Is it a coincidence that on the same day that the top aide to Republican Congressman Steve Stivers resigns because a porn-star former girlfriend uploaded a picture of his privates to the Congressman's Twitter account, the Library of Congress announces that it's releasing letters concerning an extramarital affair of Republican President Warren G. Harding?
That's a long question, but the issue of Republican "family values" — 100 years apart — struck us cats. So we decided to mull it over while we wait for election results from Mississippi.
As always, we only care about politicians' personal lives if they blatantly contradict the public policies they espouse. So if they're gay, they'd better not be against marriage equality; if they're tight-assed prudes, they shouldn't be having wild affairs; and if they're anti-choice, they oughtn't be driving their mistresses to clinics for abortions.
And 100 years from now, will these offending Stivers tweets surface at the Library of Congress for future generations to laugh at? We cats love symmetry in all its forms. And the fact that President Harding was also from Ohio makes it even more delicious.
Since the Stivers-aide dude is single, and we're not aware that his now-former boss is a fervent member of the anti-pornography movement, we're inclined to give this silly behavior a pass. But it still makes all Republicans look like a bunch of hypocrites. Which makes us PURR.
(IMAGE: Warren G. Harding says, "Now, son, don't you go making the same mistakes I did" — whoops, too late!)
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