Summertime.... and the GOP's crazy. We cats hate to keep singing the same tune, but the Republicans aren't letting up, are they? Here are a few observations that crossed our minds between Saturday naps.
So Willard Mitt Romney dashes up to that place in New Hampshire where he declared his failed 2012 candidacy and endorses Scott Brown — and Brown's already-not-great poll numbers against Jeanne Shaheen drop to 12 behind. With a favorable rating of just 31 percent! Perhaps this is what happens when people find out that an anti-Obamacare guy has an adult daughter enrolled in his insurance, thanks to... Obamacare.
Speaking of which, the Affordable Care Act has officially reduced the ranks of the uninsured by nearly 10 million, with the uninsured rate falling to 13.4 percent of adults. Just imagine how many more Americans would be gaining coverage if their red-state Republican Governors would expand Medicaid! Prediction: In five or so years, when mortality, cancer and other rates fall everywhere but in those red states, Republicans will blame Obama.
Meanwhile, things aren't looking so red-hot up in red-state South Dakota. A contestant choked to death in a hot-dog-eating contest. After attempts to revive him on the scene failed, the man was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. We cats would like to know: Did this guy have health insurance? If so, was it through Obamacare? Would the local Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the speed-eating, care to comment on the deceased's insurance status? Hm, we thought not.
Finally, a follow-up to our previous post about not missing Gadsden flag license plates while we were in Canada. Here's another thing we've noticed about the True North vs. the US: Right-wingers in Canada don't plaster the backs of their cars with dozens of bumper stickers. Are they just less angry than American teabags? You be the judge! We cats PURR.
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