Firing Up The Base

Remember when John McCain was the "non-crazy Republican"?  I kind of miss those days too, because the current iteration of Senator Angry is just as bad as some of his tea party colleagues...in fact he's worse, because he knows better than to make dangerous and irresponsible claims like this, he just once again chooses to lie to score points with the crazies.

U.S. Sen. John McCain is blaming illegal immigrants for starting some of the wildfires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres in Arizona.


"There is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally," McCain, R-Arizona, said Saturday at a press conference. "The answer to that part of the problem is to get a secure border."

The Arizona senator, however, did not say what the evidence is, prompting a swift rebuke from Latino civil rights advocates.

"It's easier to fan the flames of intolerance, especially in Arizona," said Randy Parraz, a civil rights advocate who ran unsuccessfully against McCain as a Democratic candidate in 2010.

But that slander is out there, and now Arizonans will be gunning for Latinos in that state...possibly quite literally.  If he has the evidence, then let's see and hear it.  My guess is he has nothing but racist bullshit.

More from Capt. Fogg over at The Reaction.