Why Mubarak Would Be A Great Presidential Candidate For The Republican Party

Jonathan Chait:

The more I think about this, the more sense it makes […] You want a candidate who’s tough on Islamists? The other republicans can talk all they want about doubling Gitmo, but only Mubarak has imprisoned and tortured Islamists. You can’t possibly get to the right of him on this issue. And he’s extremely pro-Israel.

The biggest threshold issue for Mubarak would be creating a gut-level connection with Republican voters. here his opportunity is to bond with them over shared hatred for the liberal media. Some of his opponents can say they voted to defund public broadcasting. Mubarak can say he has had the liberal media arrested and taken to the secret police.

Hilarious.