” If President Bush had said something like this - or Nixon for that matter -..”
In 1952 Nixon was accused by critics of taking $18,000 in contributions from Republican fat cats.
He defended all the donations in a fiery speech and rallied
( non Muslim ) dog lovers and parents nationwide with this passage from the famous Checkers speech :
“One other thing I probably should tell you, because if I don’t they’ll probably be saying this about me, too
-we did get something, a gift, after the election…
the day before we left on this campaign trip,
we got a message from the Union Station in Baltimore,
saying they had a package for us.
It was a little cocker-spaniel dog…and our little girl Tricia,
the six-year-old, named it Checkers.
And you know the kids, like all kids, love the dog and…regardless of what they say about it,
we’re going to keep it.”
Barry can’t even walk Bo
http://www.petsugar.com/Follow-Leader-Bo-Takes-President-Walk-8729284?page=0,0,4
and has never shown genuine affection to the dog.
He has to be as far away from the “ filthy animal “ as possible with a long leash.
http://www.petsugar.com/Pictures-President-Obamas-Dog-Congressional-Picnic-8729084
When Barry was in Chicago with Reggie Love and Mooch was in Spain, he made the Secret Service walk the “ filthy animal.”
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7593980
I think there was a ‘cloth coat’ in there somewhere too... Thanks for sharing - interesting stuff.