USAG Eric Holder hadn’t read Arizona’s SB 1070 before attacking it.
The Nutroots decided that was good enough for them and didn’t read it before “acting” it
On Friday, at Netroots Nation, a group of immigration activists brought the reality of Arizona’s SB 1070 to Netroots attendees by staging a brilliant piece of street (well okay, hotel) theater. As attendees moved into the auditorium for the free lunch sponsored by Moveon.org., Latino activists wearing pseudo-ICE badges, costume HSA patches and otherwise garbed as “authority†stopped people before they entered the hall to grab their sandwiches and sodas and hear a panel on civil rights in the modern era.
The activists asked people who appeared to be white European in origin for their papers
Some people laughed, some were confused, some just walked by.
So the unknowing participants acted just like illegals coming to America for a “free lunch” do to our ICE officers. All was well and the only point proven was that the Nutroots don’t read before getting into costume.
I was about to say it was a pity and a missed teachable moment that none of ’em got knocked on their butts for their trouble, and then I remembered it was at Netroots Nation.