Bring em on! Southern Illinois Mayor Acts like a Buffoon on Fox Chicago Tv

Marion Mayor:Detainees
Love Sand, Camels

Updated: Monday, 06 Jul 2009, 12:42 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 06 Jul 2009, 12:42 PM CDT

A downstate mayor says “go ahead, bring on the Gitmo detainees.” Robert Butler is the mayor of Marion. He says the town's medium security prison could be upgraded to host the unwanted prisoners. He talks to Mike and Jan over the phone.

In the interview, Jan asks Butler if he’s worried that the detainees will be living in his city if they get out of jail.

Butler responds by saying, “I cannot imagine that they would care to stay here. We don’t have any camels and there isn’t any sand. So, I’m sure that if they were released they wouldn’t be coming here to this community. They’d be going some place else.”

Later in the interview, Butler explains more about why Marion should hold the prisoners.

He says, “We’ve got our American thugs there. Let’s put the terrorist thugs there. Our American thugs are going to take care of them and so we go from there.”

From Fox Chicago