We cats promised we'd opine some more on the political ramifications of the Supreme Court's "inactivism" (sorry, Ted Cruz) on marriage equality. Here's today's installment.
Last night, Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) debated Chinless Ed Gillespie, the Republican who is going to lose to him on November 4. And since the Old Dominion was one of the five states immediately affected by the Supremes' non-decision on marriage-ban smiting, debate moderator Chuck Todd responsibly asked about it.
Chinless tried to waffle his way through — saying on the one hand that he disagreed with marriage equality but that, on the other hand, it was now the law in Virginia and that, yes, as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2004, he'd "stood for the RNC platform" against gay rights. But, oh! As a businessperson, he's never discriminated against light-in-loafer folks. Honest!
Todd didn't follow up on that, but he should have pressed Chinless on stuff beyond "the RNC platform." Because 10 years ago exactly, the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived and his minions — like Chinless and the then-closeted Ken Mehlman — were busily turning out right-wing and evangelical voters in a Presidential campaign based on hate.
We cats have long memories even if journalists don't. Meanwhile, congratulations to Mark Warner for hitting Chinless on this. As for Chinless himself, anybody who uses the term "sexual preference" is not qualified for anything, let alone the US Senate. We cats PURR and HISS at the same time.
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