Socks the Clinton's cat at the podium

[irisblue]

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27 years ago today, "Socks" Clinton addressed reporters from White House Press Room podium on the state of cats and dogs.
"Socks" bemoaned the long discrimination against cats as White House pets, and need for presidents to be more bi-partisan in affection shown to cats and dogs. this written by @ruh_william

[sheshe2]

1. Love 💕 this...

[Clash City Rocker]

2. "Yes, I have used catnip, but I didn't roll around in it."

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

3. We need cats in the White House.

You know? To keep the republicans out....oh, I meant rats.

[NNadir]

4. It's good for America that I will never live the White House.

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My cat tears the shit out of furniture, and the White House is surely filled with precious heirlooms, some of which have been damaged by Trump cooties already.

[ironflange]

5. I love that photo, this one too. . .

[Skittles]

6. they were both cool

[Fla Dem]

7. Socks, gone but not forgotten.

When the Clintons left the White House in 2001, they took Buddy to their new home, but left Socks under the care of Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie. Buddy would die within a year, being hit by a car in 2002.[7]

By June 2008, Socks was still living with Currie and her husband in Hollywood, Maryland, about 60 miles from Washington, but had a thyroid condition, hair loss, weight loss, and kidney problems.[8]

In December 2008, Socks was reported to be in failing health, apparently suffering from cancer.[9] Socks was euthanized on February 20, 2009, in Hollywood, Maryland,[10] after suffering cancer of the jaw.[4]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_