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  • Democracy is a Warm Puppy!

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    "Sasha and Malia … I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House." — President-elect Barack Obama, November 4, 2008.

    Change has come to America. I am so proud. Congratulations to the Obama family. We can't wait to meet the first dog.

    (Photo credit: Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune)

    7:01 am update:
      Thanks to my cousin, Clair, for letting me know that the Bidens are also getting a dog.  As reported by Reuters:

    Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden,
    is also getting in on the act. He told reporters traveling with him
    earlier that his wife had promised him a “big dog” if he got elected.

    Jill Biden had taped pictures of different dogs on the back of the
    seat in front of him on his campaign plane to inspire the candidate as
    he criss-crossed the country in the final sprint to election day.

    “Jill had said the only way you are getting a dog is if you are
    president … we didn’t think about vice president,” said Biden. “She
    said at least if you live in the White House you are home.”

    He dropped out of the presidential race but when Obama asked him to
    join the ticket, his wife Jill said if he did so she would let him have
    the dog he wanted.

    Read Clair's beautiful post about last night here.

    7:16 am update:  The Obamas join a long tradition of first families with dogs.  Here is an excellent website dedicated to American Presidents and their dogs.  Did you know George Washington had 10 hounds; Mopsey,
    Taster, Cloe, Tipler, Forester, Captain, Lady Rover, Vulcan, Sweetlips and
    Searcher. (Sweetlips!  Hilarious!)

    Related Links:
    Dachshund for Obama t-shirts and gifts
    More Obama/dog t-shirts
    Happiness is a Warm Puppy
    by Charles M. Shulz
    My January 1, 2008 prediction that Barack Obama would be our next president.

  • OBAMA – BIDEN: Like Spaghetti Goes With Meatballs

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    Barack Obama picked the charming mutt from the wrong side of the tracks to be his running mate.  As I said in December when I first called Biden Tramp….like spaghetti goes with meatballs, this could be just the ticket! 

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    It's feeling like a Hollywood ending.  Walt Disney would be proud.

    See my full list of the presidential candidates and the dogs they represent here.

  • Joe Biden: Tramp in the White House?

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    Remember my dog/presidential candidate posts from January where I said Senator Joe Biden was like Tramp from Lady and the Tramp?

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    I was just noticed something interesting.  Look at this clip where Joe rages against the incompetency of the war, and rages against calling those who would criticize it "cowards."  Notice whom he takes the floor from…the fine gentleman from Arizona, Senator John McCain.

    And that, dear readers, is why Joe Biden is at the top of the short list of VP candidates.  He may be rambunctious and prone to goofy comments, but when it comes to a debate, that dog can hunt.

    Now, when is Barack going to text me already?

    See my full list of presidential candidates and the dogs they represent here.

  • Senator Joe Biden: Tramp

     

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    I've had a long-time crush on Senator Joe Biden.  I think it's a combination of his twinkling Irish eyes, his ready smile, and the way he works his French cuffs to make a point.

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    I'm even smitten by his loquaciousness, especially after learning he grew up with a stutter.  There are many pundits who believe he is truly the best man for the top job right now, especially in the wake of the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto.  Biden has been warning about the Pakistan "problem" for years.  And he is the only candidate with a concrete political solution for the future of Iraq.  But for some reason, as dashing and as bright as he is, his campaign has failed to get any traction.  I think it's because he's continually misunderstood like Tramp in Lady and the Tramp.

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    You will recall that Tramp is a mutt from the wrong side of the tracks (Biden was born to a working class family in Scranton, PA), who falls for Lady, a sweet Cocker Spaniel from a good home.  The film climaxes with Tramp trying to warn Lady's babysitter about a ferocious rat in the baby's room.  His barking is ignored and when he breaks into the house to kill the rat, he knocks over the baby in his crib by mistake.  He is immediately sentenced to the pound, before Lady's parents return, realize Tramp's heroics, and adopt him.  Biden, too, likes to bark his head off, but not without purpose as evidenced here as he fights to set a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq.

    He's often misunderstood, most recently exemplified by calling Senator Obama "clean."  He has survived the death of his wife and daughter, two cranial aneurysms and a derailed presidential run after a plagiarism charge.  But he still conveys an astounding optimism about America and passion for its future.  He's hoping to place 3rd in Iowa and stay in the race.  I hope, like Tramp, he has a happy ending on this campaign, but he might be too nice or too streetwise to make it to the oval office.  Maybe Obama, who never held the "clean" issue against him, will adopt him like Lady's parents did Tramp, and take him to the White House as VP.  Like spaghetti goes with meatballs, that might be just the ticket.

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