Years ago, Newt Gingrich — who, amazingly, is still around, and nuttier than ever — blamed the Susan Smith infanticide case on the Democratic Party.
"I think the mother killing the two children in South Carolina vividly reminds every American how sick the society is getting and how much we need to change things," he averred. "The only way you get change is to vote Republican."
(It came out during her trial, of course, that Smith had been sexually molested by her stepfather, a state committeeman for the local Republican Party and an advisory board member of the Christian Coalition, but never mind.)
Now, an awful story has emerged out of Rutgers University, of a young man who killed himself after his roommate surreptitiously recorded him having sex with another man and posted it online.
We cats don't doubt that the roommate and his female accomplice are terrible people, and we sincerely hope that they not only are booted out of college but end up in jail. However, we also would like to take a page out of Gingrich's book and blame the Republican Party.
The GOP not only is virulently anti-gay, but has created a national environment in which civil discourse and respect for others are reviled. They bring guns to rallies and openly call for "Second Amendment remedies." They daily imply that violence and mayhem are accepted behaviors in their quest to "take their country back." In a political atmosphere in which it's okay to punch an opponent's supporter, to say you'd like to tell the President of the United States to "go to hell," or to brawl with a reporter, the actions of Dharum Ravi and Molly Wei seem like the next logical step.
Enough. We cats always suspected that the GOP's antics would end up in somebody getting hurt or killed. We can only say that if this story appalls you as much as it does us, vote Democratic.
UPDATE: We cats now have seen the full video of Paladino v. Dicker, and we realize that we've sold it short. This was no mere brawl. Paladino actually threatened to kill the reporter. Unacceptable behavior from anyone, let alone a person running for elective office. Even if the reporter does work for Rupert Murdoch.
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