2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA conversation with my cat. (A bit of levity.)
This morning, I was having my daily coffee in my kitchen when all of a sudden my cat, Caesar came into the kitchen and said, "Meow."
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I expected this, after all, he's all over the news, the media loves him, they can't get enough of him, so I reply, "Yeah, I heard about what Trump said, that guy is crazy." I laughed as I went to sip my freshly brewed cup of coffee.
What I didn't expect though, was Caesar's reply... "Meow."
I spat out my coffee and responded, "Caesar, you can't possibly believe that nonsense can you? Sure, he comes off as "telling it like it is" but you don't really believe that THAT is how it is do you?!"
To my dismay, Caesar said, "Meow." and I was just... shocked, just SHOCKED. I couldn't believe it. MY cat, a fat, tabby cat that I saved from homelessness was here, telling me that Mexicans were the problem and they HAD to go.
I reprimanded him, "Caesar, that's just racist. You really should reassess how you're looking at things. Look, you want an honest candidate who tells it like it is? Look at Bernie!"
He immediately interrupted me, "Meeeeowwww." I couldn't believe it. My cat just said "Socialist". He just let it out. He just threw a right wing talking point at me and I couldn't have been more disappointed in him.
I shook my head as I went to drink my coffee again, clearly I wasn't getting through to him. But he continued!
"Meow, meowww. Rawl?"
Again, I spat out my coffee. He told me that Bernie was only a fringe candidate who wasn't getting much attention anyways, there was no way he could change the nation and that Trump would run our nation as a business and we would all be as wealthy as him.
"Caesar, you need to lay off the Fox News, they're lying to you. They are paid for by a handful of wealthy people who aren't like me or you, they don't have our best interests in mind. They want us to keep playing our roles and keep letting the money trickle upstream to them, where they can send it away to off shore bank accounts and avoid taxes like the plague. They got fat off of our economy and they won't give back to it. They're thieves."
Just then, Caesar pulled out a cigar, lit it and took a long drag. He looked at me and said, "I own your ass, and you better shut the hell up and vote for Trump or I'm shitting in your bed tonight."
I turned around, grabbed the water bottle and sprayed the crap out of him. He ran, terrified as usual.
But anyways, I can't believe I had this conversation with my cat today. I'm so ashamed. I think he'll come around though.
Juicy_Bellows
(2,427 posts)Racist cats are difficult!
My puss is down with Sanders, maybe he can have a chat with Caesar.
senz
(11,945 posts)catly air of mystery...
Caesar will be intrigued. Trump won't stand a chance.
Juicy_Bellows
(2,427 posts)She is wavering but coming around to Sanders!
TexasTowelie
(112,081 posts)so why would expect him not to be a Trump supporter. It's obvious that he needs to receive a dose of reality and have his rations cut down to one morsel per meal until he learns how others live.
You might also want to limit his computer time since he has been secretly visiting Freeperville and Breitbart while you weren't paying attention.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)I told him to stay off my computer but he is quite the entitled one.
TlalocW
(15,379 posts)They're incapable of doing it.
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senz
(11,945 posts)and has a sweet, trusting expression on his face. Clearly, he has it made. Good work, retrowire, you're a good cat daddy (or mama, as the case may be!) Cats need love.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)and that loveable cat tried to remove my eyeball once. I may tell the story in the pet thread someday. lmao
senz
(11,945 posts)I like dogs just fine but think that cat folks are better able to live with life's strange, unsettling ambiguities.
My adopted stray committed murder in my bedroom night before last. I was sound asleep and barely heard the ruckus, but half woke to a tiny, high, piercing shriek, and then it got quiet. In the morning I looked around and didn't see anything while she watched me with an interested but innocent expression. Later in the day I found a rat corpse on the other side of the bed. No blood, no obvious puncture mark, very clean kill.
Bad girl.