Socks had lived with been foisted off on Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie, in Hollywood, Md., since the Clintons left the White House in early 2001.
Everybody knows the cat and the dog were for show, only.
The pollsters told the 'Toon that a cat and a dog would play well with middle America, so...voila!, a cat and a dog showed up at the 'Toon's White House.
However, all reports indicated the cat (and the dog) were pretty good as White House pets go, so, for what its worth, RIP, Socks.
You were a better personality than your original master ever was.
Except they had Socks when they still lived in Arkansas.