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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Apr 30, 2021, 11:04 AM Apr 2021

Biden's to get a cat to watch over their dogs [View all]

The Bidens first confirmed in late November to CBS News that they were planning to welcome a cat. Jill Biden teased the news in September, prior to her husband's election, during an interview with Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., saying, "I’d love to get a cat. I love having animals around the house."

While Major and Champ are the first dogs to live in the White House since the Obamas' Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny, it's been since George W. Bush was in office that a cat prowled the premises. The Bush daughters named their family cat India. Jimmy Carter's daughter also had a Siamese cat named Misty Malarky Ying Yang, and Bill Clinton and his family had a cat named Socks. Major Biden is the first rescue dog ever to live in the White House

https://www.today.com/pets/bidens-say-new-cat-will-move-white-house-soon-t216898

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Biden's to get a cat to watch over their dogs [View all] packman Apr 2021 OP

Gotta love animal lovers! Bayard Apr 2021 #1

What respectable cat wants to be called "Misty Malarky Ying Yang"? brooklynite Apr 2021 #2

Um, I understand Malarky made it to the short list for the First Cat's name Brother Buzz Apr 2021 #5

Cats DGAF maxsolomon Apr 2021 #11

Kid must have done it. When I was younger, we had a cat calimary Apr 2021 #12

Cats are perfectly happy not responding to any name they are given. Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #14

Careful. Cats are secret covert evil overlords. Throck Apr 2021 #3

Would the cat be their version of trump? Ka-Dinh Oy Apr 2021 #6

Nothing better than to shove a naughty dog into a room full of cats. Ka-Dinh Oy Apr 2021 #4

I thought the Bidens already had a cat named Winston! NewDayOranges Apr 2021 #7

Their grand-cat Deminpenn Apr 2021 #9

I hear the NY robot dog is free lame54 Apr 2021 #8

Sage advice from Samuel Langhorne Clemens CountAllVotes Apr 2021 #10

... and sometimes invent a few more besides. calimary Apr 2021 #13

Cats can be great pets. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #15

Cats think humans are great pets. Throck Apr 2021 #16

LOL* That's true. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #17

My wife says cats think of humans as staff. Throck May 2021 #18

And look at the recompense we are offered. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #19