Posted on 07/10/2010 11:52:44 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
(WASHINGTON, DC) DNA removed from black and white hair follicles has revealed the identity of a stray cat found in Iraq as that of Socks, Bill and Hillary Clinton’s White House cat. Apparently, the war-bedraggled tabby was found feeding on scraps outside of a reporters’ compound in Baghdad, Iraq.
In a story that New York Times war correspondent John Burns broke last week, reporters have witnessed young Iraqis regularly feeding as many as 60 stray cats with platters of leftover rice and lamb. Burns is quite sure of the count because, as surging American troops were fighting in Baghdad and al-Anbar province, he tallied “how many cats we had seated for dinner.”
While Burns adopted a stray he’d heard mewing one night in 2005, and saw it through two litters of kittens in 18 months while suicide bombings occurred “even miles away,” blogger Throckmorton Strethers had his eyes fixed on something else, a gaunt, fur-matted black and white cat that seemed to howl louder than the rest of the strays.
Strethers, founder of Two Eyes On Iraq (www.twoeyesoniraq.com), a website dedicated to reporting on the reporters who report on the Iraq war, began noticing a resemblance to Clinton’s famous White House cat, Socks. “As he fattened up, and as his hair grew out, I kept thinking, ‘Isn’t that Socks?’” Strethers said.
The cat’s behavior revealed another clue. “His head was always first in the bowl,” Strethers recounted. “And he had a way of ingratiating himself with the other reporters in the compound by slinking around the legs of the guy who had the biggest leg of lamb.”
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Tongue in cheek?
I thought Socks was a Tuxedo cat, not a Tabby.
I hope so. Socks went over the rainbow to see Vince Foster and Jim McDougal, some time ago.
actually first clue was that the cat is a promiscuous slut getting it on with every cute kittie around, and plenty of skanky whores as well.....
I believe Socks died without issue and intestate.
There can’t be that many nineteen-year old cats out there.
I hear he votes regularly despite that fact.
At least the cat got to travel before its demise.
The same can’t be said for Buddy.
Socks died when he got stuck to a sink in the WH for 2 weeks
This must be a close relative
The real Socks was dumped by the Clintons. Bill’s secretary took the cat, whom I am sure was much happier in her care. He was merely a political prop for the Clintons.
Sawmill’s relatives ping.
Yes-Socks died some time ago.
Everything around the Clintons die.
For your kittehs’ consideration.
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