep.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

  • Anonymous

    Because the people willing to keep consenting adult’s sex lives IN THE PUBLIC (see “gay marriage discussions”) tend to have this really bad habit of being in a party where the homosexuals, when “discovered” are out-of-place? If, to counter your post, the “conservatives” would be more honest about LIFE in general, none of this would matter one bit. Fact is, he WAS running the campaign of a man who is very wishy-washy on his feelings about gay marriage and a man who’s party is so divided over the issue “their” former Vice-President, who was against gay marriage for about a second, is out stomping FOR GAY marriage probably because his own daughter is gay?? There are so many reasons “liberals” gleefully enjoy such exposure. Its about the fun of exposing HYPOCRISY which should be a joy for everyone. Unless you have something to hide too?

  • Anonymous

    No one is ridiculing him…. Liberals could care less if he’s gay…. They are pointing out republican hypocrisy.

    It’s funny you fail to see it.

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps the greatest quote of the year!

  • val smith

    Gloves “Frisky” Donahue says some of my best friends are hypocrites and gays.And now some gay hypocrites. Go figure. 

  • OSTL

     chops much?

  • Anonymous

    Ummmm…he was having an affair with an illegal alien and allegedly blackmailing him, all while being the tough stalking, law and order, anti-illegal crusader.  THAT is the scandal/story,  not that he is gay. He deserves an amazing amount of ridicule.

  • Anonymous

    BOL (BUSTED OUT LAUGHING!!!)

  • Anonymous

     Come out come out wherever you are!

  • Anonymous

    LOL.. depends.. straight like not crooked or straight like not gay, or straight like one wife, one life? Very perplexing question indeed!

  • News Of The World

    According to a screenshot of his adam4adam website profile, he is a “vers/top”.  So, I think all is good in the world for now… lol

  • OSTL

    Maybe this guy should have asked for the mexicans papers, first. lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000572292487 Nancy Wade-Hull

    “Hey, I’m gay, but I’m not THAT gay!”  Next “I didn’t swallow” will be the new”I didn’t inhale!”

  • Anonymous

    Nice try but it is a big story because of abuse of power and ‘harboring’ an illegal alien while trying to be the country’s number one crusader against illegal immigration. No matter how hard you and others try to make it a ‘gay’ thing it isn’t. It would be just as big a problem for him legally and politically if it was a woman.

  • val smith

    Little Jeff is having a hard time dealing with this story.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha.

  • Anonymous

     lmao!

  • OSTL

     homophobe much?

  • val smith

    No he deserve ridicule.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha.

    It will be a long time before he’s back on the Foxc and friends couch fearmongering about Fast and Furious.

    Too bad.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha.

  • Anonymous

    Talk about penetratin­g the boarder.
     

  • Anonymous

    A gay person advocating for a party that wont welcome him. What’s next, Herman Cain proudly ironing sheets for the KKK? 

  • OSTL

     sock alert

  • val smith

    and by papers Jeffy means “phone number”-oh wait-HE DID! LOL

  • Anonymous

    its funny how you label all republicans

  • val smith

    Social conservatives always swallow-they think it hides the evidence. Ask Marcus Bachmann-he knows what I’m talking about.

  • OSTL

     not only that but he’s bashing mexicans, too.

  • Anonymous

    yeah, your right, he was not confortable with himself, or who he is, yeah make fun of him

  • val smith

    And that’s Jeff’s job-stop taking food out of his illegitiame kids pieholes.

  • Anonymous

    Babeu is “bashing” mexicans also. … lmao!!!

  • Anonymous

    could be, but i would rather have that than liberals dictate how to live my life

  • val smith

    Moron(Jeff) alert!

    Ha Ha Ha

  • Anonymous

     I think that you’re actually clueless enough to actually believe the twisted sociological point that you’re attempting to make. How sad :(

  • Anonymous

    I’m so confused.

     I am conflicted between being a right-wing dick and a
    supporter of the law enforcement community and somebody who would rip
    the other guys to shreds over this.
    I gotta’ go with my instincts on this.
    This is unacceptable.

    I choose the shred ripping thing.

    “We’re out manned.  With all the illegals in America, more than half…come in my mouth.”

  • val smith

    Don’t tell Pablo.

    Um and speaking of which where are all the usual conservacreeps?

    Oh yeah….

  • Mo Fokker

    This guy could be the poster boy for Republican hypocrisy. Sarah Palin with her family’s poor record of abstaining from pre-marital sex could be the poster girl for Republican hypocrisy.

  • OSTL

     using his “logic” all democrats are just like anthony weiner…

  • Anonymous

    Nice try but you are knowingly lying at this point or you can not read. Your choice.

  • Mo Fokker

    You are tireless.

  • OSTL

     English not your first language?

  • val smith

    At least Wiener was involved with a woman
    Big Paul-not so much.

    that’s the difference between a Dem and Rep- a dem cheats on his wife while a repub cheats on his illegal boyfriend.

    That sums it up.

  • OSTL

     right on cue!

  • Anonymous

    LOL the irony…

  • Anonymous

    Wait, this is the same Sheriff who granted an interview to a white supremacist talk radio show? This scandal should put the final nail in the coffin of his political career. So much for that Congressional bid!

  • Anonymous

     Did you feel that mentioning his boyfriend was gay was going too far? Crossing borderline bashing?

  • Anonymous

     I take it you’re a Romney supporter then.

  • Anonymous

    this is starting to feel like a cliche 

  • Anonymous

     The story of a jilted lover? So what about the story?

    For those that are LGBT and don’t wish to come out, this is a story about how hard it is to lead their personal lives.

  • Anonymous

    Geesh, Romney’s campaign is even outsourcin­g their affairs! 

  • val smith

    It sure ain’t yours. You spell like a club footed yak. Try again. LOL

  • Anonymous

     Conservatives are doing the same damn thing!!!

    Only way worse!!!

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry, I’m proud of my intolerance toward bullying hypocrites. I know I should be ashamed but I’m really not, :)

  • val smith

    That’s not the story and stop being so obtuse moron.

    Geeez.

  • Anonymous

     Now that got me going, and since I am here I wonder if mitt is sitting there holding his head in his hands going “why is this happening to me? what did I do to deserve this? whats next are they going to catch in my tax evasion scheme? AND WHO THE HELL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP MORMONS FROM DRINKING?”

  • Anonymous

    Gay or straight, it doesn’t matter, but if you are liar and a hypocrite you will find a home in the Republican party.

  • Hout Bosques

     I think we’re entitled to the full courtesy of your premise: that is, that liberals believe ALL wingers are closet cases. That’s consistent with what you’re saying; but your comment also suggests that such a belief would be wrong, for being ‘labelling’. Well, yes it is labelling – but is it wrong? I mean, wrong on whatever level: wrong for being ‘labelling’, wrong for being inaccurate, & wrong for thinking it’s accurate. Hoo boy what a morass! How do we work ourselves out of this pit of verbiage? A good start would be at objective truth, so let’s run with that:  

    How many closet cases are there among the wingers who post reader comments here? 

    Aren’t ALL you wingers closet cases?

  • Anonymous

     No, that’s called MPC has a typing problem where by he can’t seem to stop. Ever. On all threads. Period.

  • val smith

    Not to the GOP. Every time is like the first time with them.

  • Anonymous

     (O_o)   

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000806451562 Matthew Threats

    aww john ……. You’re full of shi* today aren’t ya ?? Why do conservatives HIDE their sexuality AS IF BEING GAY IS WRONG ??? 

    Why is he leaving the romney camp just because people KNOW that he’s gay ????  He wont win his election AND u will never see him on fox news again…..TRUST ME …. 

  • Anonymous

     Which is worse? Being a terrorist or dating an illegal? Do tell.

  • Anonymous

     They’re too stupid to understand that.

  • Anonymous

     Why does it matter if a gay Republican wants to keep his gay relationship status quiet? How is that hindering on your ability to function?

  • Anonymous

    nope, just stating what is equal

  • Anonymous

     My father in law said “couldn’t he find an American, seems their coming out all over the place now, even Cheney likes em.”

  • Anonymous

    Yep, it sure does. I mean, we were all shocked when we heard Anthony Weiner was found to be straight, despite supporting a candidate that’s proud of fighting to prevent equality for heterosexuals and immigrants and was shown to be abusing his position to try and cover it up. No wait, that didn’t happen,

    Anthony Weiner did something stupid, but not illegal and tried to lie to try and cover it up, this guy is a hypocrite and a bully that abused his position and allegedly used threats to try and cover it up so the comparison totally and utterly fails.

  • Anonymous

    that is the story wow, then the headline is wrong

  • val smith

    Clearly if babeu was doing his job he wouldn’t have been dating an illegal who could have been a terrorist. So not only is he a hypocrite-he’s an idiot much like you and your exceptionally stupid premise.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

     The lawyer claimed Jose’s immigration visa was expired and told him he faced possible deportation if he ever went public with the relationship.http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/arizona_sheriff_rocked_by_accusations_of_alleged_immigrant_ex_boyfriend.php 

    Melissa Weiss-Riner, Jose’s attorney, confirms her client’s account. She says she spoke directly to the sheriff’s lawyer, DeRose, about the Babeu camp’s threats that Jose could be deported if he “revealed the relationship.” She says DeRose falsely claimed that Jose’s visa had expired.Jose admits that he lashed out on news websites featuring stories about Babeu. He says he commented anonymously that the sheriff was not who people thought he was. He says he once wrote a comment on Chino Valley eNews that Babeu had an account onadam4adam.com, where gay men arrange sexual liaisons. 

    http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2012-02-16/news/paul-babeu-s-mexican-ex-lover-says-sheriff-s-attorney-threatened-him-with-deportation/ Sounds like Jose’s lawyer denies he is an illegal. Sounds like he has/had a Visa. It also sounds like, from the text messages, that Jose is a scorned lover, and he set out to hurt the Sheriff.If he had an affair with an illegal he screwed up. If he threatened deportation, he screwed up. But until this is resolved, doesn’t sound like he did anything wrong…  He’s gay. So? (Well, he’s dumb for posting those pics.  Why don’t people learn…)

  • Anonymous

     Awww . . . are the socks picking on you?  Do you need moderator assistance?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Actually, Jeff, I am pleased Willard gave such an important position in his campaign to such a xenophobic gay blackmailer. Speaks well of Willard ….

  • Anonymous

    just maybe his issues run so deep that he kills himself, then you can have a great laugh

  • Anonymous

    U mad?

  • Anonymous

     the log cabin republicans are burning the cabin and moving into party headquarters and are arguing over window treatments at this very moment.

  • Mo Fokker

    Check out the ‘like’ on Irish189. It could be compromising to Mediaite’s reputation for impartiality.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It’s not so much he ignored it, he just hasn’t read it. To some, reading is fundamental. To Jeff, it is an anathema.

  • val smith

    Maybe its because of that whole fight for traditional marriage thing you republicans are always kvetching about stupid. Are you for real?

  • Anonymous

    not giving you free shit is not dictating

  • val smith

    And know we know what bovines in Italy think-they dodge the issue and say something ignorant. Who saw that coming?

    “Eyeroll”

  • val smith

    Maybe that will be a lesson to his party about complaining about traditional marriage and vetoing gay marriage.

    You think moron?

    Laugh that off.

  • val smith

    vetoing gay marriage is.

    What would Sherriff Paul say?

  • Anonymous

     Now that is hilarious.

    You could give that cpac “comedian” a run for his money.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Indeed, he is.

  • Anonymous

     The Church of Latter Day Saints is going to have you canonized by the Catholics for that in Mecca.

  • val smith

    No, just stupid.

  • Anonymous

     Rush Limbaugh has not told them what to say yet.

