Cat of the year Colin Powell meets the secretary of state

[Nambe]

Associated Press

Colin Powell, the cat, met Friday with Colin Powell, the secretary of state, who heaped praise on the uneasy black feline as "the best cat in the country."

"Hey, Colin, how are you," Powell, the secretary of state, said when they were introduced in the treaty room on the seventh floor of the State Department before cameras and cat fanciers. "It's nice to have you here."

The prize-winning cat, a copper-eyed Bombay born in the Brookfield, Conn., home of Sharyn and Sig Hauck, on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, responded with a hesitant purr, and had nothing further to offer reporters, on the record or otherwise.

Colin Powell, the secretary of state, said he had been given the chance to name the recently born offspring of Colin, the cat, and had chosen Ralph Bunche, in honor of the late diplomat.

Hauck, explaining later how Colin the cat got his name, said, "We name all of our black cats after prominent African-Americans." ..

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Can the cat be Secretary of State?

He might be more truthful when he talks to the United Nations; but then, he'd only be interested in weapons of mouse destruction.

I guess I have to give Colin Powell (the person) some credit for liking cats.

[SoCalDem]

2. The cat does not seem to like Colin

[arikara]

8. I love that cat

When I first looked at it I thought that you must have photoshopped his eyes, but the picture is real. Priceless!

[sleepyhead]

11. The kitty is rolling its eyes

Or saying, Please get me away from this guy - he's scary!

[stevedeshazer]

12. Beautiful and revealing

Thanks.

[LauraK]

3. Is there a message to the campaign here. I think so.

Powell, quite possibly one of most influential members of the administration with the voters, is out meeting a cat while these guys are busting their brains trying to win votes for dimson.

I get a message.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. LOL. I don't think they will get the cat vote.

Cats aren't Republicans. And this one looks pretty worried.

[Nambe]

5. I got that too Laura.

Powell is kicking with a cat after turning down a request to campaign for dimson.

[Algorem]

6. Shrub pisses on one,other one pisses on shrub.

Which one's the big pussy?

[FormerOstrich]

7. I bet Ashcroft is beside himself.....

....those evil cats...at least the poor thing wasn't calico.

[allemand]

9. Appearing with a black cat on Friday the 13th

After 4 years in this administration he probably thinks that it can't get any worse...
:-)

[Bullshot]

10. People will be hard pressed to tell which one's the real pussy!