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1. #1
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:05 am, Ragspierre said:

   Can you say…

   “deflect”

   or

   “misdirect”

   or

   “obscure”

   or…

2. #2
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:09 am, Marshall Russ said:

   Well, the coup is complete. A Kennedy is back in the White House!

3. #3
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:14 am, no2pcbs1 said:

   all those years of indoctrination finally paid off, zero pulled if off, he made a decision. and they said it couldn’t be done.

4. #4
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:14 am, ajmontana said:

   Bow wow!
   whoop dee doo!

5. #5
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am, mikeg said:

   I can’t stop laughing

6. #6
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:20 am, SpeakEasy said:

   Actually the truth is what I suspected all along; A ten-year-old and seven-year-old are better able to make a decision faster than the sitting president. Maybe they should be in charge from now on.

7. #7
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:20 am, ajmontana said:

   They say after Bo Diddly, I say cuz he knows diddly.
   One thing for sure is the dog is smarter than the VP and the Prez.

8. #8
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:23 am, backwoods conservative said:

   Such decisiveness!

9. #9
   On April 12th, 2009 at 10:24 am, chapoutier said:

   Can you say…

   “deflect”

   or

   “misdirect”

   or

   “obscure”

   or…

   No. But I can say

   “absurd”

   “accusation”

   “about”

   “something”

   “that”

   “has”

   “been”

   “anticipated”

   “for”

   “months”

   “now”

10. #10
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:25 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    One thing for sure is the dog is smarter than the VP and the Prez.

    And dogs are loyal.

11. #11
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    in the liberal world, zero deciding on a dog makes him an astute world class decision maker. how truly pathetic zero is, chicago should be proud of giving this great country such a parasitic loser.

12. #12
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:33 am, tonyr951 said:

    Idiots

    What are they going to say when the dog does something wrong? No

    What’s the dogs name? Bo

    Dog can’t tell the difference most of the time and is going to be one confused little critter

13. #13
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:33 am, ajmontana said:

    Maybe the “Water Dog” is the Top Secert plan to fight the Pirates.

14. #14
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am, chapoutier said:

    No one going to claim this name is another example of Obama’s ego?

    Bo? B.O.?

15. #15
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am, ajmontana said:

    or even secret.

16. #16
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am, gco said:

    So it’s “Bo.” And, um, what do Barack Obama’s initials spell? Coincidence, or megalomaniacal self-aggrandizement extending to the most trivial minutiae? For what it’s worth, the daughters are said to have named the dog. It’s also said that worship starts in the home.

17. #17
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am, ajmontana said:

    No Chap, that would have to be B.O.O.B.

18. #18
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am, chapoutier said:

    No one going to claim this name is another example of Obama’s ego?

    In about 10 seconds, I guess.

19. #19
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:39 am, rplatt said:

    Interesting that the found a dog before they found a church . . . first things first you know.

20. #20
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:41 am, ajmontana said:

    I wonder if they will nueter the dog to match the owner?

21. #21
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:44 am, Ragspierre said:

    Now B. Hussain has at least two dogs at his feet…

    Bo

    and

    chappie

22. #22
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:45 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Whew! Glad they found a dog with some street kred, rather than wasting valuable time on… oh… I don’t know… PIRACY?

    But that’s just me, I’ve been known to have a skewed sence of morality.

    Personally I’d name the damn thing LGM so I woudn’t feel bad about kicking it in the head when it craps on the floor.

23. #23
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:47 am, SirKnob said:

    Just think, some poor secret service agent has just been assigned to the pooper scooper patrol.

    Four years of college, painful.
    A job in government service, good.
    Selection to the Secret Service, great.
    Assigned to Presidential Security, Fantasic.
    Being handed a pooper scooper and told to watch the dog, WTF.

    I know it happens in every administration, but kind of odd we pay big bucks for dog security when I can’t even bribe my friends to watch mine when I am away.

