{"id":5764,"date":"2017-12-13T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=5764"},"modified":"2017-12-13T21:34:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T04:34:21","slug":"arpaio-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=5764","title":{"rendered":"Arpaio?! Seriously?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunner that we certainly didn&#8217;t see coming, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/12\/us\/politics\/alabama-senate-race-winner.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Jones beat bible thumper and teenage girl aficionado, Roy Moore, in a special election and will now be the first Democratic Senator for Alabama in 25 years<\/a>. This will also hopefully put Moore out of the national spotlight(we&#8217;re absolutely sick of him), although he&#8217;s still got a lot of &#8216;splainin&#8217; to do to the women he&#8217;s harassed.<\/p>\n<p>So are what are racist, authoritarian, conservative, christian Republicans to do? Have no fear, wingnuts. Fresh from his pardoning by Donald Trump, <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/363916-arpaio-seriously-seriously-considering-running-for-senate\" target=\"_blank\">former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that &#8220;he&#8217;s seriously, seriously, seriously considering running for the U.S. Senate&#8221; in Arizona<\/a>. Seriously&#8230;that&#8217;s right, folks: America&#8217;s favorite racist, authoritarian law enforcer says he may run for Jeff Flake&#8217;s vacant seat in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>We thought the 85 year old Arpaio was losing it before, but this pretty much makes it official. He got thumped by Paul Penzone for a county level position, and yet he thinks he can seriously win a state wide election given his notoriety. If it wasn&#8217;t for his pal Trump, he&#8217;d be doing some time. Arizonans are sick of his schtick. We&#8217;ve said it before and we&#8217;ll say it again. Retire already! Ride off into the sunset like a good former sheriff and leave the good people of Arizona alone. Because you know what&#8230;<strong>we&#8217;re seriously, seriously, seriously NOT voting for you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5765\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5765 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arpaiorunningforsenate.jpg\" alt=\"Authoritarian, colossal egoist and former Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, announces that he's seriously, seriously, seriously considering a run for the Senate, to which Arizona voters reply that they will seriously, seriously, seriously not vote for him.\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arpaiorunningforsenate.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arpaiorunningforsenate-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Authoritarian, colossal egoist and former Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, announces that he&#8217;s seriously, seriously, seriously considering a run for the Senate, to which Arizona voters reply that they will seriously, seriously, seriously not vote for him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunner that we certainly didn&#8217;t see coming, Doug Jones beat bible thumper and teenage girl aficionado, Roy Moore, in a special election and will now be the first Democratic Senator for Alabama in 25 years. This will also hopefully put Moore out of the national spotlight(we&#8217;re absolutely sick of him), although he&#8217;s still &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=5764\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Arpaio?! 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