We cats are loyal to our political party, but we're perfectly willing to call it out when it does something stupid. Such as allowing a race for any political office to go uncontested.
We believe in the 50-State Strategy and Run Everywhere. Why let any Republican sashay into office without having to work for it? Give the voters a choice, for God's sake. We don't care how red the state or the district is.
But another reason to contest every race is that you never know when lightning is going to strike — especially now. The GOP is so off-the-charts awful these days that bolts seem to be raining from the skies — with Republican Congressmen quitting, or just not running again, because they've sexually harassed their office workers, asked staffers to carry their babies, or told a mistress to get an abortion.
The latest such OMG-don't-let-this-jackass-go-unopposed situation was up in Maine, where Leslie Gibson, a Republican state house candidate, recently made the news for calling Emma Gonzalez, a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor, "a skinhead lesbian." AND, guess what: Gibson had no Democratic opponent in his race — and today was the deadline to file!
Rest easy, everyone. Democrat and Greene resident Eryn Gilchrist filed her paperwork to run against Gibson this afternoon. "After reading Mr. Gibson’s comments, I thought that the people of Greene and Sabattus deserved a representative who will respect people and try to work through their differences to make our lives better," she said.
We're going to send our newest Democratic candidate a few bucks so she can teach this bigoted, NRA-loving Republican moron a thing or two. (You can, too — just click here.)
Whew! Good for you, Eryn — and a happy St. Patrick's Day to you! We cats PURR.
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