Man's Best Public Relations Tool
Apparently politics rules everything in the Clinton household. Here's the
scoop on how President Clinton chose his dog, Buddy, from a "USA Weekend"
article on pet ownership by animal expert Stanley Coren:
"Image... seems to have been the main reason behind the choice of President
Clinton's dog, Buddy. Clinton's personality is actually more compatible with
cats. But in the pre-Monica era, his advisors feared he would lose his
'family image' when his daughter, Chelsea, went away to college. They
reasoned that the impression of a family man could be maintained by having
Hillary and a happy dog meet the president when his helicopter landed on the
White House lawn. The Labrador Retriever, America's most popular dog, was
the obvious choice. But it couldn't be a black Lab; they don't photograph
well. It couldn't be a yellow Lab; they photograph _too_ well, possibly
upstaging the president.
"So that's why the 'first dog' is a chocolate-colored Lab."
(USA Weekend, Feb. 6-7)
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