Posted on 01/04/2015 9:22:33 PM PST by Don W
A rescued yellow Labrador retriever mix was popularly named Reagan by Rick Scott Facebook fans as the now Florida governor campaigned in the 2010 close election against Democrat Alex Sink. Unfortunately, Reagan's photos disappeared shortly after Scott was sworn in on January 2011, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
So what happened to Reagan the rescue pooch? Introduced as the newest addition to the Scott family back then, all sorts of dog friendly and Rick Scott photos were plastered everywhere. Of course, animal advocates love that kind of compassion; statistics reveal that 39% of Americans have at least one dog in their homes.
Scott was even praised for rescuing a dog; not like the Democrat President Obama who purchased two Portuguese water dogs from a breeder.
But when a Tampa Bay Times investigator wanted information on Reagan the Labrador who was ceremoniously named after President Ronald Reagan, officials at the Tallahassee mansion weren't barking. Although the Governor's latest communication director, Melissa Sellers stated she was much too busy with government work to comment on Reagan, the investigation pushed forward.
On Monday, the answer trickled out with Governor Scott stating:
"He was a rescue dog, and he couldn't be around anybody that was carrying anything, and so he wouldn't get better."
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
When a fireman rescues a baby from a burning building, the fireman is not expected to care for the baby for life.
Rescue by definition is a very short term effort.
Good grief!
Should’ve named him Biden instead.
People expect Republican politicians to not act like politicians for some odd reason. The dog was an election prop, plain and simple. I feel badly for the dog, but hopefully he landed in a home where somebody actually gave a hoot about him when there were no cameras around.
Reagan never bit anyone, but was alleged to have scared people because he “barked like crazy.”
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Perhaps they found out the hard way why he was taken to the shelter in the first place.
The dog should be named “Conservative”, or “TEA”. Repub used him for the political campaign, then when he was no longer needed, walked away from him.
Just like how the GOPe feels about conservatives after an election.
hahaha!
Usually, when you ADOPT a dog from a RESCUE, it is a “forever home”, you know, like until either you or the dog DIES. It’s not a political beard to fool folks into voting for you.
LOL. GOOD one.
TEA, that would be a great name. You nailed it with that post!
That's wrong. 'Rescue' means you go to a shelter to adopt a dog. It's supposed to be a lifetime commitment.
I've always believed if you want to know the character of a person, watch how they treat their animals.
What on God’s Earth are you babbling on about?
Do you even know what it means to rescue a dog?
I’d be interested in this story, only if, there was a kid standing on the dog, trying to reach the counter.
*That* would be newsworthy.
LOL. Did you see the beating Sarah laid on pETA over that? TOO funny!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3243235/posts
A fireman doesn’t go around posting photos of the baby he rescues using them to get a raise or in a campaign to win a political office, either.
He used the dog as a prop. Plain and simple. No getting around it.
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