  • Mo Fokker

    With a copy and paste and link to boot.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    However, he is easily distracted by shiny objects.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    No, Jeff, he’s not running this season.

  • Anonymous

     He was using his position of power as coercion, WTF are you talking about?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Obama is against gay marriage…so where are the “scandalous” stories of gay Democrat politicians?  Liberals are so far lost in this absurd narrative of DEMOCRATS-GOOD/REPUBLICANS_BAD they have lost touch with reality.

  • val smith

    Odd on Rush ignoring this like the plague!

  • val smith

    Fat people are pretty predictable.

  • Anonymous

     Democrats are not out there Booing Gay Soldiers and trying to repeal don’t ask don’t tell.

  • Verreauxii

    Think Babeu will be on Hannity (his 2nd home) tomorrow night?

  • JAMES PAINTER

    Do you need help packing your bags?

  • Anonymous

     Sticking a probe in a vagina most definitely is.

  • Anonymous

    “Which is worse?” How pathetic…

    Which is worse? Being a corrupt Sheriff or one that’s on the straight and narrow?

    You’re defending this guys actions because he has a (R) next to his name, you pathetic sad sap.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    So, what you’re saying is that until this is resolved we won’t know the resolution? Very helpful. Thanks so much.

  • JAMES PAINTER

    I wish we had Che’ here in Arizona. He would simply execute the sheriff and the problem would be solved.

  • Anonymous

     Badeu’s a terrorist too!?!?!?!

  • News Of The World

    Hellllll no!  I’m already mostly packed.  Can’t wait.  Leave this embarrassing, racist, homophobic state behind in T-minus 76 days and counting.

  • Anonymous

    Damn that’s a stupid comment. LMAO!

  • News Of The World

    Yet, you’re still reading them.  RENT FREE.  You GOPBaggers are very predictable.

  • Anonymous

    okay, but i have my own relatinship with God

  • Anonymous

     Brings new meaning to Jail House Lover and everyone he strip searched should sue for sexual harassment and it explains what alien anal probing really is.

  • Anonymous

    really, you got all that on one persons say so

  • Anonymous

     Ronald Raygun was straight. And W was to stupid to know the difference between gay and straight. Especially when he was all liquored up. teehee

  • Anonymous

    So why did Sheriff Paul Babeu, a Republican congressional candidate, stepped down on Saturday from his position as the Mitt Romney campaign’s Arizona co-chair?

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    What I am saying is that there are a lot of ugly comments below, and Jose’s legal status isn’t even known. His lawyer says he is legal. He had a Visa. Jose sounds like a scorned lover, based on his actions, spamming web sites, and the text messages. 
    I think before people continue to smear and call the sheriff a hypocrite, they might want to find out if he did anything wrong, first. Last I knew it was ok to be a single gay guy. 

    Not sure where you actually contributed anything of value to the thread…

  • Anonymous

    and that law is wrong if its not need for the procedure

  • Anonymous

     Don’t take that projection bait MRC. They got nada on this one.

  • News Of The World

    Go bury your head back in the Wisconsin dirt until December. Then you can dig yourself back up and wonder where it all went wrong this year.  Why are GOPBaggers so ignorant – ALL the time?

  • Anonymous

    Who the hell isn’t “anti-illegal immigrant”? Is that noteworthy, lefty mediate hack? And if I remember this guy correctly, he was the liberal to Arpaio’s “nazi” sheriff.

  • Anonymous

     When we say today’s GOP sucks, we REALLY mean it!

  • Anonymous

    Whoa! Anti-illegal immigration?! Take it easy there, gay Hitler!

  • Anonymous

    I usually refrain from personal attacks, but you sir, are a despicable loathsome human being.

  • 12voltman1

    Yes.She’s crazy

  • 12voltman1

    ET?

  • Anonymous

     I don’t think he got it.

  • Anonymous

    Did you miss the part where when the story broke that the sheriff publicly came out of the closet and stepped down from his position in Romney’s campaign?

    Do you honesty find if hard to believe that a gop supporting “anti illegal immigration” sheriff’s lawyer would threaten his gay illegal lover with deportation?  Are you seriously that fvcking stupid?

  • Anonymous

    Gives new meaning to the commercial. “Senator, you’re one of us.”

    Tee Hee.

  • Anonymous

    If it turns out the sheriff did anything illegal, he should be tried by a jury of his peers. It shouldn’t be too hard to find twelve middle-age­d white Republican men with a thing for younger immigrant men.

  • Anonymous

     As for free shit, you better read this

     http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html

    to make sure you’re not a hypocrite.

  • Anonymous

    I’m glad your knowledge includes knowing about a CPAC comedian. You follow conservative politics more than I do as a conservative. Congrats.

  • Anonymous

    OSTL: Can’t wait to watch the “open minded” progressives let their hypocrite flags fly at full mast on this story. :)

    And OSTL we can’t wait until you have to post this comment again, which should be in a week or so, since this kind of story is such a common occurrence. Actually about now it is a cliche.

  • Anonymous

    You really are the bottom of the barrel. How about addressing the blackmail, abuse of power and harboring an illegal immigrant? Why are you so afraid to address the real issues here and trying to distract with the gay thing? The guy is a dirtbag hypocrite. 

  • Anonymous

     I’m actually heading down the SE part of the nation. I’ll be enjoying the sun while y’all spend time trolling various sites. Enjoy that NOTW.

  • Anonymous

    So you choose to ignore the second half of the headline? Nice try.

  • Anonymous

     I think all the homophobic conservatives do.

  • Anonymous

    The funny thing about this thread is that the only time right-wingers defend Gays is when one of their own is outed.

  • Anonymous

    So you like responding to stupidity? Awesome.

  • Anonymous

    Should have seen this coming, look at the way Sen McCain looks lovingly into the gay Republican Sheriff’s eyes. True love.

    Tee Hee

  • Anonymous

    Unless he’s married, this is a gossip story not a national media story.   

  • Anonymous

    Second outing of a gay Republican in a week. Cmon Republicans lets go for the threepeat!

    1. Michael Berry
    2. Gay Sheriff
    3. ?

    Place yo bets,

    Tee Hee.

  • Anonymous

     Not at all. Smiles all around. I just had a lovely workout. How did you waste your time?

  • Anonymous

    The Phoenix New Times who first broke the story however say (By Monica Alonzo Sat., Feb. 18 2012 at 4:58 PM):

    “Jose’s attorney, Melissa Weiss-Riner, who received phone calls directly form Chris DeRose, Babeu’s attorney, confirms that DeRose claimed Jose’s visa was expired, as well as warned that Jose shouldn’t bring attention to himself or he could be deported.”

    And further:

    “Babeu’s own text message to Jose states: “You can never have business after this and you will harm me and many others in the process … including yourself and your family.”

    http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/02/paul_babeu_pinal_county_sherif_1.php 

    You might want to reconsider.

    Cheers

  • Anonymous

     I can’t avoid them. If you wish to not talk to me, then don’t respond genius.

    Rent-free.

  • Anonymous

     So he did deport the illegal or he didn’t?

    I’m not defending him at all. I just find liberal reactions far too entertaining. I’m happy to know that I can separate the online liberals from real life liberals. Too funny.

  • Anonymous

     Did you read that in the article? If not, where are you pulling that from?

  • Anonymous

     If Jose is really illegal, I hope his butt gets deported. The paper will have to bring Jose forward, else they will be harboring an illegal alien.

  • Anonymous

    So expired visas aren’t “illegal illegal” just kinda illegal…

    Do you know who else had expired visas…

  • Anonymous

     Damage control. And because that’s what he should be doing.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I do think he will need to be Hannitized.

  • Anonymous

     It’s too bad the Republican’s don’t adopt that motto “He’s gay. So?” Unfortunately their abject hypocrisy and rank partisanship not only prevent them from saying or believing that, it causes this group of simians to actually defend homosexuals and their lifestyle when they are Republicans, which seems to happen a lot.

    A strange species they are.

  • Anonymous

    I like your misuse of capitalization. It fits the storyline I have for you.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Thanks, again.

    And, good morning to you.

  • Anonymous

     You could be the Foreman or presiding juror.

  • Anonymous

    You can say that with a straight face? In this politically charged election season? Romney cant be seen with a dog without someone calling the ASPCA, Santorum needs Secret Service protection from women everywhere Gingrich cant get along without a 1%er to cover his bills and Ron Paul cant get a clean vote count, and that’s just a smidgeon of what this season is producing, when you think about it this is the year a republicans screaming WHAT IS IT NOW? twice an hour 24 hours a day.

  • Anonymous

    Hannity is not Babeu’s second home so I’m thinking that would be a no. Good to know you know nothing about Babeu.

    But glad you will be tuning into Hannity to find out. Now go troll the Washington Times.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    I posted the same link. 

    “Babeu’s own text message to Jose states: “You can never have business after this and you will harm me and many others in the process … including yourself and your family.”

    –That doesn’t prove anything wrong on the part of the Sheriff. Who knows what he was referring to? 

    “Jose’s attorney, Melissa Weiss-Riner, who received phone calls directly form Chris DeRose, Babeu’s attorney, confirms that DeRose claimed Jose’s visa was expired, as well as warned that Jose shouldn’t bring attention to himself or he could be deported.” 

    –Again, what does that prove? Jose’s visa expired… When? After they broke up? Informing Jose that if he bring attention to himself, he might get deported? Is that a threat, or a plea to get him to stop, and tell him he will hurt himself in the process, by exposing himself as here past his Visa date – like the maid who came forward a couple years ago, and then almost got deported.

    He very well could have pleaded with Jose not to continue posting nasty things about him, around the internet, that were going to hurt everyone involved. I think anyone would do that…

    “The story is about a sheriff who is accused of abusing his power”

    –Accused being the key word. Not convicted. Not charged. Accused. By a former lover. 

  • Anonymous

     It was featured on this website.  It didn’t mention Palin, AZ, cross-hairs, or Giffords so it must have passed under your radar.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

    I am not surprised so much because of the hypocrisy, but because of Babeu’s sheer stupidity trying to run for office while he knew about such load of baggage.

     

  • Mo Fokker

     Lots of people come to this country legally and overstay their visas. Not sure what your point is.

  • Anonymous

     >>”Good to know you know nothing about Babeu.”<<

    In hindsight, nobody knew anything about Babeau

  • Anonymous

    Breitbart outs Grover?

    Jeff Flake tells us what he “really” does on the Island?

  • http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com/ Norbit Peters

    Yet no mainstream or even local coverage of the Scandal of the Year! – The Media Matters/White House collusion to control the media!

  • Anonymous

    as you choose to ignore the first half

  • Anonymous

    you are right i should assume, just like liberals need to control others i assume , i will wait for all the facts

  • Anonymous

     You have no idea how telling that comment is.

  • Anonymous

    The right-wingers here who say it shouldn’t matter if he is Gay obviously don’t read The Blaze:

    “He is simply another sick bone smuggler!”

    Conservatives talk completely different when they are among their own.

  • Anonymous

     That’s not a denial! =)

  • Just some Blow Hard…

     you are starting to sound like that guy who thinks Bin Laden and Biden are the same person because they both have a b in their names.

  • Anonymous

     Damage Control? How is that supposed to help Mitt? by focusing even more attention on it? The damage is done and if he really wanted to keep it quiet he should have married the guy. 

  • Anonymous

    really i said i dont believe in a safety net, like food and shelter, wow……but liberals keep adding stuff dont you?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000806451562 Matthew Threats

    This isn’t a NATIONAL media story ??????/ He’s running for CONGRESS …he wants to be able to vote in our congress. He pretends to be a conservative while posting half naked pics on gay web sites ……

  • Anonymous

    *chuckles*

    You need to keep up with your own bullsh!t.

