We cats are pleased that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will rebut Donald Trump's made-up "emergency" address to the nation tonight. It's so SOTU, isn't it? And that's made us wonder: Has Trump just unwittingly stepped on his own State of the Union? We'll think on it awhile. In the meantime, here are a few other observations for another nutty day.
Trump says that Pelosi, as a "good Catholic," should support a border wall because the Vatican has one. Boy, we would have loved to have been in the room when Speaker Pelosi heard that one. Because you know, when the Founders were developing our system of government, the Vatican did not exactly make their list of models to emulate.
Speaking of rebuttals, the idea of sending Beto O'Rourke back to the border tomorrow — to publicly correct the certain lies and inaccuracies that Benedict Donald will tell tonight — is a good one. Who do we call/write/tweet to make that happen? (Oh! — here you go.)
Failed Republican Senate candidate/white supremacist Corey Stewart is leaving politics. Boo-hoo! No doubt he took a poll and saw that his chances for re-election to the Prince William County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors were negatory in the extreme. But instead, he's cloaking his decision as Virginians being out of touch with his ideas. "Until and unless the Commonwealth is ready for my views on things," is how he put it. We cats vote for "unless." But if Corey's stuck on "until," perhaps he could move to Alabama or Mississippi.
Trump says that federal workers missing paychecks during the shutdown should "make adjustments." We wonder: What "adjustments" would those be? Not pay the rent? Not pay the heat? Not buy gas or groceries? Since the White House switchboard is on hiatus and people can't call Trump to ask for clarification, we suggest they call their Republican Senators and members of Congress and ask them: 202-225-3121.
Finally, a word about a word. "Emergency" connotes something of extreme and immediate urgency. That's why you go to the emergency room when you have a heart attack. On a national level, it's the Pearl-Harbor-9/11-type event. It is not four guys on the terrorist watch list trying to cross the Rio Grande. We cats despise Donald Trump's misuse of language, but especially this. And we HISS.
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