Physics

By Baxter

As we all know, a basic law of the universe is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Okay, so that might not apply to this 2009 photo of President Obama — it's actually a trick of the camera — but it was the first thought that popped into our furry little heads when we read this: "For the first time ever, African-American voter turnout surpassed that of whites during the 2012 election."

It seems to us cats that this conclusion by a Brookings Institution-AP Election '12 analysis is another talking-head canard exposed. Remember when the pundits were breathlessly opining that there was no way Obama would match his supporters' 2008 enthusiasm? (Check out this idiot in particular.)

But here's what we also see: A Republican Party that's gone over the top, ripping up the Constitution, governing on the basis of urban legend and not fact, and deciding what it means to be an American on the basis of religion and race. All in the name of depressing Democratic turnout under the guise of halting nonexistent "voter fraud."

Instead, they drove more of us to the polls.

We cats call that equal and opposite, and we PURR. Now, can Organizing for Action keep those voters registered, sign up more like them, and get them to the ballot box in 2014? Stay tuned.