  • Anonymous

    Who would of thought?

  • Anonymous

     you seem to think a sheriff has the power to deport, a federal authority so the most he could have done was report him to ICE. he used threats soft and harder ones through his attorney, a man who was also part of his campaign who may have committed a crime by his actions on behalf of his client

  • Ben

    Irony is fun.

  • Anonymous

    lol!

  • NDanielson

    I think the only way to save his career is to become a liberal Barry supporter now. He has shown himself to act like one. LOL.

  • Anonymous

     That was a low blow. Damn I am doing it too.

  • http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com/ Norbit Peters

     The Daily Caller posted all the info; the weekly tete-a-tete’s, the targeted advertising groups, the smear campaigns and who to target, private investigators to embarrass or coerce newspeople, and the list goes on.

    This IS the personality of this Administration, and people understand that because you just feel dirty when you hear about everything they do to stifle individual freedoms.

  • Verreauxii

    I have reason to believe that there are parts of your brain that do not communicate with each other. Awaiting the Hannitization of “America’s Sheriff.”

  • Anonymous

    You should see what else Paul smuggles over the border in his butt

  • Anonymous

    You lefties are utterly pathetic – that this is even a story here should be an embarrassment to Dan.

    You accept left gays, and reject right gays…and you call the right the hypocrites.  it was GOP proud that got Don’t Ask/Don’t tell overturned – and yet, you scoff at them.

    Honestly Frances, this is an embarrassment.

  • Anonymous

    You posted over 2, 000 times here, and NOTW posted around 400. 

    In fact, you post far more than any of the other users you mock for posting.

    Truly, you are a “modern” republican.

  • Anonymous

     You mad, bro?

  • Anonymous

    the best part about having a gay, tea party republican who threaten to
    deport an illegal alien was not the fact that he is the godfather of the
    immigration ruse, the fast and furious con and the family values
    hypocrisy, it’s the fact that he was the national sheriff of the year,
    star of john mccain commercials, hero to fox news, adviser to mitt
    romney and running for congress…and, he refuses to end his campaign
    which means my side will slap the whole con nation silly as they
    continue running against the health of women.

    dang that was a long sentence…he, he, he.

    mo popcorn, mo popcorn, all i needs is me sum mo popcorn.

  • Anonymous

     ”liberals dont take or want responsibilty for their actions”

    It took me two seconds to find the “facts” that you abide by…

  • Verreauxii

    So? Why would I care if they are consenting adults? We want govt out of marriage. That should always remain a social contract. Period. If a dude wants to have 4 wives and raise 20 children, as long as they are not using my tax dollars, why should it bother me? If the kids have a happy home and nobody is being abused….power to them. I don’t give a lick. 

  • Verreauxii

    She’s always delusional. Forgive her. 

  • Anonymous

    The hypocrisy on the right never ceases to amaze me.

  • Anonymous

     Here comes Stewarts next Daily Show “You cant make this stuff up” segment.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

     That’s media.  It has been this way since Gutenberg.  Though for a second I thought you were talking about News Corp with the private investigators to embarrass or coerce.  Would it be equally as wrong if the roles were reversed?  Kinda like outing a guys wife to the press for political reasons?  I am sure you were just as upset about that. 

    There is no way or no how that this or any other American Government can control the media.  There is no money in it and if there is one thing the media is about is money.  They may try to control the narrative of a story, spin or do damage control, but that is it.  Every president has done it. both sides, and that will never change.

    I find it divinely ironic that the right are so concerned with personal liberty over silly stuff like this, yet wholeheartedly be behind legislation that actually does and claim to be patriotic because of it.  ie the Patriot Act,     

  • NDanielson

     And this would be a non-story, and an attack on him, and a Fox News lie if Mr. Babeu had a D next to his name and not an R.

  • Anonymous

    it seems that the only thing he did wrong was not deport him if he knew he was illegal

  • Anonymous

    What? I can see Romney now speaking about it. ”I didn’t even know this guy for Pete’s sake. Anyway, I worked in the private sector. I know how to create jobs.”

  • Anonymous
  • Tucsonense

    Then why did he step down from chairing the Romney election committee?

  • Anonymous

     Are you asking someone to post a link to the 13 volume set of “Labels for Republicans to use” it’s in its 32nd print run, it includes the supplemental “Lables to use if America elects a Black President or a Woman” edition, 14 volumes for the price of 13.

  • Anonymous

    Also on Blaze – “At least he’s consistently “hard” on illegal immigrants.”

    But as a humorless liberal guess you missed that one.

  • Tucsonense

    Tina-You missed the whole point. Why did he step down from the Romney campaign? Answer-How can he be gay and a conservative at the same time? That is a tough one!!!!! I am not saying I have a problem with that but a whole lot of conservatives will. That is what is pathetic!

  • NDanielson

    Poor Paul. Showing compassion for both gays and immigrants. Republicans don’t do that do they??? LOL!  And read away at how he will be pilloried by the left just for being a republican.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

     again your comprehension of history and current events is showing

    Bullsh&^ this would be a non story if this was a D instead of an R.  Hannity, Rush, Beck and most of Fox News would dedicate entires shows to this.  Ask Anthony Wiener, Gary Hart, Barney Frank, BILL CLINTON, John Edwards, and yes Barack Obama.  Hell a “liberal” media outlet just did a feature story about an affair that a long dead liberal president had 50 YEARS AGO!!! But thats the way the game is played.  Its been this way since the dawn of time.

    I am not here to defend or demonize this man because this is a NON-STORY.  This doesn’t effect me or really anyone’s vote in the next election.  This is red meat to sell some as space and entertainment for news junkies.  Yes its hypocritical but welcome to life.  That is what politicans do.  If you think you will ever vote for a honest politician or think politics is an honest game, I got a bridge in Alaska to sell you.

  • Anonymous

    Do you really have such a hard time figuring out why someone who is about to have a media circus surround them wouldn’t want that association to be linked with a Presidential candidate?

  • Anonymous

    Hey, the GOP has a chance on nominating their 1st Open Gay Republican to congress. Maybe this will finally compel the closet GOP gays in congress to final come out.

  • Anonymous

     lmaooo

  • Anonymous

    So that completely invalidates the sheriff being a hypocrite? Don’t think so…

  • Anonymous

     LOL

  • Anonymous

    I’m so glad to see that all the liberals on this site seem to have thrown away the concept of “innocent until proven guilty.” We all know that ex-lovers NEVER have an ax to grind, right?

    Until this “Jose” guy produces some actual evidence of coercion than this will be nothing more than hearsay. 

  • Anonymous

     Just to be clear Fox WILL put a D next to this mans name and NOT an R, it is their standard mode of operations in a situation like this, because at FOX no R can ever do anything wrong or scandalous.

  • NDanielson

    Barbra Walters really relished that interview, huh? LOL. Wow. Your media stuck with Wiener up until his pathetic story fell apart. Your pathetic media ignored John Edwards up until his pathetic story could no longer be hidden or aborted. Your pathetic media protected and smeared the right until a certain blue dress surfaced…clown. Or do you not remember?

    Your pathetic liberal media hates the woman who came forward on your liberal darling and adulterous JFK. Another adulterer in you party. In the TOP LEADERSHIP of your party. What’s to get up about? Business as usual, just some BJ.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

     You like?

    Jose shared text messages between him and Babeu with New Times.
    A September 4, 2011, text from the sheriff reads: “You can never have
    business after this and you will harm me and many others in the process .
    . . including yourself & your family.”

    A couple of minutes later, Babeu followed with: “And you say you have loved me? Papi . . . this is no good.”

    Jose responded: “Good threats. Wont work. Im already hurt me . . . and you didn’t care.”

    They exchanged more texts on September 6.

    Jose: “Dont threat me. Thats illegal. Im just speaking . . . true.”

    Babeu: “You have crossed the line. Better get an attorney. You brother will also be contacted.”

    The following day, on September 7, DeRose sent an e-mail directly to Jose ordering him to “cease and desist.”

    DeRose wrote: “If you are serious about an amicable resolution to
    this, it is critical that no further offensive actions against my client
    be taken in the meantime. This should go without saying.”

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    did you happen to notice the headline of this story? so far it doesn’t sound like Jose was an illegal, at least while they dated.

    where is the hypocrisy if Jose is not an illegal? If he dated him, and he was legal, so? If he dated him, and after they broke up, his visa expired, so? 

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    do you know that his visa was expired while they dated? no, you don’t. so, if he didn’t date an illegal immigrant, the headline is incorrect.

  • Anonymous

    That would be in direct conflict with their “If You Come Out Your Out Of Here” policy.

  • NDanielson

     Hell, even their guilty are innocent as long as they are liberals.

  • Anonymous

    exactly nacho, i give the same benefit of doubt to liberals as you give conservatives

  • Anonymous

     Arizona doesn’t want to deport ALL those illegals . . just the ones that say “NO” . . . .

  • Anonymous

     And exactly how was this NOT going to reflect on the Romney campaign? The AZ GOP? The office he holds? FOX NEWS and the relationship they have with him?

    Hell the strip search at the jail with him present is like male deputies doing the strip searches over at the female section of the jail, WRONG JUST PLAIN WRONG and potentially illegal.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DEHSZ4SEN33T3MHKPHD4APLZ2I Jj

    I’m a liberal Democrat, but I think this story is dripping with anti-gay sentiment. First, the headline: You don’t “admit” you’re gay because it’s not wrongdoing. You “acknowledge” it. Read your AP stylebook. 
    Second, there’s no evidence at all that this sheriff knew the guy he was seeing was illegal when they started dating. So the accusation of hypocrisy is weak. Third, what is the point of directing people to his Adam4Adam profile? He has told everyone that he is gay. His profile even states that he is out of the closet. There is nothing wrong with that profile at all. What is it supposed to do, other than rile up small-minded Arizonans who hate gays. This is a GREAT example of straight people on the left pandering to homophobia on the right to divide and conquer.

  • NDanielson

     God, Barry hated that Patriot act, and it imprisoned so many innocents under Bush, didn’t it? God the endless abuses of civil rights fill the papers daily don’t they? Hey, doesn’t Barry have a secret hit list that he legalized? Oh, he was against the patriot act before he was for it? Never mind. You do know so much more about the prosecution of terrorism than those involved in it, right?

    Hey doesn’t Barry reserve the right to piss down drone attacks on citizens from any country, in any country on the planet??? Hmmmmm.

  • sid_id

    Ha, that was actually pretty good. Here’s another good one for you.

    A skinny little guy goes into an elevator, looks up and sees this HUGE  guy standing next to him. The big guy sees the little guy staring at him, looks down and says, “7 feet tall, 350 pounds, 20 inch d*ck, 3 pound left testicle, 3 pound right testicle, Turner Brown.”

    The little guy  faints and falls to the floor. The big guy kneels down and brings him to, shaking him. The big guy asks.. “What’s wrong with you?”

    In a weak voice the little guy says, “What EXACTLY did you say to me?

    The big dude says, “I saw your curious look and figured I’d just give you the answers to the questions everyone always asks me. I’m 7 feet tall, I weigh 350 pounds, I have a 20 inch d*ck, my left testicle weighs 3 pounds, my right testicle weighs 3 pounds, and my name is Turner Brown.”

    The small guy says, “Turner Brown!…Sweet Jesus, I thought you said, “Turn Around!!”

