Boy, things must be really slow in the news world. All we see is stuff about Benghazi and Monica Lewinsky. You'd never dream that millions of Americans are getting healthcare they couldn't afford before, that the GOP is telling working families tough luck on the minimum wage, and that the icebergs are melting.
So there's nothing to do but chow down on some tidbits. Here are a few random thoughts we're entertaining between our Saturday naps.
Rand Paul says that Republicans should stop with the voter-ID laws because they're "offending people." No, Rand, once again you've got it wrong. When the GOP blocks access to voting, it's not offensive to "people." It's offensive to the Constitution, to the Voting Rights Act that you're not sure you support, to everything that America stands for, and, of course, to decency.
On the marriage equality front, the fun continues. Arkansas is the latest state whose anti-gay marriage ban has been tossed onto the legal dump heap. What struck us cats most about this news from the Natural State was the total non-splash it made. It's a teeny-tiny paragraph buried deep inside our newspapers or far down on the websites we read. We cats suspect that this ho-hum treatment will grow — at least until we get to the 50th state. And may that day come soon!
And finally, goodness gracious: The specter of a Republican Senate in 2015 is stirring impeachment talk. We cats hate to say this, but we've been waiting for years for the GOP to go off this particular cliff — they've gotten so bat-guano crazy that we figured it was just a matter of time. But do they know that doing the I-word would electorally doom the Republican Party for generations? Maybe some of them do: Folks like Peter King, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Kirk, Ron Johnson and maybe even John McCain would all be toast in their districts and states if they ever dared support it.
Since this totally nutcase move would no doubt tear the Republican Party further apart, we cats are tempted to PURR. But until we know exactly what's happening, we'll just sit and wait — with switching tails.
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