(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Small People [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-26 By David Glenn Cox “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.” – Mark Twain It is unavoidable and damn near impossible for a modern Republican politician not to be insulting. It’s a part of their routine and goes with the territory. Anyone aspiring to be Donald Trump’s running mate should be expected to be good at it. Such are the pitfalls of just looking good together. There are around fifty million American homes which contain house cats. So, tread lightly in the cat remark department. But it’s irresistible! Hillbilly Republican J.D. Vance (Name for this week only) says Kamala Harris is like a childless cat lady. It’s perfect, it has everything a Republican would want. It’s petty and insensitive generalization that only a Republican man could or would make. It was supposed to be cute and witty. Instead, it landed like a hillbilly at the Ritz not knowing which fork to use. “Oh, it’s easy to be a candidate! Watch this y’all!” While trying to make a stupid remark about Kamala Harris. J.D. somehow inadvertently insulted fifty million Americans. They ask, “What wrong with owning cats?” This is how J.D. introduces himself to America. Smooth, real smooth. It is one of the perils of pusillanimity! There are two worlds at play here. One in which Donald Trump can say whatever the hell he likes, and the corn-fed simpletons will eat it up like chickens in a barnyard. Then there is that other world of all us mortals. You can take the boy out of Appalachia…but. Barefoot, pregnant and thanking Jesus for the privilege. Shucks, that’s the way things is back in my little old home town of Hog Waller! This is America, right? Where everyone is expected to look and act just like theys told! Heck fire, if Jesus didn’t want this to be a Christian nation. Then why did he write the bible in English? There are those who are clever and intelligent. Then, there are those who only appear to be clever and intelligent, and the two are easily confused. Those more cunning than clever and more conniving than intelligent. Rising to their level of incompetence in a big way. “Look Maw! I is going to be the Vice President!” Waiter! My gazpacho soup is cold! It’s like a curse for the Republicans. Somehow the perfect candidate appears and then suddenly blows up in their faces. Dan Quayle got into an argument with a child over the spelling of the word potato. Insisting there was an “e” on the end. Rather than just letting it go and moving on, Dan got pissy with a school kid. Turning nothing into a big story. Vice-President wins argument with fifth grader! Details at eleven! And then there was the famous Sarah Palin incident. Republicans in a show of me-too ism needed a woman on their ticket. So, for some reason known only to God and people too ashamed to come forward, chose Sarah Palin. Obscure was an understatement as the Governor of Alaska for only two years, obviously this woman was ready to take the helm, if tragedy were to strike us. They must have just picked out Sarah’s photograph from a pile. Because as she spoke it only got worse. “What are some of your favorite newspapers to read?” My what? I ah, ah like them all! Except the ones with Doonesbury in em! But she’s a woman, isn’t she? What else do you need to know? The hapless Mike Pence, the boy scout who woke up in the Nazi Party. The Republican man who refers to his wife as “Mother” in the third person. Nothing odd about that! Lots of nice people do taxidermy in old hotels off the highway. But Mike Pence had a keen instincts for his own survival. It wasn’t that he didn’t wanna go along with Donald Trump’s coup. But because legally, the responsibility would be all his. What would Mikey get out of this deal? Curiously, but not surprisingly, Katie Britt from Alabama spoke on the opening night of the Republican convention. If only to prove her disastrous State of the Union rebuttal was just a fluke. Then after the woman speaker box was checked, it became the all-boys show again. Sure, Nikki Haley spoke but only as a supplicant kissing Donald Trump’s ring. She came to be humbled before the king and the court, just like the rest of them. The issue goes far beyond reproductive rights. It’s about a general Republican disconnect with women. The bible thumpers like J.D. Vance see women as only a vessel to bring forth babies. Entertainment modules that mop the floor and watch the kids while the man goes out and has dreams and aspirations! But the bible says! The bible also says you shouldn’t eat shrimp or lobster, but where are the protests? Where are the mothers against seafood? Christianity is like a cafeteria plan. You pick out the sins which offend you the most and ignore the rest. One mortal sin and two venial sins only. (sorry, no substitutions please!) Always with an eye harkening back to good old days which never really were. Remember Ozzie and Harriet and band concerts in the park? A woman couldn’t get a car loan or a credit card without a male co-signer? If a woman wasn’t married by 25, she might just end up as an “old maid” or a childless cat lady. You see, if a woman can’t find a man to support and protect her while she does her womanly duty. There must be something wrong with her! “She’s a witch! Stone her!” She has no right to dreams or aspirations of her own. Her role is only as a servant and a sex toy. Someone to keep the house clean and feed the kids. It is about much more than reproductive rights. It is about basic human rights. A just and less imaginary God wouldn’t make a woman from a man’s rib. But instead make one human being and divide them in two. Each half with parts the other would need to be whole and complete. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ― Mark Twain [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/26/2258289/-Small-People?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/