  • Anonymous

     50 years ago and who cared except someone like you who wanted further justification to hate a democrat even one from the past, did you see the story a few years back about FDRs mistress/nurse and when republicans threatened to use it against him he said GO AHEAD and republicans backed down then about a year later the woman moved to California, and so what NOW? And as to slimy TRIPP she was and is a bitter toad who saw a chance to hurt a president she hated and took it. And when she sought a reward from the incoming Bush administration how did conservatives treat her? With a YOU CANT BE TRUSTED brush off.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Why does the liberal writer of this article focus on his gayness….pics of him with his shirt off with another dude, the obsession with his online dating account, and “sex slave” allegations.  I mean come on….. using the phrase “been exposed as gay by a source”?  DISGRACEFUL.

    The view on gay marriage are varied inside both the GOP and the Democratic Party.  There are liberal and conservative gay people…some who wish to keep their sexual orientation a private matter…. some not.  Yet the liberal media seems to think it is their duty to “expose” conservative gays.

    We know nothing of this man’s former gay lover.  It is possible for him to fall in love with a gay man who happens to be an illegal immigrant AND be for a stronger anti-illegal immigration policy.  You can believe somebody should get in the legal immigration line and still love them/date them.  This is not hypocrisy.

  • Anonymous

    Fox News will list Paul Babeu with a (D) in 3, 2, 1… 

  • Anonymous

     Sort of like that gay male prostitute getting a press pass to the White House to be the go to guy for a special question in the White House Briefing so they could plant stories in the press, and not one republican in the House or the Senate wanted to get to the bottom of that story.

  • Anonymous

    Why is this the headline? Who gives a rat’s if he’s gay. He’s not voting on anti gay legislation. He’s a sheriff. The only thing that should be an issue is whether he threatened anyone with deportation althought that accusations sounds like bs. The man doing the accusing, if he is indeed illegal(which I doubt), would hardly risk deportation by coming forward like this. DNS won’t care that he was threatened or not, they’ll just recognize that he’s been breaking the law and send him home. So, this accusation stinks to high heaven. 

  • Anonymous

     >>>”There is nothing wrong with that profile at all.”<<<

    IMO profiles like that are creepy even when posted on heterosexual sites.

  • Anonymous

     And that’s just under this name, she admittedly uses other ones for other sites.

    The parents must be sending her off to Florida for their spring break from her.

  • Anonymous

    Not true on every count. The sheriff hasn’t ‘been shown to be abusing his position to try and cover up’. Nothings been proven. He’s benn accused. Boy, you sure are ready to prevent justice for the sheriff by pronouncing him guilty. Strange for someone so adamant about equality. What this appears to be is a grudge by a former lover with the obvious intention of influencing a political election. Or do you think the timing of this is just a coincidence.

    Also, Weiner was interacting inappropriately with underage girls. That revelation was made right here at Mediaite. Weiner then used his position to intimidate and bully his political enemies, including falsely accusing Breitbart of being behind the nude pics. And, Romney isn’t ‘fighting to prevent equality’ to immigrants. He’s fighting ILLEGAL immigrants. You know, the kind that break the law? As for ‘preventing equality for heterosexuals’, point to where Romney wants to revoke equality to straight people. Idiot. 

  • Pablo

    I agree completely. That’s different, huh?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DEHSZ4SEN33T3MHKPHD4APLZ2I Jj

    You’re just exploiting homophobia to bring down a Republican. You always hear liberals talk about homosexuality in the most insulting terms when they’re exposing a gay Republican. There’s nothing hypocritical about gay Republicans. Gay rights is only one issue out of many, and you don’t have to agree with a party’s entire platform to belong to that party. This guy wasn’t even closeted. You just assume that because he was a Republican and gay, he must have been closeted. (I am a Democrat and gay.)

  • sid_id

    Our friend Hout asked a few comments ago, “Aren’t ALL you wingers closet cases”?

    I can only speak for myself and I tend to vote Republican, and I came out of the closet many years ago. Found that it was too cramped and it got kinda lonely in there.

    I haven’t seen anyone openly gay comment about this so far, who knows maybe some in the closet have. But I would be more than happy to offer my analysis.

    It seems that we have several issues intertwined here, so let’s address them one at a time.  Hmm…seems this Sheriff is gay…not that there is anything wrong with that…and he would have liked to stay in the closet. First off, I am never for ‘outing’ someone, but if you are an everyday run of the mill gay, yeah it’s not too hard. HOWEVER, if you choose a public life…like say being a Sheriff…running for Congress…and you wish to remain in the closet, then your utmost priority must be discretion, or total abstinence. I would say this guy did neither. I don’t know if the allegations by the ex-lover are true or not, but the Sheriff sounded like he was a complete ass and got what was coming to him.

    Now, I would think that a Sheriff who is very adamant about being anti-illegal immigration would certainly not be dating someone who is illegal. Doesn’t seem to make much sense. So having said that, I have no sympathy for him on either count.

  • Anonymous

    So your beef now is just with Mediaite’s headline and not the GOP candidate/AZ sheriff’s actions…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DEHSZ4SEN33T3MHKPHD4APLZ2I Jj

    This guy was not in the closet. Look at his Adam4Adam profile. It says he was OUT. You assume he must have been closeted because he is Republican. There are plenty of gay Republicans who are not closeted. Gay rights is only one issue out of many, so it is not hypocritical for a gay person to be a Republican and oppose their own party’s position on gay rights.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DEHSZ4SEN33T3MHKPHD4APLZ2I Jj

    Also, why is the shirtless pic one of the main photos? The subtext to the way this story is presented is that (1) you can’t be gay and Republican and (2) gays are freaks.

  • Anonymous

     WHAT UNDERAGE GIRLS? they were of age and knew what they were doing corresponding with another adult. That’s *your comment* like when republicans referred to Monica as an underage girl when she was 24 and known to have a thing for older men and the first chance she got she pulled her underwear out of her skirt to show them to the President, facts that are in the record.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Yes, and you should be asking yourself why Jose was ordered to cease and desist….

    He was allegedly smearing him all over the blogosphere, posting his profile, and writing comments about him being gay.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    My media? I view all media with a grain of salt. I am a skeptic and have worked in it long enough to not take anything at face value. It is basically in my first name (hint for those wishing to know). But yes lets look at your examples shall we? You seem to look at history with your own rose colored glasses that your cries for a unbiased media scream irony.

    The Wiener story was held due to the fact that is was broke by a guy who edited video to support a predetermined political slant. The fact he broke this story saved what ever shred of journalistic cred he ever had. The same was true with Bill Clinton. The press corps had egg on their face from getting behind the fishing attempts by the right to dig up any scandal on Clinton. From Vince Foster, to Waco, to Gennifer Flowers, to Paula Jones (glad she got the Penthouse spread and the nose job), to shutting down government, to whitewater, none of those stories were worth the ink they were printed on. As for Edwards, well his wife was dying of cancer at the time but anyone covering up for it because of that should be ousted. However there is a book out on it that paints both him and his wife as raging douche bags, but the right calls them liberals and lairs because they dared suggest that Sarah Palin was not fit for office. Yes JFK’s mistresses were demonized and hated and that is why no one remembers Marylin Monroe. But lets at the fruits of their labor. JFK was shot, Clinton impeached, Wiener resigned in disgrace, and Edwards is getting ready to go to jail. So why ya mad?

    I could bring up Ensign (that story makes want to shower after reading it) Gingrich and the countless others on the right who where adulterous but I won’t because we are all flawed humans. I will not point to them and ignore the others. Unlike some people I know.

  • Anonymous

    And where exactly is the THREAT in all of this? Other than telling this Jose guy to get an attorney (for reasons that are not clear without the full conversation) I don’t see where he threatens him with force or deportation?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DEHSZ4SEN33T3MHKPHD4APLZ2I Jj

    You might be a puritan.
    Listen, here’s the deal. I’m gay. On gay social media sites, some of us put up shirtless pics, especially if we go to the gym a lot. We might even mention some things that a potential date might be interested in. It’s called mating. It’s what all animals do.
    We’re all guys on those sites. It’s not mixed company. We don’t offend easily. Get over it.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    uh, no. he stepped down because now he is in the middle of a sex scandal, and accused of threatening to deport his “illegal” ex. 

    The story is about him, when, if he is campaigning for Romney, it should be about Romney. You seriously think any appearance he did, the media would avoid this issue, and focus on Romney? 

  • Anonymous

    lol @ you editing out your “animal” and “mating” comments.

    You’re not helping your cause.

  • JAMES PAINTER

    The smell in Phoenix is already getting better.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

     I cannot help you if you have reading comprehension problems.

    Or if you are being obtuse just to defend this clowservative.

  • Tucsonense

    Well not according to Tina_Tampa, who I was commenting about, who claims this is a non story………………WHAT???

  • Anonymous

    If nothing has been proven why did he step down from the Romney campaign?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

     It is not a smear if the allegation is true.

    During the previous year, Jose says, Babeu e-mailed explicit photographs of himself to an anonymous man he met on the gay adam4adam.com website.

    Jose knows this because he posed as this man after his suspicions resurfaced that Babeu was cheating on him.

    He shared with New Times photographs that he claims Babeu
    e-mailed to the anonymous love interest. In the photographs, the sheriff
    revealed himself shirtless, in his underwear, and naked from the waist
    down.

    Oh, BTY, those text messages above came from Babeu’s official cell phone.

  • Anonymous

    He shows the picture because it was/is direct evidence of the relationship with Jose (it is Jose in the picture). And it is hypocrisy of the highest magnitude when you rail against those that help illegals stay in the country by not turning them in when he was doing that himself. There is nothing wrong with him falling in love with an illegal immigrant (though it sounds like the love was coming from Jose and was a one way street). It is wrong to hold the rest of society to a higher standard and you are the county’s chief law enforcement officer. It is wrong to blackmail that former lover with deportation for both him and his family. In fact it is quite illegal. If the texts are correct and the accusations prove to be true Babeu faces multiple charges. You don’t see the scandal in that?

  • Anonymous

    I wonder how that republican sheriff feels about same sex marriage or DADT or Rick Santorums comments about homosexuality is like man and dog sex? Or booing of gay soldiers?

    But that’s not the end of it… If you fail to see the hypocrisy its ok… you’re republican… we understand.

    If he’s innocent why did he step down from the Romney campaign? republicans don’t have a problem with gays right?

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    Obama had no stand on the patriot act because he didn’t vote for it. Now I agree with you, I don’t like the drone attacks or that little piece of legislation that says he can kill US citizens with out a trial. That is unconstitutional. My feelings haven’t changed (unlike others) just because a Democrat is in the white house. I may not know much about fighting terrorism, but I have read the Bill of Rights. Actually I am against most (if not all) of how he has handled the war on Terror. However he has ended torture, got Bin Laden, has not invaded a country, and his new actions have not cost us a single Americans Soldiers life.

    A few questions for you though…

    Yes Bush unilaterally invaded Iraq. How did that work out for us? Didn’t he set a date for withdrawal that Obama upheld yet was lambasted as giving up in Iraq?

    How is he supporting the Muslim Brotherhood? He gave them money to overthrow a dictator. Much like Reagan gave Saddam and the Taliban (and Iran) money in the 80′s. The said dictator (unlike Saddam) has attacked Americans in the past with the bombing of a Pan Am flight and a Marine Barracks. Didn’t he act in the same way the Reagan did in 1986?

    Clinton’s war? You mean the Bosnian War? The war that ended during his presidency and the one that didn’t cost a single American life?

    As for sheep and myself believing what I say, again I call irony. Because you just rattled off right wing talking points that you heard from right wring sources with out doing one once of independent research or thought. It must be correct because I don’t like liberals and all liberals are bad right? Please tell me what points I have lied about or contain facts that are not true. And I did this with out insulting you, but if you want to go that route we can. I find your avatar of a jackass fitting, however unlike my screen name, there isn’t one ounce of irony in it. If you even know what that means.

