I have two dogs and I would give up just about anything to protect them.
I COULD talk about my dogs all day long. But I am smart enough to know that no one else gives a shit about my dogs.
Therein lies the difference.
It's like my "war stories" from my days in the Army. I know they're interesting only to me.
Dana Perino comes across as a typical Inside the Beltway elitist: self-absorbed to the max.