First Pet?

[Araxen]

Which animal should Obama have as first pet when he moves into the Whitehouse?

My choice is a cat.

[yardwork]

1. Cats rule!

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

58. No one can resist the POWER!

of a retriever's cuteness...

[SwampG8r]

70. setters are cuter

and patriotic too!!

[rox63]

2. My choice would be cat

But it will probably be a dog. Obama has promised his daughters that they can get a puppy after the election is over.

[SwampG8r]

3. cats are nothing but snack poducers for dogs

a cool president needs a cool dog like this

[Patchuli]

42. Good looking airhead! LOL nt

[Buzz Clik]

67. Clearly you've owned one.

Happy and beautiful. The lights are on, but nobody's home.

[SwampG8r]

69. im on my fifth and i loved them all

and know what?
they all lved me right back
best damn dogs EVER

[Buzz Clik]

73. Yep. They are the sweetest critters on four legs.

[Patchuli]

79. No, but a good friend did.

We'd take him to the beach and he'd be gone...never listened to his dad!

I see Obama with a Jack Russell! Smart dog, smart dad.

[RichardRay]

76. My favorite Red Dog was named Godot...

you can guess why :-).

[cliffordu]

4. Pig. Smarter than Bush.

At least pigs shit in one corner.....

[Lyric]

5. Both. A nice tabby cat and a Golden Retriever.

Can't get any more all-American than that. :hi:

[JimGinPA]

6. He Promised The Girls A Puppy nt

[SoCalDem]

9. Bush's dogs may want to stay behind

:)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. Rescue Barney!!

He's secretly a Democrat...

[Speck Tater]

7. I always thought a pet rhinoceros would be classy. NT

[Xenocrates]

8. A Great Dane!

[Asgaya Dihi]

10. Dog, cat, rat, I don't care.

Why not a mixed group? That's what's in my house.

A pet rock would be smarter than Bush, and more useful.

[Araxen]

11. Ahhhhhhhh

That's right I forgot he promised to get his kids a puppy.

[Upton]

12. Cats are predators

we've had enough killing during the Bush administration. Dogs all the way!

[slampoet]

14. Dogs are scavengers. Better?

[rox63]

13. Maybe they'll be a bi-pet-ual household, and have both a dog and a cat n/t

[TahitiNut]

16. He promised Malia and Sasha a PUPPY!

They deserve a PUPPY! Cats are Clintonian. :evilgrin:

[Patchuli]

29. Bite your tongue, Islander!

Cats *rule* cool! Socks was cooler than his family apparently!

[TahitiNut]

33. Puppy! Puppy! Puppy! Puppy! Puppy! Puppy! Puppy!

[fadedrose]

65. YES!!!!

[RichardRay]

77. x6 + 1

[Eurobabe]

48. hey now, watch out

or I will send the Demon over to bite you. :rofl:

[rateyes]

17. A Pit Bulldog.

[polmaven]

18. PIG???

Someone wants McCain to be the first pet?

[DCofVA]

19. I would love to see a Chihuahua in the Whitehouse

I love Chihuahuas. I have two of them. It might even help Obama with Hispanic voters.

[democrattotheend]

20. Obama is getting a dog after the election, win or lose

He and Michelle promised their daughters that they would get a dog at the end. He joked during the primaries that they were hoping he didn't get the nomination so they'd get a dog sooner.

[jgraz]

21. Screw your blatant mammalism -- Obama should get a parrot!!

And he should teach him to say YES WE CAN!!

[housewolf]

22. The Obama Family should bring one of these with them to the White House

Bernese Mountain Dog...

The're black, white & brown (multi-racial) hard-working dogs with huge big hearts, and they are absolutely gorgeous to boot!

[ebdarcy]

25. Aww, I want one of those.

What an adorable puppy.

[housewolf]

28. They're wonderful dogs

I'd love to have one too, but I have my hands (and my house!) full with a big old Great Pyrennes/Old English Sheepdog mix who's just about as big as I am! My neighbor has two Bernese Mountain Dogs, I love to walk by his house when he's out with his dogs.

[RichardRay]

80. Bodhi the Berner Boy

He's gone now - To The Best Dog

[housewolf]

86. Oh, what a sweetie!

He looks like a terrific dog! I'd have loved to have known him. I'll bet you still miss him, don't you?

How blessed you both were to have each other, Thanks for sharing his picture with us, he's a gorgeous Bernie.

:toast:

[greguganus]

23. How about a slimey snake? Oh wait, we already got those in the White House. n/t

[Cleita]

35. Yeah, Cheney's got to go. Maybe the new President should have a

Mongoose as First Pet. A cat could also do a respectable job on driving out a snake too.

