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Welcome!
Welcome to My Cats Are Democrats, a political blog written entirely by cats.
Why cats? Because the sorry state of human discourse requires the Animal Kingdom to step up and provide a new, refreshing take on current affairs. And cats sit at the very top of that kingdom.
We’re well aware of the popular stereotypes — that “cats are Democrats while dogs are Republicans.” But the cats who write this blog really are Democrats. What animal in its right mind wouldn’t be, after the way Trump and the Republicans have behaved?
Our Pundit Profiles will tell you more about us. To join the conversation, see our Comments Policy.
If you'd like to write us directly, please send an e-mail to democraticcats@gmail.com.
We're also at mycatsaredemocrats.bsky.social.
Why cats? Because the sorry state of human discourse requires the Animal Kingdom to step up and provide a new, refreshing take on current affairs. And cats sit at the very top of that kingdom.
We’re well aware of the popular stereotypes — that “cats are Democrats while dogs are Republicans.” But the cats who write this blog really are Democrats. What animal in its right mind wouldn’t be, after the way Trump and the Republicans have behaved?
Our Pundit Profiles will tell you more about us. To join the conversation, see our Comments Policy.
If you'd like to write us directly, please send an e-mail to democraticcats@gmail.com.
We're also at mycatsaredemocrats.bsky.social.
Pundit Profiles
Baxter (no relation to the spokescat for Meow Mix) was named after Jack Lemmon's character in "The Apartment." Although Baxter keeps his sexual orientation private, he is an FIV-positive kitty with a keen interest in gay rights.
Guest blogger Miss Kubelik also owes her moniker to that classic Billy Wilder film. As a former outdoor cat, Miss K provides trenchant political commentary from outside the Washington bubble, looking in.
Zamboni is a hockey fan (of course). She follows Canadian and American politics, and is a zealous protector of English grammar. Zamboni's favorite things include clean litter boxes and Bush being out of office — two items she considers related.
Guest blogger Miss Kubelik also owes her moniker to that classic Billy Wilder film. As a former outdoor cat, Miss K provides trenchant political commentary from outside the Washington bubble, looking in.
Sniffles' issues are equality for women and climate change, although she seems to think she can escape global warming by hiding under a blanket. If Sniffles doesn’t agree with something you say, she’ll probably pee on you.
Hubie & Bertie grew up in a crate together in a no-kill shelter. They're thrilled to have been adopted and to follow in the paw steps of such brilliant bloggers as Sniffles, Baxter, Miss Kubelik and Zamboni.
Photos We Love
Anne Frank
Photos We Love That Also Totally Turn Us On
Breitbart's Bete Noir, purrrrrrr
Other Photos We Love But That Have Nothing to Do With Politics
"Oh, How Sad"
Stuff We Love
Cup o' Joe
Quotes We Love
- "Patience is also a form of action." —Auguste Rodin
Human Beings We Will Miss
- Adrienne Rich, 1929-2012
- Albert Finney, 1936-2019
- Alicia Rhett, 1915-2014
- Allan Arbus, 1918-2013
- Angela Lansbury, 1925-2022
- Ann Rutherford, 1917-2012
- Ann Usher McKay, 1920-2009
- Anne Meara, 1929-2015
- B.B. King, 1925-2015
- Barbara Billingsley, 1915-2010
- Barbara Cook, 1927-2017
- Beatrice Arthur, 1922-2009
- Bill Cunningham, 1929-2016
- Blossom Dearie, 1926-2009
- Bob Edgar, 1943-2013
- Bob Hoskins, 1942-2014
- Bob Keefe, 1934-2018
- Carl Reiner, 1922-2020
- Carolyn A. Dekle, 1954-2010
- Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016
- Celeste Holm, 1917-2012
- Cicely Tyson, 1924-2021
- Claiborne Pell, 1918-2009
- Curt Moffatt, 1951-2018
- Dagmar Wilson, 1916-2011
- Daniel Inouye, 1924-2012
- Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
- David Crosby, 1941-2023
- David Hedison, 1927-2019
- Debbie Reynolds, 1932-2016
- Del Martin, 1921-2008
- Diana Rigg, 1938-2020
- Dick Gregory, 1932-2017
- Dick Kempel, 1920-2013
- Dorothy Height, 1912-2010
- Dorothy Rodham, 1919-2011
- Earl Scruggs, 1924-2012
- Eartha Kitt, 1927-2008
- Edith Windsor, 1929-2017
- Edward Herrmann, 1943-2014
- Edward Woodward, 1930-2009
- Edwin Newman, 1919-2010
- Eleanor Parker, 1922-2013
- Elijah Cummings, 1951-2019
- Etta James, 1938-2012
- Eydie Gorme, 1928-2013
- Frank Kameny, 1925-2011
- Fred Bondy, 1931-2010
- Fred Shuttlesworth, 1922-2011
- Garrick Utley, 1939-2014
- Gene Barry, 1919-2009
- Gene Wilder, 1933-2016
- Geoffrey Holder, 1930-2014
- George Carlin, 1937-2008
- George McGovern, 1922-2012
- Gore Vidal, 1925-2012
- Gwen Ifill, 1955-2016
- Hamilton Jordan, 1944-2008
- Harold Ramis, 1944-2014
- Harris Wofford, 1926-2019
- Harry Morgan, 1915-2011
- Irving R. Levine, 1922-2009
- Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008
- Jack Layton, 1950-2011
- James Whitmore, 1921-2009
- Janet Reno, 1938-2016
- Jo Stafford, 1917-2008
- Joan Fontaine, 1917-2013
- Joan Mondale, 1930-2014
- Jody Powell, 1943-2009
- Joe Duffey, 1932-2021
- John Culver, 1932-2018
- John Dingell, 1926-2019
- John Hope Franklin, 1915-2009
- John Kempel, 1951-2021
- John Lawrence, 1943-2011
- John Lewis, 1940-2020
- John Paul Stevens, 1920-2019
- John Seigenthaler, 1927-2014
- Joni Decker, 1945-2011
- Joseph Wilson, 1949-2019
