David McElroy

Merlin’s favorite times of the year are the fall and spring, simply because that’s when windows can be open and he can watch (and smell) the birds and squirrels that he’d like to be outside chasing. Here, he peers intently at the back yard through the open window right next to my desk earlier this week. Merlin is the one who disappeared for a couple of days after an escape through a screen about two years ago. He doesn’t seem to eager to leave the comforts of home behind after that adventure.

It seems that some Democrats’ heads might explode from the mental contortions they’re going to through to justify their enduring belief that Republicans must be racists.

I’m certainly not a supporter of Herman Cain, but I’ve enjoyed watching some Democratic commentators trying to explain away Cain’s growing support among many Republicans. You see, if Republicans don’t support black candidates, it’s because they’re racist. But if they do support a black candidate, it’s also because they’re racist. Got that?

If that logic doesn’t make sense to you, it’s clear that you haven’t learned logic in the same place as Democratic strategist Karen Finney. On MSNBC Friday, Finney gave her spin on Cain’s surge in popularity, saying, “I think [Herman Cain] is giving that base a free pass and I think they like him because they think he is a black man who knows his place.”

I’m not sure who should be more insulted — Cain or his Republican supporters.

Finney isn’t the only Democrat to trot out this bizarrely irrational approach. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) said the same thing last week. Democratic partisan and actress Janeane Garofalo has wondered out loud who is paying Cain to be a black “token” for the Tea Party. And, of course, there’s the black novelist who goes by the name, Toure, who says that Cain’s views are an insult to the black community.

Does it cross the mind of these narrow-minded folks that maybe Cain is just saying what he believes? And does it cross the mind of these bigots that a sizable number of Republican voters like what he’s saying — and couldn’t care less about his race?

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At Occupy Wall Street, protesters have been saying that those with more money should be required to “share” with them. But after weeks of homeless freeloaders “sharing” in the free meals prepared by the protesters, the socialist utopia is already a bit shaky.

Volunteers have been preparing three excellent meals every day for the protesters and word has gotten around among the homeless and professional bums that the way to get a good free meal is to go to Zuccotti Park. So the volunteer cooks got angry and demanded that something be done to keep “those sorts of people” from taking all the food. The irony of the situation seems to have escaped them.

After taking their complaints to the “general assembly” of the protest, the kitchen staff decided to serve nothing but bland and unappealing food for three days — during which time they would provide directions to local soup kitchens in order to get rid of the poor undesirables who are trying to help themselves to food from the community pot.

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