BEWARE THE TERROR BABIES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Here's a clue on how to listen to and filter political rhetoric. The difference between leadership and pandering is ......


wait for it ....


the former addresses a real issue and the latter peddles irrational fear.

East Texas Congressman Louie "Fearmonger" Gohmert (R) has said, officially, on the floor of Congress that terrorists are plotting to "make" terror babies by shipping pregnant women here to give birth to their babies, then returning home to train the new Islamic American citizens to be terrorists, then 20-30 years later, sending them back to attack the US.

Wow. Just. Wow.

Then he went on Anderson Cooper repeating the charge. When asked for evidence, he talked about Chinese tourists planning vacations to give birth here. But, no evidence of an actual terror baby plot (though he would not admit that). (In fact, Anderson had a former FBI agent on to discuss the possibility, and the agent said there is no indication this is happening.)

Aside from being completely unsupported by any facts or evidence, this idea is just STUPID. And if there is one thing we learned from 9/11, it's that these guys are not stupid (aside from being willing to blow themselves up).

Islamic terrorists need not plan so far in advance, nor make new babies to bring up to be terrorists. All they have to do is (1) figure out how to get existing terrorists into the country OR (2) recruit existing American citizens to act as terrorists. I hope the first option is more difficult than it used to be. Unfortunately, the second option has actually found some traction.

So, since we KNOW that we are being targeted by people trying to get into the country AND/OR recruiting Americans to take up the mantle of Jihad, why not get behind the efforts to stop these real threats, and STOP MAKING STUFF UP!