DID YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE KID WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER SELLING KITTENS? WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME OUT FROM THE FUNDRAISER, HE WAS HOLDING UP THE KITTENS, AND HE WAS SAYING, ``BUY A DEMOCRAT KITTEN.''; WELL … A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THE REPUBLICANS HELD A FUNDRAISER IN THE SAME PLACE. AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT, THERE WAS THE SAME KID WITH THE KITTENS. AND HE SAID, ``BUY A REPUBLICAN KITTEN.''; AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WHO'D SEEN HIM THERE 2 WEEKS BEFORE SAID, ``WAIT A MINUTE, KID. YOU WERE SELLING THESE KITTENS THE LAST TIME AS DEMOCRAT KITTENS. HOW COME THEY'RE REPUBLICAN KITTENS NOW?'; KID SAYS … ``BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE GOT THEIR EYES OPEN.''