Friday, December 28, 2007

Two plus two equals a 17 foot wall

By Capt. Fogg

“We ought to have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our borders and particularly to make sure if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country.”
Said Mike Huckabee here in Florida last night. He repeated the theme today in Iowa:
“When I say single them out I am making the observation that we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities except those immediately south of the border,”
The fact that this isn't close to being true is less amazing than the sheer irrationality of his non-sequiturs.
“The fact is that the immigration issue is not so much about people coming to pick lettuce or make beds, it’s about someone coming with a shoulder-fired missile,”
Sure, it is, only it hasn't happened nor has it been made more likely by an assassination in Pakistan any more than the assassination of President Kennedy made it more likely for Texans to sneak into Mexico carrying rockets. The fact that the Huckster thinks Afghanistan is east of Pakistan and confuses migrant fruit pickers with Islamic extremists from Waziristan, is only a small part of the evidence that the man has no idea what he is talking about but has a strong feeling that vague mumblings in an ominous tone will allow him to latch on to the Xenophobic and Nativist gravy train. That's just what we need to represent the United States' interests in the world; a dishonest idiot who thinks Jesus wants him in power and will do the thinking for him. Come to think of it, that's what we have been saddled with for these last seven years of bad luck, and that's what we customarily vote for.


Cross posted from Human Voices

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

"That's just what we need to represent the United States' interests in the world; a dishonest idiot who thinks Jesus wants him in power and will do the thinking for him. Come to think of it, that's what we have been saddled with for these last seven years of bad luck, and that's what we customarily vote for."
I agree, Fogg. What we don't need is another idiot in the White House for yet another 4 years.

4:32:00 PM  
Blogger Libby Spencer said...

The similarities are astounding, not to mention frightening.

4:41:00 PM  
Blogger nolocontendere said...

What'd he do, scan the headlines and a little light went on in his head - Pakistanis! Yeah, strike while the iron's hot!

10:30:00 PM  
Blogger Capt. Fogg said...

I don't think he's as stupid as he sounds, but he's certainly trying to gain the trust and confidence of the idiot class by pandering to their irrational fears.

OK, maybe he is that stupid, but this is the country that thought Forrest Gump was a genius.

11:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

people are trying to define huckabee and his phenomenal rise. it's because the GOP are unhappy with their candidates. he's "other".

10:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

though i notice his relative (for a non ron paul gop candidate) trashing of Bush in Foreign Affairs has not hurt him in the least.

10:16:00 AM  

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