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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCHAMP AND MAJOR ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lisa58
(5,755 posts)Turin_C3PO
(13,977 posts)to have a President who appreciates animals again!
gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)After all, they both are Bidens!
If they bit republicans then they would have to lick their own assholes for an hour just to get the bad taste out of their mouths.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Those dogs, along with their owners, are beautiful souls!
EndlessWire
(6,526 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Under Trumps reign, the place has been grim for the past four years, its only sign of life the patter of Fox & Friends. The Trumps never hosted concerts or poetry readings or invited artists to display their work. Melania took Jackie O.s Rose Garden and stripped it of decades-old trees and color for seemingly no reason other than because she could. The holiday decorations have looked like something out of The Handmaids Tale.
By comparison, we used to see Barack Obama playing in the snow on the White House lawn with Sasha and Malia and their two Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny. He famously promised his daughters a dog after the 2008 election and delivered on that promise. Can you imagine Donald Trump offering to get Barron a puppy? Or keeping a promise, for that matter? Not once in the past four years have we seen Donald and Melania warmly embrace after an event or trip; we havent seen smiling family vacations or loving moments shared on the dance floor. I miss those moments of humanity on display for all of America to see.
Theres so much work to be done in the months and years ahead, hard work that cannot be overlooked in the face of Bidens victory. But Im so excited to see Champ and Major playing on the White House lawn and to know that, for the first time in a long time, there might be a bit of joy within the White House grounds.
https://www.vogue.com/article/biden-dog-in-the-white-house
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)When I was a little kid, I wanted an FDR "Fala" dog and begged my Republican parents nearly daily until I got one. Ever since, there has been a wee lassie or laddie in my life.
I adored Dubya's Scottie Barney because at a presser at the Bush "ranch," Barney could be seen in the background taking a dump while Bush spoke! Barney clearly spoke for me on my opinion of Dubya!
Dogs, cats, beloved pets of all nature...they make the WH a home. For the tRumps, it was a place to stage their empire -- love, warmth and truth had no place. Power was the ONLY thing.
Yes, when Covid19 safe, concerts, poetry readings, and very importantly -- restore Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden!
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misanthrope
(7,411 posts)The "people's house" has had no hearth.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Both are German Shepherds. Joe and Jill adopted Major as a rescue pup.
From an article:
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he promised his daughters that, win or lose, they would get a dog after the elections. What wasn't said was that then-VP Democratic candidate Joe Biden had also promised his wife, Jill, that if he and Obama won, they would get a dog, too. The Christian Science Monitor says Jill made sure her husband wouldn't forget his promise by taping up different dog photos in his plane.
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Their daughter Ashley sent her father a Facebook post with information about a litter of six German Shepherd pups which had been exposed to toxins and had been hospitalized. The puppies were having issues and were being fostered, and it was during that time that the Bidens decided to make Major their own.
Read More: https://www.thelist.com/238736/the-truth-about-joe-bidens-dogs-major-and-champ/?utm_campaign=clip
dhill926
(16,337 posts)Bayard
(22,063 posts)It will be so good to have happy paws padding around our House again.
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)I'm not sure if it's true or not but I heard that Trump has never in his whole life had a pet. I can understand if there is a medical reason like severe allergy or something, but the fact that Trump has never in his life connected with another species is telling as to the kind of person he is. To never be connected in your heart to a dog or cat and what that relationship brings is downright sad. I think Donald has never thought he could profit from that relationship. That eagle chained to his desk doesn't count.
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)and boy are they good looking doggies. ❤️ ❤️
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Major started out as a rescue that Joe and Jill fostered. He was one of six puppies that had been exposed to toxins and needed to be fostered due to health problems. Their daughter Ashley told them about the puppies. Joe and Jill fostered Major and then adopted him.
Such a wonderful story!
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)and not a first prostitute!!!
Beringia
(4,316 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)TrevEB
(18 posts)Now there is a scene I have not laughed at in a long time. 😂
Tribetime
(4,692 posts)pazzyanne
(6,551 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Sunny and Bo, Bailey Warren, Truman and Buddy Buttegeig, Skye Hickenlooper (also a German Shepherd), Artemis and Rosie O'Rourke, and hopefully, a Harris=Emhof pooch or two.
I can't get enough of Bailey, so I hope he visits frequently.
KS Toronado
(17,220 posts)gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)We will have dogs back in the White House.🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
karin_sj
(808 posts)So happy to look forward to having some pets in the White House again. And beyond happy to have kind, decent, and honorable people there as well.