By sheer coincidence, we cats are noticing in today's political world a series of missed opportunities. Read on and see if you agree.
Our 1988 Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, has joined a small chorus of voices defending Hillary Rodham Clinton's email habits and ridiculing the inside-the-Beltway hand-wringing. "You tell me of one person in Washington, of any prominence, who doesn't have a private email which he or she uses all the time and a private cellphone as well — I mean, this is absurd," Dukakis said. Our first thought was, well, of course. Our second thought was, gee, Mike, what took you so long?
Then there's Rick Perry, the first dropout from the GOP clown car, who apparently took his fellow Republicans to task for their hate-filled rhetoric today. "Demeaning people of Hispanic heritage is not just ignorant, it betrays the example of Christ," he said. A pretty powerful statement — but for heaven's sake, Rick, where were you when Willard Mitt Romney was talking about "self-deportation" and Steve King was accusing immigrants of having cantaloupe calves and Ken Cuccinelli was comparing them to rats? Too little, too late, Rick. We think Jesus would not be pleased.
Finally, there's the remarkable interview that Joe Biden gave Stephen Colbert last night. We've heard a number of pundits pronounce it one of the most heartfelt and authentic conversations a politician has ever publicly had. Knowing the Vice President as we do, we cats are not surprised. What disgusts us is the sudden affection that the media appear to feel for a man they've relentlessly made fun of for years. "He's so genuine!" they gush. "He's so honest!" What a bunch of insincere assholes. We cats HISS.
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