"First dog won't be a mutt like me"

'Most shelter dogs are mutts like me': Obama defies political correctness at first press conference


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I'm a mutt and proud of it. No big deal.

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Are we reading into this too?

I think the problem he is facing is that yes, most shelter dogs are mutts and for the sake of his daughter's allergies, he needs to know that the dog he is getting is NOT going to be a mixed breed that might trigger anything. It's possible but difficult to get a pure breed at the shelter. However, when you now have to narrow the breed to a hypoallergenic breed, it's more difficult.

ETA: one of the biggest mutts here and I'm proud of it!

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I could swear on CNN the quote was saying he wanted to get a mutt like him.

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I hope he is able to go to a rescue org that has breeds that are hypoallergenic.

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just posting news... la la la
interpret it however you please

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Malia, 10, is allergic to dogs, they are considering a hypoallergenic breed.

But in a reference to his own identity as the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, he added: 'Our preference is to get a shelter dog, but most shelter dogs are mutts like me.'


which begs the question - so what? there's nothing that needs to be interpreted from this.

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Does anyone else think its silly that he *has* to get a pet to be in the white house? It's one thing to move in a pet you already have. But why does he have to get one if he doesn't alreayd have one?

And why is this a subject of national discussion?

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The subject of this thread was not a direct quote from Obama. It was an interpretation.

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Its like people are never happy, when we were on a different post yesterday we were all hoping how he would get a shelter dog. Now that he is saying he is, but it has to be hypoallergenic for his daughter's sake the issue is that he is calling them a mutt??? DH calls himself a mutt all the time, our kids will be mutts as well I dont see the big deal <shrug>

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Take from
The FULL transcript

Question: Thank you for asking. Here's my question. I'm wondering what you're doing to get ready. Have you spoke to any living ex-presidents, what books you might be reading?

Everyone wants to know, what kind of dog are you going to buy for your girls? Have you decided on a private or public school for your daughters?

Obama: Let -- let me list those off.

In terms of speaking to former presidents, I've spoken to all of them that are living. Obviously, President Clinton -- I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances.

I have re-read some of Lincoln's writings, who's always an extraordinary inspiration.

And, by the way, President Carter, President Bush, Sr., as well as the current president have all been very gracious and offered to provide any help that they can in this transition process.

With respect to the dog, this is a major issue. I think it's generated more interest on our Web site than just about anything.

We have -- we have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic. There are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic.

On the other hand,
our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, obviously, a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me. So -- so whether we're going to be able to balance those two things I think is a pressing issue on the Obama household.

And with respect to schools, Michelle will be -- will be scouting out some schools. We'll be making a decision about that in the future.

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I thought that was lighthearted and cute...he has a sense of humor. What's the big deal?

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I can't believe this is even a discussion.

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I think he was just trying to be funny and lighthearted like the pp stated.......I also think he's addressing that he is biracial and in essence a "mut". It was funny and not nearly as controversial as some want to make it.

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Posted by CaseyGirl

I thought that was lighthearted and cute...he has a sense of humor. What's the big deal?

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I'm just happy that he is acknowledging that mixed dogs are mutts and not designer breeds

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