{"id":17147,"date":"2015-08-20T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17147"},"modified":"2015-08-20T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:01:43","slug":"thursday-bag-o-anchor-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17147","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Bag o’ Anchor Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"anchorI was hoping the mean-spirited and\u00a0loaded phrase “anchor baby” had gone the way of the dodo but then Trump (who else?) had to say it and of course the media too, and now it’s stinking up the whole place again.<\/p>\n

Second- and third-tier Republican candidates are tripping over microphone cables to announce their own plans to overturn the 14th Amendment, and liberal and conservative pundits are talking of nothing else. Anchor babies here, anchor babies there, here an anchor, there an anchor, take their rights away.<\/p>\n

Anchor baby must have been cooked up in some\u00a0political think tank. It’s genetically engineered to evoke an unthinking emotional response, to keep us\u00a0from having an\u00a0intelligent, mature discussion. Anchor babies? Chuck ’em out!<\/p>\n

I\u00a0thought the phrase had seen its day in the sun. Then Trump brought\u00a0it back, and it’s like it never went away. If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you might have noticed death panels making an encore appearance. Yesterday I heard a guest on NPR mention the death tax, another golden oldie. How long before Trump reaches back for that\u00a0Reagan-era favorite, welfare queen?<\/p>\n

Tell you what, here’s a golden oldie I’d like to see Trump bring back into the spotlight: draft dodger. That one I can get behind!<\/p>\n

Ohhh, my inner conservative is stirring. Time to drive the Prius down to Starbucks for a skim milk latte.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of Starbucks, I saw this on Twitter today:<\/p>\n

\"one<\/p>\n

My god, hasn’t Starbucks ever heard of One Girl, One Cup? I think I just gave up coffee. For life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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