The Obama Family Dog

April 13. 2009

Bo, as in bonanza, as this dog just hit the jackpot

President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise and got his daughters, Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7, a dog. The name of the cute pup is "Bo." He is a Portuguese water dog.

At first, when I saw the above posted picture, I assumed that's what their new dog looked like and thought to myself, "Oh no they didn't!" That dog looks like it has a bad weave (you know, like Beyonce).

The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash

Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog, Is All Over the Web Before His Official Debut

Who let the dog out? That's the Washington mystery du jour.

The identity of the first puppy -- the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about -- leaked out yesterday. This despite White House efforts to delay the news until the big debut planned for Tuesday afternoon.

The little guy is a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by that Portuguese water dog-lovin' senator himself, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The girls named it Bo -- and let it be noted that you learned that here first. Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo . . . Diddley?) ...

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