The conservative blogosphere has exploded as of late - well, I guess they are always in some degree of explosion - over Dr. Juan Hernandez's presence in the McCain camp. You probably will remember him - he is a regular on the cable news networks, sports a Pancho Villa mustache, and advocates a little compassion, logic, and reason concerning immigration, making him an obvious target for the likes of Michelle Malkin. I read Malkin pretty religiously. She is endlessly entertaining, although it can be a little scary that a pretty large swath of the population takes her seriously. Some Malkin gems: she rants here about Akon's penchant for objectifying women - definitely hilarious coming from a woman who owes everything she has to the way she looks. How bout defending Japanese internment in WW2? Check. Torture? Check. Racism? Check. Homophobia? Check. Yeah, she is a piece of shit. But her views on immigration and John McCain have a lot of traction among right-wingers. She calls out Hernandez, McCain, Lindsay Graham, and Ted Kennedy on a regular basis for supporting "Shamnesty." Basically, this means that they are subversive anti-Americans for not supporting some Orwellian Gestapo squad to go house to house and arrest every illegal in the country. Cause that's practical. She evidently supports McCarthy-esque campaigns to encourage ratting out neighbors, co-workers, etc, and suggests here that not doing so means you, too, are a criminal. Now I realize that this all sounds a bit extreme, but there are elements of the Republican party that buy into all this. Check talk radio, Fox News, and the National Reviews of the world. It is a valid viewpoint to them. So while it is easy to laugh off Michelle Malkin, keep in mind that she is not alone. I support McCain because I believe he can heal the country, and I hope he can heal his own party.
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