On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:59:42 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
The Obama family is finally getting their dog. It's been reported
that Ted Kennedy will deliver a six-month old male Portuguese Water
Dog on Tuesday.

But here's the scandal that's going to outrage rdean. The dog is
from a high-priced kennel, the same high-priced kennel where Ted
Kennedy buys his own dogs. The pup was sold but the owner returned
him to the kennel. So now the hypocritical, business as usual, amateur
political hacks in the White House will try to pass off this expensive
kennel dog as a "rescue". HAVE THEY NO SHAME !! *IMPEACH* *IMPEACH* !!

I hadn't heard about this, but assuming the basic facts you present are
accurate, yeah, it is more amateurish stuff. Outrage me? Hardly. But WTF is
he (and/or his people) thinking? Why not just go to a shelter, pick out a
fairly attractive, healthy puppy and be done with it instead of this?

I'm no mind reader but I believe Obama is thinking "I'm gonna
get the most suitable dog I can find for my situation and my
family and screw the rest." If that's amateurish then it sure
is refreshing to have an amateur in the White House.

Hmmm..."screw the rest"...? What "rest" would that be? Look, I absolutely
agree that, for most folks, the choice of a dog, within reason (and his choice,
all other things aside, seems within reason) is a personal choice and a
non-event. But he isn't most folks, and more importantly, he, Michelle, and
their staffs made it an issue with all the talk about it. Had he just gotten
the dog, it wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) be an issue, just like if he hadn't
harped and harped about "no lobbyists" and then almost on day one signed waivers
so he could hire some.

Coming to the Uh oh, tee-hee and tsk, tsk, tsk desk tomorrow:

Incompetent, hypocritical, amateurish Obama team picks wrong
church for Easter Sunday worship !!!

Same thing - if he and his family had kept quiet about it and just picked a
church (or had the balls to say, "look, we believe in God, but we just aren't
big church-goers" or something similar), fine. But when he makes an issue out
of something (or creates the issue via a misstep), it's reasonable to critique
his handling of it.


(We at the tee-hee desk don't know yet which church those idiots picked,
only that it will be the wrong one.)

See, that's the thing - I don't believe he's an idiot - in fact, I am certain he
is a very _intelligent_ guy. But again, "intelligent" is not the issue. It's
experience, common sense, and he and his staff being "smart" (or, "savvy," if
you prefer). And _his_ picking some dog from Kennedy's breeder is not "smart"
or "savvy."

HTH,
R

Sheesh.