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CHAMP AND MAJOR ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!! (Original Post) TruckFump Nov 2020 OP
I thought that was their secret service names🤣 lisa58 Nov 2020 #1
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Nov 2020 #6
It's gonna be nice Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #2
I hope they bite republicans gopiscrap Nov 2020 #3
I will settle for discrete "dog logs." TruckFump Nov 2020 #5
Bad Taste FB47243 Nov 2020 #26
First Dogs! Yay! 🇺🇸🐕🇺🇸🐕🇺🇸 N/T CottonBear Nov 2020 #4
Nice to have "normal" again! TruckFump Nov 2020 #7
Yes! We want pictures! n/t EndlessWire Nov 2020 #8
Another Great Thing About Biden's Win: There's Going to Be a Dog in the White House Again! Klaralven Nov 2020 #9
I absolutely love Scottish Terriers. TruckFump Nov 2020 #11
Well said! misanthrope Nov 2020 #15
Which one's which? panader0 Nov 2020 #10
Major is the one in the picture with Joe; Champ with Joe and Jill. Klaralven Nov 2020 #12
Black dog is Major; tan dog is Champ. TruckFump Nov 2020 #13
who's the good boys! dhill926 Nov 2020 #14
BEAUTIFUL dogs! Bayard Nov 2020 #16
Good sign. halfulglas Nov 2020 #27
And who in the heck doesn't have a pet??? Seriously......I mean in the White House. a kennedy Nov 2020 #17
Beautiful pupsters! TruckFump Nov 2020 #20
Yay! We will have First Dogs again fleur-de-lisa Nov 2020 #18
Finally, a Human we can trust say the Dogs Beringia Nov 2020 #19
Aww, they are so sweet. Happy to have a family in the White House again with a pet. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #21
Where the Buffalo Roam TrevEB Nov 2020 #22
Can they escort drumpf out the door Tribetime Nov 2020 #23
Unnconditional love returns t0 "our House". pazzyanne Nov 2020 #24
I hope we'll be getting lots of doggie play date photos! GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #25
Major has a "come pet me" look, Champ has "I'm older,wiser & on guard" look. KS Toronado Nov 2020 #28
Wonderful! gademocrat7 Nov 2020 #29
I love this! karin_sj Nov 2020 #30
Sweet Dogs Back in the WH!! Cha Nov 2020 #31

FB47243

(32 posts)
26. Bad Taste
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:43 PM
Nov 2020

If they bit republicans then they would have to lick their own assholes for an hour just to get the bad taste out of their mouths.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
9. Another Great Thing About Biden's Win: There's Going to Be a Dog in the White House Again!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 03:07 PM
Nov 2020

Under Trump’s reign, the place has been grim for the past four years, its only sign of life the patter of Fox & Friends. The Trumps never hosted concerts or poetry readings or invited artists to display their work. Melania took Jackie O.’s Rose Garden and stripped it of decades-old trees and color for seemingly no reason other than because she could. The holiday decorations have looked like something out of The Handmaid’s Tale.

By comparison, we used to see Barack Obama playing in the snow on the White House lawn with Sasha and Malia and their two Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny. He famously promised his daughters a dog after the 2008 election and delivered on that promise. Can you imagine Donald Trump offering to get Barron a puppy? Or keeping a promise, for that matter? Not once in the past four years have we seen Donald and Melania warmly embrace after an event or trip; we haven’t seen smiling family vacations or loving moments shared on the dance floor. I miss those moments of humanity on display for all of America to see.

There’s so much work to be done in the months and years ahead, hard work that cannot be overlooked in the face of Biden’s victory. But I’m so excited to see Champ and Major playing on the White House lawn and to know that, for the first time in a long time, there might be a bit of joy within the White House grounds.

https://www.vogue.com/article/biden-dog-in-the-white-house

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
11. I absolutely love Scottish Terriers.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 03:15 PM
Nov 2020

When I was a little kid, I wanted an FDR "Fala" dog and begged my Republican parents nearly daily until I got one. Ever since, there has been a wee lassie or laddie in my life.

I adored Dubya's Scottie Barney because at a presser at the Bush "ranch," Barney could be seen in the background taking a dump while Bush spoke! Barney clearly spoke for me on my opinion of Dubya!

Dogs, cats, beloved pets of all nature...they make the WH a home. For the tRumps, it was a place to stage their empire -- love, warmth and truth had no place. Power was the ONLY thing.

Yes, when Covid19 safe, concerts, poetry readings, and very importantly -- restore Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden!



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TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
13. Black dog is Major; tan dog is Champ.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 03:20 PM
Nov 2020

Both are German Shepherds. Joe and Jill adopted Major as a rescue pup.

From an article:

When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he promised his daughters that, win or lose, they would get a dog after the elections. What wasn't said was that then-VP Democratic candidate Joe Biden had also promised his wife, Jill, that if he and Obama won, they would get a dog, too. The Christian Science Monitor says Jill made sure her husband wouldn't forget his promise by taping up different dog photos in his plane.

...

Their daughter Ashley sent her father a Facebook post with information about a litter of six German Shepherd pups which had been exposed to toxins and had been hospitalized. The puppies were having issues and were being fostered, and it was during that time that the Bidens decided to make Major their own.

Read More: https://www.thelist.com/238736/the-truth-about-joe-bidens-dogs-major-and-champ/?utm_campaign=clip

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
27. Good sign.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:44 PM
Nov 2020

I'm not sure if it's true or not but I heard that Trump has never in his whole life had a pet. I can understand if there is a medical reason like severe allergy or something, but the fact that Trump has never in his life connected with another species is telling as to the kind of person he is. To never be connected in your heart to a dog or cat and what that relationship brings is downright sad. I think Donald has never thought he could profit from that relationship. That eagle chained to his desk doesn't count.

a kennedy

(29,647 posts)
17. And who in the heck doesn't have a pet??? Seriously......I mean in the White House.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 03:28 PM
Nov 2020

and boy are they good looking doggies. ❤️ ❤️

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
20. Beautiful pupsters!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 03:41 PM
Nov 2020

Major started out as a rescue that Joe and Jill fostered. He was one of six puppies that had been exposed to toxins and needed to be fostered due to health problems. Their daughter Ashley told them about the puppies. Joe and Jill fostered Major and then adopted him.

Such a wonderful story!

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
25. I hope we'll be getting lots of doggie play date photos!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:43 PM
Nov 2020

Sunny and Bo, Bailey Warren, Truman and Buddy Buttegeig, Skye Hickenlooper (also a German Shepherd), Artemis and Rosie O'Rourke, and hopefully, a Harris=Emhof pooch or two.

I can't get enough of Bailey, so I hope he visits frequently.

karin_sj

(808 posts)
30. I love this!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:54 PM
Nov 2020

So happy to look forward to having some pets in the White House again. And beyond happy to have kind, decent, and honorable people there as well.

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