No, Wait — THIS is Today's Republican Party

By Sniffles

In case you thought the recently disgraced Chip "Chipmunk Cheeks" Saltsman was the only racist in the GOP, guess again.

Carol Carter, a Hillsborough County, Florida, Republican state committeewoman (that is, if indeed she IS a woman), has quit her party post after sending the following e-mail:

"I'm confused. How can 2 million blacks get into Washington, D.C. in one day in sub-zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days [sic] notice?"

Hm. Making fun of Hurricane Katrina victims. It conjures up pictures of people on rooftops, frantically calling for help, animals stranded on the tops of cars, old women dying in their wheelchairs outside a football stadium. Just hilarious, isn't it?

Ms. Carter (if, indeed, she IS a Ms.) resigned, but protested that she's not a racist. "I forwarded a joke to eight people I thought were friends and it went off the cliff," she said indignantly. And then she followed up with a grudging, astoundingly qualified apology:

"I have been asked to send this apology for my earlier e-mail," she huffed. "I am sorry that it was received in a negative manner. I do hope that we are going to be allowed to keep our sense of humor. As you can now see, it went to very few people... I am also sorry to learn that some of these persons are not real team players. There really was no reason for this to go beyond those that I e-mailed (eight people)."

How very convincing. Apparently the Republican Party — when it's not being a bunch of "insurgents" like the Taliban — is a huge group of closeted bigots who just elected an African-American national party chair as window dressing. Any comment from you, Mr. Steele?

We cats are waiting. In the meantime, we SNARL at this repugnant woman (if, indeed, she IS.... well, you know). And we dump our dirty litter boxes in her swimming pool.