By Zamboni"I luv my new prez," says an enthusiastic commenter over at Huffington Post today, and we cats couldn't agree more. As they sang in "My Fair Lady" (and as we're now singing to Bush), "Just a few more hours....That's all the time you've got."
Meanwhile, the Inaugural festivities and observances roll along, much to our delight. We cats are particularly gratified at this morning's visit by President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden to the Tomb of the Unknowns. How refreshing to see a wreath laid by someone who isn't responsible for the needless deaths of 4,200 American soldiers.
We cats wonder, too, if Tuesday might not just be the blessed end to a long national nightmare but if it also will signal an additional change in how we treat the troops. The Bushies are very fond of using soldiers as handy props, but — when they haven't been recklessly killing them off — really haven't done a hell of a lot for them. Michelle Obama, on the other hand, has already signaled that aid to military families will be one of her top priorities. Will we, then, soon witness Obama-Biden do something Bush and Cheney never have in their entire eight years of misused power — attend a soldier's funeral?
We'll see. In the meantime, we'd settle for lifting the ban on photos of returning coffins. Either way, the Bush-Cheney charade is coming to an end. We cats PURR.
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