April 26, 2009

Bo Has Left The Building

Obama Discovers When You Hang Out With Celebrities, People Don't Always Notice You're There

  •  (The New Yorker)

  • Photo Essay Get To Know "Bo"

    The Obamas choose a Portuguese water dog as the family's first pet


(CBS)  Weekly commentary by CBS Evening News chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer.
For now I will leave it to others to make a judgment on the president's first 100 days. But I know one thing: he loves that dog.

At the White House Friday afternoon, he was carrying around a copy of the current New Yorker, the one with the cover featuring a tiny Bo on a huge green White House lawn.

He was beaming. "I'm taking this to show the girls," he said. "See, it really looks like it."

As a matter of fact, it really does if you look really, really close.

And the president has already learned that when you hang out with celebrities, people don't always notice you're there.

He told this story on himself: Late one evening he was walking the dog and some White House visitors with small children saw him.

"Look," said one of the kids, "it's Bo!"

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by koko98-2009 April 27, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
Don't pick on Bo! When the Republicans tried to attack Fala during WWII her owner chopped them up into dog food!
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by LABLVR April 27, 2009 4:47 PM EDT
Posted by Rowdy108 ... Mr. Obama is far from stupid. Oh, maybe you were looking in the mirror when you posted your comment?
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by J_G_H April 27, 2009 9:52 AM EDT
Quick, get Rush a dog so no one will notice him.
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by realitychec6 April 26, 2009 1:02 PM EDT
What a cute picture on the cover of The New Yorker! Dogs are wonderful! Their love is unconditional and they are so perceptive. When we really live with our dogs, we realize how in tune they are with their humans and how much pleasure they can bring. God bless our President and his family which of course includes.... BO !!!!!!
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