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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Shiny Objects

Trump and the right wing media are now obsessing about a "caravan" of migrants working their way up from Guatemala towards the United States.  There are about 5,000 of them, maybe.  They are coming to claim asylum.  I guess that "get tough" approach of wrenching children from their parents really worked, hunh?

Anyway, this is what the GOP will need to rely on to rally their base.  Stoking fears of Ferriners!  Trump is even saying there are "Middle Eastern" in the crowd, not apparently clarifying what form of "Middle Eastern" is in the crowd. Hopefully the food.  Middle Eastern and Mexican foods are two of my favorites.

The disgusting thing is, it just might work.

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