# The Biden Administration: a puppy-hug in the making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886 "2021-01-19T15:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/62 "2021-05-02T02:43:13Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Oh my God, the irony (or whatever). I just got my dog probably killed my a rattlesnake. To be fair, the rattlesnake was hauled off and put down. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/63 "2021-05-02T04:13:59Z")
When I said ANYONE, I meant Major, as well. Two bites in three months is not a happy dog. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Oh my God, the irony (or whatever). I just got my dog probably killed my a rattlesnake. Keep us updated, because that’s upsetting. And a constant fear of mine, given my penchant for climbing all around mountains and Vaya’s penchant for smelling EVERYTHING new. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/64 "2021-05-02T04:43:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > To be fair, the rattlesnake was hauled off and put down. I assure you he was. He’s sprawled out on the hood of my Jeep right now. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/65 "2021-05-02T09:20:55Z")
Did you read Bush’s comments today? I know it’s been said a million times before but you know things have truly gone to hell in the right wing of US politics when Bush is coming across as downright sensible and kind. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/66 "2021-05-02T12:50:48Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Did you read Bush’s comments today? You mean this? > **[Bush: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ideals show pro-Trump Republicans ‘want to be extinct’](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/01/george-w-bush-anglo-saxon-donald-trump-republicans-texas-congressional-election)** > > Former president speaks as lone anti-Trump Republican seeks House seat in Texas special election ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/67 "2021-05-02T13:23:36Z")
Yes that’s the one ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/68 "2021-05-02T13:39:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Princhester](#): > > > > Did you read Bush’s comments today? > > You mean this? > > [Bush: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ideals show pro-Trump Republicans ‘want to be extinct’ | George Bush | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/01/george-w-bush-anglo-saxon-donald-trump-republicans-texas-congressional-election) - More like evolution in action. The new species is pushing out the old. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/69 "2021-05-02T13:53:16Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Then where is the push-back from the “true conservatives”. > > IMHO they don’t exist. They where more about the racism and other bigotry than “fiscal conservative” and other bullshit all along. My response was to this though. Bush is conservative, Republican and expressing strong anti-bigot views. Oh, and on an anti-Trump conservative podcast. And that Guardian story is about an anti-Trump Republican running for a Senate position. So there is an answer to “where is the push-back from the “true conservatives””. The reality is that Trump conservatives are louder and more entertaining because they are cray cray, and they also have the numbers, so the more traditional conservatives don’t get the airtime or the votes. But they are there. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/70 "2021-05-02T14:15:22Z")
He paved the road and then complains that he didn’t see where it was going. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/71 "2021-05-02T15:13:59Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > so the more traditional conservatives don’t get the airtime or the votes. But they are there. - If they can’t get the airtime and more importantly, the votes, what good are they? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/72 "2021-05-02T23:55:27Z")
Seems an odd question. I guess about as much good as any political group that is not in power. A few years back, you could have asked the same question about the Dems; they weren’t getting the air time or the votes that Trump was getting. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/73 "2021-05-02T23:58:13Z")
Very true. Although actually if he said he didn’t have the foresight to see where the road he and other prominent Republicans were paving was going, I would tend to believe him. Foresight wasn’t a feature of his presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/74 "2021-05-03T00:16:00Z")
More bad news for Major. He’ll soon have a cat to deal with: > **[Major changes: Biden dog getting prepped for White House arrival of first feline](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/major-changes-biden-dog-getting-prepped-first-feline-s-white-n1265913)** > > "She's waiting in the wings," Jill Biden told NBC's "TODAY" show co-anchor Craig Melvin of the impending arrival of the newest member of the first family. The Biden Administration: a kitty cuddle in the making. As an aside, I think there’s something wrong with people _who are in a position to have a pet_ (financial, medical, space, etc.) and yet don’t have one. Cat, dog, horse, fish, spider, whatever. There’s no excuse for a president to not have a pet. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/75 "2021-05-03T00:35:02Z")
Phew, glad you included “spider”. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/76 "2021-05-03T00:54:26Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Do the few others include Ortho and Roundup? It’s one way to reduce the number of evil (R) scum in both the House and the Senate… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/77 "2021-05-03T01:33:16Z")
There doesn’t seem to have ever been a First Tarantula. The only insectoid First Pet I can find were [John Quincy Adams’ silkworms](https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/john-quincy-adams-silkworms/). Coolidge [had a pygmy hippo](https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/coolidge-pygmy-hippo-billy/) named Billy, which was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/78 "2021-05-03T01:35:00Z")
Carter had a rabbit. (Probably called it Billy, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/79 "2021-05-03T05:20:08Z")
After his brother?! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/80 "2021-05-03T05:22:45Z")
Well, Trump _DID_ have a lapdog. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/81 "2021-05-03T05:30:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Well, Trump _DID_ have a lapdog.   Trump _was_ the lapdog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886.md?page=5)