"Cruelty Is Not Wit"

By Hubie and Bertie

By now everybody in the world knows that Benedict Donald was rude about John Dingell last night. That would be John Dingell who was the longest-serving member of Congress and still holds that record in death. Yep, he's dead — recently dead, in fact. You'd think that would put him off-limits for jokes. At least, for decent people.

You'd also think that it might be a mistake to josh boorishly about John Dingell while you're at a rally in Michigan, Dingell's home state. But as we said, only decent people would avoid doing that.

Representative Debbie Dingell, who succeeded her husband in Congress, tweeted a well-deserved rebuke to Trump last night.

"Mr. President, let’s set politics aside," she wrote. "My husband earned all his accolades after a lifetime of service. I’m preparing for the first holiday season without the man I love. You brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder."

A few Republicans have criticized Trump for his bad behavior, but mostly those who aren't running for re-election, it seems. So once again, the GOP is a profile in cowardice.

When something like this happens — and with Benedict Donald, it happens a lot — we cats think of a famous retort that former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once made. After he was told Richard Nixon had called him an "asshole," Trudeau responded, "I've been called worse things by better men."

John Dingell was a giant. Donald Trump is the littlest man on earth. We cats despise him, and we HISS.