    At least I will sleep better at night knowing there is someone with sense at Government Motor’s HQ. It may be dog sense, but hey, its better than no sense at all

24. #24
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:53 am, ajmontana said:

    $5.00 says the first time he’s off his leach and see’s daylight he runs away.

25. #25
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am, jangar said:

    Personally I’d name the damn thing LGM so I woudn’t feel bad about kicking it in the head when it craps on the floor.

    Now that’s funny!

    But seriously, it was Uncle Ted that selected and gave the dog as a gift to the Obamas, and not the One making any decision in choosing a breed. Besides, it won’t be his dog anyway, as this breed will quickly seek out the alpha person of the family and bond with her (oops!).

26. #26
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am, ajmontana said:

    oe even Leash…. geez.

27. #27
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:55 am, Savage24 said:

    Seeing its a water dog, I’ll bet it can swim better than an Oldsombile

28. #28
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am, goodforlaughs said:

    Tell us, Mr. president, how are you going to negotiate the SAFE return of a Captain Phillips? Oh, silly me! We’re here to talk about Bo! Can you tell us Mr. president, will you be planning to talk about Captain Phillips anytime this coming week? What’s that you say, next week we’ll be talking about the softer side of michelle, her newly designed eyebrows, courtesy of her make-up artist? Gee, I wonder what next’s week diversion, I mean, world news topic will be!!!

29. #29
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:10 am, Truesoldier said:

    Now I see why Obama has not been able to consentrate on the Piracy problem; his mind was already tied up in trying to figure out what kind of dog he would have. These tough Presidential decisions one must make when one is office.

    I wonder, did Teddy pick out the dog for Obama so that he would have dniability if the dog screws something up?

30. #30
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:35 am, Truesoldier said:

    Speaking of the pirate situation. Here is the latest on the situation:

    It was not clear where the lifeboat was on Sunday. But sources tell FOX News that the lifeboat may be as close as 40 miles away from the Somalian coast. There is concern that the pirates may be able to get Phillips onto land and keep him hostage, making it even more difficult to track his location.

    And if that is not bad enough:

    Officials also say talke broke down after pirates fired on a small U.S. Navy vessel that had tried to approach the lifeboat. was the first such approach since the standoff began, and the vessel retreated to the Bainbridge without returning fire because the American boat “did not want to escalate the situation,” a U.S. official told The New York Times.

31. #31
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:41 am, Wade said:

    Maybe now Carter Obama can direct some thought to the hostage situation.

32. #32
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:42 am, Pat said:

    He’s taking a page from Bill Clinton when he suddenly got Buddy, the Scandal Dog.

    Hey, isn’t there still a US citizen captured by pirates or something?

33. #33
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am, Wade said:

    Any news about ‘Splash’, Teddy the swimmers dog? Who BTY is a Portuguese Water Dog.

34. #34
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:52 am, Hannibal said:

    The dog is a gift from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who owns several Portuguese water dogs himself.

    An undisclosed Kennedy spokesman stated that the dog is a strong swimmer but shows no proclivity toward water rescue. He is an avid leg-humper and can lay on his back and kiss his own butt.

35. #35
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    So allegedly this was a gift, huh? It probably came from a high-end breeder.

    How about getting a dog from the Portuguese Water Dog rescue?

36. #36
    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:59 am, apacherat said:

    Typical liberals. The Obama’s refuse to take personal responsibility of training and house breaking their own dog and expect some one else to take that responsibility.

    I noticed that Michelle Obama has also abandon the responsibility of raising her own two daughters and have left that responsibility to her mother. But I have noticed that this very common in the inner cities when there isn’t a father figure in the family and the mother passes on the responsibility of raising her children to the grandparents.

37. #37
    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:18 pm, LOBOMAN said:

    Just when we were begining to think he couldn’t make a real decision……….

38. #38
    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, calamityville said:

    Finally a decisive move that should not cost us too much.
    Hallowed are the Ori.

39. #39
    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:34 pm, wrcnossen said:

    Why would anyone care about what kind of dog, its name, where it came from, etc.? WHO GIVES A CRAP ABOUT THE DOG!

