We cats have done some thinking since an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll came out that showed most Americans — including four in 10 Republicans — want the Famous Quitter from Alaska to shut up.
Yep, America is more sick of her than even of Dick Cheney. And those four in 10 Republicans must be alarmed that Sarah Palin's latest babblings about impeachment will turn Democrats' fortunes around.
However, while the GOP can wish the Famous Quitter away, they are the ones who created her. In fact, we cats would go so far as to say the entire party has been Palinized — populated across the board by empty political performers instead of policy makers.
How do we know? Let's take the 54 useless votes to repeal Obamacare, for example. They're useless, indeed — but not only because repeal always dies on arrival in the Democratic Senate. It's because the GOP never offers its alternative.
As the Affordable Care Act recedes as a 2014 campaign issue, the Republicans are trying to slink away from this — but we cats think they should be called out for their Famous-Quitter-style lack of seriousness. They have Obamacare backwards: What they should do is pass a healthcare reform package of their own first, and then address repeal. But they don't — which means that they're just screaming for the sake of screaming.
It's positively Palinesque. It's no substance, all show. It's more proof that people who don't believe in government should never be allowed to govern. And sadly, that describes the entire Grand Old Party today. We cats HISS.
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