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Gay affair with immigrant won’t stop GOP sheriff

02/21/2012 By 7 Comments

Photo: AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Deirdre Hamill

The sort of GOP scandal most voters have grown accustomed to either involve a gay love affair or evidence of flip-floppery when it comes to immigration; rarely are the American people treated to a scandal that involves both.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced on Saturday that he intends to step down as the Romney campaign’s state co-chair in Arizona after it was discovered that he had entered into a love affair with a male undocumented campaign volunteer.

It has since been unclear whether or not the other man, identified only as “Jose,” is in fact a legal resident of the United States. Still, many Republicans and Democrats agree that the news is enough to end his current congressional bid (which the sheriff has vowed to continue with), if not his career.

“I don’t see how any reasonable person cannot think that this is going to hurt him,’ said Bruce Merrill, professor emeritus of political science at Arizona State University, “particularly with the constituency that he has built, which is a very evangelical, right-wing, family-oriented, conservative constituency.”

Indeed, Sheriff Babeu has made quite a name for himself as an anti-undocumented bulldog in Arizona, even appearing alongside Sen. John McCain in the senator’s famed “complete the danged fence” TV ad in 2010.

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Filed Under: Politics
About Hector Luis Alamo, Jr.

Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., is the associate editor at Being Latino and a native son of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. He received a B.A. in history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where his concentration was on ethnic relations in the United States. While at UIC, he worked first as a staff writer for the Chicago Flame and later became the newspaper's Opinions editor. He contributes to various Chicago-area publications, most notably, the RedEye and Gozamos. He's also a cultural critic for 'LLERO magazine. He has maintained a personal blog since 2007, YoungObservers.blogspot.com, where he discusses topics ranging from political history and philosophy to culture and music.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

Comments

  1. Terry Adam Santiago Cordova says:
    02/21/2012 at 5:09 pm

    HYPOCRITE! That’s all I have to say about him.

  2. Juan Carlos says:
    02/21/2012 at 5:23 pm

    that’s the GOP for you right there…bigotry, hypocrisy, double standards…and now stubbornness!

  3. Miguelito Del Fénix says:
    02/21/2012 at 5:31 pm

    Wow, immigrant and gay? These guys bleed hypocrisy from their dead veins

  4. Mario Ramirez says:
    02/21/2012 at 5:50 pm

    And like Democrats don’t do crap? Give me a break. Look at what Barney Franks did and Bill Clinton! There is good and bad in all groups.

  5. Jerry Alvarez says:
    02/21/2012 at 5:51 pm

    Funny how things can change in an instant. These people push the agenda because they think that they are immune to the control and are “above the law” and then in a moment of humanity….they see what this agenda is all about.

  6. Ilia Espinosa says:
    02/21/2012 at 6:10 pm

    Live ur life leave other alone. What goes on behind closes doors won’t effect us in any way. Mind urs.

  7. Ariel E Gaitan says:
    02/21/2012 at 6:14 pm

    after all he is a human being !!

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