[Designer]

Miller: "“Can I tell you how jazzed I am about this cat?"

Cat?...CAT?

That can't be considered anything but racist.

Is any other Presidential candidate called "cat"?

Miller may earn his living by saying things other people would not say, but this is not respectful.

[RitchieAprile]

the aforesaid Mr Miller refers to lots of people as ‘cats’.

I think its a Hollywoodism, like ‘my people getting with your people’, etc.

[Jeff F]

That can't be considered anything but racist.

Miller uses the term "cat" a dozen times a day on his show. It is part of his stock lingo and carries no racial baggage.

[QuestingElf]

Miller: "“Can I tell you how jazzed I am about this cat?"

Cat?...CAT?

That can't be considered anything but racist.



Actually, within jazz, it is quite a compliment to refer to a musician as a "cat."

Since so much of jazz is improvised, it's a way of saying the artist has his own groove and can deliver. He may start with sheet music, however, at one point he does his own thing that people dig.

Alternate voicing? Cain doesn't need a teleprompter.

[llandres]

“Is any other Presidential candidate called “cat”? Miller may earn his living by saying things other people would not say, but this is not respectful.”

DM just speaks the way a lot of jazz musicians always spoke. Are you old enough to remember the term “cool cat” (sometimes spelled Kool Kat)? I am and so is HC (old enough to remember, that is). It’s complimentary.

IMHO, Dennis Miller is one of those cool cats as is Herman :-)

[alley cat]

Cat?...CAT? That can't be considered anything but racist.

Well, EXCUUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!