  • Anonymous

    So you chose to ignore the texts that Babeu sent to Jose? Boy you sure are selective in what your mind absorbs when you read.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

     You should do a copy/paste of the original comment before it is edited.

    Then watch the clowns run. ;>)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    The problem isn’t that he’s gay. It’s that he’s a hypocrite. And that he tried to blackmail his ex.

  • Anonymous

     >>”I’m so glad to see that all the liberals on this site seem to have thrown away the concept of “innocent until proven guilty.”<<

    Yes, unproven accusations are only relevant if it's Tucker Carlson making them against David Brock and Media Matters amirite?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    The Daily Caller, one of the least credible “journalistic” websites there is, reported this and provided no actual facts to support their claims.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    That’s because it’s a false story, not a “scandal of the year”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    He’s a prominent political figure in Arizona who’s running for Congress, and was the chairman of Mitt Romney’s campaign in the state. How is that not a “national media story”?

    And why would it have been more of a story if he’s married? The whole blackmail element is a much bigger deal than infidelity. Cheating on your wife is sleazy. Blackmail is a crime.

  • Ben

    Awwww….he’s so cute,with his tattoos and his latino lover…that’s nice.

    Oh wait…

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    In hearing about his lover did anyone else think of Hank Azaria from the bird cage?

  • sid_id

    It doesn’t matter at all if a Rep. wants to keep his gay relationship status quiet. But I would offer this from a gay viewpoint (mine), if you are gay and choose to enter the public life…Sheriff…running for Congress…and you want to keep your gay relationship quiet, then your utmost priority must be discretion. It would seem from the reporting that he did not practice the art of discretion very well, and is now suffering the consequences. I am never for ‘outing’ someone, but if you act foolishly, then you have no one to blame but yourself.

  • Anonymous

    You finally learn to wipe your ass?

  • Anonymous

    To be honest I hated the SOB before I knew he was Gay.

    I actually like him a little more now.  :)

  • Anonymous

    What’s remarkable is that many of the people here who claim this is a “non-story” are the same people who were orgasming over the details of James McGreevy’s escapades. And while that was a case of a governor who made some similarly bad judgments, he certainly was not as blatantly hypocritical as this jerk was.

  • sid_id

    Good one, both you and kromecom, you know my straight friends often ask me, how come you laugh at jokes like that — my answer — BECAUSE THEY’RE FUNNY.  

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    I have a challenge for Mediaite readers. Do a search on Mediaite for “Anthony Wiener” and see EXACTLY how many stories have “Dem. Rep. Anthony Wiener…” in the headline, like they explicitly label Sheriff Babeu as a  member of the “GOP.”

    Here’s a shortcut for those who are too lazy: http://www.mediaite.com/?s=Anthony+Wiener

    I didn’t find ONE SINGLE post that identified Wiener as a Democrat or member of the DNC. Hypocrisy at its finest!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    There are no stupid questions – only stupid people

  • sid_id

    I think the reason they are saying he was closeted is because in the article it says the sheriff and his lawyer tried to make him sign a binding legal document to keep this relationship quiet. I assumed he was in the closet as well, and I am gay as well. You say his profile on that dating site said he was out. I stated earlier that if you are gay and choose a public life…Sheriff…or running for Congress…and you want to stay in the closet, then your utmost priority must be discretion. Regardless of whether he was out or in the closet, it sounds like he treated this dude pretty bad, wouldn’t you say. The little bitch (Sheriff) got what he deserved and I don’t care if he was liberal or conservative.

  • Anonymous

    they’re not unproven.  That’s your whole problem.  They have the proof.  Live with it.  

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    I hope the charges are false.  Few things worse than someone charged with order engaged in criminality.  

  • Anonymous

    Gosh denise – you have a lot of hate don’t you?  Your “policy” sounds really sick there kiddo. Did you dream that up yourself or had a kind lefty blog help you? 

    Amazing the intolerance you show towards others – especially if they have an (r) in front of their names.  

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Gosh, I wouldn’t know. Judeo-Christian values, perhaps?

  • Anonymous

    what?  lol

    Was Romney his lover?  
    Fox news kept him hidden?  Does he work for Fox?  Is Fox not allowed to work with gays?  

    Is he a cross dresser?  He’s not allowed to be a sheriff if he’s gay?  What is wrong with you people, you want gays back in the closet?  

    What the hell – I’m soooo confused.  I thought you loved all things gay.  What happened to all the love????

  • Anonymous

    right…. We’re reading all the hypocrisy and it’s not amazing at all.  We all knew that you really hate anyone who isn’t exactly like you!  

  • Anonymous

    lol…yeah, countless admittedly unsourced accusations would really stand up in court.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I’m a bit surprised at the logical lapse in the two (2) posts. That’s never happened before with these posters.

  • Anonymous

     his illegal ex…. lmao!

  • Anonymous

    YOU ARE SERIOUSLY DERANGED, do you actually believe they were the ones who got it overturned ALL ON THEIR OWN? And exactly who is scoffing THEM?

    If you are a woman your a disgrace, hell your a disgrace period.

    Do BIBLES burst into flame when you walk by? Your partisan focused ignorance is astounding, where is your bridge troll? are you stealing electricity from a street light to power your PC? How do electrical linemen not see the cord running to you under your bridge?

    Did you support the repeal of DADT? or is it just something for you to use to make one of your hate based twisted history comments?

  • Anonymous

    I guess Sheriff Paul Babeu  self-deported from Mitt’s campaign. ;-)

  • Anonymous

    “What I do in my personal life and private life is my business.”

    Sorry Sheriff…what happens in your personal life and behind closed doors is the GOPs business. Ask any out LGBT.

  • JAMES PAINTER

    I would have used the Constitution, but Pres. Obama already used it.

  • Ben

    Yup….a non-story….clearly.

    All we have here is a notorious anti-illegal immigrant sheriff running for Congress on the anti-gay party platform.Nothing special.

    Sure,there is that little detail of him being gay and having hot sex with an illegal immigrant.

    But hey,all in all,I’d say this is a non-story…nothing to see here,move along people…

  • sid_id

    sara–we’ve talked before and you know that I’m gay, but I gotta tell you, I have no sympathy for this Sheriff. If this had been a woman it wouldn’t be getting quite the media attention. But seriously, come one this was just a trainwreck waiting to happen. He’s gay, chose a line of work in the public eye, he’s a Republican, he was dating someone whose immigration status is ambiguous at best while spouting an anti-illegal immigration stance, got a lawyer involved and tried to blackmail him, was involved in Romney’s campaign, come on…can he really be surprised at the outcome…scorned lover or not…he took a risk and it came back to bite him in the butt. (pun intended) 

  • Smack80

    Got that right, Texans are known for their tolerance. When I first started working there, one of the interview questions was “which church do you attend”. They assumed I went to church. Another was, “when do plan on having children”. Both questions were no-nos but in order to get the job, you had to give an acceptable answer. God Bless Texas!

  • Anonymous

     lmao

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthews-Motivation/100002072378153 Matthew’s Motivation

    JJ if you’re a liberal democrat….why do you smell like tea bagger ? You’re defending the guy,

    Jj First off…You said “ You don’t “admit” you’re gay because it’s not wrongdoing. You “acknowledge” it”

    WELL JJ in the republican party being gay IS A WRONG. So as a republican he does have to admit he’s gay.

    second u say “there’s no evidence at all that this sheriff knew the guy he was seeing was illegal when they started dating.

    This sheriff …The same sheriff that supported Az’s immigration law that suggested people “show their papers”  He should have known. Why didn’t he ask to see his lover’s papers ? He pretends to be a hawk on border security..NO EXCUSES from this hypocrite

    third you say “what is the point of directing people to his Adam4Adam profile? He has told everyone that he is gay”

    THE PICTURES CAME OUT THEN HE TOLD US HE WAS GAY….AFTER HE COULDN’T DENY IT ANYMORE …

    ANYWAYS ..I DOUBT YOURE A LIB ….YOU SMELL LIKE TEA BAG BASED ON YOUR TALKING POINTS 

  • Anonymous

    You mean like the sheriff you have been defending was?

  • Anonymous

     ”(1) you can’t be gay and Republican and (2) gays are freaks.”                                 Very true according to the Republican/Tea party.

  • sid_id

    Dude, Hank Azaria from The Bird Cage was over the top flamboyant, let’s hope this Sheriff wasn’t flitting around town with a raging qu**r like that.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthews-Motivation/100002072378153 Matthew’s Motivation

    You support the sheriff……..Of course you’re gonna downplay everything he’s done. Youve supported the guy now you’re having to defend him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthews-Motivation/100002072378153 Matthew’s Motivation

    Tina……. NICE spin tea bag..we’re not attacking him because he’s gay …..HE’S A HYPOCRITE and that you down play stories like this when it’s a man you’ve supported over the years is proof you’re a hypocrite also.

     

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthews-Motivation/100002072378153 Matthew’s Motivation

    If the media covers this they’re doing their job ….FOX WILL GO WITHOUT covering this for as long as they can…THEY WONT DO THEIR JOB on this story

  • Anonymous

     ”He’s not voting on anti gay legislation.”

    He’s running for the GOP nomination for the U.S. House.  All they do is produce anti-gay legislation…

  • Anonymous

     I don’t doubt the media delight in posting the pic, but it is part of the story.  Adam4Adam is how Jose learned Babeu was stepping out on him.

  • Anonymous

    The real life liberals don’t return their shopping carts, rite?

  • Anonymous

    Oreilly said to all that would listen that whitney houston killed herself, wanted to die and spend $100,000,000 on dope…..i guess his harvard education alllows him to redefine words like suicide and in sure he has no earthy idea how much money Houston spent on anything….let alone durgs….wonder what kind of things will he say about the sherrif….not a darn thing i’ll bet….Obama is one lucky guy….another wingnut bites the dust

  • Mo Fokker

    Are you on the right thread bro?

  • http://twitter.com/nior182 MovTvie

    Check this out! http://ow.ly/99HTY 

  • Zigeunerweisen

    When I first read this article, I chuckled to myself a little. And a certain joke came to mind: This guy, Babeu, is anti-illegal immigration… that is, until they are mounting you from behind. LOL.

    There is just too much humor to be milked from this story. I don’t think I can do it justice.

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  • Love of Country

    This poor troll will have to officially switch Parties now that everyone knows exactly how uber progressive he is.

  • Anonymous

     Well, no duh. And Babeau is barely a Republican. The worst thing they can say about him is that he’s “anti-illegal immigration”.

  • OSTL

     pork chop thinks so..lol

  • OSTL

     sez the troll who thought weiner and mcgreevy were non-stories….lol

  • OSTL

     some of us have better things to do, cakes.

  • Anonymous

    Some prefer the term “negative head pressure”.

  • Anonymous

    conservatives are dirty koch suckers as it is, not exactly a revelation there.

  • Anonymous

    wah, wah, wah! Don’t like mediate?, don’t come here anymore!. Isn’t that easy? all solved, no need to complain anymore! 

    If typical right wing BS is what your looking for, this is obviously not the site. For that you might like hotair or the blaze, or some other online arm of the ring propaganda machine. 

  • Anonymous

    feel bad for the dude being outed like this, BUT….. thats what happens when you perpetuate hate against others, it comes back and bites you in the ass. It makes no difference he is gay. BUT, since he was putting up a farce, that involved perpetuating a bigoted mindset, thats exactly how karma comes back at him. He is not forced to deal with the same sort of bigoted people, he was inciting with his hate of Hispanics and minorities.

  • Anonymous

     Do you have any anti-gay quotes from Babeau? 

  • Anonymous

    Not sure where you are going with this.  If it is behind closed doors only real nutjobs care.

    If you are talking gay marriage- lots of people care, but that isn’t behind closed doors.

