Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy has gone out on a full support for Barack Obama from PBR-fueled fundraisers to performance at the presidential inaugurations. There is no stopping him on offering his help to President Obama especially on the first family’s pick of adopting a White house dog.
President Obama and his family made it public of their plans to adopt Portuguese dogs that will move in the White House on April this year. News reports have made it clear that Obamas, or specifically the fist lady, Michelle, are thinking of adopting a Portuguese water dog, making good on their pre-election promise to daughters Sasha and Malia. A White House spokesperson said the Obamas are favoring the Portuguese breed for its temperament and hypoallergenic.
When Wentz heard of that the Obamas are thinking of adopting their own Portuguese dogs, he decided to help them sway their final choice by sharing his open take on the breed. He knows first hand how it is like to grow up with two Portuguese pooches for most of his life. His parents own Pandora and Marley, their household Portuguese dogs, and they patrol their house in the Chicago suburbs. “I know I am right on the verge of being invited to the Lincoln bedroom with all of my glorious connections to the president, but I think the final step may be me giving the Obamas advice on getting Portuguese water dogs,” he said. He shares, “I know I am right on the verge of being invited to the Lincoln bedroom with all of my glorious connections to the president, but I think the final step may be me giving the Obamas advice on getting Portuguese water dogs,”. He added that “I grew up with two … they were great dogs for the boy I was, being that I barfed from swinging on swing sets, cried at my first 10 birthdays, wouldn’t eat anything but the peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches my mom made and was allergic to everything. They were the perfect answer to that.”
The hypoallergenic thing may sound very big; Wentz however cautions that one of his water dogs is “pretty bad”. He still thinks that English bulldogs make a great White House dog from the fact he and his wife now owns a pair of English bulldogs. “I can’t lie, I think Hemingway is a pretty good candidate too, because he’s the exact opposite of my parents’ water dogs,” Wentz muses. “But I can’t say he’d be any worse than having Cheney around tearing that place up.”
We will have to wait and see which breed of dog joins the first family soon. Let’s hope the President would heed Pete Wentz’s thought on English bulldog as the first family’s dog.
One Response
2009 Mar 05
i gotta tell ya — i’m rooting for us mutts but you guys are impressive.
todd