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January 22, 2014

One Nation, Under Dog

I recently read a piece which detailed the impossibility of being a US president without having a dog.  Surely, they exaggerate I thought.  But the facts back up the claim.  The past nineteen presidents have all had dogs, and in total, 32 out of 44 presidents had a pet
I recently read a piece which detailed the impossibility of being a US president without having a dog.  Surely, they exaggerate I thought.  But the facts back up the claim.  The past nineteen presidents have all had dogs, and in total, 32 out of 44 presidents had a pet dog.  

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President Ford and his dog Liberty (source).  But who was really in charge?

Now, you don’t need a president to be a dog, but you do need a dog to be a president. Therefor, accordingly to airtight logic, dogs are essential to running a country.

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Herbert Hoover and King Tut, his Belgian Shepard (source).  Hoover’s smirk is a dead giveaway that King Tut was in charge

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Grace Coolidge on the lawn of the White House with Laddie Buck (Airedale Terrier) and Rob Roy (White Collie) (source).  My guess is that they were discussing foreign policy

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FDR taking a break from reading to consult with Fala, his terrier (source

As it turns out, the list of presidential pets reads like the Wizard of Oz script – there have been lions (Coolidge), tigers (Van Buren) and bears (Jefferson). Teddy Roosevelt had a veritable menagerie with snakes, rates, owls and a lizard named Bill.  In the end, it seems they all agreed it was in the best interest of national security to have a dog keep watch at the White House.  Which then makes me wonder, when will dogs finally step out of our shadows and run for office directly?

vote-dogEko in 2016?

Well, here’s hoping if he does choose to throw his bone into the ring, Eko remembers the little guy who took him to the park every day!

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