We cats attended the President's campaign event at the Capital Hilton today. You didn't know that cats were allowed in fancy Washington hotels, did you? Well, we are. And because we are cats, we were immediately escorted up front — as you can tell from the photo above.
Okay, we know that this picture could be better, but we blame the bright stage lights that were shining directly into our furry faces. That's how close to the President we were. On the other hand, the lights kinda give him a halo, don'tcha think?
But never mind that. Here's our favorite part of the day: After his speech, we knew the President would work the rope line, and we had wracked our brains for something we could say that would catch his attention. Luckily, one of our owners had made an excellent suggestion.
So as the President approached and the crowd surged forward and hands reached out for his, we called out, "ARIZONA! WIN ARIZONA!"
And it worked! The President stopped, gave us Clintonesque eye-contact, pointed a slender finger at us and replied, "We're working on that!"
Now, we cats think the President may have taken a moment to chat with us anyway because we are cats. But the rope line was pretty fraught. And although we don't know if Obama-Biden will carry Arizona in November, we think the fact that the President clearly thought it was possible, and stopped in his tracks to respond to us, was really, really cool.
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