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I think it’s been nearly 24 hours since I last looked in on our Republican candidates and their prudent, thoughtful stands on Syrian refugees. So where do we stand?
- Ben Carson compared Syrian terrorists to rabid dogs, suggesting this means we’d be wise to avoid all dogs.
- Marco Rubio made some strained analogy to Nazis because…. Nazis.
- Donald Trump wants to keep a database of Muslims. All Muslims? Only newly arrived Muslims? Who knows.
- Ted Cruz wants to ban all Syrian refugees except Christians.
- Jeb Bush thinks that’s a great idea too.
- John Kasich has proposed that we create a Department of Judeo-Christian PR.
- Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, and Chris Christie all want to flatly ban Syrian refugees.
We’ve seen variations of “Can You Top This?” before, perhaps most notably in 2012 regarding illegal immigration. That’s probably no coincidence. But that was before Donald Trump joined the field of presidential wannabes and upped the stakes considerably. Now they’ve gone from merely odious to actively loathsome.
What’s the answer? I think maybe Ben Carson has the right idea. These guys are like rabid dogs, which means it might be wise for us to simply avoid all Republicans. You can’t be too careful, after all.
