Secrets & Lies

By Sniffles

We cats have returned to the Lower Forty-Eight, and there is so much to catch up on: Colin Powell, Michelle Bachmann, Senator Obama's grandmother, the St. Louis rally with 100,000 people. In short, we're on sensory overload, which — considering how much we can pick up with the tips of our whiskers alone — is saying a lot.

But what's really got us switching our tails between naps is the recent New York Times report on the health of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates.

Not that any of them are necessarily near death's door — although there is much we don't know about Senator McCain and his skin cancer. No, what really astounds us is the arrogance of Sarah Palin. She has released no medical information.

Incredible. The woman has been on the national stage for less than two months. She's aspiring to the second-highest office in the land — and on a ticket with a cancer victim who, if he wins on November 4, would be the oldest elected President ever. And she's released no medical information???

We cats generally try not to soil our paws with the Palin family dirt, and all of the gossipy speculations that whirl about it. Mainly because so much of it revolves around having babies — and the thought of Republicans procreating, in or out of marriage, is so unappealing that we prefer not to think about it.

But Governor Palin's refusal to document the soundness of her health forces us to address the subject. We can only conclude from it that she has something to hide about the "Trig" pregnancy.

Was it a ruse to cover up her daughter's condition? Is the baby not really Todd's? Somehow we think we'll never know — and mercifully, if things turn out the way we want on Election Day, we'll never have to know.

Still, we GROWL at Sarah Palin and swipe our claws at her. She owes the American people an accounting of her health. Even if she's going to be feeling pretty bad come November 5.