    This fool is destroying the ideas this country was founded upon, and the MSM is worried about the dog?

40. #40
    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Ragspierre said:

    This fool is destroying the ideas this country was founded upon, and the MSM is worried about the dog?

    The order of the day…

    distract, deflect, misdirect, obscure…

    More Americans know whose on “Dancing With The Stars”, or the latest wrinkle on “Survivor”…

    than know the first thing about how the Constitution is designed…front to back…to limit the federal government to a VERY few activities.

41. #41
    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:56 pm, Romeo13 said:

    On April 12th, 2009 at 12:18 pm, LOBOMAN said:
    Just when we were begining to think he couldn’t make a real decision……….

    Uh… ummm…. kids picked it… and named it…

    apparently he voted Present…

42. #42
    On April 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, bradley said:

    These dogs cost around $1,500. I guess Obama will feed him leftover $100 Kobe steaks on Friday nights. Ahh, yes, the good life. Maybe they’ll get a female too, and name it “Monica” so the Democrats can continue their tradition of fooling around in the White House. I can see dozens of little “Monicabo’s” running around and chewing on the furniture.

43. #43
    On April 12th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, DesertLover said:

    B.A.L. …

    My understanding is that the dog comes from the same “elite” breeder somewhere in Texas that provided the Kennedy’s with their dogs … also the Obama dog is related to the Kennedy dogs …

44. #44
    On April 12th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On April 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    So allegedly this was a gift, huh? It probably came from a high-end breeder.

    How about getting a dog from the Portuguese Water Dog rescue?

    As a dog person, I can assure you that they insisted the dog was going to come from a rescue. Campaign promises.

    We might as well all make donations to that rescue now, because there will be millions of them purchased and subsequently abandoned by the Obamatrons in the next few years.

    http://tinyurl.com/ctbakj
    

    According to The Washington Post, who have signed an exclusive dog story deal with Michelle Obama,….”.

    So am I to understand that the First Lady actually sold rights to this story? Wow.

45. #45
    On April 12th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, Ragspierre said:

    I understood that the First Pooch was a gift from dog breeder (now, THERE’s a punch-line waiting to happen…) Uncle Teddy Kennedy…

46. #46
    On April 12th, 2009 at 1:50 pm, IbBlaster said:

    I find it hard to believe Ted has anything to do with water.

    Well, other than the water he puts in his scotch.

47. #47
    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, bjc said:

    *You have to be happy for the girls at least; More time spent with the dog means less time with the Rev. Wright’s of the world their parents have happily subjected them to.
    *Please let the dog be Mary Jo Kopeckne reincarnate so when Teddy the Killer pays a visit, the dogs’ teeth can visit his c.o.jones.

48. #48
    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, txvet2 said:

    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am, chapoutier said:

    No one going to claim this name is another example of Obama’s ego?

    Bo? B.O.?

    Seems like you thought of it first, so you own it. Out of the mouths of babes, as the saying goes.

49. #49
    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, Ragspierre said:

    In REAL news…

    American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued from four Somali pirates Sunday, a U.S. intelligence official said.

    Three of the pirates were killed and one was in custody after what appeared to be a swift firefight off the Somali coast, the official said.

    May it be so…

50. #50
    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    I’ve long thought it was really weird that Ted Kennedy has a Portuguese WATER dog named SPLASH.

51. #51
    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pm, cnredd said:

    After reviewing documents, it was found that Bo had cheated on his taxes for 2005 through 2007…this was automatic cause for the White House nomination…

    cnredd
    Political Wrinkles
    http://www.politicalwrinkles.com

52. #52
    On April 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, chapoutier said:

    Seems like you thought of it first, so you own it. Out of the mouths of babes, as the saying goes.

    Own it? No.

    Can guess how simple minds think? Yes.

