By Hubie and Bertie
Unless we missed it, we didn't hear Matthew McConaughey call for the banning of assault weapons today. He didn't pound Republicans as much as we would have liked.
And he's probably a lot more of a devotee of the Second Amendment than we are — but that wasn't the point, was it? Detestable GOP Senators aren't going to be moved by anything we cats say. But a voice with a Texas twang and a birth certificate (they're big on those) that says "Uvalde" will bring a lot more pressure to bear.
McConaughey also did two very important things: He talked personally about some of the victims and their hopes for the future. A girl who wanted to be a marine biologist. Another who dreamed of going to art school. A teacher who was using money from her summer jobs to paint her house, one side of it at a time. And he explained in graphic terms what an AR-15 does to the human body, particularly a small, 10-year-old one. The word "hollow" took on new meaning.
So perhaps McConaughey laid to rest the question of whether the crime-scene photos should be released. As master Hollywood filmmakers know, people's imaginations can be a lot scarier than the real thing.
Speaking of the movies, MAGAts and Fox "News" and doubtless the cretin from Newsmax who shouted "grandstanding" at McConaughey this afternoon are busy painting him as a Hollywood liberal daring to lecture Americans on how to live. (Why does Newsmax have White House press credentials to begin with?) But they're doing it because they have to — they're in trouble this time. At least, we hope. As for Matthew, we can only declare that, like that other guy married to someone named Camilla, he is a prince. (Except in Mrs. McConaughey's case, it's Camila.) We cats PURR.
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