Friday Cat Blogging – 7 October 2011

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On Tuesday, John Cole foolishly baited me with a video of his cat, Tunch, purring for the camera. “Can Inkblot make noise like that?” he asked from the safety of his home 3,000 miles away in West Virginia.

Skeevy oppo researchers make insinuations like this all the time, since they know America won’t elect a cat president who doesn’t have a presidential purr. So today is movie day, proof positive that Inkblot has just the right timbre and resonance we demand from our presidents in this media age.

The bad news, of course, is that this means His Mightiness1 has now pushed Domino off the blog for two weeks running. But have no worries. She’s plotting her revenge. She’ll be back next week.

1Back in 1789, this was one of the original suggestions for how we should address the president. Inkblot is considering reviving this if he’s elected.

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