Well, now that they're finally getting settled in Washington, Barry's got to deliver on his promise to get his daughters the canine they've been wanting. Word has it that the choices have been narrowed down to a 'designer dog' Labradoodle (sounds like a Franken-dog to me) or a Portugese water hound.
I know nothing of Portugese water hounds, but learned from the article:
The Portuguese water dog was originally bred to work for fishermen retrieving broken nets, herding schools of fish, and carrying messages between boats and the shore, according to the American Kennel Club.
Obama's fellow Democrat, Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, owns two Portuguese water dogs, Sunny and Splash.
While I pray for Sen. Kennedy's recovery from his medical issues, I can't help but chuckle at the irony of his having 'Portugese water dogs'. I'm guessing he didn't have that breed in 1969 - if he had, he might have been inaugurated as POTUS in January 1973...
And, how apropos that one of them's named "Splash"!?
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I understand that Bill Clinton has a Mississippi Leg Hound.
Interesting how you can go out to a late night party, have a few drinks, offer a lady a ride home, carelessly go careening off a bridge and save your own butt (while not bothering to see how the lady made out). The lady drowns, yet the man responsible has a long prosperous career in the U.S. Senate... and the people of his state just keep re-electing him... it boggles the mind.
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