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Perhaps the Obama re-election campaign sees some potential for Republican outreach in its preoccupation with Mitt Romney’s alleged mistreatment of Seamus the dog. A 2006 Gallup poll estimated that 43% of Americans own a dog, and that 70% describe themselves as “dog persons.” A 2007 Gallup poll found that the demographic groups most likely to own dogs are among those Obama has the most trouble with, including: whites (47%) and married people (52%).
The Freakonomics website cites a 2008 Gallup poll that found that 33% of dog owners identified as Republican, while just 28% of cat owners called themselves Republicans. The Democratic dog-cat slip was about even. And in July 2008, An AP-Yahoo News poll found that dog owners favored Republican presidential nominee John McCain over Obama, 43% to 34%.
Candidate Obama pledged to launch a “new era of bipartisanship.” But we’ve seen very little outreach or aisle-crossing from the president. And Obama has suffered for it. His RCP average approval rating among Republicans languishes at 11%. Of course, Obama’s dog distraction probably won’t work. Dog owners already have enough reasons to vote against Obama, including the rising cost of dog food.
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Stan Redmond| 4.19.12 @ 2:48PM
WOW are you ever late to the party. Apparently our dear leader claims dog meat is 'tough'. Not as tough as snake meat but still tough.
JimH| 4.20.12 @ 9:14AM
I was surprised to hear he had eaten it. I did not think that dog was halal.
Bob S| 4.19.12 @ 4:16PM
Obama's definition of leadership: I [pretend to] lead, you follow [along].
Clint| 4.19.12 @ 4:29PM
Mittens' Kittens Bite Back.
" Biting back Tuesday, conservative news site The Daily Caller made note of a passage in Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," in which the president recounted some of his adventurous eats while living in Indonesia with his stepfather Lolo Soetoro from age six to 10.
"With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chili peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough)..."
Oldefarte| 4.19.12 @ 5:25PM
'.....Breitbart.com Media Matters' Oliver Willis Wants Pro-Israel Liberals 'Marginalized' by Ben Shapiro 3 hours ago As we revealed yesterday, MJ Rosenberg wasn’t the only anti-Israel extremist working at Media Matters for America: Senior Fellow Eric Boehlert once downplayed genocidal anti-Semitism, routinely suggests that media coverage is too pro-Israel thanks to the intimidation by nefarious forces (hint hint), and defended terrorist professor Sami Al-Arian.Today, we examine Oliver Willis, a research fellow at Media Matters. Just like MJ and Eric, Willis is an anti-Israel extremist with a soft spot for anti-Semitism.Willis once referred to Paul Wolfowitz as “filthy” and Joe Lieberman as “fascistic.” He accused Israel of “Playing Games With American Lives” for building settlements, and wrote that he “can’t wait for the day when we can tell both sides [of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict] to go to hell.” He has stated that “The Democratic Party will be at its best” only once pro-Israel AIPAC-associated liberals like Josh Block are “marginalized.” He has defended via retweet MJ Rosenberg’s use of the white supremacist term “Israel firsters.” He accuses conservatives of attacking “everyone who doesnt march in lockstep with Israel.” And while anti-Israel fanatic Glenn Greenwald accuses me of watering down the term anti-Semitism by pointing out Media Matters’ relentless pattern of providing cover to anti-Semites, he has nothing to say about Willis, who likened one mosque being burned in Tennessee to full-blown Nazi treatment of Jews.Willis isn’t literate on the Israel-Palestinian issue (as with most other issues); his anti-Israel feeling seems to come from groupthink more than from the informed anti-Israel radicalism of MJ Rosenberg or Boehlert. And yet Willis is one of Media Matters’ key in-house policers of right-wing anti-Semitism. Ah, the irony.More to come......'
Clint| 4.19.12 @ 10:04PM
Call Bibi.
Oldefarte| 4.20.12 @ 11:22AM
Call your boss [MJ] @1600 , 'ISRAEL FIRSTER' ANTI-SEMITE!!!!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 4.20.12 @ 12:27PM
Bibi's a man with real military experience, unlike Ron Paul. He's also managed to turn an economy around by working with the art of the possible, unlike Ron Paul.
WinnieR| 4.22.12 @ 10:07AM
How many dog loving democrats did Obama turn off on that statement? Doubt that he actually did eat dog meat.
Oldefarte| 4.19.12 @ 5:10PM
Re-design of an old joke: When a conservative asked his liberal friend how he/liberal got the huge purple hickey on his/liberal's head, the liberal replied that HE WAS DOIN' HIS WIFE ''''DOGEY STYLE''''' WHEN SHE RAN UNDER THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!
Dixie Pixie| 4.19.12 @ 6:37PM
How snake-bitten must the Democrats be with Obama at the top of the ticket.
The democrats thought they had the perfect campaign idea.
Link Mittens as a dog-abuser and thus a people-abuser.
Then out of the blue, it is found out Obama thinks Dog is one of the FDA food groups!!!!
Clint| 4.19.12 @ 9:49PM
Obama Eats Pup Tarts.
Oldefarte| 4.20.12 @ 11:22AM
Call MJ!!!!!!!!
MyGirlFriday| 4.20.12 @ 1:49AM
Poor Bo, he will soon be thrown under the bus like all of B.O.'s useful idiots. Is there anyway we can save him?
MyGirlFriday| 4.20.12 @ 2:00AM
This administration has declared a war on dogs!
SAVE Bo!
PattyMor| 4.20.12 @ 9:29AM
Don't you just love the Obama eats dog jokes. Its a real cool thing to turn the tables on the Saul Alinsky tactics of the Obama machine and make them eat....dog.
Casey Abell| 4.20.12 @ 1:46PM
Will you guys stop this? Just last night I had to reassure our Labrador Retriever that she's not on the menu for tomorrow's dinner. She saw the Daily Caller column and got nervous.