[BklynChick]

24. My Pet Goat

that will go down in history! :cry: :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

26. Joe Lieberman. nt

[Patchuli]

30. He may well be, the pandering dolt! Onna leash!

:rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Socks the Cat

From what I've heard, he's now a proud Southern Marylander like me.

Plus I think it would be a good way to bridge the Clinton and Obama administrations, past and future.

[Cleita]

34. If Socks is still alive he's really got be very old. n/t

[Araxen]

36. Socks is 19 years old and still alive.

[Cleita]

37. That's amazing.

Good health and more years to you Socks!

[Indenturedebtor]

31. Um you forgot to put a choice for "Howler Monkey"

He could train it to throw poop at anyone with a Faux Noos name badge :P

[Cleita]

32. All three. Each bring a certain personality to the White House as

first pets.

[eleny]

38. Rescued greyhounds

[Lilith Velkor]

39. Pigs are cool.

[Eurobabe]

40. Other, he needs to get that Lemur in the Priceline commercial

I love that critter.

[Patchuli]

45. Lemurs ROCK!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/inthewild/cleese.html :loveya:

[Eurobabe]

yep and that lemur

is especially adorable, it has long hair, tufts on the side of it's face. I FOUND IT! It is a black and white ruffed lemur, forever known now as the Priceline Lemur. :D

[Patchuli]

50. avahi cleesei !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4427160.stm

The Ministers of Silly Jumps! LOL

[PBS Poll-435]

41. A pony

And you know why.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

55. Yeah, I thought that was all set. What gives? nt

[PBS Poll-435]

57. Just More Broken Campaign Promises

:cry::cry::cry:

[Dbdmjs1022]

43. I like the pig choice. They're surprising clean and easy to domesticate.

[Born_A_Truman]

46. I litterbox trained my pigs

When they were in the house, they used a litterbox or the doggie door. I have 2 pot belly pigs: Roseanne Boar (used to be Roseanne Boar Arnold) and Frankie SowNatra. Now they have a big pen outside with their own pigloos, pool and mud puddle.

[blogslut]

44. The girls were promised a puppy

I hope they get a dog from the pound.

[bunkerbuster1]

49. Yep, I could see him doing this.

A nicely publicized event, and we'd see shelter adoptions skyrocket.

[crankychatter]

47. cats rule - dogs drool

[Forkboy]

51. Minilla!

He's so cute.

[Arugula Latte]

52. Personally, I'm all about the kitties.

Dogs -- meh. But, hey, I hear some people like those annoying things ... :hide:

[demokatgurrl]

53. Come on, cat people, vote!!! n/t

[DarkTirade]

54. Why do people consistantly leave out the reptile and amphibian pets when doing polls?

What kind of divisive post is this?!?! :grr:

:P

[demokatgurrl]

56. We have enough snakes in the administration now. n/t

[DarkTirade]

59. What about the cute little froggies or the friendly geckos?

[Submariner]

60. I agree

Post Turtles don't get no respect. It would just sit on the post and wobble incessantly, and President Obama could throw it a pretzel for treats.

[jakem]

61. Trained Falcon.

[CatsDogsBabies]

62. I voted dog because his daughters

want a puppy, but I think he should have at least one cat and one dog, both adopted from an animal rescue organization. I have an assortment of very happy rescued animals, both dogs and cats, living the good life (for a dog or a cat) in my home.

[Blondiegrrl]

68. Totally agree. Rescued animals are the best.

I have two dogs and one cat, all adopted from the shelter. Best "fur kids" a person could have.

[meow2u3]

63. A cat, of course

A cat is nowhere near as high-maintenance as a dog. All you need is to scoop the litterbox once a day, and kitty will go there. White House staff won't run the risk of stepping in dog mess unawares.

[Buzz Clik]

64. Pig, Guinea.

[WeDidIt]

66. Barack has alread promised Malia and Sasha they would get a dog

so the first pet will indeed be a dog.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

71. Mixed, of course.

[mnhtnbb]

72. I voted cat. Less staff maintenance. Who's going to walk the dog?

[PylesMalfunction]

74. While I adore cats like no other....

He promised the girls a puppy. I hope he gets an all american mutt, straight from the pound. You can't get a more loyal friend or a better dog than a pound puppy. :loveya:

[Buzz Clik]

75. British Poodle

[Colobo]

78. Dogs > Cats.

[parasim]

81. Aw, why not one of each?

[Milo_Bloom]

82. LIZARD!!!!

[RichardRay]

83. In case they need a replacement spiritual advisor...

[Duder]

84. I'd like a Fala for Obama

[Oak2004]

85. Parrot!

A highly intelligent species for intelligent change.