So Gary Hart has surfaced in POLITICO, complaining about some things we cats agree with and about other things we don't.
Let's get it on the record right away: Hart is right when he bemoans the disgusting sea of money in which politics is currently awash. But it would have been nice if — instead of citing the campaign of an as-yet-unannounced candidate named Clinton — he had blamed the Supreme Court, the Koch brothers, that little gnome Sheldon Adelson, and all the other dark money billionaires whose rings the GOP wannabes are fervently kissing. As far as we could tell, the words "Citizens United" never crossed his lips.
We also don't understand why Hart prattles on about "dynasties" without acknowledging the obvious: A Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be truly groundbreaking. Hello? Has anyone noticed we've had no female commanders in chief? Leave it to a guy to just brush that aside. And believe us, there will come a time when many women will serve as President, and will get there without being married to or the daughter of somebody. We cats don't know when that will be, but it'll happen.
And even though Hart whines about his party's current lack of Trumans or Roosevelts (talk about a dynasty!), we're surprised he doesn't realize just how many interesting Democrats are out there, waiting in the wings. Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Kate Brown, Tammy Duckworth, Patrick Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Joaquin and Julian Castro and, yes, Elizabeth Warren all come to mind. Hillary will have a lot of Democratic talent to tap when she wipes the floor with whatever clown car passenger gets the 2016 Republican nomination. And that's no Monkey Business. We cats PURR.
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