Comments on: Dogs, Cats And Pets Of Presidential Candidates

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By: Undecided voters: an anomoly all on their own « Witty Banter

Undecided voters: an anomoly all on their own « Witty Banter — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:21:37 +0000

[…] The presidential election is just two-weeks away. The economy is crashing. We are at war in two different countries. Our educational system is in disarray. Our civil liberties remain in question. Sen. Barack Obama has no pets and Sen. John McCain has 22 of them (yes, really). […]

By: Day

Day — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:07:00 +0000

The Bush’s have Barney & Miss Beasley two Scottish Terriers & India the cat.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:34:52 +0000

“Mitt Romney: Former Massachusetts Governor
None: Family recently lost Marley, a Weimaraner”

I wonder how Romney treated this dog. Did he too have to ride the roof?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:19:33 +0000

Dennis Kucinich’s dogs are all rescues! :)

By: petslave

petslave — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:59:20 +0000

Look at all the pure bred dogs, guess the unique distinctive mixed breed just doesn’t cut it in the upper echelon crowd. Have to keep up the appearances–notice almost all of the breeds are those we all equate with the wholesome happy all-american family.

By: 3Catmom

3Catmom — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:05:30 +0000

Hmmm, might have to learn more about Bill Richardson and Joe Biden.

Seems like every person I have known that says “I hate cats” turns out to be and awful person in the long run!!

By: Itchmo

Itchmo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:21:35 +0000

So corrected. :)

By: Weekly Digest: June 29, 2007 | Elaine Vigneault’s Diary

Weekly Digest: June 29, 2007 | Elaine Vigneault’s Diary — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:05 +0000

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By: Lis

Lis — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:27:07 +0000

As others have said, that’s Socks Clinton, and the caption should be corrected.

Socks was Chelsea’s cat. When the Clintons left the White House and she went to college, it wasn’t practical for her to take the cat with her, and no, Socks didn’t really get along with Bill’s dog, and a staffer who’d been with them a long time and had a good relationship with Socks offered to take him. This counts as “abandonment” only in the Bizarro universe where everything done by a Clinton is evil because it was done by a Clinton.

Back when Clinton was first elected, and the press was treating everything about them, including Chelsea and including the cat, as both public property and inanimate objects, Bill Clinton stepped quite firmly to stop photographers’ harassment of the cat and limit the “cute” pictures to a frequency and duration that the cat could cope with easily. (The Clintons were also remarkably effective in limiting Chelsea’s exposure to the media nastiness, but since she’s one of the Evil Clintons herself, that’s not important.)

By: mittens

mittens — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:00:59 +0000

edwards HAS a golden retreiver or he IS a golden retreiver? i’m confused- the 2 look alike.

the bushes have barney and friend-terriers and a black cat.barney has videos for kids up on the white house web site. the cat runs through them occassionally. there’s a’ pet’ steer somewhere in the mix too…

socks was left behind in washington when the clinton’s left the white house because he didn’t get along with the dog they bought to make bill look less like a lecherous creep and more like a family man during that whole gross impeachment thing. some ex-staffer rescued the abondoned socks who i heard from the white house pastry chef at the time was referred to as ‘ the Beast’.

i’d prefer a cat person in the presidents seat thank you- not someone who feels the need to have something drooling and submissive at his/her feet.( i do like dogs mind you but i am really all about the cats. i’m quite fond of wire hairfox terriers because they seem like cats- aloof. no drooling.)

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:30:18 +0000

There is no Socks Bush.

Thats Socks Clinton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_(cat)

By: CatsSlave

CatsSlave — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:25:12 +0000

I think the Bushes are parents to a couple of dogs. Terriers?

By: CatLady

CatLady — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:00:44 +0000

The caption says “pictured: Socks Bush”. I believe that Socks was in the White House as a pet of Chelsea Clinton. You may wish to correct that.