By BaxterAbout a year ago, we cats used a famous line from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to illustrate the assault under which the GOP finds itself from the teabaggers.
Then this morning, we heard the news that "Invasion" star Kevin McCarthy had died at the age of 96.
And the teabaggers keep marching on.
In fact, now they're breathing down the neck of Mike Castle in Delaware. While the baggers' extreme, total whack-job positions unnerve us — since surely some of them will get elected to office this November — in The First State we're actually rooting for their anti-masturbation candidate, total mental case Christine O'Donnell. Should she take the Republican nomination for Senate tomorrow, surely Joe Biden's former seat will stay Democratic.
We cats say, ha. Still, Kevin McCarthy's timely passing has reminded us of another bit of dialog, from what is probably his best film. In Gore Vidal's "The Best Man," Presidential candidate Henry Fonda throws his support to a little-known Governor, Merwin, in order to foil the ambitions of the evil, Nixon-like character played by Cliff Robertson. McCarthy, Fonda's aide, laments his boss's choice.
"But Merwin is nobody," McCarthy exclaims.
"Well," Fonda says. "Now, he's somebody."
P.S. We cats will be on the road tomorrow, but we'll try to post again on Wednesday with a primary-day post mortem. Happy Tuesday, everyone.
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