Brian Miller Vs. Jesse Kelly Vs. Jonathan Paton : Kelly Campaign Implodes

ALERT!!  BRIAN MILLER SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN!! DETAILS HERE!!

Wow. At the same time I was writing about theft of Arizona CD8 campaign signs (Brian Miller Vs. Jesse Kelly Vs. Jonathan Paton : Midnight Requisitions) in the Sierra Vista area, not one but two! Countem two! Living, breathing, America's Dumbest Thieves were being arrested. Special Edition midnight riders. Idiots--no, that's too kind. Kelly supporters who were nailed with the evidence in hand, or more correctly, with the evidence in their cars: Recently stolen signs for both the Miller and Paton campaigns.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Sam Stone has posted the details on Brian Miller's Facebook page. You might want to check that out, since it's all of one piece. The same wording can be found right here, but in two parts. It's hard to consider more than a couple of sentences at a time without laughing. My wife and I've seen through Jesse Kelly from Day One, but even we didn't expect his curb-creeping crew of nightcrawlers to model themselves after the evil but inept Dr. Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb.

Part one of Sam Stone's post:

Sign Thieves Caught! Police arrested two people last night, one in Green Valley, the other in Tucson who were caught pulling campaign signs. The one in GV reportedly even had a forged document identifying herself as a Pima County Sign Code Enforcement Officer. Both apparently also had Miller & Paton signs they had illegally removed in their vehicles.

Get that?I haven't personally studied Arizona case law in any real depth, but it does seem highly likely that stealing signs carries a lesser legal penalty than does impersonating a cop--even a little ol' "Sign Code Cop". You know, like a broken turn signal on your vehicle carries a lesser legal penalty than leading officers on a high speed chase that only ends with your Camry crashing into the police station.

Something like that.

Generally speaking, I detest polls of all types, especially online polls like the one below. But there's always an exception. This one was too much fun to leave out, so here ya go.

In the end, of course, this is obviously nothing to laugh about. At a time in our country's history when politics-as-usual is a curse elevated to the level of National Disaster, we as a people need our faith restored, need to know in the marrow of our bones that individuals of the utmost integrity--like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, and Brian Miller--can be trusted to serve our Constitutional Republic no matter the cost to themselves. To have a self-described conservative prove his disregard for the rule of law doesn't help us trust those who've earned that trust.

Not good.

To those readers who will assert that Kelly's people, not Kelly himself, did the crimes: He knew about it. It may never be proven in a court of law, but the court of public opinion is another matter. One rogue soldier out there snatching signs might be passed off as a loner going his own way. But two? In separate areas? With one even attempting to impersonate law enforcement personnel?

Not so much.

Besides, it's really three separate areas if we count my sighting last night in Sierra Vista--the very same night police were arresting perpetrators in Green Valley and Tucson.

He knew.

Some of us are able to scan aspiring candidates and judge their character accurately in a single glance; my wife and I both count ourselves blessed by God to qualify as falling in that category. For those of us so blessed, it's a simple matter to separate the trustworthy from the untrustworthy.

But that's not true for most citizens of these United States, especially those of us working our tails off to feed our families and dependent upon the so called mainstream media for our news. Under those conditions, it's even possible to become convinced that Gabrielle Giffords really is the border hawk she pretends to be during every reelection cycle.

Yeah, right.

[By the way, did you know that Payday Paton and Gaby I-love-Obamacare Giffords actually dated each other, back in the day? Makes sense. They do vote alike.]

Anyway, being vulnerable to the pressures of Life in general and false political propaganda on occasion does not mean the majority of Americans are--as the arrogant Progressives from Powderkeg Pete Stark to Barack Hussein Obama believe--less intelligent, less qualified to oversee our government, or "little people" in any way. Provide the voters with enough accurate information, and they will get it right every time.

It's also important to say clearly to those who take the law into their own hands: You cannot do this without consequences. Which brings us to the second half of Sam Stone's post. Toby Keith and Willie Nelson perform together in a pro-law and order song which contains the words, "...you got to draw a hard line". Brian Miller and his crew are doing precisely what must be done:

For all our supporters, and all the campaign workers who have sweated it out putting these signs up: You can be assured of one thing. We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. EACH SIGN carries a possible fine of $750 and / or 45 days in jail. Hope they like pumping iron and eating bland food.

You go, guys.

That's about it for tonight...except for one special teaser. There's another current issue which doesn't exactly shine a happy light on as-good-as-ex-candidate Kelly. Word has it that both Brian Miller and Jonathan Paton have released to the Pima County GOP their military records including their performance ratings while in service. Kelly...has not. He did turn in his DD1014, but that simply certifies his honorable discharge. What's missing (or so I've heard) are his various OPR (performance review) forms.

Worse yet, he's not just neglected to provide those forms but has actively refused to do so.

Well, guess what? It just so happens that this reporter is going to have the opportunity to ask Kelly about that in person--as long as he has the cojones to keep his already scheduled meet-and-greet dates.

We'll let you know how that turns out, for sure!