We cats have been frustrated in the past by Howard Schultz, CEO of that coffee place, who has a penchant for blaming everybody equally for everything.
Specifically, we're talking politics. Schultz has a habit of tarring both Democrats and Republicans with a Republican brush, and as Democrats, we cats find that irritating. In fact, just this past August he took to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times to scold "leaders of both parties" for "abdicat[ing] their responsibility to forge reasonable compromises to expand the economy, rebuild our infrastructure, improve schools, transform entitlement programs and so much more."
Um, no, Howard. We Democrats would love to govern. It's one of the things we do best, and good things happen when we do it. But maybe you've noticed that right now, we're not exactly in charge of either the House or the Senate. And it's not Democrats who make up the group of psychopaths known as the "Freedom Caucus," who block everything that doesn't destroy the very programs and services you cited in your Times editorial.
So having been annoyed by Howard and his naivete and that ridiculous "Race Together" thingy he tried to make his employees do awhile back, we're enjoying a bit of Schadenfreude now that the right-wing religious nutcases are slamming him for his insufficiently Christmasy red-and-green coffee cups.
How is Schultz, born and raised Jewish, enjoying the attacks he's getting from his Christian friends in the Republican Party? Not fun, is it, Howard? Are you happy about Donald Trump's call for a national boycott? Is it exciting to be targeted by Bill O'Reilly and the whole "WOC"' crowd?
We assume the answer is no. So maybe Schultz should revise his assessment of the GOP versus us. After all, we Democrats couldn't care less that Howard's cups don't have snowflakes anymore. We just keep lining up to buy his stupid coffee. We cats HISS.
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