So I log onto foxnews.com and a front page headline states "Pelosi: Alcatraz not an option". Can you believe it? That hypocrite liberal wants to shutdown gitmo, but isn't open to having the detainees shipped to her district. OK so I am thinking this is some kind of joke, not a funny one mind you, but a joke. So I click the link.
Check out this quote from John Boehner on Meet the Press:
"If liberals believe they ought to go, maybe we ought to open Alcatraz," Boehner, R-Ohio, told NBC "Meet the Press." Being reminded that Alcatraz is a national park, Boehner responded, "It's very secure."
OK it's probably a joke right? I visited Alcatraz 5 years ago. The toilets are filled with concrete. The buildings are safe enough only to allow tourists to walk through them. It isn't, you know, remotely close to being a fully operational prison. They might as well propose hosting the Super Bowl at the Roman Coliseum. Yet Fox News runs with it as a main headline, essentially saying "Pelosi won't agree to volunteer Alcatraz". So the question becomes, why is Fox taking this seriously? How many people actually will.
UPDATE: Check out the comments at Faux.