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Emrys

(8,648 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:09 AM Jul 2024

This is what a childless cat lady looks like

Personally, I've always preferred the term "child-free", but maybe that's open to misinterpretation.

This is from TikTok:



And this, well ...



Damn fool Republicans never had much sense about what fights to pick.

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This is what a childless cat lady looks like (Original Post) Emrys Jul 2024 OP
i'm seeing in the xitter that the swifties r activating. mopinko Jul 2024 #1
Maybe she will perform at DNC:))) ALBliberal Jul 2024 #2
i hope so. mopinko Jul 2024 #3
ALBliberal............. Upthevibe Jul 2024 #11
It's hard to fathom! We have the best talent ALBliberal Jul 2024 #13
Think she Rebl2 Jul 2024 #18
Pretty sure if she could edisdead Jul 2024 #32
J.D. just doesn't get it... GainesT1958 Jul 2024 #4
Childless... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #5
If they only picked a fight with... sanduca Jul 2024 #6
I have two daughter in laws, both childless cat ladies, and they both say fuck off vance. Canoe52 Jul 2024 #7
Falls flat kwolf68 Jul 2024 #8
all pets are family. dont ya know . AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #9
As JD silently shrinks to the corner. oasis Jul 2024 #10
VP Harris isn't childless. She has stepchildren that she loves. Ilsa Jul 2024 #12
They call her "Mamala". rubbersole Jul 2024 #22
Ha! I love this! Joinfortmill Jul 2024 #14
Vance has such a loser. Just goes through the motions for his MAGA cultists. I don't think he really believes anything Martin68 Jul 2024 #15
I have 3 Americanme Jul 2024 #16
Lots of young folks are intentionally child-free. MontanaMama Jul 2024 #26
I'll help solve the issues! Nimble_Idea Jul 2024 #17
As I understand it, childless means someone wanted... 3catwoman3 Jul 2024 #19
She IS a genuine cat-lady: Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #20
Not to be catty about it, Disaffected Jul 2024 #21
That's her thing. MontanaMama Jul 2024 #27
That's her thing MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #29
Wasn't just referring to Taylor Swift but Disaffected Jul 2024 #31
Yes to that! MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #33
Well Rebl2 Jul 2024 #36
I have been Mom to.... haele Jul 2024 #23
That's so great Haele! Conservatives don't understand a life well lived. MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #34
I am a PROUD cat Grandma! joanbarnes Jul 2024 #24
Mika's cat trolls J.D. Vance on MSNBC after comments about 'childless women' LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #25
Why did J D claim that Pete is childless? Crunchy Frog Jul 2024 #37
Gee, she looks pretty content to me. Raven123 Jul 2024 #28
Man has serious issues MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #30
I predict a short political career for him FakeNoose Jul 2024 #38
I think JD Vance is just jealous alarimer Jul 2024 #35
Nailed it! MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #39
may I ask Skittles Jul 2024 #40
Not that I'm a total fanboy (not that there would be anything wrong with that), but I looked it up for you Emrys Jul 2024 #41
nice Skittles Jul 2024 #42
Love these pics! Go Taylor! liberalla Jul 2024 #43

mopinko

(72,683 posts)
1. i'm seeing in the xitter that the swifties r activating.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:25 AM
Jul 2024

cant wait for her to jump into the fray.

mopinko

(72,683 posts)
3. i hope so.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:43 AM
Jul 2024

tho we already have our hands full here in chgo w security for the convention.

Upthevibe

(9,576 posts)
11. ALBliberal.............
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:55 AM
Jul 2024

OMG........... Can you imagine the awesomeness of Taylor being at our convention?!?!

edisdead

(3,359 posts)
32. Pretty sure if she could
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:44 PM
Jul 2024

Pretty sure if she could race home to catch the super bowl she could help save democracy if she wanted to.

2naSalit

(97,001 posts)
5. Childless...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:03 AM
Jul 2024

Is a bible lingo term used to point out that there was something amiss with a woman who bears no children.

I prefer child free, too.

sanduca

(94 posts)
6. If they only picked a fight with...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:46 AM
Jul 2024

A criminal January 6 coup leader dictator, we could join them.

Canoe52

(2,963 posts)
7. I have two daughter in laws, both childless cat ladies, and they both say fuck off vance.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:47 AM
Jul 2024

kwolf68

(8,025 posts)
8. Falls flat
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:49 AM
Jul 2024

As usual Republican attempts at humor fall flat. "Childless cat lady". Yuk Yuk Yuk, you got us with that singer there JD Carlin.

Ilsa

(62,884 posts)
12. VP Harris isn't childless. She has stepchildren that she loves.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:02 AM
Jul 2024

Vance should try telling all the Rs in their second or third marriages that they are "childless" because they didn't sire or birth their stepchildren.

It's another stupid soundbite.

Martin68

(25,950 posts)
15. Vance has such a loser. Just goes through the motions for his MAGA cultists. I don't think he really believes anything
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:39 AM
Jul 2024

except his destiny to be president or something.

Americanme

(225 posts)
16. I have 3
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:56 AM
Jul 2024

I have 3 children in their 30's, all childless, all cat owners. I love them more than life itself. It is not the insult they think it is.

