# Hey, I'm a cat lady, you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 26, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807 "2024-07-26T04:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/1 "2024-07-26T04:25:38Z")
Well, ok I have kids. And… I have Grandkids who I trust to make their own vote. They make more sense than some voters. They would love the sticker. Come on, could he be more nasty and demeaning? Well I guess he could call us all the c-word. JD Vance you need to rethink your choice of words before you get every leftout, unheard, disrespected woman in America to just hate you and your jerk-ass boss wannabe, more. Women without children are not less-than women with children. (And isn’t the big switch-a-roo?) We deserved our reproductive rights and you’re wrong headed to think we don’t. You, JD Vance shouldn’t have children. I feel sorry for your wife and children of Indian descent. Because you’re probably racist as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/2 "2024-07-26T04:38:41Z")
I agree. Howabout his opinion that women in bad and violent marriges should stay in those marriges for the sake of _the children._ Just what kids need is to hear dad call mom stupid, etc. etc. and/or watch him beat the shit out of her. Not to mention most of these, lovely heads of houshold breadwinners are verbaly tortuing and beating the kids too. I think I might hate this ahole more than dump, and damn is that a high bar. I need a cat lady hat t-shirt, mug, all of it. Screw that g creepy guy. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/3 "2024-07-26T04:43:18Z")
Jennifer Aniston responded to his comment [by saying](https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4792234-jennifer-aniston-jd-vance-childless-cat-ladies-harris-buttigieg-ocasio-cortez/); > [@](#): > > I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/4 "2024-07-26T04:45:56Z")
I am a Catheist. The universe is ruled over by a great feline superbeing. It basically explains everything. Like how cats have come to own the internets. Dolphins may be more intelligent than us, cats have the true mystical [power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Pussy). Fail to walk near the edge, lest you get knocked off. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/5 "2024-07-26T04:47:54Z")
Apparently, even conservative women are angry about these remarks: - [Conservative Women Turn on JD Vance for Attacking ‘Childless’ Democrats](https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-women-jd-vance-childless-democrats-kamala-harris-1930239) > Corie Whalen, a onetime communications director for former Michigan Representative [Justin Amash](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/justin-amash), a Republican, posted on X, formerly Twitter: "I’m a right-leaning woman who agrees with almost nothing the Biden-Harris administration has done, but the primal hatred and disgust Vance stokes in me transcends politics. > > “I suspect I am not the only woman of my vintage, so to speak, [who feels this way](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-poll-women-voters-1929982).” > > Beverly Hallberg, the president of District Media Group and a Fox News contributor, wrote on X: “I’m childless on earth, but I have a baby in heaven due to an ectopic pregnancy. Not all women who don’t have children are childless by choice. It adds insult to injury, to put it mildly, when these comments are said.” > > In a follow-up post, Hallberg added: “Even if a politician is talking only about childless women who choose not to have kids (even tho that wasn’t stated), it puts women who desire motherhood in the difficult position of having to explain that they aren’t a liberal feminist, even though they are childless.” [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTXbZKoWAAAMr08.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTXbZKoWAAAMr08.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/6 "2024-07-26T04:53:47Z")
In today’s NY Times column, Paul Krugman suggested that Vance thinks he’s been nominated to be vice president of Gilead. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/7 "2024-07-26T04:58:29Z")
WTF? My OP disappeared ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/8 "2024-07-26T05:00:03Z")
Is it back? Oh. There it is. Sorry for the alarm😳 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/9 "2024-07-26T05:01:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Is it back? I can see it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/10 "2024-07-26T05:12:43Z")
Sumtin’ sumtin’ Stoopid with my tablet, I’m sure. CNN had every host asking about Vances cat-lady statement. So distressing that men still feel this way. Even if you’re a _catheist_ it’s not right to classify woman in that light. After all cats don’t vote. Yet. Cats aren’t Dem or Repub. I think they are at best Nazis. Til breakfast. Then they go on to Fascist. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/11 "2024-07-26T05:13:13Z")
Also Vance’s comment was cruel as Biden had two sons- one of whom died tragically- and two daughters. Not to mention 7 grandkids. Pelosi has 6 kids. Kelly has 2. And we happen to be childless and have cats. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/12 "2024-07-26T05:16:47Z")
Eh. We don’t care if you men are childless and have cats. You’re brains are clearly much more intelligent. (😊 Kidding you Dr.Deth) If I was evil I’d send my insane Siamese cat to Vance. He’d learn his lesson fast. But, alas, I love the little shit. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/13 "2024-07-26T05:17:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Eh. We don’t care if you men are childless and have cats. > You’re brains are clearly much more intelligent. Well, it is my wife, actually, of course. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/14 "2024-07-26T12:49:58Z")
Married 27 years. Childless by choice. A practical and personal choice. We do have two dogs though. Both show more empathy and understanding than Vance (Trump too of course). Vance - please feel free to continue to sabotage the Trump/Vance ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/15 "2024-07-26T13:03:55Z")
I think “childless cat ladies” is going to be this election’s “deplorables”–the phrase that contributes toward bringing down the side responsible for it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/16 "2024-07-26T13:18:48Z")
I think from now on he is going to be more careful about how he couches his words. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/17 "2024-07-26T13:49:57Z")
If he does that, the troglodytes in the cult will lose interest and wander off. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/18 "2024-07-26T13:50:40Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I need a cat lady hat t-shirt, mug, all of it. I really wish I had some money. I want a “Childless Cat Ladies Vote” tshirt. (I match all four of those things.) > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Cats aren’t Dem or Repub. I think they are at best Nazis. Til breakfast. Then they go on to Fascist. Cats are all Independent. (And yes, many of them are dependent on food handouts. Contradictory beliefs are not limited to humans.) > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I think from now on he is going to be more careful about how he couches his words. It might not help. We all heard him the first time. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/19 "2024-07-26T13:54:26Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I think from now on he is going to be more careful about how he couches his words. I think from now on his words will stay far far away from couches! _Thank you. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal._ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807/20 "2024-07-26T13:54:36Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I think from now on he is going to be more careful about how he couches his words. Ummm, I don’t think so. He was and always will be a troglodyte. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-a-cat-lady-you-know/1004807.md?page=2)