Michele Bachmann pledges she’ll build a border across the entire U.S./Mexico border, and referenced President Obama’s aunt living in the U.S. illegally.
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Christ has it ever struck these people that a wall isn’t necessarily to keep people out, but rather to keep us in? Of course these sociopathic war-mongering fascists probably want the wall for that exact purpose.
I think the more amusing (well, obvious, is probably a better word) question is: do any of them realize how much that would cost? I think I read it would exceed $1 million/mile (I don’t think that lower limit would even pay for a reasonably tall/deep/resilient/foreboding/fire-breathing fence, like a good, angry Republican would expect, either). And, I hate to break it to them, but if these human beings (I think this quality escapes many pro-fencers, the whole ‘these are human beings,’ thing) are willing to go through miles of desert with insufficient food and water, leave their families for months, even years, at a time, pay thousands of dollars to hitch a ride with drug- and human-traffickers that might very well leave them to die in a van, and otherwise risk their life on a daily basis, I really doubt they’re going to see a fence and say, “Oh, you got me! I guess I’ll turn around. I was planning on doing heavy labour in 100+ degree weather for hours on end in Texas, but a fence? Inconceivable!”
Now the reason I really reblogged this: Bachmann, that white, double-breasted jacket is clean. It’s as if JCrew produced a line of GOPreppy business wear. Whoa. For a moment there I was somewhat endeared to the Republican party; I am such a tool.
This has me thinking I should go ahead and just be Sarah Palin again for Halloween this year (Bachman looks like Palin: rehab edition and frankly, at least Palin fought big oil; she gets a lot of crap from everyone, but she’s not completely horrible). I don’t plan costumes in advance, nor have I ever constructed one before October 30th. That’s probably why I’ve gone as Hermione ~6x, Peter Pan ~5x (I had to learn the hard way when I was like 14 that after puberty, you are too tall to wear a normal-sized pillowcase as a tunic), a few Disney princesses in early childhood (I remember being the girl from Hercules) and a dog ~3x (though that was infancy, so I take no responsibility).
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