    Has Paul taken a public stance on gay marriage or are you just saying “because he is Republican he cannot be gay”?  If the later, then you are the bigot.

  • Anonymous

    Wouldn’t the criminality be that the sheriff did not deport the lover, not that he threatened to? 

  • Anonymous

    Hate to break this to you, but you can be gay and against big government, against government over spending and over regulation, against illegal immigration, and against bigots like you.

  • Anonymous

    Matthew, you are just a bigot.  In your world people have to think and act how you want them to.   Things are not so black and white. 

    People from all walks of life like their sex life “closeted”.  I am not just talking about some homosexuals.  Sex is a private thing, and we are hard-wired to like what we like, there isn’t a lot of choice in the matter.  What consenting adults do behind closed doors is their own business and has nothing to do with political party. 

    Straight people can be Liberal Democrats and homosexuals can be Conservative Republicans. 

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    In any case the outcome is a burden best not to carry. Honesty of character is a narrow object we pursue widely. His angle unwise and doomed.

  • Anonymous

    Hey,it’s no big deal to me.What, another conservative outed for being homosexual.How many times have we already heard this story.Even the hypocrisy chorus they sing in unison has become music to my ears because it’s so predictable.Conservatives vilify the gay and transgender community in their echo chamber,then whine foul when a tin foiled hat hypocrite gets exposed.HA!!! HA!!! GO DEFLECT ABOUT WIENER AND HIS WIENER.NO ONE ON THESE POSTS UNDERESTIMATE YOUR DEGREE IN HYPOCRISY!!! 

  • Anonymous

    He may, but answer the question- where is the threat and why not post the whole conversation in context?
    If Jose tried to blackmail or threatened Babeau first, the “get an attorney line is not even a little offensive”  

    On the other hand if Jose said “I just want to end it” Babeau’s attorney line is problematic for Babeau. 

    Context is everything.  The fact that it is hidden in a hit piece tells us something. 

  • Anonymous

     Because of bigots full of hate, as seen all over this threat.  Babeau knows that the media storm would hurt any campaign – from Clinton to Obama to Romney (all have the same “anti-gay” stance btw).

  • Anonymous

    I believe there’s enough material here for a syndicated production, a regular GOP Peyton Place.Primetime after 10PM,Yep, It’s a winner!!!

  • Anonymous

    So Obama being anti-gay for votes doesn’t amaze you?  I’ll wager you tell yourself “Obama is just lying to the rubes” who also happen to know he is lying.  Just not sure why people like you get all mad and whiny when people call Obama a liar. 

  • Anonymous

    I just soiled myself!!! ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    he’s republican. I wonder how he feels about DADT or Rick Santorums homosexual comments? or same sex marriage.

  • Anonymous

    Help me out.  What is the burden?

    People can be gay- lots of Republicans are, even more Libertarians still.  Being anti-illegal immigration is not a social conservative issue.

    If Democrats really care about gay rights, the more gays that are in the Republican party the better.  I would love for the Republicans to squeeze out the last ounces of Social Con silliness from their party. 

    If the burden is an ex-lover saying stuff which appears to be out of context- well, that isn’t much of a burden.  At least one that ever mattered to Democrats.

  • Anonymous

    PLEASE correct the title: Sheriff has one R and two F’s.

  • Anonymous

    “homosexuals can be Conservative Republicans.”

    I agree but don’t you think its kind of hypocritical though?

    A party which wants to end DADT
    End gay marriages
    Relating Homosexuality to Man and Dog sex? – Rick Santorum
    Booing of gay soldiers.

    I mean come on.

  • Anonymous

    How is he a hypocrite? I have never seen one Babeau quote about homosexuality for or against.

    As an aside, If you hate hypocrites so much why not go after the Democrats (you know your own guys- where you have a chance of making a change) who do things like say they are for women’s rights and safe workplaces and then sleep with interns?

    Or Democrats that say they are for everyone paying their fair share of taxes then cheat on or try to escape from paying their taxes?

    Or Democrats that campaign against Bush and his Patriot Act and Gitmo, but then get into office and not only renew the Patriot Act and keep Gitmo open, but trump Bush by sending drones out to kill peeps.

    Or is this a hypocrite’s double-down.  Where you say you are for gay rights, then attack people that try to bring about positive changes for homosexuals.

    You hypocrite’s are very tricky!

  • Anonymous

    So Defense of Marriage Act. is not Big Government? or government over regulation?

    repealing of DADT
    same sex marriage
    booing gay soldiers
    republican front runners likening homosexuality to man and dog sex.

    Only a hypocrite would be a republican and gay. Try make any excuse you want.

    Why do you think Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu step down from the Romney campaign?

  • Anonymous

    Lets take them one at a time.

    Which party started DADT? 
    End gay marriages?  Have they really even started en masse yet?
    I agree with you on the Santorum quote.  I hate people that use bestiality or pedophilia to fight gay marriage.  As a person who supports gay marriage (unlike the DEMOCRATS Obama, Biden, Clinton) the proper analogy would be polygamy- consenting adult humans.
    Booing of gay soldiers- lame dude- it was a small about of people at a debate who many say boo’d the question.  Also, to remind you, Democrats for decades have trashed soldiers gay and straight (DADT sort of kept who they were trashing hidden).  I do not buy Democrat angst at trashing a gay soldier.

    And guess what- Paul Babeau is a gay soldier who did a few tours in Iraq!  You are trashing him- so you are just as bad as those idiots who boo’d the gay solider.  See how that works?

  • Anonymous

     How do you feel about Obama being anti-gay marriage?  Or Biden?  Or Bill & Hillery Clinton.

    By your logic you should praise DIck Cheney.  He is for marriage equality, unlike anyone else in the last 3 administrations.

  • AIiveStiIIKickin

    Actually…Babeu is the moron who has been fighting with Sheriff Joe and Jan Brewer.
    He already is a Progressive liberal.
    Being on RINO Romney’s staff figures since Mitt is a Progressive dirtbag also.
    Newt/Santorum — Santorum/Newt…..2012

  • Anonymous

    Not getting your point.  The Defense of Marriage Act and DADT were products of a Democratic Party Presidency.  If you think they are bad blame the Democrats.

    Same Sex Marriage what?

    Dems boo soldiers all the time- gay and straight- and you are trashing Babeau who is a gay soldier.  How are you different than the people you are upset about booing the soldier?

    I said Santorum is a dope for his bestiality thing.  Many Republicans feel the same way.  If Santorum had used Polygamy instead would you be upset?

    Babeau stepped down because he is involved in a scandal and being a part of ANY campaign for someone else is not about you.  If the media starts focusing on you and not the person running it is time to go.

    Did you see Babeau’s press conference?  He handled it very well.

  • Anonymous

     Someone’s got their talking points already.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t see Obama trying to repel DADT

    or booing gay soldiers.

    or trying to pass legislation stop gay marriages.

    Not saying he is for marriage equality but he’s not the one comparing homosexuality to man and dog sex like Santorum. 

  • Anonymous

    GAYS MAKE FROTH VERY ANGRY!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Hey, you remind me of a great joke I just heard:

    A troll, a moron and an idiot loser walk into a bar and the bartender exclaims, “Hi, OSTL!”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

     it only works for liberals.  Ya know like the former NJ governor.  Anyone remember he hired his lover instead of bill Clinton former FBI director for the NJ’s home land security???  ANd then the really big part the media totally ignored..his gay lover was actually an agent for a foreign government.  But the media only focused on that he had a gay lover. 

  • Anonymous

    So, if he’s illegal, do you think NOW Jose will be deported?

    Doubt it – this guy will be heralded as a victim and a hero simultaneously, granted amnesty for outing the sheriff, awarded $300K from the taxpayers to start a business, free health care and college education, hit all the morning TV talk shows with his attorney by his side in the next day or so, offers of a book deal with movie-of-the-week options…and then maybe run for congress!

    No wonder America is in the toilet!

  • Anonymous

    Weiner did nothing illegal with anyone underage, if you have proof that any of the girls were feel free to report it to the proper authorities as like most people, I like to see justice done. I’d also like you to show me where anyone claimed that weiner threatened to use his position of power to persecute Breitbart as you give the guy far too much credit, to the rest of the world it seemed like he lied and stumbled his way through, terribly ,mishandling the crisis when none of the evidence was in his favour.

    As for Romney fighting against heterosexual rights, you don’t have sarcasm where you’re from do you? I was pointing out how ridiculous the comparison between the two was and the ridiculous positions Weiner would have had to have taken to be on this guy’s level of hypocrisy.:)

  • Anonymous

     ”He is for marriage equality, unlike anyone else in the last 3 administrations.”

    Oh really, now that it is convenient.   He had eight years to “lobby” his boss for marriage equality.  How many times did he do it?  If he believed in marriage equality with same tenacity as warmongering homosexuals would be able to get married in all fifty states by now.

  • Anonymous

    Christ, i came to this site for a good John Edwards story.

  • Anonymous

    Taking pictures of your dick and and sending those pics to children and finding it acceptable because he shares your political views tells me all you need to know about liberals.

  • Anonymous

    That evil media, always picking on Republicans…

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    No, but it’s still evil. Would you like it if your sig other, after you broke up, started posting nude photos of you, and intimate details about your sex life all over the internet? Jose admits to doing it. 

    “Jose admits that he lashed out on news websites featuring stories about Babeu. He says he commented anonymously that the sheriff was not who people thought he was. He says he once wrote a comment on Chino Valley eNews that Babeu had an account onadam4adam.com, where gay men arrange sexual liaisons.”

    Weiss-Riner responded to DeRose in a September 30 letter: “I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that truth is an absolute defense to any of these claims. Therefore, even if my client’s alleged comments regarding Mr. Babeu were ‘embarrassing,’ as you state, they were in fact truth.”

  • Anonymous

    If you can prove any of the recipients of Weiner’s photographs were under age, do so. Make sure to send your proof to the proper authorities and the right wing media, or post your evidence here and I’m sure pretty much everyone on this site, whether left wing or right, will band together and make sure that his crime is reported.

    You don’t have any proof, do you, because it never happened. You just want to revive and inflate a long dead scandal involving a stupid, stupid man because it’s the only way you have to defend the person in question because he’s on the right side of the political spectrum. :)

    Prove me wrong, I eagerly await your damning evidence that Weiner is guilty of an actual sex crime.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Village People staging a comeback and this guy auditions.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    What exactly is Babeu’s relationship with Arpaio?

  • Anonymous

    Typical left wing bigots.Can’t wait to call someone guilty before ALL the facts are in. Typical left wing bigots, a black conservative is a house boy or an Uncle Tom. Typical left wing bigots, a gay conservative is some sort derilict.
    Typical left wing story.A jilted lover tries to smear guy who tries to do his job that the left wing disagrees with and its front page above the fold headline news.
    Meanwhile over 200 deaths may be directley caused by Obamas DOJ fast and furious program and theire is nary a word….like I said typical left wing from its biased media to its mush brained followers.

  • Anonymous

    Mediate was on top of this all important story.
    I wonder if they are still getting the story together on the investigation Obamas DOJ of over potential 200 deaths
    related to “fast and furious”?

  • Anonymous

    And the hypocrisy on the left just amuses you?

  • Anonymous

    DC had a direct memo from MM.Either you love to lie or your stupid.Which is it?

  • Anonymous

    “awarded $300K from the taxpayers to start a business, free health care and college education,”

    Dosen’t he get that now?

  • Anonymous

    “thats what happens when you perpetuate hate against others, ”

    He dosen’t hate anyone.
    He is paid to do a job by the taxpayers protect the borders against ILLEAGAL immigrants.
    What F”N part of ILLEAGAL don’t you or the other bird brains on this board get?

