Arizona

During the Inquisition, as you know, people with Semitic features were often suspected of being closeted Jews or Muslims - which, if confirmed, could be tantamount to death in those days.

So when approached by zealots, these people would often puff out their chest and declare: "Me? I'm more Catholic then the Pope!"

And so it is, 500 years later, many Hispanic Republicans: they believe that, by making a show of siding with the very people who would have them deported if they could (or even killed), they'd protect themselves.

And Juan's smirk says it all: As opportunistic as it is pathetic.

Thanks for finding and posting this, Judi. As absurd as they are, these stories shed light on a growing problem in modern politics: the Stockholm Syndrome voter (or at least, politician).