Review: Dogone Cute! ;)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
Julia Dweck poses an interesting question in Cat or Dog for President.There are 74,000,000 pet cats in the United States and almost 70,000,000 pet dogs, so the answer seems obvious. The cat would win. But unfortunately this book makes some serious blunders common to the arena of political commentary. In reality it all comes down to voter turnout. As the recent elections showed, voter turnout can vary greatly so the cat is not necessarily a lock.Disclaimer: I have owned cats and dogs in the past so I speak from experience and have no political bias or affiliation to either the cat or dog party.First, cats are notoriously lazy. Every cat I have owned (and that number far outweighs the dogs) has shared this in common. So the chances are great they just wouldn't bother to go vote. Dogs, in general, are much more energetic and willing to go for a car ride up to a polling place.Second, if it happens to rain...forget about it. Cats hate water. Everyone knows that. Dogs love water and love playing in the rain. They will turn out in droves, but I definitely don't envy the poll workers. Can you imagine 70,000,000 dogs showing up and shaking off once they get there? What a mess. They better have plenty of mops ready.Third, cats are...ummm, hold on...my husband and daughter just informed me that this book is not a serious political analysis, but a children's book. And I had 12 more points to go. Well, that's 3 days of serious research down the drain.To check out our FULL review or see what's new at Griffin's Honey  [...]