Vice President Jospeh Biden stunned a Syracuse audience Sunday with his stinging insults to President Obama’s dog.
“My dog is smarter than Bo,” said Mr. Biden, comparing his own puppy, Champ, to the Chief Executive’s Portuguese Water Dog, official First Dog of the entire United States of America.
The influential audience of 5th graders at Bellevue Elementary School was clearly shocked.
“Bo’s a beautiful dog too,” the Vice President added, realizing his gaffe.
But it’s on video.
Woof!
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May 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I like the image of the First Dog. Nicely done.
May 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm
No biggie. We all think our own dog is the cutest, best, smartest dog ever. And it is possible that Biden’s dog is, in fact, smarter than Bo. That doesn’t make Bo any less lovable or special to the Obama family.
November 19, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I am glad the president got himself a dog. Dogs add a lot of happiness to peoples lives and I have noticed in Brooklyn were I am from more and more people are getting dogs. I wonder if a dog would make a better symbol for America than the bald eagle. I don’t think I have ever seen a bald eagle in person and I know I have never seen one make my friends happy.
November 20, 2009 at 7:44 am
HappyDogNyc wrote:
I wonder if a dog would make a better symbol for America than the bald eagle.
We could never agree on the breed of dog to be represented.
I don’t think I have ever seen a bald eagle in person and I know I have never seen one make my friends happy.
I saw one a few weeks ago. I was waiting at a bus stop on the top of a hill above Washington’s Anacostia River when an eagle rode an updraft across some nearby scrubland. It makes me happy just to think about.
But you’re right about dogs. Read this.
June 28, 2010 at 9:21 pm
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