GOP Rep: We Can Catch Grasshoppers, Why Not Undocumented Immigrants?

Media Matter catches Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) on the House floor last night comparing the capture of undocumented aliens to that of exotic grasshoppers.

Now it seems to me that if we are so advanced with technology and manpower and competence that we can capture illegal grasshoppers from

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Houston Newspaper Attacks ‘Birthers’ in Texas House Delegation

This is getting to be a theme today. The Houston Chronicle takes note of the six Texas Republican congressmen (the editorial was apparently written before Louie Gohmert joined in yesterday) who have co-sponsored Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) “birther bill,” and chides the two members from the More…