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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 02:37 PM Dec 2013

11 Imaginary Republican Enemies That Could Give Bigfoot A Run For Its Money

There is no hard evidence that Bigfoot exists, but that hasn't kept cable television networks from feeding the American public shows happy to pretend it does. Same goes for Megalodon, a gargantuan prehistoric shark that the Discovery Channel claimed was still alive in a Shark Week "documentary," despite the fact that all scientific evidence suggests it has been extinct for more than a million years.

In this way, some Republicans have become the cable TV execs of lawmaking. From in-person voter fraud to fetus snacks, conservative politicians around the nation have aggressively pushed legislation focusing on things that don't really exist, at least not in the way they want you to believe they do. Like shows that promise to find Bigfoot (but never quite do), or "Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives" (but not really), the GOP's offerings might be laughable, if not for their far more serious consequences.

Below, 11 Republican enemies that are about as real as Bigfoot:

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/republican-imaginary-enemies_n_3832142.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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