Why?
Posted on 10/21/2007 7:57:11 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Report: Dumped Cat Could Come Back to Haunt Hillary Clinton Campaign
Sunday , October 21, 2007
As the “first pet” of the Clinton era, Socks, the White House cat, allowed “chilly” Hillary Clinton to show a caring, maternal side as well as bringing joy to her daughter Chelsea. So where is Socks today?
Once the presidency was over, there was no room for Socks anymore. After years of loyal service at the White House, the black and white cat was dumped on Betty Currie, Bill Clinton’s personal secretary, who also had an embarrassing clean-up role in the saga of his relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.
Some believe the abandoned pet could now come between Hillary Clinton and her ambition to return to the White House as America’s first female president.
Clinton has been boosting her prospects in the past week with some homespun references to her gender as part of a series of events with the theme Women Changing America, during which she chatted girlfriend-to-girlfriend and mom-to-mom with female voters.
The softening of Clinton’s image seems to be working. Her chief strategist, Mark Penn, predicts that up to a quarter of Republican women will vote for her. She leads Democratic rivals in the polls by 26 points and is scooping up more donations to her war chest from Wall Street and defense contractors than any candidate from either party – an unmistakable indicator of who they think will win in 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I disagree—this is huge. Woman love cats and do not look favorably on people who dump their pets. There goes the female vote.
Amber alert for Socks.
Hay! Socks C.!! Have you seen this???
The Clintons have used any living creatures as props their entire political careers.
Why?
That cat looks really pist!!!
The cat was actually a viking kitty spy working for the vast right wing conspiracy.
Bookmarking.
I know they have too much time on their hands, but as a cat lover, I have often thought of that particular little example of Clinton loyalty.
It says a lot about the whole family, and they can’t keep a dog alive either. I think the two they had (for photos as far as I can tell) both got hit by cars.
These people are not only mean and petty, they are also people who should never be allowed to adopt a pet of any kind. I don’t think the article is fluff, I just think it didn’t go far enough.
And like they dump their pets when they no longer need them for photo ops, so too will they dump their ‘friends’. Or arrange for them to be dumped.
Loyalty is NOT a Clinton trait.
I guess getting that cat was supposed to compensate Currie for having been placed in a situation where she could have...and should have....gone to prison (obstruction of justice,etc).It’s easier to understand why Vince Foster blew his brains out and Hubbell and Susie LegIrons did time in Federal prison rather than tell prosecutors what they knew.
Fox has this wrong. Buddy was the chocolate labrador in the Clinton White House, not the Reagan. He was run over soon after the Clintons moved to Chappaqua.
The only question remains is whether it was an accident or if he was pushed...
This is not huge. What is huge is thinking about what kind of Marxists Hitlery will appoint to the Supreme Court. Young marxists. Capable of ruling over us for 50 years. That’s huge.
For once Hillary made a good decision.
A ghastly thought, if true.
To think that people will vote for her simply because she has sweater decorations - whatever happened to content of character trumping outward appearance?
Or did I just dream it?
I wouldn’t say “woman”. Cat lovers of both sexes will NOT understand ditching poor Socks. Dog lovers blame them for poor Buddy’s untimely demise. Pet owners are a quirkty group (not unlike the Christians that she has trouble relating to) and it looks like hillary has some work to do to convince pet owners to vote for her. LOL
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