When Woodrow Wilson died in 1924, the Senate deputized Henry Cabot Lodge to represent them at the former President's funeral. Learning this, Edith Wilson took quick action. "Realizing that your presence would be embarrassing to you and unwelcome to me," she wrote the Senate architect of the defeat of the League of Nations, "I write to request that you do not attend." (Lodge didn't.)
We cats can't come up with another historic parallel to this Wilson-Lodge battle royal until now, with the family of Senator John McCain pre-disinviting Donald Trump to McCain's funeral.
Well, now McCain has died, and the funeral will soon be upon us. Because we appreciate pomp and political spectacle, we cats are marveling at who will be there, and who won't.
A few months back, in fact, McCain and his family asked both George W. Bush and Barack Obama not just to attend, but to deliver eulogies.
So let's get this straight: The guy who beat McCain in the 2000 South Carolina primary by spreading racist rumors about McCain's adopted daughter will speak. The guy who defeated McCain in 2008 and snatched his dream of the Presidency forever will speak. The current President of the United States is not welcome to walk in the door.
What an incredible indictment of Benedict Donald. And you know what? If the McCain family wanted to throw some additional shade Trump's way, they could invite the Senator's Estonia vodka-drinking buddy to say a few words, too. That would make us cats PURR.
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