The Most Fun You Can Have in Uniform
Pinal County, Ariz., Sheriff Paul Babeu, 43, has resigned as the Arizona campaign co-chair for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, even though Babeu says it’s “completely false” that he threatened his now ex-boyfriend with deportation if he revealed their sexual affair. Babeu now acknowledges he is gay — “In America, we celebrate our differences. That’s what makes America exceptional,” he says — but insists neither he nor his lawyer threatened his ex-lover, known only as a Mexican named “Jose”, who was a campaign volunteer for Babeu’s own political ambitions. Babeu is running for Congress as a hard-line border security Republican. (RC/Arizona Republic) ...Finally, a clear explanation of what Republicans mean when they demand a “hard line” on illegal immigrants.Later, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office cleared Sheriff Babeu of any wrongdoing. Very unfairly to Babeu, those results came three days after the primary election — but Babeu still won nomination in a “landslide” against three Republican challengers, the Arizona Republic said, and then won the election. Jose Orozco, Babeu’s ex-boyfriend, was also not charged with any crime.
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