Tidbits and Cat Treats: Monday Grab-Bag

By Sniffles

The Democratic Party is adding marriage equality to its official platform for 2012. We cats say, well, duh, and fervently hope that it's the last time anything like this makes news. (Ya know, Canada's had gay marriage since 2005, and the country's been run by Conservatives since 2006, and we don't see anything falling apart up there. Just sayin'.)

So Willard Mitt Romney, a Mormon Republican, has made an overtly racist statement about Palestinian "culture," and we're surprised? By the way, we cats are tired of the way Republicans lump people into groups and then judge them.

If Ted Cruz wins the Republican Senate primary in Texas tomorrow, it'll be just another signal to Hispanic Americans that they're not welcome in today's GOP unless they toe a xenophobic party line. You know, mathematically, there will come a time in which Republicans will be unable to disenfranchise Hispanics in Texas.

Boy, the Bushies just can't stand the fact that President Obama got Osama bin Laden, can they?

Finally, let's trash the Olympics some more. How ridiculous that the IOC has been caught with empty seats on TV. On the other hand, how delicious was the great Rowan Atkinson's riff on "Chariots of Fire," and how pleased we cats are that we didn't have to watch NBC to see it.