We cats have just returned from Wisconsin, and we can testify that it's indeed cold there. But we never thought the place would remind us of warm, sunny Florida in 2000.
Remember the Florida recount that the Supreme Court halted, handing the President to the then-Worst Person Who's Ever Lived? (You know who the current Worst Person Who's Ever Lived is. Don't make us say it.) Anyway, we remember. We specifically recall how the GOP sent chinos-clad white boys to try to shut down the vote counting in Miami-Dade County. They called President Gore and his running mate, Joe Lieberman, "Sore Losermen."
Well, as it turns out, all that was just a massive case of projection. Because hard on the heels of the example just set by sour grapey Republicans in North Carolina, the Wisconsin GOP is trying to limit the powers of the incoming (Democratic) governor, Tony Evers, before he's even sworn in. Wow, the GOP's lack of respect for democracy is breathtaking, isn't it?
So outraged Wisconsinites have been turning out in droves in bone-chilling winter weather to protest in Madison. They even drowned cross-eyed college dropout (and defeated Republican incumbent) Scott Walker in lusty boos during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. HAW!
We honestly didn't see that blind fury building in the pleasant people we encountered during our quick visit to the Badger State. But now that it's burst forth full-throated, at least we know that — unlike the Brooks Brothers Riot in Florida 18 years ago — the anger in Wisconsin is genuine and not staged. We cats PURR.
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