The 2008 Election Day LIVE Thread

[agzg]

At the Chicago Tribune, you can vote for first dog. The headline is "First family needs a dog."

I cast my vote there, too .

http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...0,1292605.poll

ETA: Right now, getting a "first mutt" from the pound is in the lead. PETA has urged him to go with a dog from the pound, rather than from a breeder or pet store, saying that a Mutt would show the new diversity of the white house. However, you can get a pure-bred dog from the pound as well - Lucky was a rescue and is pure-bred American Eskimo. IMO, he's a better pull from Alaska than Sarah Palin . That's why everyone should vote for Lucky in 2012!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

At the Chicago Tribune, you can vote for first dog. The headline is "First family needs a dog."

I cast my vote there, too .

http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...0,1292605.poll

ETA: Right now, getting a "first mutt" from the pound is in the lead. PETA has urged him to go with a dog from the pound, rather than from a breeder or pet store, saying that a Mutt would show the new diversity of the white house. However, you can get a pure-bred dog from the pound as well - Lucky was a rescue and is pure-bred American Eskimo. IMO, he's a better pull from Alaska than Sarah Palin . That's why everyone should vote for Lucky in 2012!

I would like you to consider making my Alaskan Malamute, Samantha, the VP candidate. She is blind, so she would be the first blind VP. She will be 12 in 2012. She was rescued and the recipient of free eye surgery from the Alaskan Malamute Assistance League for her cataracts but suffers now from detached retinas.

Seriously though, I have visions of a puppy being housetrained in the White House "NO! Not on the rug in the Lincoln Room!" LOL

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I would like you to consider making my Alaskan Malamute, Samantha, the VP candidate. She is blind, so she would be the first blind VP. She will be 12 in 2012. She was rescued and the recipient of free eye surgery from the Alaskan Malamute Assistance League for her cataracts but suffers now from detached retinas.

Seriously though, I have visions of a puppy being housetrained in the White House "NO! Not on the rug in the Lincoln Room!" LOL

Lucky will be 19 in 2012. I'm one optimistic mother today.

ETA: Isn't it sad how many beautiful dogs are maltreated and unwanted? I can't imagine anyone ever having beaten our beautiful Luckers, yet it's true. End hijack. Elections make me ponder many of life's great mysteries.

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

Right now, getting a "first mutt" from the pound is in the lead. PETA has urged him to go with a dog from the pound, rather than from a breeder or pet store, saying that a Mutt would show the new diversity of the white house. However, you can get a pure-bred dog from the pound as well.

According to the article in the Trib, the Obama family needs a dog with a hypoallergenic coat because Malia has allergies. Malia really wants a Goldendoodle. I propose that if they're interested a purebred and can't find what they're after at a shelter, they could compromise and go through a breed rescue. Rescues often divert dogs from shelters, so they're helping that cause anyway and able to get the kind of breed they want/need.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat

According to the article in the Trib, the Obama family needs a dog with a hypoallergenic coat because Malia has allergies. Malia really wants a Goldendoodle. I propose that if they're interested a purebred and can't find what they're after at a shelter, they could compromise and go through a breed rescue. Rescues often divert dogs from shelters, so they're helping that cause anyway and able to get the kind of breed they want/need.

The only dogs I know that are good for people with allergies are Chihuahuas and Poodles. Are there any other dogs?

I dislike cats, so I think 8 years isn't long enough to keep a cat out of the White House! lol.

ETA: I googled it and found other breeds that are touted as "hypo allergenic"

[AGDee]

Getting our dog was the bribery I offered my daughter if she would tolerate the weekly allergy shots that she needed. She is far more allergic to some breeds than others (she can't be around labs/retrievers hardly at all) but is totally fine with the Malamute. It makes no sense to me because Sammigirl sheds horribly and has lots of dander, but my girl is fine with her. Her reaction to dogs wasn't as bad as her reaction to cats, weeds.. or the other 33 things she tested positive for though. She had a 1 for dogs but a 4 or 4+ for everything else. The only thing she wasn't allergic to was cockroaches. We were NOT getting pet cockroaches

