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Potential presidential pets
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 15, 2007 | Bill Hageman

Posted on 05/17/2007 7:03:31 PM PDT by WFTR

The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates what pets they had at home. ...

As for the rest of the candidates, here's what AP reported:

...

(Excerpt) Read more at leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: candidates; pets
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To: WFTR

He could tell Bessie all about the troubles with Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il, and Nancy Pelosi. By the time the bucket’s full, he’d know how to deal with all of them.


21 posted on 05/17/2007 8:06:35 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: digger48

Why would you doom such cute furry creatures to deal with a weasel like Hil-liar-y.

And yes, rats make pretty good little pets!


22 posted on 05/17/2007 8:09:40 PM PDT by ssaftler (BDS - Coming to a DemonRat near you!)
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To: BykrBayb

Bessie is probably smarter than the average lawyer in Washington.


23 posted on 05/17/2007 8:12:29 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: ssaftler

I know plenty of folks who raise rats for snake food and end up keeping quite a few as pets.


24 posted on 05/17/2007 8:13:26 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: WFTR
I don't think Free Republic is ready for a picture of what I do with rats. LOLOL

Does it look something like this?

25 posted on 05/17/2007 8:20:08 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

That’s the idea. I tend not to feed them anything that stretches them that much. Eating those really big meals is really pretty stressful for them. A larger number of smaller meals is healthier.


26 posted on 05/17/2007 8:28:19 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: digger48

Ya know, if these stupid people would’ve stopped feeding the rats back in the dark ages, maybe we wouldn’t’ve had the freakin’ plague. lol


27 posted on 05/17/2007 8:34:17 PM PDT by edmond246 (God Bless America)
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To: WFTR

Good thing there’s only one Michael Moore. You wouldn’t Duncan eating like that all the time.


28 posted on 05/17/2007 8:35:49 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: edmond246

Then there would be a half hour out of every school year with nothing to teach in history class.


29 posted on 05/17/2007 8:37:41 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: edmond246
Oops. I mean social studies.

Is my age showing?

30 posted on 05/17/2007 8:38:55 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

Or maybe we’d be a couple hundred years ahead? Like WW1 would have started in the 1700s instead of 1914. Of course, this is all just joking speculation. Although, good point about having nothing to teach...I just got out of high school last year, so I spent about the last 4 years of my life in a social studies/history class. The make up of what we learned:

1 year on US History
3 years on how bad the US/the West/Christianity/Any monotheistic religion is, depending on the time period. Oh I mean World History. lol


31 posted on 05/17/2007 8:41:43 PM PDT by edmond246 (God Bless America)
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To: BykrBayb

No, it’s your political correctness that is clearly lacking! /sarc

lol


32 posted on 05/17/2007 8:42:42 PM PDT by edmond246 (God Bless America)
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To: WFTR

I killed a copperhead yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hate snakes.


33 posted on 05/17/2007 8:51:31 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

If the copperhead was near your home, I understand. I wouldn’t have done the same, but I understand people being worried about their children, their pets, and themselves encountering a venomous snake by surprise when going through the bushes by the house or the tools in the shed. Otherwise, your ignorance is sad.


34 posted on 05/17/2007 8:59:04 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: BykrBayb

I’m not sure that any snake could swallow something that large and survive.


35 posted on 05/17/2007 9:02:49 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: WFTR

The copperhead was in the flowerbed right beside my back door. I hate snakes.


36 posted on 05/17/2007 9:06:00 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

You’re coming across as rude and ignorant. Is that your intention?


37 posted on 05/17/2007 9:19:07 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: WFTR

Rude and ignorant because you like snakes and I don’t?


38 posted on 05/17/2007 9:23:34 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: WFTR

There’s nothing about what Fred owns. Does anyone know what sort of dog he has? I’m betting a lab; he seems like the lab type. A real man, in other words.


39 posted on 05/17/2007 9:42:20 PM PDT by Fairview ( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
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To: Ditter
You come across as rude and ignorant because you are so intent on expressing your hatred to someone that you pretty much know will be offended. Is there any point in offending me? Is there some reason that you have to push your hatred in the face of those who disagree with you?

I don't like chihuahua dogs, but I don't try to push my dislike for these dogs in the face of someone who likes them. Doing so would be rude. My parents tried to teach me better than to be rude. It's a shame that yours didn't.

There's a time for fighting against liberal stupidity, but the point of the General/Chat section of the forum was to make room for threads that weren't about those issues where we must constantly fight. I enjoyed seeing what kind of pets some of the candidates have. I enjoy talking to people about their pets and about animals in general. The point of this thread was to take a break from the big issues and have a pleasant thread about pets. Instead of following that theme, you're pushing your ignorance at me. That makes you someone who needs to grow up.

Bill

40 posted on 05/17/2007 9:45:58 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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