We cats are often in the minority on things, so we weren't surprised to discover that we were the only ones in America who loved Bill Clinton's pushback at Black Lives Matter hecklers in Philadelphia yesterday.
Unlike the gibberish we so often hear on the Republican side, Clinton's response was deeply reasoned, intelligent, articulate and, yep, furious. And so we found it thrilling — not just because he made detailed and constructive arguments in the midst of potential chaos, but that he did it so well (with people screaming in the background, no less). We were happy to see that most of the crowd at the event was with him.
We have this theory that if everyone in America could sit down with Bill (or Hillary) Clinton and hash out the issues, in 30 minutes or less they would be diehard supporters. If the demonstrators had stopped shouting and listened, that might have happened yesterday. (To his credit, Clinton said today that he regretted having talked past them.)
But here's the more important question: What in the world were Black Lives Matter protesters doing heckling a Democrat? When you consider what's going on in the GOP, we should all be banding together to fight the Republicans come November — because losing to them is unthinkable.
So we have a suggestion. If Black Lives Matter supporters want to target somebody, it should be Art Pope. Yeah, they should stage demonstrations outside of every damn Roses, Maxway, Bargain Town, Bill's Dollar Store, Super 10, Super Dollar, Treasure Mart and Value Mart — all of which have preyed on low-income consumers, both black and white — and on whose revenues Pope powered himself to right-wing prominence in North Carolina. And we all know how that's turned out.
And yes, speaking of which, big scratchy kisses to Bruce Springsteen for canceling that concert in Greensboro. Thanks, Boss, for showing us how to keep our eyes on the prize. We cats PURR.
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