Aspiring politicians must hear all sorts of off-kilter ideas from potential constituents. The key to those encounters is to smile, nod, and never repeat the idea proffered, whether it be amending the Constitution to make use of firearms mandatory, banning science from classrooms altogether, or outlawing women’s menstrual cycles because they kill babies.
Perhaps GOP Congressman Tom Mullins never heard this sage advice, because during a radio interview before he had locked up his party’s nomination, this incandescent intellect suggested the government could place landmines along the U.S./Mexico border. Upon being caught saying radically stupid shit, Mullins recanted, saying he’d heard it while campaigning.
Is Tom Mullins really that vulnerable to outside suggestion? Because I heard the best way to fight illegal immigration in New Mexico is to purchase a condo in Portland’s Pearl District, a house in inner SE Portland, and to turn both deeds over to me, as well as a sizable stipend, that I may live comfortably for years to come. If Mexicans still cross the border uninvited after that, a new hybrid vehicle may be just the thing to stop the madness.
