QOTW-- Obama Dog- BO
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QOTW-- Obama Dog- BO
| Tue, 04-14-2009 - 10:52am |
Is Bo a rescued dog or not? Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise in picking the purebred as the family's new pet?
Enter Bo, a 6-month-old puppy given up by his first owner and matched with the Obamas through his breeders. Because he was given up by his first owner as a poor fit and is now with his second owners, the Obamas, but never spent time in a shelter or with a rescue group, Bo is a "quasi-rescue dog,"
So what do you think?


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In my opinion (and mind you, this is only my opinion... ;0) there are bigger campaign promises we need to worry about him keeping.
ITA, Alysha.
I totally agree. At least it was adopted, and not bought. And, it was a gift.
I think he has bigger fish to fry than worrying about a puppy.
I agree about "bigger fish to fry" but it's still a nice break in all the bad news, and he's still a dad, even if he is President. . . I'm glad the girls got their puppy either way. I hope he turns out to be a great pet for them.
HAPPY SPRING
True, Obama has bigger fish to fry.....however,
I can't imagine caring any less about the first family dog! I'm surprised (but on the other hand, not at all surprised) at the level of press this received. Glad the girls got the promised dog, I don't envy them their life and loss of privacy, so they deserve it. Don't think the whole world needs to be in the midst of it though, to me it's just a minor footnote and no more needs to be discussed about it in the news.
Doesn't bother me that it is not a rescue dog. Of course, my dog just had puppies, so clearly I'm an irresponsible pet owner anyway, so my opinion doesn't count, lol.
"The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
It even made the news in Canada. lol
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/14/obama-dog-bo.html
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