Posted on 05/18/2010 1:33:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Barack Obama made millions in book royalties last year and took delivery of a special $1,600 gift - the family dog Bo, financial records show.
Royalties from "Dreams From My Father" and "Audacity of Hope" earned him at least $1m each, according to filings released by the White House.
Bo, a Portuguese water dog given to the Obamas by the late Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife was valued at $1,600 in Mr Obama's financial disclosure form.
The value of Mr Obama's Nobel peace prize medal and diploma were "not readily ascertainable", the document said.
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Portuguese waterdogs are cool. Until quite recently they were real working dogs used by watermen. Don’t blame this on the poor dog.
Don't you see the irony in Ted "Chappaquiddick" Kennedy owning Water Dogs?
It does seem like a lot of money, especially when you consider that there are thousands of dogs on death row at shelters which you can get for practically nothing.
“Be fair ...”
Nahhhhhhh...
Sorry, but I draw the line at going after a man’s dog. That’s out of bounds.
Named Captain Courageous and Splash, no less....
If Bo’s been de-studded he’s worth far less than $1600. Probably $400 at the waterdog rescue.
I'd love to hear the legal theory behind that.
And based on that report I posted earlier, where a close friend of his said one of his favorite topics of humor was Chappaquiddick, I'd say he gave the dogs these names to mock the tragic event.
Anyone else notice Hussein’s intials, BO, are the same name as his dog?
Could be the tooth fairy....
A long time ago.
"BO" also stands for "body odor".
Actually, it's not that much of a stretch, considering the Constitutional principles involved. The USC prohibits emoluments to our elected and appointed federal officials. There's a strong case to be made that the Nobel Prize is a kind of emolument.
For this reason and a few others (mostly surrounding the fact it's a prize given by a foreign power), Teddy Roosevelt elected to wait to accept his Nobel Prize until after he actually left office. Why this wasn't spoken about more when Obama won his, is a mystery - not really, the press wasn't going to rain on his parade. More can be found below...
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