It looks like President Obama injected a little seriousness into today's St. Paddy's Day luncheon on Capitol Hill — taking the Republicans to task for not repudiating the language and actions of Donald Trump more strongly.
"It’s worth asking ourselves what each of us may have done to contribute to this vicious atmosphere in our politics," the President told his — no surprise — silent host, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
The reason we cats aren't surprised is because Paul Ryan is one of those leading Republicans — Mitch McConnell is another — who has tried to be critical of Trump without mentioning his name. In other words, the GOP establishment is trying to tsk-tsk the name calling, the bathroom humor, the egomania and the rally violence — while still refusing to specifically call out their presumptive nominee for his behavior. Despicable.
"When we leave this lunch, I think we have a choice," Obama said. "We can condone this race to the bottom or accept it as the way things are and sink further, or roundly reject this kind of behavior whether we see it in the other party or, more importantly, when we see it our own party. It starts with us."
Does the President — once again, the only grownup in the room — know that Paul Ryan is a coward? Yeah, we think so. Are we thrilled that he took this opportunity to decry the state of the GOP campaign? Absolutely.
We can't help that think that no matter what the results of today's Democratic primaries, and no matter who gets the nomination in Philadelphia this summer, we Democrats have had a serious debate on the issues and the future of the country. The Republicans, by contrast, have had an embarrassing reality TV show, a Jerry Springer-esque circus, unworthy of the United States of America. And none of them have spoken up about it. They are chickens, and that makes us HISS.
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