Posted on 09/06/2008 7:13:25 AM PDT by Daffynition
Dipped Jewitt has the purrfect opportunity to make sure the interests of pets are represented in the upcoming election.
She recently was given the chance to vote via mailed registration materials sent by the USAction Education Fund, which describes itself as a national nonprofit, nonpartisan group that has organized voter-registration drives since 2004.
But there's one problem - Dipped Jewitt is a cat.
She received the voter registration application, addressed to her, at her former domicile in Cleveland where her owner, Jeff Jewitt, 54, runs Homestead Finishing Products.
Initially taken aback by the application, thinking it was a joke, Jewitt of Strongsville gamely noted that since Dipped is 6 years old "in cat years, I guess she'd be of voting age."
He said Dipped, named for markings that make the black cat look like it was dipped feet-first in white paint, is a good mouser.
So she would likely be good at smelling out a rat in political wannabes, Jewitt said.
And though he's not sure if Dipped leaned to "Democat" or "Republicat" candidates, Jewitt and his wife, Susan, 55, figured the feline's fiercely independent streak would hold true at the polls.
Jeff Jewitt can only guess that the cat's monicker must have shown up on a computerized list from some bygone brush he had with an Internet site where he entered Dipped's name.
Probably true, according to David Elliott, USAction communications director, who said the group used a list of names from a vendor for about a million voter-registration mailings sent across the country this year. "Unfortunately, vendor lists aren't perfect," he added.
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Happy Caturday! Register your cats.
Community Action????
Voter registration drives at churches are a good way to get people registered.
Kitties eat RATS for breakfast.
Note;I have supported a cat or several most of my life.
Nonpartisan my arse! This looks like another ACORN clone. If they would only go after the perps promoting voter fraud like they go after lawful gun owners.
Chuckles is too young to vote, but can sure pick VP’s. Gus can vote and he likes McCain/Palin.
Not sure if Gus is going to register to vote. When you do that in Texas you can also get a carry permit and I don’t trust Gus with a weapon.
Wearing this T-Shirt at our Western Washington State Fair. Shold be fun.
http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/white-t-shirts/design/29911298
My cats, Mao and Xiao Hu are Marxists. I’m sure of it!
Let the cat vote! Kitties are all Republicans! It’s dogs that are stupid.
You have that backwards...it’s dogs that demand attention and need someone to feed them and poop. They can’t live on their own...cats are very independent...and smarter.
ACORN is trying to steal this election. There are, I believe, millions of illegals, non-existant, voters who vote several times in different precincts. This MUST be a priority by the Justice Dept to insure a fair election and all violaters should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We must monitor EVERY precinct in the battleground states where this election can be stolen. The RNC must do this if we hope to stand a chance at a fair election. Forget the whining from the left. They don’t care about fairness. They just are hell-bent on winning at any cost.
All cats are Republicans.
This one certainly was. RIP Dulcie, the Clinton-biting kitty who left me last November. Her political activist memory lives on.
Thanks for the laugh. Great picture.
Let the cat vote! Kitties are all Republicans! It’s dogs that are stupid.
Amen to that. And if you need proof, just look at Dog Sledding. Cats are WAY to smart for that kind of thing.
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