Pogo
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Uh..... nnnno, not in the sense the partisan hacks in this thread try to toss it around. They don't "campaign" as such, they don't "debate" as such, they all do their job the same way. As I mentioned my own sheriff bounces back and forth between Democrat and Republican depending on who gives him money. That's all it is. He's the same guy and gets re-"elected" either way. It ain't like a D and R sheriff are gonna have different foreign policies or economic agendas.
They're elected. Which makes them politicians.
I wouldn't mind if that was made illegal. A Sheriff, like a Police Chief should be hired.
I agree they should be hired. But the anomaly that they run for election doesn't make them somehow involved in "politics".
pol·i·tics
(pŏl′ĭ-tĭks)n.
1. (used with a sing. verb)
a. The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
b. Political science.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. The activities or affairs engaged in by a government, politician, or political party: "Our politics has been corrupted by money and suffused with meanness" (Peter Edelman). "Politics have appealed to me since I was at Oxford because they are exciting morning, noon, and night" (Jeffrey Archer).
b. The methods or tactics involved in managing a state or government: The politics of the former regime were rejected by the new government leadership. If the politics of the conservative government now borders on the repressive, what can be expected when the economy falters?
There ain't no politics in sheriffing. You don't get to apply "liberal" or "conservative" or "libertarian" or "socialist" philosophies to it. You have a job description -- enforce the law -- and you do it. It's not a place for wiggle room.
Hahaha!!!! Wow....you couldn't be more wrong. A sheriff is the most powerful person in a county. He can shape things based on his political beliefs very much so.
Yuh huh, because you say so yet can't essplain it huh Spunky?
What an elucidating post. My head swims.
You continue to run away -- why does my sheriff run alternately as a Democrat or Republican, yet he's the same guy running the same office in the same way? When he runs as a Republican, is he angling to do less work?
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