Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tidbits And Cat Treats: Eve Of Atonement Edition

By Baxter

As the world hurtles toward another Yom Kippur, we cats have decided to adopt a line from Willard Mitt Romney: "No apologies."

That's right. We refuse to atone for all the criticism this blog has thrown the Republicans' way — because, since the GOP just keeps getting worse and worse, they keep so richly deserving it. In that spirit, therefore, here are some more catty anti-Republican comments for which we'll never be sorry.

Consumer confidence is up. Hm. We cats don't see how that fits in with the "are-you-better-off?" narrative of the totally on-message (NOT!) gang up in Boston.

POLITICO has examined the 1980 Presidential election vis-a-vis 2012's — and while it found the Republicans' desperate comparisons wanting, it needs to reboot some of its copy almost as badly as Willard Mitt Romney needs to reboot his campaign. "Romney — never a favorite with the conservative base — faced a tough GOP primary in which he had to repeatedly prove himself." "Tough"?? He was running against a bunch of clowns and bimbos. We cats call litter-box leavings on that.

Here's another meme that the media cling to that drives us crazy: A definition of "battleground state" that routinely favors Silly Willy. For example, today's numbers from The Washington Post show President Obama leading Romney by eight points in Ohio. Yet the pundits continue to cast the Buckeye State as a battleground, battleground, battleground! But if a Romney lead in Arizona is just five points or less, why is Arizona not a battleground? We don't get it.

Romney's strange comment on why airplane windows don't open didn't just give us a good laugh. It helped confirm our suspicion that, with the possible exception of Richard Nixon, Willard is the most unhuman person ever to run for President.

And a final note: Reacting to Willard's speech at The Clinton Global Initiative today, our madcap right-wing pals over at Free Republic feel he has much to atone for.

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