We cats just read an opinion piece in today's Washington Post by a Republican whose kind no longer exists: one who believes in science (heck, he even headed up the EPA a couple of times) and in the rule of law (he resigned as deputy attorney general rather than fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox).
That would be Bill Ruckelshaus. And while we're glad he's raising the alarm about the current state of the nation, he made a few goofs in his column that we just have to correct.
1. "The cynical conduct of this President, his attorneys and a handful of Congressional Republicans is frightening to me and should be to every citizen of this country."
A "handful"? Ha! Sure, only a few Teabag Caucus crazies signed onto impeaching Rod Rosenstein, but ALL Congressional Republicans are complicit in the Putinizing of America. Even those few who have spoken out, like Jeff Flake, have taken no action to back up their words. (John McCain has a good excuse: He's busy being terminally ill.)
2. "Should the President finally decide to fire Mueller and put in place someone who will do his bidding, the country could be thrown into a political crisis that would scar our democracy and further erode the trust of our people in our governmental institutions."
Sorry, Bill, but we think we're already in that political crisis. Unlike the Saturday Night Massacre, though, it's moving slowly.
3. "I hope the President at last studies the lessons of a history I lived — and that he heeds its warning."
"Studies"? "Lessons"? "History"? That's a howler. Trump studies nothing, learns nothing, knows nothing. That's what makes this so unnerving, and you know what? Hillary Clinton warned us about all this two years ago, but the media preferred to act like stenographers about Benghazi and emails. We cats HISS.
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