[barbino]

Breeds of Non-Allergenic dogs (I'm allergic to cats now, so I checked out the whole dog list awhile back)

Poodles
Schnauzers
Portugese Water Dogs
Several breeds of Terriers including Kerry Blue, Cairn, Bedlington
also the "little things" Lhasa Apsos, Maltese, Shih Tzu's, Coton de Tulears, Bichon Frises
Like the "Goldendoodle," several hybrid breeds can be, also

But I think that many short-haired breeds are easier to tolerate than the ones that shed. I'd love to have an English Springer Spaniel again but they carrry and blow coat. On the other hand, a Beagle is pretty short-coated (like a Pug or a Boston Terrier). I think that if you get a dog as a puppy and get it used to being bathed, then a dog is easier to deal with for someone with allergies if you give it a bath every week or two.

[sthrnsweetie007]

I LOVED OBAMA'S SPEECH when he told his little girls about the puppy that was going to the white house with him. that was sooooo sweet!!!!

[LttleMsPrEp]

As an Obama supporter i just hope that fellow supporters don't forget what it took to get here campaign wise as far as spreading awareness on the issues, getting more involved in the communty, becoming aware of the various issues that have a direct impact on our generation and etc. It'll really suck if people just take this win.. go home and do nothing else but sit on their asses and wait for Obama to change America. Change comes from the bottom to the top not from top to bottom. I think that our generation can continue to make a great impact in our gov't as long as we keep working to see that change is actually implemented..

I'm SOO excited at the thought of a puppy being in the White House soon. (i LOOVE puppies hopefully it's something cute like a Golden Retriever or a teddy bear)

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by LttleMsPrEp

As an Obama supporter i just hope that fellow supporters don't forget what it took to get here campaign wise as far as spreading awareness on the issues, getting more involved in the communty, becoming aware of the various issues that have a direct impact on our generation and etc. It'll really suck if people just take this win.. go home and do nothing else but sit on their asses and wait for Obama to change America. Change comes from the bottom to the top not from top to bottom. I think that our generation can continue to make a great impact in our gov't as long as we keep working to see that change is actually implemented..

I've been saying this for years.

No one cares anymore, not like they used to. And if they do, it doesn’t appear that way. In the past, huge social movements have caught politicians’ attention and have helped to shape history. Those who are higher up can’t hear us if we don’t speak up. Politicians can only understand the people when they hear the people. It seems as if no one wants to be heard, except by their neighbors and friends who listen to them complain over commercials during the Sunday afternoon football game.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I've been saying this for years.

No one cares anymore, not like they used to. And if they do, it doesn’t appear that way. In the past, huge social movements have caught politicians’ attention and have helped to shape history. Those who are higher up can’t hear us if we don’t speak up. Politicians can only understand the people when they hear the people. It seems as if no one wants to be heard, except by their neighbors and friends who listen to them complain over commercials during the Sunday afternoon football game.

What constitutes a "social movement" changes with time and should be based on the contexts. People are stuck in what worked during the Civil Rights Movement or the war protests of the 60's. Those were different times and called for different measures.

A lot people want to rally or march but don't understand that rallying and marching doesn't constitute a social movement the way that it used to. If people just want to be visible and have a gigantic fish fry, such gatherings work. If people want to work toward a common longterm goal, we need to rally people behind the cause and not literally hold a rally.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Not a sockpuppet or troll. Just DSTChaos.

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[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

YYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Is this a joke or not? If not, welcome back, even if it's just for a day or two.

[christiangirl]

I went to 7-11 at 6:45 this morning to get my newspaper. I didn't care that I was going to be late for work, I wasn't letting this opportunity pass me by because I KNEW the whole world would be sold out by the time I got off. I'm putting it in a scrapbook so that, when my future children do a report about this (and you know they will!), I'll have the original newspaper clippings for them to see.

[Jill1228]

I was lucky to snag the last copy of USA Today in my town. That copy was the only paper left
I tried to get the SF Chronicle, Modesto Bee, Tri Valley Herald, Stockton Record...no dice