We cats don't usually stoop to the Trumpsters' level, but we can't resist playing a little game of "whatabout" tonight.
Mainly because the Republicans have the biggest, most delicious, most excruciatingly embarrassing example of "whatabout" going. And it's not Donald Trump (although we hear he has some underage-girl problems of his own). And it's not even about Roy Moore (despite that cringeworthy press event Wifey Moore held today).
Nope, the cake must be taken by this dude, former Ohio state rep Wes Goodman — a God-mongering, right-wing, evangelical Republican hypocrite who clearly couldn't bear being gay and had to terrorize other members of the LGBTQ community on public policy while secretly indulging in naughty behavior behind closed doors.
Turns out, though, it wasn't so secret. The Washington Post reports that not only has Goodman (an inappropriate name, considering) had to resign after someone nabbed him having sex with a guy in his office, but two years ago he fondled an 18-year-old at a Washington fundraiser. Even though the teen's stepfather complained at the time, the so-called "Christian" organizations that backed Goodman's candidacy chose to look the other way.
So see, this is what we're talking about.
We Democrats don't believe in telling people how to live their lives when it comes to stuff like this. Republicans, on the other hand, love to do it. They enact laws to do it — usually after a slew of emotional speeches about how America has lost its moral compass and is on the road to hell. So when they get caught with their pants down, literally as well as figuratively, they fall much, much harder.
What's that line about being without sin and casting the first stone? We think it's much more important to give people opportunities to make their lives better, whether it's by providing them with the support they need to get a leg up in this world, or by celebrating their ability to marry whom they love.
So if our guys end up posing for silly photos or having blowjobs in the Oval Office, it's just that much easier to forgive them because when it comes to making policy, they have people's interest at heart. Heck, if you don't believe us, ask this feminist. We cats PURR.
(PHOTO: Wes Goodman and his hapless, blinkered wife. Wonder what kind of a Friday night they're having? Hmm!)
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