THE PARTY OF "YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE ..."

And the Republicans wonder why they're having such difficulty with people of color ...

When the world, and now your country, looks like this ...

But your vision of the world tilts toward this ...

But what the world really sees is this ...

You should never embrace this ...

Then remind everyone about how you really feel about what makes you uncomfortable with this ...

While embracing and chuckling at this (with no apologies) ...

And then opening old wounds with this ...

ARIZONA GOVERNOR SIGNS HARSH IMMIGRATION LAW

Because, at the end of the day, all it does is remind people of this ...

And this, "Your papers, please ..."

There's a pattern here. But let's not delude ourselves. As The Atlantic's Mark Ambinder put it, this is what you end up with when ignorant entertainers, who shout little more than bumper sticker slogans, are promoted and embraced as serious political actors. Bread and circus should not drive policy, nor govern our political world's narrative.

 - Mark