  • Anonymous

    Would you do that to your girlfriend?
    Would it surprise you if your girlfriend contacted her attorney if you did?

  • Anonymous

    Typical Right Wing Conservative values – “Senator you are one of us.”  Fabulous tat BTW.

  • Anonymous

    While his wife was pregnant,sending pictures of your dick to strangers thats democrat pride for you.

  • Anonymous

    Ask his pregnant wife if it was a sex crime.
    Man are you people vile.

  • Anonymous

    What would make this story better is that Obamas DOJ along with Eric Holder are behind the smear,because the Sherriff has information “on fast and furious”. You know the DOJ operation that may have resulted in 200 deaths.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe he should have actively cheated on his wife, actually having intercourse with other women. Maybe he should have asked for an open marriage and when that was declined asked his wife for a divorce while she’s recovering from cancer.  :)

    You won’t find many on the left willing to defend Weiner’s actions, things he’s actually done not what you imagine he has, hence the fact I keep calling him a stupid, stupid man. However, were he republican you’d be defending him no matter what he’s done, heck, maybe in a few years you’d be considering him for a presidential run like Newt. :)

  • Ben

    I take it you really like the word “typical”.

  • Anonymous

    Ah yes, I forgot about all the laws that were put in place that declared all things distasteful and stupid criminal offences. No wait, that didn’t happen and they don’t exist.

    What Weiner did was a terrible lapse of judgement and is something he deserves nothing but scorn for, but you’re yet to prove what he did was in any way illegal and that the people he intended to send it to were unwilling to receive such things and were underage. I’m waiting for the evidence you have.. :)

  • Anonymous

    He is gay – so what?  Why is he stepping down from the Romney Campaign?  I am sure Republican voters can parse personal sexual preference from substance and policy.  They can do that – right?

  • Anonymous

    Another repressed, authoritarian Repug at it again!  With an illegal no less.  You cant write this stuff!  Hypocrites of the highest order!  Time to out Aaron Shock…Lindsey…all of em!!!

  • Anonymous

    Nobody understands what you are trying to say. Us bird brains don’t know what ‘ILLEAGAL’ is.

  • Anonymous

    I will try not to stretch this out SHERIFF not ICE agent, Sheriff is not paid to do anything Federal, him job is that of county ONLY, him is anti immigrate and do not like illegals either, him run for congress him not do good job of hiding secret, him do things not  good for elected official, him have gay Mexican boyfriend, him cheat on boy friend and break up, him threaten man if man tell about them/him, him have campaign attorney and friend lawyer, lawyer also pass along threats, this very very very wrong for elected official who is law to do, him was number two man in AZ for Romney, him quit Romney job, him say he do nothing wrong, him still sheriff and him still run for congress, him ask people who do not like gay to vote for him, still, maybe they change and like gay, maybe not, him break big republican rule, him come out and to republicans that mean he get out, maybe they do not make him go, but that be freaking incredible if happen but maybe it do.

    Translating from human to conservative is a hell of a thing to do, so to recap this man is going to be investigated to see if he broke any laws, he says he did not and yet there is a lot of evidence that says he did so we wait to see what happens, who knows what will happen , me? I am betting he has toasted himself and is going to be lucky to serve out his term

    And it is not his job to do anything that has anything to do with the border or immigration other than to call federal authorities.

  • Anonymous

    Ok what part of ILLEGAL don’t you understand?

  • Anonymous

    Your original spelling.

  • Anonymous

     no one cares that he’s gay…  keep up.

  • Anonymous

     maybe republican voters can but it is the right wingers and the extreme conservatives calling the shots and controlling the money flows and they have a very strict threshold of what they will and will not accept in a candidate at the state and federal level, if the locals save him???? oh well good for him but up from there??

    at this point only time will tell and who knows maybe the closet vote swings his way and MITT aint happy with another problem he will ignore it but it will call in to question who he lets take a place in the campaign and how did they vet them because he had a secret life on the internet that is a no no in politics the way republicans play the game and MITT is Mormon so it is to him a double whammy, them Mormons are wound up a little more than tight on this issue.

  • Anonymous

     LOL!

  • Anonymous

    So he let the bigots win? right…?

  • Anonymous

    Tucker Carlson is not credible… thats why no one cares about this story

  • Anonymous

     Translation: I’ve lost the argument. So lets talk about Pride which the article was never about.

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    The burden being two selves, one clearly the enemy of the other.

  • Anonymous

    Were not conservative republicans so we are allowed to decide for our selves and we can be for or against without facing an inquisition and being cut off from the herd of conservative sheep, we are also inclined to let people be who they are and if voters send them to congress then that’s the will of the people being worked, and we have all the sides in our party not just conservative and right wingers, and yes I think it is great that the man is making sure that his daughter has equal rights to do with her life as she pleases.

    By the way did any of them offer up opposition to the repeal of DADT? NO. Has this administration put up any blocks to allowing LBGT people having the same rights as any other citizens? NO.

  • Anonymous

    Right so now It’s Obama’s fault that Sheriff Paul Babeu’s boyfriend is an illegal immigrant?

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think the left runs around pretending to be holier than thou and criticizing the left about their religion. And yes, I am a Cristian.

  • Anonymous

    Its his job to protect the citizens of AZ. If that includes arresting illegals  and turning them over to ICE, tough shit.Thats what the people of AZ pay him to do.Lets wait for the evidence to make any judgements on anyone.
    Further more I’d like to see the same enthusiasm by the left for the investigation over “fast and furious” where potentialy 200 people were killed.
    That would be translate from ”heads up your asses” to common sense.

  • Anonymous

    But do you understand it now? Are you getting it?
    Is that all you got?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

    In a word…yes.   i wonder if hes going to get an episode of Oprah to go and cry on???  Just like Mr Mcgreevey did??? 

  • Anonymous

    Sorry but I don’t hate anyone. Or call people names. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

     you mean like the former NJ governor??/  You know he didn’t hire Bill Clinton’s former FBI director for a post as NJ’s top homeland security job.  Instead he hired his gay lover…who also happen to be an agent for a foreign government.     Guess what the media and democrats only focused on….they gay lover part of the story.  Not the real story.

  • Anonymous

    FROTH HATES GAYS ALL GAYS WILL BE DEPORTED TO IRAN WHEN FROTH BECOMES PRESIDENT!!!

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think Obama has ever pretended to be holier than though and condemm people for not following there religious beliefs.

  • Anonymous

    THIS MAKE FROTH VERY ANGRY!

  • Anonymous

     A very sad way to have to live.I wonder how many Republican/Tea Party folks struggle with having to fit the mold.

  • Anonymous

    Not all Republicans are Social Conservatives.  Maybe it is because I live in a Blue state- but most of the Republicans I know are socially liberal and non religious.  I also think most of them support Romney, but Mitt was our Governor and he did a very good job while he was here in MA.  I respect any Chief Executive that can work with the other party and not play petty politics.

    To me the ideal candidate would stay out of my bedroom and my wallet.  It is too bad the Libertarians can never seem to nominate a serious candidate. 

    As to your other question- Bill Clinton was the President behind DADT and the Defense of Marriage Act.  So you are wrong.  Having Democrats repeal them a decade or so later does not mean he wasn’t behind them in the first place.

    Also, Cheney is the only one of the above who has actively fought for gay rights.  Yah, his daughter is gay, so that is probably why, but he has done more than the others. 

    Obama and Biden SAY they are anti-gay marriage.  Most Dems think they are lying for votes.

    Of course those same Dems get all mad when Republicans call Obama a liar. 

  • Anonymous

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that!  Not at all.

  • Anonymous

    “Sex is a private thing ”                                                                           To most Americans this is true.To The Republican/Tea Party it is not. It is their main purpose to get into every Americans bedroom as well as woman’s wombs. Tell us again it is not a privacy thing.

  • Anonymous

    equal marriage would be allowing two people to get married because it’s not a predatory relationship unlike polgamy. 

  • http://twitter.com/grimcity Neal Boyd

    FIRST OUR JERBS

    THEN OUR CANDLEDOOTS

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    It’s amazing how a homosexual can be a Republican fully knowing Republicans don’t like homosexuals!!

  • Anonymous

    Another hyprocrite in the gop. Big surprise.

  • OSTL

     all of the sudden you “progressives” care about and even use the word “illegal?” lol

  • OSTL

     facts, boy. live and learn.

  • OSTL

     recess at romper room?

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Give me an example of how Republicans have supported homosexuals in the past??

  • OSTL

     *stinger*

  • OSTL

     ”top” doesn’t have a girl friend he has NO friends.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Conservatives have made it clear that if you’re a homosexual who is a Republican, you better stay in the closet!!

  • Anonymous

    sorry, I dont know what an “Illeagal ” is.. If you mean a “sick eagle” then yes, I am with you, I am all for taking care of  ”ill -eagles.”

  • Anonymous

    Dumdum …its about the HYPOCRISY you Repugs seem to value.

  • Anonymous

    cant wait to watch the “closed-minded repugs, try and justify what they would normally be slamming him for if he was a dem. 

  • OSTL

     This queer isn’t a republican, dumdum. U clearly know nothing about him.

  • Anonymous

    And it sounds like you do….What part of GOP candidate dont you understand?

  • OSTL

     what part of rino do u not understand?

  • Anonymous

    What a beautiful relationship.

  • Anonymous

    you mean about consrevative hypocrisy?
    i just want to know what GOP men ARE NOT SECRETLY GAY…
    this is the big story..
    a conservative who is NOT a sexual deviant…now that would be a story fo sho…

  • Anonymous

    Do you need a few minutes to get your talking points? I’ll wait.

  • Anonymous

    that is a change from doing NOTHHING at your job…

    you may want to turn your computer off–get a real taste of reality–maybe get some fresh air..

  • Anonymous

    LoL! Republicans *saying* they don’t like gays are just ‘covering their asses’ ─ if you get my drift?

  • OSTL

     apparently u didn’t read the headline.

  • OSTL

     queer boy is for illegal immigration. fact.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

     Gay people deciding to keep their sexual orientation a private matter has nothing to do with their being conservative or liberal.  AHem…………..Anderson Cooper?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

     What the hell have Democrats done for gay people?  Last time I checked the Obama administration, like every other Democratic administration before him, hasn’t done anything for “gay rights”.

  • OSTL

     Gay-Hating “Progressives” Out Congressional Candidate Sheriff Paul Babeu …

  • OSTL

      The left has been targeting him for years because of his tough stance on border security.

  • OSTL

     Three Members of Obama’s Church Killed

    [Sinclair has also asked: why would Young—whom he had never
    met—initiate these calls by contacting him on cell phone numbers known
    only in the Obama camp? Further, a private investigator connected to the
    Chicago Police Department told the Globe, “Donald Young was silenced
    because of something he knew about Obama. Donald was in a position where
    he heard a lot of things and saw a lot of things concerning Barack.”

    Another questionable Obama associate is openly homosexual. That
    person is Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, who was listed during
    the 2008 campaign as being part of Obama’s “technology initiative.”]

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Is James Carville getting married to Mary Matalin a scandalous story of hypocrisy?  This logic is absurd and really exposes the bigoted nature of liberals.

  • Anonymous

     His job is to enforce the law and he is not paid by the people of AZ he is paid by his county, how is it that you do not know what a Sheriff is? dose? his authority? his jurisdiction?

    You really do not know and yet you spout your demands and POOF you think it is whatever you say it is to be, you should have finished school.

