The GOP used to style themselves as the party of personal responsibility. It was all those awful Democrats, don'tcha know, who wanted to give welfare to lazy (read: black) people. So in case you were wondering, yes, the Republicans were racists and still are racists. What they've given up on is the whole "responsibility" thing.
Take the execrable CEO of the ever-unpalatable Papa Johns pizza, John Schnatter. (A Trumpster, of course.) Papa Johns is in a heap of trouble because Schnatter, true to form, was recorded using the n-word during a company-wide conference call. Major League Baseball has dropped a promotion with the pizza chain, a dozen teams canceled local partnerships, and the University of Kentucky has taken Schnatter's name off its stadium. Papa Johns is even hoping to take Schnatter's face off the company logo.
Schnatter, of course, is casting blame elsewhere. He was "pressured" to use "that vocabulary." (Sorry, John, but — nah.) You know, we would almost respect him more as an out-and-out hater if he would just admit that using a racial slur was his idea and nobody else's, and take his lumps. Almost.
It reminds us of our Republican Congresswoman, Elise Stefanik, in the 21st district of New York, who can't seem to do what the Glens Falls Post-Star is requesting of her: Take a pledge not to lie during the 2018 campaign. Stefanik's Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, readily agreed. After radio silence from Stefanik, the newspaper called her office to get her pledge. "Of course Congresswoman Stefanik has overwhelmingly earned the trust of her constituents who re-elected her with a record margin," a minion said. "Congresswoman Stefanik is proud of her record of real results for her district."
Um.
These are just two of the many, many examples of Republicans ducking and dodging and refusing to look America in the eye. Will voters give this disgusting party the boot in November? Will Vladimir Putin let us? We cats are getting ready to HISS.
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