Memo to the GOP: Why Do You Hate Americans?

By Miss Kubelik

We cats still manage to be naive — which we consider a virtue, actually.  How else can you explain the fact that the following story shocked our all-American sensibilities?

"New Hampshire House Republicans are pushing for new laws that would prohibit many college students from voting in the state — and effectively keep some from voting at all," The Washington Post reports.

Why? Because young people tend to vote Democratic. Or, at least, "liberal." (Ooooh, that word.)

Excuse us, but we cats thought that the uber-patriots in the other party would be pro-democracy. Being pro-democracy means being in favor of lots of people voting in elections. But sad to say, the Republican Party, for all its flag waving, has a sorry-ass record of protecting voting rights. You could go all the way back to the outrages highlighted by the civil rights movement, but you don't have to. Just recall the purges of the voting rolls that Jeb Bush did in Florida in the run-up to the 2000 Presidential election — which he helped his brother (the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived) "win."

This recent attempt to disenfranchise young people is just the latest salvo in the GOP's war against anybody who doesn't agree with them. The only consolation is that, at this rate, the Republican Party will legislate and litigate itself out of existence.

Still, we cats HISS.