The Obama's should get a White House cat instead of a dog. A nice calico cat.

[devilgrrl]

Then they can invite John Ashcroft for dinner and watch the cat crawl all over his ass.

EDIT: Sorry folks! I didn't know the kids were allergic. :hide:

[HeresyLives]

1. Can't. Daughter is allergic.

As it is they're going to have difficulty finding a dog she can live with.

[devilgrrl]

6. ahh, I did not know that.

Thanks for the info.

[AllieB]

2. I think Malia is allergic to animals.

They were talking about getting a breed of hypo-allergenic dog.

[dennysp]

3. You're funny! I think Malia's allergies make cats a no no.

[NNadir]

4. Well there's always a risk that Ashcroft would bring along Bill Frist.

That would be very bad for the cat.

[SharonRB]

5. If Malia is allergic to dogs, I can assure you she's allergic to cats

[Canuckistanian]

7. Hasn't the nation suffered enough?

The era of the cat is over.

Long live the dog.


:hide:

[Poseidan]

17. can't imagine your meaning

Bush is known the world-around as a Roman dog.

[crikkett]

8. Cats tear apart furniture. He should get a parrot.

I'm just sayin'

Woodrow Wilson had one.

I have one too!

[marmar]

10. But a parrot might repeat national security secrets when Putin "rears his head" for a state dinner..

n/t

[crikkett]

18. In fact, Woodrow Wilson's parrot is guarded for that very reason.

:)

(I love parrots)

[marmar]

19. Me too....My aunt has an African Grey that has more personality than any human being....

..... He can be destructive thing too.

[HeeBGBz]

20. A cockatiel is a happy medium

I love my sweetie birds.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Makes me thankful that I'm not allergic to cats

I'd be miserable if I couldn't snuggle mah kitty!

[TripleKatPad]

12. Me too

Nothing like having a triple-kat blanket at night here in the frozen north.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Me too! Cats are the best.

I can (and happily do) live without dogs, but a life without the kitties is unthinkable.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. same here. I have a 4 kitty blanket when it is winter, and at least 2 of them

every night

[Arugula Latte]

26. I've got three ... One sleeps on my pillow, one between my feet.

The other is usually with one of the kids.

I keep waaaaaarm at night thanks to the advanced science of kitty thermals.

[cynatnite]

11. There are other pets besides cats and dogs, you know...a nice bird for example...

[kestrel91316]

13. There are allergies and there are allergies. A large percentage of my

clients are allergic to cats to some degree, and that doesn't seem to stop them from having and enjoying them. If a cat is kept strictly indoors it won't have all sorts of pollen and dirt and stuff in its coat that is half the problem. Heck, my physician and I suspect I might be slightly allergic to them, lol, but I'm not going to change careers over it.

Kids with allergies often outgrow them, also.

I would love it if they got a cat, lol. But it's really THEIR decision in consultation with their pediatrician and allergist.

[fed_up_mother]

22. I"m so allergic to cats that I break out in hives, my eyes get all gooey, and my throat swells.

There's allergies, and then there's damn allergies. :(

I"m mildly allergic to dogs, as well, so I have a hypoallergenic breed, and she gets bathed once a week. :)

[kestrel91316]

25. You are one of the unlucky ones. Most are milder than that.

[kayakjohnny]

14. Calicos can be nasty little shitbags, and I know that personally.

Might I suggest a standard tiger or just one of those funky white cats that seem to be from some other planetary entity. Or even a black wild outdoor cat with green eyes, that lives in the mangroves behind someone's shop and refuses to join society at large. And has a consant scowl, but lives year after year on who knows what, but probably crabs and fish and dead things, and with no companionship what-so-ever, but for the raccoons.

OK, I've said too much.

[KamaAina]

27. Our favorite calico loved us to death

but was a nasty little shitbag to the orange tabby who was the alpha cat prior to her arrival.

As she walked in for the first time (right before Thanksgiving dinner!), Seanie rolled over, put up a paw, and said in Cat, "Hi! My name's Sean. Wanna play?" The calico (Mom named her "Anastasia") batted him one upside the head!

Then after the vet called to tell us of Sean's premature death from FUS :cry: , the nasty little shitbag got up on top of my bed -- which she had never done before!

[Hotler]

15. uuummmm! I love the smell of

cat boxes in the morning.

[Poseidan]

16. what a beautiful mewms

Cats are too independent though. Can you imagine installing a cat-flap on the White House front-door?

[Solly Mack]

21. I'd rather Ashcroft was locked in a cell with a calico cat

Him tied to a chair...and a can of crisco...just out of reach...while the cat toyed with him

[MzNov]

28. What a gorgeous cat.

:loveya:

Too bad the Obamas can't have a dog and a cat. I'm sure they wouldn't throw them away after 8 years like the Clintons did to Sox. I never forgave them for it either.

[Peregrine Took]

29. A calico cat is a thing of great beauty. I was lucky enough to have found one

once many years ago and she deigned to live in my home for 12 wonderful years.

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. I have a crazy calico cat now.

[itsrobert]

30. Dogs are man's best friend

Cats aren't loyal.

[dysfunctional press]

31. why not both? (if allergies weren't an issue)

we were cat people- we had 3 cats, moved from a two-flat on a small city lot to a ranch house on over an acre, and rescued a black lab. one of the cats has died, and another is getting close- when she dies, we hope to adopt a torti.
we tried a second dog, but the girl we got is a first-class bitch about wanting to be the only dog. and the cats were absolutely apoplectic about dog number 2. they tolerate the lab.