Mr.Wizard
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Very interesting read.
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Back in 2005, when Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee fought against an "un-American" and "race-baiting" proposal to deny undocumented workers access to health care and other government services, he declared that the bill "inflames those who are racists and bigots and makes them think there's a real problem." Impugning the piety of the bill's state-senator sponsor — like the governor, a Baptist preacher — Huckabee quipped, "I drink a different kind of Jesus juice."
That was then. Today — with the nation bogged down in a disastrous war, oil prices at $100 a barrel, climate change cooking the planet and the economy veering into recession — the geniuses vying to lead the Republican Party have decided what's really wrong with America: Mexicans. Even the Rev. Huckabee is chugging the GOP's nativist Kool-Aid: In December, the same man who two years ago called on America to "be a place that opens its arms, opens its heart, opens its spirit to people who come because they want the best for their families" unveiled his "Secure America Plan," which would target 12 million of these good folks for mass deportation 120 days into his first term.
The immigrant-bashing had the desired effect, winning Huckabee the coveted endorsement of Jim Gilchrist, leader of the Minuteman Project border vigilantes. Gilchrist — who, in a nod toward moderation, clarified to Rolling Stone that his group does not believe that undocumented workers ought to be "mowed down with machine guns at the border" — has high praise for Huckabee's plan. "It appeared to me that I had written it myself," he says. "It was that strong."
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Back in 2005, when Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee fought against an "un-American" and "race-baiting" proposal to deny undocumented workers access to health care and other government services, he declared that the bill "inflames those who are racists and bigots and makes them think there's a real problem." Impugning the piety of the bill's state-senator sponsor — like the governor, a Baptist preacher — Huckabee quipped, "I drink a different kind of Jesus juice."
That was then. Today — with the nation bogged down in a disastrous war, oil prices at $100 a barrel, climate change cooking the planet and the economy veering into recession — the geniuses vying to lead the Republican Party have decided what's really wrong with America: Mexicans. Even the Rev. Huckabee is chugging the GOP's nativist Kool-Aid: In December, the same man who two years ago called on America to "be a place that opens its arms, opens its heart, opens its spirit to people who come because they want the best for their families" unveiled his "Secure America Plan," which would target 12 million of these good folks for mass deportation 120 days into his first term.
The immigrant-bashing had the desired effect, winning Huckabee the coveted endorsement of Jim Gilchrist, leader of the Minuteman Project border vigilantes. Gilchrist — who, in a nod toward moderation, clarified to Rolling Stone that his group does not believe that undocumented workers ought to be "mowed down with machine guns at the border" — has high praise for Huckabee's plan. "It appeared to me that I had written it myself," he says. "It was that strong."
