Why did the elephant cross the border?

When last we saw Raj Peter Bhakta, he was being fired by Donald Trump on The Apprentice.

Bhakta’s back, and mad as hell about the border (as he understands it).  To bring attention to the permeability of the border, he paraded elephants and a mariachi band in the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border near Brownsville Texas.  The NYTimes carried the AP clip of the story, which is here, and quotes Bhakta as saying that “no one showed up” to put a stop to the antics.  (Did I mention Bhakta is running for office?)

Well, as always, there is more to this than meets the eye — including the fact that, well, maybe someone did show up. Siddhartha of the Sepia Mutiny blog digs a little deeper, to hilarious effect.  The blog highlights a column by Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which takes a different view of the matter.

In a word, Siddhartha reminds Bhakta not to mess with Texas.  Read all about it here.

-jmc