Somebody Please Explain This to Us.

By Sniffles

We cats are confused. This doesn't happen often, but when it does — well, it just does.

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and several other journalists reported an incident that occurred as Senator Obama was campaigning in the run-up to the recent Indiana primary.

"In a restaurant in Greenwood... Obama approached an older white guy who waved him off, muttering afterwards to a reporter: 'I can’t stand him. He’s a Muslim. He’s not even pro-American as far as I’m concerned.'”

Okay, now, we admit right out of the (litter) box that we cats aren't much into religion — unless of course it's US who are being worshiped. In short, if you ask us, we'll tell you that the Ancient Egyptians had the right idea.

Otherwise, we firmly believe in the Jeffersonian model of separation of church and state. Religion has no place in the public arena.

But despite all that, we just have to wonder where this "older white guy" in Greenwood, Indiana has been the last, oh, two months or so. How in the world did he miss all the brouhaha about Senator Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright?

That's Senator Obama's pastor they were talking about — not his imam. Hel-LO???

Let us be clear. We couldn't care less whether Senator Obama is a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu or pagan. We just don't understand why he must answer for the silly rantings of a guy whose church he went to AND have to respond to accusations that he's a Muslim — all at the same time.

We GROWL and switch our tails at voters who are so painfully uninformed. Please educate yourselves before November. The future of the planet is at stake.