[TheMole]

Coble's comments were dumb dumb dumb. He could at least have mentioned the participation of Japanese-Americans in the U.S. armed forces in WW2 (in rather stark contrast with the expressed attitudes of Muslim Americans today). He might have spoken a little more knowledgeably of the Republican Party's historical positions, which stand up quite favorably today. And speaking of Republicans, yes of course they're held to a higher standard than Democrats. Yes of course it's because the media and academia hate Republicans, and of course it's an unfair double standard. But, you know what? It's a good thing. It means sleazeballs and buffoons among the Republicans are eliminated from positions of authority, and that stands in bold counterpoint to the situation with the Democrats. This is slowly sinking into the electorate.

[aristeides]

I think Coble was focusing on the question of possibly having to intern Moslems in America now, and that the mention of the 1942 internment of the Japanese was tangential. So for him to say anything further about the Japanese-Americans in WWII than he did would not have been germane to the point he was making.