Does First Dog Bo Have a Dog Double?
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Not only is the first dog, Bo, an integral part of the first family, but he’s also featured prominently in holiday decorations throughout the White House.
There is a Bo made of buttons, a Bo made of marshmallows and licorice, a four-and-a-half-foot tall felt Bo. Bo even made the Obama Christmas card, much to the chagrin of Sarah Palin, who wondered aloud on Fox News Radio why the card didn’t “accentuate faith, family and freedom.”
Michelle Obama told ABC’s Barbara Walters that Bo has an enviable life, and she wouldn’t mind being reincarnated as the family pet in her next life.
“He’s got a great life. He’s got it good,” said Michelle Obama.
Bo is so ubiquitous that he had people wondering if the Secret Service has a doggie doppelganger to keep the first dog safe.
On Wednesday, Bo was spotted with the president, Christmas shopping at a mall in Virginia. But just days earlier, on Sunday, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported that a neighbor spotted him in Kailua at the multi-million-dollar estate where the first lady and the Obama girls Sasha and Malia have been waiting for the president since last week.
Did the first family fly Bo to Hawaii, then fly him back by Wednesday to keep the lonely president company? Or, perhaps, does the secret service have a Bo double?
The White House assured ABC News that Bo was never on the beach — he was in D.C. all along and caught a ride to the islands with the president on Air Force One.
Click here to see photos of presidents and their pets.
Bo is not the only first dog to enjoy time in the spotlight. President George W. Bush’s Scottish terrier, Barney, starred in 11 short films, including “My Barney Valentine,” “Barney Reloaded,” “Barney’s Holiday Extravaganza,” and “Barney and Spot’s Winter Wonderland.”
Guest actors on Barney Cam productions have included Bush’s White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Olympic gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, actress and singer Dolly Parton, and many others.
Whether Bo can live up to such a high standard remains to be seen.
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Posted by: samhiguchi | December 24, 2011, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm
That dog is just too cute.
Posted by: howdymo1 | December 24, 2011, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm
Wow….the crap the media will make up for a non-story story. You probably thought this was comic, ABC, but what it is is unworthy of you, unless you’re turning into TMZ. And the President is not a celebrity, so please, save the gossip. We don’t need it.
Posted by: teresina | December 24, 2011, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm
Let’s hope so. There are too many FREAKS on the Right that have hate for our first family…
Posted by: jeanne021556 | December 24, 2011, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm
Really Jeanne? The only FREAKS I see are on the left – you know, the rapes, murders, attacks taking place at the Occupy Wall Street “protests”.
Posted by: TJ in CA | December 24, 2011, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm
Freaks?? You must be talking about the OWS crowd..
Posted by: shelly | December 24, 2011, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm
This would only be a story if Obama has a double.
Posted by: John Rice | December 24, 2011, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm
First of all, the pets of the President don’t fly in the cargo hold, they fly in the same rooms as the President and his family. So who cares if the dog flies every which way? Any claim it cost the taxpayer more because Air Force One weighs 50 pounds more out of 526,500 pounds zero fuel weight (or 630,000 pounds maximum landing weight) is just plain stupid. Better the dog be with his family, than alone in the White House.
Posted by: Tyrone | December 24, 2011, 8:41 pm 8:41 pm
Well whose family does the dog/dogs belong to? He was gotton as a photo opt prop…….I wish the dog/dogs the best but …………..On historical note, lets remember what happened to the Clintons pets Socks and Boots. The dog was accidently ran over and killed by the secret service, and the Clintons dumped the cat on an aid.
Posted by: sayit | December 25, 2011, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
This is hands down the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. Who gets paid to “report” this nonsense? Nice standards there, ABC.
Posted by: dan | December 26, 2011, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm