Former sportscaster, Super-Dave Osborne lookalike and yo-yo dieter, Congressman JD Hayworth (R-AZ) made a startling pronouncement on The Big Story with John Gibson, which aired on Fox on January 18, 2006.

Congressman Hayworth, who has written extensively on immigration issues from his unique perspective as a sporting man, has apparently pledged to out-Tancredo the competition. Here he is at something called the "Bronze Elephant Banquet."

(In case you were wondering about the name of this event, it refers to the traditional role of the elephant as the mascot of the GOP. It has nothing to do with the Congressman looking like the spokesmodel for Hawaiian Tropic's new line of Big n' Tall Tanning Lotions.)

Anyhow, in response to the argument that concern about terrorist infiltration of the U.S. via Mexico has been overblown, Congressman Hayworth stated that Arizona ranchers have found hastily abandoned belongings of Muslims along the Mexican border. How do we know these untidy camp sites were occupied by Muslims? Because Hayworth claims that "copies of the Koran and prayer rugs" were also left behind. If Hayworth's informants are to be trusted then these presumed terrorists (and litterbugs) must have dropped their religious paraphernalia in their rush to elude capture.

Yikes.