We cats know people who refused to watch the State of the Union Address last night — not because they wouldn't have agreed with it, but because they objected to what a silly spectacle it's become. This, of course, is Ronald Reagan's fault.
But ironically, this particular SOTU was probably the one to watch — for whole bunches of reasons. So many things made us break into Cheshire cat grins that to list them all now would be long and redundant. But we have to say we were particularly thrilled that President Obama took the Republicans to task on climate change.
Specifically, all that "I'm not a scientist" crap they constantly spew.
Right wingers and science deniers have probably felt pretty smug about getting away with that line, because until now it's gone essentially unchallenged. This has driven us crazy. So points to the President for calling them out on it.
On the other hand, Obama could have taken it farther. He could have said that repeating "I'm not a scientist" means that the Republicans should also be saying stuff like this:
"I'm not a farmer, so I can't vote on agricultural price supports."
"I'm not a member of the military, so I can't support defense spending or send soldiers into war."
"I'm not an energy industry engineer, so I have no credibility on the Keystone Pipeline."
And Obama could have added that, at the same time, you never hear Republicans saying:
"I'm not a woman, so I don't have the right to restrict their reproductive freedoms."
As always, there's no such thing as logic in the Republican universe. Which makes us cats HISS.
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