Bah Humbug!

From The Sanctuary:

Last week, a conglomeration of anti-immigrant groups, led by “Help Save Maryland” and FAIR (recognized a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), organized a rally against my organization, CASA de Maryland.

The heavily promoted rally, which was announced in CAPITAL LETTERS on the website of Help Save Maryland, was supposed to draw the anti-immigrant forces from around the state. …

Now, before I go on, it’s important to note that many political-types in Washington actually believe that the anti-immigrant forces are vast and numerous— not just noisy. Because of this, conventional wisdom on how immigration is hard to change. Well, for anyone in DC who missed how badly anti-immigrant candidates lost in 2008, please turn your attention to Maryland.

A funny thing happened on the way to that big rally against CASA, which, as noted above, was supposed to include both HSM members and anti-immigrant groups from across the state: One person showed up.

Washington would be hard-pressed to find any definition of a successful rally or a successful movement that included one person.

On the other hand, this guy showed up at Casa de Maryland. Seeing he flies in without having his passport checked, or going through a Homeland Security vetting, I guess the jolly old elf is just another “illegal alien” anyway…