How would a cat do as governor or president?

[Archbob]

So, the presidents of late like Bush and Obama have been far from great and some governors aren't so great either.

So how about we elect a cat for president or governor? How would that fare, I mean we already have one as a Mayor of a small town:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-sideshow/cat-mayor-alaska-town-15-years-204423536.html

Residents say he's the best mayor they've had.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Better than average in all probability.

 

[gay_Aleks]

The threshold sure ain't big, I'm certain.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It would be a positive thing, definitely. And if anyone objects that a cat can't know how to run anything, there's Business Cat to prove them wrong.

 

[Zkribbler]

Cats do not espouse democracy. They're monarchists, with themselves as the monarch.

 

[warpus]

In the case of U.S. president:

The first power the Constitution confers upon the president is the veto. The Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by Congress to be presented to the president before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the president has three options:

1. Sign the legislation; the bill then becomes law.
2. Veto the legislation and return it to Congress, expressing any objections; the bill does not become law, unless each house of Congress votes to override the veto by a two-thirds vote.
3. Take no action. In this instance, the president neither signs nor vetoes the legislation. After 10 days, not counting Sundays, two possible outcomes emerge:
A. If Congress is still convened, the bill becomes law.
B. If Congress has adjourned, thus preventing the return of the legislation, the bill does not become law. This latter outcome is known as the pocket veto.

Since cats can't sign things and I don't think they can veto things either - it seems that the only sort of thing the scenario could lead to in this case are options A. or B. - so bills will get passed, but sometimes they will be pocket vetoed by the cat, due to the timing.

Perhaps the most important of all presidential powers is command of the United States Armed Forces as its commander-in-chief. While the power to declare war is constitutionally vested in Congress, the president has ultimate responsibility for direction and disposition of the military. The present-day operational command of the Armed Forces (belonging to the Department of Defense) is normally exercised through the Secretary of Defense, with assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Combatant Commands, as outlined in the presidentially approved Unified Command Plan (UCP).

Cats aren't very good at directing armies or aircraft carrier groups, so in my opinion the Secretary of Defense might exploit the situation by furthering his own agenda - and claiming that the orders came from the cat. If the secretary of defense is also a cat and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is also a cat, and if none of the generals in the U.S. army are cats, then I think there might be a coup, because generals should be smart to know that cats shouldn't really be in charge of things - and that the country is in danger.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Guys, guys. The nuclear arsenal of the USA is ran by cats.

 

[Snerk]

Tuna fish would be fished to extinction within the day.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Sadly, the town of Talkeetna, where that thing happened is also land-locked.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

For all I know Obama is a secret cat. Where is his species certificate?

 

[gay_Aleks]

Ooh! Is he a Maine Coon, or a Norwegian Forest cat? Or is he a munchkin?

Perhaps he's even a bobcat?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

A black cat. So you better don't cross him!

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Guys, guys. The nuclear arsenal of the USA is ran by cats.

It used to be. The cats all retired due to budget cuts and the weapons have been disabled by rodents gnawing through the wiring.

 

[gay_Aleks]

A black cat. So you better don't cross him!

The Elephant already crossed him, for that the Mule was the harbinger of the Black Cat.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

Ooh! Is he a Maine Coon, or a Norwegian Forest cat? Or is he a munchkin?

Perhaps he's even a bobcat?

I'm forgiving you because you're not from the US, but here the word coon is a racial slur for black people, so probably best not to call Obama a Maine Coon .

Off topic P.S. I have a Maine Coon, best cat breed in the world.

 

[Archbob]

Guys, guys. The nuclear arsenal of the USA is ran by cats.

That is not too far from the truth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ya-yF35g

 

[FriendlyFire]

Turtles are scared of cars right ?
uuurrrhhhhhh....yuupppppppp

 

[onejayhawk]

Turtles only advance when they stick their neck out. Not applicable to politics.

J

 

[Perfection]

That's like asking how would a woman do as governor or president

It depends on the freakin' cat

Bigots

 

[Commodore]

Cats would most certainly be preferable to the Reptilians that have taken over our society already....



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