Do you find the president's involvement in local politics by pardoning Joe Arpaio disturbing?

https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html

Of course, CNN reporting it doesn't make it so. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at August 26, 2017 8:29 PM MDT

The point that I'm making is that in order for the President to get involved the transgression would have to already be at the Federal level, not a "local" issue. A State or local conviction would be outside the President's power to pardon (check the source of the President's power, the US Constitution). If the President has the power to actually issue a pardon in the Arpaio case then the Federal government is already involved at the "local" level. And that involvement started long before Mr. Trump placed his hand on the bible last January 20th.

Multiple media sources have announced the pardon, by the way. Whether that's from different independent, credible sources (like it is supposed to be) or from the media's echo chamber is hard to say at this point. (But I haven't been following the story very closely.)

Aye, indeed.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html

This may or may not be true.

.. and I forgot Obama pardoned many people on his way out.

Were any of them white supremacists, racists?

Most were gang members, drug dealers and thieves....

And you know this to be a fact because you heard that on FOX news and from Trump.

Fox news did in fact report on it. As they are a reliable news source. If you would like to varify the reporting this is the link:
www.justice.gov

You very conveniently forgot to note that at least half of those pardons and commutations were for crimes other than drug-related - everything from having an illegal alligator to lying to the IRS.  Of course, that wouldn't serve to prop up your argument that Obama let out only drug dealers, thieves and gang members. This post was edited by SpunkySenior at August 27, 2017 11:00 AM MDT

Whomever told you that is either a liar or a ignorant of the facts. 

Obama issued 1927 pardons and commutations here is a break down of the most common offenses: 
Drugs crimes: 1813 
Thieft: 24
Firearms (only): 10
Murder: 1
Manslaughter: 1
Fraud (Bank, Mail, Tax, Money Laundering): 54

Many of the drug offenders also had firearms and other charges. NONE are counted twice.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/obama-commutations

Perhaps you only looked at the most recent pardons.  There was a second set.

Perhaps she doesn't look period. 

She is defense counsel for Donald Trump.  A lonely little petunia in an onion patch.

I drew my facts from the link SHE provided.

I looked at all the pardons and commutations....that is why it took so long to get back to your post. 

I hadn't noticed how long it took you to respond.

Follow the more detailed link above it takes you straight there. There are over 1700 listed and less than 30 are for something other than drugs.

I'm not going to waste my time looking at things that are long past and cannot be changed.  Simply because a prior president did or didn't do something doesn't make what Trump pardoning Arpaio right.  Trump has had plenty to complain about relating to Obama and what he did, but when Trump does the exact same thing, it's ok.  I call that hypocrisy.

I have not defended Trump pardon of the sheriff. Pointing out the hypocrisy  of the left....over 1 pardon of a contemp of court vs over 1800 drug offenders. 
I would not have pardoned him. 

You're talking about the record of a president 8 years in office versus a "president" less than 8 months in office.  I'd be willing to bet that by the time Mueller gets finished with his investigation, your president will be doing a lot more pardoning.

We will have to wait and see....but I do know that Obama granted more than any other President since Truman who issued blanket ones pertaining to the military..