    F&F was a Bush era program turned over to the Obama Administration and if you had watched any of the hearings you would know that time after time they have demanded that the AG answer for parts of the program from the Bush era, and when the democrats say lets get those people *Bush people* in here and get to the bottom of this from the beginning to the end the Chairman refuses to do that, he will not even allow democrats to call witnesses, the democrats never did this to republicans which is setting a precedent of excluding the minority,something that never should happen and he is running a one party show and abusing his authority, he is mad because every thing he tries to damage *he is not doing the real work of the committee* the President and his administration never pans out.plus he has gone out of his way to create a false one sided record as if it will justify his actions. he thinks if he gets the President or his administration and that is GETS THEM ON SOMETHING he will be able to escape an ethics complaint that was filed by an outside group that he was profiting from his actions in congress, or more correctly he was using his office to become even richer, and they delivered the information they had to support such a charge.

    so you decide who to believe the truth or ISSA and when that issue gets resolved you will see the F&F gets done because he will be out of the way and the committee will get on with the business of the committee and stop doing the business of ISSA.

  • Anonymous

    No John it is not in the slightest. Why? Because neither of them were calling for the round up of conservatives or liberals and having them deported or pushing for laws that would put those that ‘harbor’ them into jail and having police question anyone that looks ‘suspicious’. Oh, and neither of them were blackmailing the other. Keep trying at making this about how awful ‘liberals’ are, it is fun listening to and reading the twists and contortions you folks are doing. 

  • Anonymous

     Issa is.

  • Anonymous

    to the tusk below YOU THINK CLINTON WAS BEHIND DOMA AND DADT, and that the republicans did not PUSH THIS AS THEIR ISSUE? DADT was a compromise with the republicans to shut them up and end obstruction in the Senate, DOMA? also to shut them up and you can find his signing statement for yourself and read it, it is and was a stupid law and it has not been repealed, DADT was also a dumb ass law its gone now and guess what the MILITARY is just fine without it.

    Cheney did JACK SHIT about gay rights till just a few days ago, yes when asked he supported extending full rights to LBGT people but he did not push for it or oppose his party on it while in office, nor did he support ending DADT he towed the party line on that issue, get your facts straight before you lambast and whine about what you think without knowing of which you speak.

    If DOMA goes before the SCOTUS it falls, it has unconstitutional provisions and when those are taken out the rest of it falls apart to sooth republicans the DOJ has stopped enforcing the un-constitutional parts to preserve the law until congress repeals it, which they will have to do or face having it thrown out by the SCOTUS and the embarrasment of once again having a republican only law being found un-constitutional AGAIN.

  • Anonymous

    Obama did repeal DADT and he forced republicans to do it in 2011 while they control the House.

    otherwise nail the rightwingers to the wall as you do so well

  • Anonymous

    it is not his job to deport and he has no authority to do anything like that.

    and he was engaged in an effort to use threats to force a result he wanted that had nothing to do with the performance of his job or the office he holds

  • AIiveStiIIKickin

    You got it
    The liberals are waiting for us to do their research again.
    LOL!!!
    GOOGLE IT….DUMMIES!!!

  • Anonymous

    Everything thing about you *and* your posts sh-’out’-s FAKE!!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/kenyanbornobamacorn KenyanBorn ObamAcorn

    So what’s the point? He’s GAY, WHO CARES?

    Obama is GAY too, but why isn’t that ALL OVER THE NEWS?

    At least the NH Herald has the guts to tell the truth about Obama’s GAY affair, EVEN AFTER getting asttacked by Obama’s goons!:

    http://newhampshireherald.com/page13.html

  • OSTL

     scathing

  • OSTL

     2 guest licks…disturbing….fake much?

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    Wow….  That ought to go over with this bunch of red necks and idiots out here like a lead balloon.

  • http://twitter.com/TheStiletto The Stiletto

    Um, that’s “Pinal” county not “Pinot” county — don’t you guys have proofreaders and fact-checkers? Wait, I’ve asked this question before, so obviously not.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Wow…so it turns out the sherriff was openly gay…. so what a great story “exposing” him.  You really can’t exaggerate how detached from reality the liberal media is.

  • Anonymous

    You poor thing! Were you *born* like that or did you acquire the brain damage in some kind of ‘freak accident’?

  • Anonymous

    Has anyone mentioned santorum, yet ─ I’m sure he/it’s there . . . in the, er, ‘background’? Yuckkk!

  • Anonymous

    Discombobulated?

  • Anonymous

    But it’s OK.  He now carries a flaming anti-homosexual cattle-prod.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, we made his ex boyfriend come out and accuse him of threats.  Guilty!

  • Anonymous

    Who was it recently who told a gay constituent “You need to find another party, we’re not the party for you”?

  • Anonymous

    It must be KILLING you, all this lefty injustice!!!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Not sure, I tried Google but could not get any tangible results on who said that!! But it definitely sounds like something a Republican would say!!

  • Anonymous

    But your argument fails, since the left don’t stand up for any standards morality, they “can’t” be hypocrites, but actually they are, because in condemning others who do hold up standards of morality but themselves fail to live up to those standards, the left is being hypocritical in that, since they don’t hold up any standards of morality, but they still judge others who do. Every single Christian pastor who has ever preached against most of the sins of the bible are technically a hypocrite since everyone sins. Or is every Christian pastor supposed to start ever sermon with a laundry list litany of all of the sins they have ever committed in their life, falling on the ground, rolling around, crying, confessing in public to all of it, and then, only then, can they preach that anyone else should live up to any standard of morality? The entire concept of hypocrisy is grossly overplayed by the so-called liberals.  

  • Anonymous

    But your argument fails, since the left don’t stand up for any standards morality, they “can’t” be hypocrites, but actually they are, because in condemning others who do hold up standards of morality but themselves fail to live up to those standards, the left is being hypocritical in that, since they don’t hold up any standards of morality, but they still judge others who do. Every single Christian pastor who has ever preached against most of the sins of the bible are technically a hypocrite since everyone sins. Or is every Christian pastor supposed to start ever sermon with a laundry list litany of all of the sins they have ever committed in their life, falling on the ground, rolling around, crying, confessing in public to all of it, and then, only then, can they preach that anyone else should live up to any standard of morality? The entire concept of hypocrisy is grossly overplayed by the so-called liberals.     

  • http://www.facebook.com/patrick.j.heard Patrick Jude Heard

    The hypocrisy comes from the Right.  Here you’ve got a gay closeted right winger, with an “illegal” Mexican boyfriend, who is running on an anti-immigrant platform.  The Left has nothing to do with this, except to sit back and watch the hypocrisy and laugh.

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

     We have standareds in morality, at least I do. Most of us don’t wear it on our sleeves. And i don’t run around condeming everyone who doesn’t follow the exact way they think aren’t a  Christrian  because they don’t agree with the way I interpret the Bible.. Your argument is like swiss cheese. So it’s like saying ok, I’m goiing to commit a sin because God will forgive me. 
    In Matthew 7 which all the right-wing neocons make your same argument should read the part where Jesus said “you hypocrits. Remove the log in your own eye before removing it in your brothers eye. and last but not least  “do not judge others or you too will be judged”  And the best one for the holier than thous  in Matthew 6, ” when you pray, do not be like the Hypocrits or pray on the street corners so others can see them for they have already received there reward,….. well I’m sure you know the rest of that scripture. So, your argument fails unless you think Jesus is a liar.
    Enough said.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    If they have that memo, why didn’t they actually show it? They just claim to have a memo. Given the Daily Caller’s history of extreme bias and dishonesty, they probably made up the memo.

  • http://twitter.com/sllkfzz Abdul Rashid

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  • Anonymous

    typical conservative hypocrisy. 

  • Anonymous

    Maybe you should question whether you actually believe in Jesus, he said that you should share his message, but instead you keep it bottled up inside like it is your secret. You must not really believe in your so-called morality if you have to keep it a secret. Seems like that is hypocritical. Why would you call Jesus a liar? Especially for a Christan that is an absurd way to make an argument. But you seem to want to avoid the core issue, we don’t have enough space on this forum to debate the entire realm of morality and biblical theology. The bottom line, and it is rock solid, is that so-called liberals insulate themselves from being called hypocrites by not speaking up about any morality. The only time it is an issue for them is when someone who does speak up about moral issues falls short, as all men do, and then they are raised up to the mountaintops as the supreme example of so-called hypocrisy, a technique not only meant to silence that one voice but to silence anyone else who might dare to speak out about morality.

    As for public displays of prayer, those Muslims really make a big show of prayer, but you probably don’t have any problem with that, and yes, Muhammad and Islam do call Jesus a liar, but at the same time try to call him a great prophet. But Islam condones lying so maybe that makes sense.   

  • Anonymous

    Ok Pastor.

  • Anonymous

    To my knowledge the guy has never said anything against homosexuality in any kind of way.  His job and wanting to keep the boarder secure, doesn’t make him a racist either, as there are also many people of color who share his views on the boarder issue. And as someone of color, I’m getting pretty damn annoyed with people carelessly throwing the word racist around, with the attempt to close a debate… Its despicable really.

    People have got to understand that Republican, doesn’t mean you’re some stupid uptight phony “Christian” social conservative. There are also different types of conservatives, like ones who are only conservative, when it comes down to economics; as liberal policies on economics ruin economies- sometimes slowly sometimes quickly- though ruin it does and there are many examples.

    Then there is national security/foreign policy. Its more rooted in common sense often- as opposed to liberal views on such- which can get into Candy Land territory, and then everyone’s standing about shocked, when something big and bad happens, that isn’t any surprise to anyone who was paying attention; and knew and or said what needed to be done.

    The only bad thing he did (if its true), was keeping this guy in his home if he’s illegal, and holding his deportment over his head if anything about him being gay came out. If that’s true, that’s not a Republican or Democrat thing- that’s a crappy and typical politician thing.

    Now if Rick Santorum came out saying he was gay, that would be hilarious; and he should be slapped with the hypocritical glove hard lol. Politicians like him are garbage to me, and as a Christian I feel people like him don’t understand the true meaning of what it is to be Christian. For starters Jesus never involved himself in politics, so Santorum needs to keep his bloody faith out of policy making, especially when it gets down to people’s personal lives.

    On top of that, they don’t realize that we’re not going to be judged as a nation, or congregation; but as individuals.  Him being gay, is just another reason why people need to drop that silly social conservative rubbish. The only thing a politician should do as far as faith; is encourage houses of worship to get more involved in their communities, and make sure people are free to practice their faith in this country.

    The social “Christian” conservatives, aren’t all that different from the big government nanny state liberals. Both of them are all well and good with government dictating how one should live their personal life, and implication laws that get involved in our personal lives… So long as its their ideology being forced on the masses.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eOsMc2Fgg&feature=related Phaerisee
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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/JasonTodd-Ready/100003179789161 JasonTodd Ready

    There are many more issues regarding this soon to be ex sheriff which require further investigation.

    http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2011/08/28/20110828rico-jail-funds-used-travel.html

    We are on the border in Pinal County and this media spectacle of a sheriff is not all he is cracked up to be.

    http://santanvalley.com/blogs/item/6747-sheriff-paul%E2%80%99s-$32-million-overspending-demands-independent-audit#.T0UyN3net8F

    The Sheriff’s Department did not even get the volunteer Search and Rescue
    team trained to use the equipment to recovery bodies from the canal and
    had to rely on private citizens from another county to help out.  http://azstarnet.com/article_aa3828bb-8c75-5fdd-b7c5-662f112ca33f.html

    The
    deputies lack equipment, training, and leadership necessary to perform
    their duties in the most efficient manner in the most dangerous county
    in the nation. The cartel regularly deploys
    narco-terrorists armed with everything from automatic weapons to
    grenades in the vicinity of citizens in danger. Some real changes need
    to be made and a whole new line of thinking needs to be part of the
    leadership department. -JT Ready http://www.sheriffready.org/J.T._Ready_for_Pinal_County_Sheriff.html

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