- Julian Bond, 1940-2015
- June Foray, 1917-2017
- Ken Howard, 1944-2016
- Kevin McCarthy, 1914-2010
- Kris Kristofferson, 1936-2024
- Lauren Bacall, 1924-2014
- Lena Horne, 1917-2010
- Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015
- Lesley Gore, 1946-2015
- Luise Rainer, 1910-2014
- Madeleine Sherwood, 1922-2016
- Marge Champion, 1919-2020
- Marian McPartland, 1918-2013
- Martin Landau, 1928-2017
- Marvin Hamlisch, 1944-2012
- Mary Rodgers, 1931-2014
- Max Cleland, 1942-2021
- Maxine Cohen Lando, 1950-2012
- Maya Angelou, 1928-2014
- Mitzi Gaynor, 1931-2024
- Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016
- Nanette Fabray, 1920-2018
- Natalie Cole, 1950-2015
- Natasha Richardson, 1963-2009
- Nina Foch, 1924-2008
- Norman Lloyd, 1914-2021
- Olympia Dukakis, 1931-2021
- Patricia Neal, 1926-2010
- Paul Newman, 1925-2008
- Peg Kempel, 1920-2011
- Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
- Peter O'Toole, 1932-2013
- R. Sargent Shriver, 1915-2011
- Ralph Kiner, 1922-2014
- Ravi Shankar, 1920-2012
- Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013
- Rip Torn, 1931-2019
- Robert C. Byrd, 1917-2010
- Robert Forster, 1941-2019
- Robert Pastor, 1947-2014
- Robert Prosky, 1930-2008
- Robert Reno, 1939-2012
- Robin Chandler Duke, 1923-2016
- Roger Mudd, 1928-2021
- Rose Marie, 1923-2017
- Ruby Dee, 1922-2014
- Russell Means, 1939-2012
- Russell Train, 1920-2012
- Sally Ride, 1951-2012
- Sam Denoff, 1928-2011
- Sam Shepard, 1943-2017
- Sarah Mae Jones, 1982-2012
- Sean Connery, 1930-2020
- Sid Caesar, 1922-2014
- Soupy Sales, 1926-2009
- Stanley Donen, 1924-2019
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 1949-2008
- Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
- Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
- Stewart Mott, 1937-2008
- Stewart Udall, 1920-2010
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
- Terry Jones, 1942-2020
- Theodore Sorensen, 1928-2010
- Tim Pigott-Smith, 1946-2017
- Tom Wicker, 1926-2011
- Tommy Smothers, 1937-2023
- Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
- Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011
- Van Johnson, 1916-2008
- Vera Lynn, 1917-2020
- Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
- Walter Mondale, 1928-2021
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Comments Policy
We welcome comments but not cattiness. Here are the rules.
Stay on topic. We don’t like being distracted with catnip when we’re playing with a Bizzy Ball.
Be succinct. Rambling on and on is shedding, and if you do it, we'll have to clean the furniture.
Avoid fleas (inaccuracies). Please make sure information you cite is correct. It's frustrating when interesting posts turn out to be full of fleas.
Don't swipe your paw at us. No prejudicial or abusive comments based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, species, nationality, party affiliation, etc. Sheath your claws.
You may include relevant links (or is it lynx?), but please, no irrelevant links.
Please don’t send hairballs (attachments), which we will only throw up.
We will edit your comments if necessary. And because cats are superior, we may correct spelling or punctuation errors you make.
Comments that break these rules are litter, and we will flush them away. And yes, we reserve the right to totally ban you. Sorry, but even nine lives are too short to put up with you if you misbehave.
Stay on topic. We don’t like being distracted with catnip when we’re playing with a Bizzy Ball.
Be succinct. Rambling on and on is shedding, and if you do it, we'll have to clean the furniture.
Avoid fleas (inaccuracies). Please make sure information you cite is correct. It's frustrating when interesting posts turn out to be full of fleas.
Don't swipe your paw at us. No prejudicial or abusive comments based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, species, nationality, party affiliation, etc. Sheath your claws.
You may include relevant links (or is it lynx?), but please, no irrelevant links.
Please don’t send hairballs (attachments), which we will only throw up.
We will edit your comments if necessary. And because cats are superior, we may correct spelling or punctuation errors you make.
Comments that break these rules are litter, and we will flush them away. And yes, we reserve the right to totally ban you. Sorry, but even nine lives are too short to put up with you if you misbehave.
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- And So It Begins
- "I Lost the Sandwiches"
- Cat Fight! Sanford vs. Bauer
- Statement from Senator Robert Byrd (D-WVA)
- Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009
- "You're Nothing But a Bunch of Racist Haters"
- Chew On This, NFL
- Lutherans Recognize Reality
- Is It Too Late, or Can We Still Impeach Bush?
- Harper & Co.: A Bunch of Dirty Bums
- "We Are Tired of Greedy People Using Stupid People...
- And Speaking of Rodents...
- Is Patrick Fitzgerald Squirrelly, or Just Nuts?
- An Open Letter to Janet Napolitano
- Blowing Our Stacks
- All Hell Doesn't Break Loose
- Health Care Reform Coming, World About to End
- Franken Draws the U.S., Alaska Looks a Little the ...
- The Ghosts of Palin Past
- Shucks, Folks, We're Speechless
- Republicans Are Eating Their Young AND Their Old
- Tidbits and Cat Treats, du Quebec
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