Spinning Their Wheels

By Baxter

We cats have a degree in political science. You didn't know that, did you? Well, felines are very smart, so you shouldn't be surprised. The only difficulty in completing the course load was 1) being able to get to class — it was tough to navigate those busy hallways — and 2) taking notes without thumbs. But, we managed.

Anyway, that's why we were fascinated by the fact that, for apparently the first time in history, a Presidential nominee's selection for Vice President made a difference this year. And by the fact that that very ill-fated Vice Presidential nominee has given an interview to The Anchorage Daily News, blaming absolutely everyone and everything for the Republicans' loss except herself.

“I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years," Sarah Palin has babbled, undoubtedly endearing herself to the McCain campaign and to any Republicans who opposed her nomination to the ticket. (NOT!)

Governor Palin also decried the rumors about her and her family — including the gossip about baby Trig's parentage — apparently blissfully unaware that her resistance to releasing her medical records may have contributed to it.

It's all very amusing, and we will let it speak for itself. But we cats do have a comment on Governor Palin's assertion that "It's amazing that we did as well as we did."

Republicans have been pushing this storyline ever since last Tuesday. Our retort: Why didn't you do better?

After all, you had five months — from February to August — to hone your campaign and your message — while Senators Clinton and Obama duked it out in the Democratic primaries.

What did you Republicans do with yourselves all that time?

Uh-huh. We thought so.