MontanaMama

(24,480 posts)
26. Lots of young folks are intentionally child-free.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:26 PM
Jul 2024

You are correct that this isn't the insult that repukes believe it to be.

Welcome to DU.

3catwoman3

(26,864 posts)
19. As I understand it, childless means someone wanted...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 11:08 AM
Jul 2024

...to have children but was unable to, and childfree means choosing not to.

Disaffected

(5,664 posts)
21. Not to be catty about it,
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 11:15 AM
Jul 2024

but what's with this glaring red lipstick thing? Looks gauche and a bit tacky to me.

MaryMagdaline

(7,934 posts)
29. That's her thing
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:37 PM
Jul 2024

“You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style.”

My favorite Taylor Swift jingle. I’d play it for you but it will stick in your brain forever.

Disaffected

(5,664 posts)
31. Wasn't just referring to Taylor Swift but
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:44 PM
Jul 2024

women in general who wear it, especially those with dark skin - it's just not attractive IMO.

Not that in the overall scheme of things such things are very important. I would be very pleased to see her support Harris and, perform at the convention, red lipstick and all.

haele

(14,297 posts)
23. I have been Mom to....
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:15 PM
Jul 2024

Six cats, one dog, two cockatiels, one stepdaughter, two of her friends who didn't have moms, and Grandma to stepdaughters's two girls and one of stepdaughters's friend's daughter.

My parents only had two "born" kids and around three other kids that called them Mom and Dad while we were growing up.

Taking in Tweens/Teenagers from troubled (or no) homes who wander home with the kidlet looking for a family to feel safe with and help them grow up is harder than raising your own. Especially when it's unofficial and there's no safety net or legal protection should something go wrong.
About fifteen years ago, there was a six month period where our front room was a bedroom, there was a tent in the back yard, and we were feeding three or four youngsters on a daily basis, even though we were officially renting as a family of three. But - it's the Future for them.
And being invited to a Concert, Graduation, Wedding, or Christening as Family is pretty awesome.

Haele

LetMyPeopleVote

(164,787 posts)
25. Mika's cat trolls J.D. Vance on MSNBC after comments about 'childless women'
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:13 PM
Jul 2024

This made me smile



https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-women/

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski brought her cat to the "Morning Joe" studios to mock J.D. Vance's past comments about "childless cat ladies."

The Ohio senator and freshly minted Republican presidential nominee once dismissed Vice President Kamala Harris – now the likely Democratic presidential nominee — as a legitimate stakeholder in the nation she hopes to lead because, he argued, she did not have any children of her own and instead kept cats as pets.

"We're effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they've made," Vance told then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson in 2021.....

After that clip aired, the show's producers cut to Brzezinski sitting at her desk and stroking a cat on her lap.

"I've just got to say," she said dryly as others on set laughed, "My kids are older. Does that make me childless? I want to qualify."....

"If people are saying, well, this is just because Joe was a member [of Congress] so long ago, I keep talking about the guy in Iowa," Scarborough added. "What's his name? Steve King, yeah, they got rid of him in 2015 or 2016 for saying things then that would have put him, like, at the Republican National Convention in primetime giving speeches. I'm not joking, like, I'm not joking. That is how quickly the Republican Party has gone. They keep losing elections. Just run as a Republican, a traditional Republican. You'd be shocked at what might happen on the national level."


Crunchy Frog

(27,660 posts)
37. Why did J D claim that Pete is childless?
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:22 PM
Jul 2024

And why does he look about 20 years older than his actual age?

Raven123

(6,763 posts)
28. Gee, she looks pretty content to me.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:32 PM
Jul 2024

I just wonder if JD has some residual animosity toward a woman who preferred her cats over him.

MaryMagdaline

(7,934 posts)
30. Man has serious issues
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 05:40 PM
Jul 2024

One more thing Trump has done to punish us / having this man demonstrate his profound emotional damage on national TV.

FakeNoose

(37,600 posts)
38. I predict a short political career for him
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:32 PM
Jul 2024

Maybe Ohio voters will stage a recall? I don't know.

But even if that doesn't happen, I can't believe Vance will be re-elected on 2028. Ok it's a long time off and a lot can happen in the meantime. But his name is already mud with the average, thoughtful voter. Add to that the fact that he's guaranteed to make a total ass of himself slavering over Chump for the next 4 months.

Ohio Democrats are you listening? There's no way JD Vance can be re-elected in 2028 and it's up to you to have a classy, winning candidate ready to jump in the race for Vance's seat. Start looking NOW, please.

 

alarimer

(17,146 posts)
35. I think JD Vance is just jealous
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:01 PM
Jul 2024

I think he wishes he was a “childless cat lady”.

Emrys

(8,648 posts)
41. Not that I'm a total fanboy (not that there would be anything wrong with that), but I looked it up for you
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:33 PM
Jul 2024
Every Wild Fact About Taylor Swift’s Cats: Olivia Benson, Meredith Grey, and Benjamin Button

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35885248/taylor-swift-cats/


So yes, she is definitely a bona fide cat lady.

Skittles

(164,974 posts)
42. nice
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:40 PM
Jul 2024

I am not a Swiftie but my opinion of anyone goes up if they have pets, especially cats

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