53. #53
    On April 12th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    Yeah, I’m sure there is a plausible explanation for the name that has nothing to do with his initials….They just haven’t crafted it yet. Maybe it is pronounced BOW as in bow in submission. (I mean stoop, yeah, stoop)

54. #54
    On April 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pm, chapoutier said:

    They just haven’t crafted it yet.

    Except they have.

    Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said.

55. #55
    On April 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    Funny, I was thinking Bo Diddley when I heard it. I think I need my brain washed.

56. #56
    On April 12th, 2009 at 3:37 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Now that the hostage is alive and well and the terrorists were “slain,” we can move on and pretend that the whole little incident just barely happened. In the coming months and years, expect to hear and read a few more stories about piratical terrorism (but they won’t be referred to in such words), and expect to know more about Bo the White House dog (in many, many words). People probably know more about this dog before the Obamas actually got it than in what they knew in all the eight years previous regarding Bush’s pets. As soon as Bo gets its own blog and twitter account, prepare for the ensuing hijinks to provide a plethora of mirthful headlines.

    I would like someone to try this—poll your average American citizen a week from now with the following questions:

    1) What is the name and breed of the Obamas’ dog?
    2) What was the country of origin of the pirates who took over the American ship last week? Extra credit: What was the name of the ship? (Partial names are acceptable. Hint: it shares part of its name with one of the fifty U.S. states.)

57. #57
    On April 12th, 2009 at 4:03 pm, Doctor Hook said:

    How much does the dog owe in back taxes?

58. #58
    On April 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm, rfjjulie said:

    Personally I’d name the damn thing LGM so I woudn’t feel bad about kicking it in the head when it craps on the floor.
    

    Thanks for the laughs.

59. #59
    On April 12th, 2009 at 6:35 pm, tim zank said:

    Doug, a wonderful post, very “cheeky” you made my day!!

60. #60
    On April 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    So it’s “Bo.” And, um, what do Barack Obama’s initials spell?

    … (singing) … you’re so vain, you probably think this dog is about you…

61. #61
    On April 12th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, gco said:

    On April 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, txvet2 said:
    Seems like you thought of it first, so you own it.

    No, I own it. Sure, mocking Obama vanity is like shooting poisoned fish in a barrel, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be effective. Go ahead, make fun of Obama for naming his fluffy dog after himself, even if you don’t think it’s true (which never stopped Dubya mockers). You could make your lib acquaintances cry without having to give them any crap about their ponytails.

    Speaking of Obama vanity, I continue to see new magazine covers featuring Michelle O. It doesn’t stop. What’s next, the cover of Hustler?

    I hereby deny all responsibility for any vomit-ruined monitors and keyboards.

62. #62
    On April 12th, 2009 at 9:58 pm, jangar said:

    Pat said:
    He’s taking a page from Bill Clinton when he suddenly got Buddy, the Scandal Dog.

    If that’s the case, he’ll end up with a whole zoo in the Whitehouse.

63. #63
    On April 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pm, jangar said:

    He is an avid leg-humper and can lay on his back and kiss his own butt.

    Enough about the drive-by media, what’s going on in the real world of news?

64. #64
    On April 13th, 2009 at 8:22 am, CCM said:

    Marco is right. BO promised they would adopt a shelter dog while he was campaigning. Them getting a specially bred dog means that shelter dog will die. When will the media or animal welfare people (of which I am one) make hay of this?

    Pander much?

65. #65
    On April 13th, 2009 at 9:09 am, lgm said:

    three letters: ODS. Get a life.

66. #66
    On April 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, CyberCipher said:

    My collie says:

    Bo should be nominated for the next cabinet position. It’s the ONLY way to make certain that the next nominee DOESN’T have “tax issues”.

    It would never work, collie. All the other cabinet members would be SO jealous — with Bo clearly being the smartest member of the cabinet, and all.

67. #67
    On April 13th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, Send_Me said:

    I would have figured that a weasel or Siamese cat would have made a much better fit.

68. #68
    On April 13th, 2009 at 3:14 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    because first lady Michelle Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said.

    They could have called it Squat under this theory…