October 14, 2008
Next McCain Scandal
When this hits the news, McCain will be in serious trouble. I expect they'll take up half the debate discussing this. But you'll have heard it here first.
The Yorkshire Terrier, one of the breeds owned by John McCain, and the Poodle, voted "best breed for the Obamas" by dog lovers via the American Kennel Club's www.presidentialpup.com poll are canine candidates for the White House.
John McCain pals around with domestic terriers!
Posted by James at October 14, 2008 8:00 AMEven worse he apparently pals around with foreign terriers (Yorkshire being you know foreign and all)
Posted by: B.O.B. (bob) at October 14, 2008 8:11 AMIt's unclear whether it's a foreign terrier, because it was born here in the good ole USA.
However, it could have been part of a VERY long term sleeper cell of foreign terriers.
Posted by: James at October 14, 2008 8:16 AMNah that's a foreign name if I ever heard one (you know like that other character with the ferign soundin name). They must have faked the papers at the AKC.
Posted by: B.O.B. (bob) at October 14, 2008 8:43 AMTrue, you can never bee too careful. Maybe he's just a domesticATED terrier.
You mean domest-ALQaeda-ed, don't you?
And by the way, the Yorkshire Terrier is most definitely a foreigner:
http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/Breeds/YorkshireTerrierRevisedMay12008
The exact development of the Yorkshire Terrier is obscure but most of the various breeds that went into its make-up are known. One, the so-called “Broken-Haired Scotch Terrier,” was brought to Yorkshire by Scottish weavers who had migrated from Scotland in the mid-19th century. Another was a small, 6- to 20-pound (usually averaging about ten pounds), longish-coated and bluish-gray in color dog called the Waterside Terrier, which was common in Yorkshire and was bred for hunting and killing rats. This Waterside Terrier was crossed with the Old English Black and Tan Terrier, the rough-coated English Terrier, the Paisley Terrier and the Clydesdale Terrier to produce the current day Yorkshire Terrier. Additional influences probably included the Maltese and the Skye Terrier. Because of the great improvement in the dog that had been done in Yorkshire, around 1870 it was decided that the breed should be called the Yorkshire Terrier rather than Scottish Terrier. In 1886, it was officially given the breed name of “Yorkshire Terrier.” By the late 1870s, sizes averaged from three to seven pounds, where they remain today.
The Yorkshire Terrier was recognized by the United Kennel Club in 1956.
Oh and by the way McCain has TWENTY FOUR pets? That's 3 for every house. Four are dogs. What the hell are the other 20? Unless they're fish (which I consider to be more decoration than pet) that's kinda creepy. Which I suppose fits just fine. Senator and cat collector, eek.
Posted by: B.O.B. (bob) at October 14, 2008 9:26 AMGramps and his cats. They keep him company when he sits on the front porch and whittles.
Posted by: Patti M. at October 14, 2008 9:34 AMLOL
Posted by: Chuck S. at October 14, 2008 10:48 AMI found an early illustration of McCain whittling:
http://www.officemuseum.com/1906_Whittling_Webster_adx.JPG
