What Would Willow the Cat Do?

By GAIL COLLINS
NYT

Right now you’re probably asking yourself: What has Congress been up to since it raised the debt ceiling?

A lot! The House, for instance, recently passed an important resolution repudiating the raising of the debt ceiling.

These are the moments when it becomes clear why nobody wants to talk about politics anymore. In fact, as a public service, I would like to change the subject and point out that Willow, a cat who disappeared from its home in Colorado five years ago, has been found in New York City. How do you think she got here? By car? By foot? Let’s all talk about that for the next hour or two.

O.K., about the debt-ceiling vote. This was a totally meaningless, but deeply symbolic, action involving core Republican principles. In August, Congress actually voted to make the president lift the debt ceiling so the House majority could maintain ideological purity by demanding he take it back.

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