The young Cillizza lad over at The Washington Post has given his "Worst Week in Washington" award to GOP Representative Don Young, who — in unforgivably insulting Hispanic immigrants with a term we cats will not repeat — has apparently forgotten astronaut Alan Shepard's comeuppance in "The Right Stuff."
But we think that the award should have gone to the entire Republican Party. And for more than just a week. Goodness gracious, this alleged "reboot" is not going well, is it?
The latest casualty may be Mr. Face Diversity himself, the overly lauded Dr. Ben Carson, who caught everyone's attention by slamming Obamacare at the national prayer breakfast. Ever since, the GOP has been desperately plucking the edges of Carson's white coat in wide-eyed terror and muttering, "Please, please save us." But, alas for them: After a whirlwind flash of fame that's lasted almost precisely as long as Andy Warhol predicted, Carson first ran into a storm of protest from Johns Hopkins students — who don't care to hear what he has to say at their commencement — and then hit the political gaffe buzzsaw by comparing homosexuality to bestiality.
One thing you can always count on with these Republicans: In the end, they're just never able to hide the contempt they have for others.
But even if Carson were not a hater, we cats wonder: Why should anybody care what a celebrity neurosurgeon — who's about to retire, by the way — thinks about Obamacare? Surely all of his patients are funded. And if he's done any significant charity care — separating the conjoined twins back in 2004 comes to mind — it's no doubt the type that's reaped limitless great PR for both him and for Hopkins.
Ben Carson is Herman Cain without the pizza. And he can't deliver (ha, ha) the GOP from their woes. We cats PURR.
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