Who Needs an Economy When You Got a Dog?

They’ve always said that “a man’s best friend is a dog,” so maybe President Barack Obama had a new hidden motive with the purchase of the family’s new pet.

While the economy remains skeptical, many question the bailout, and the immigration bill spurs debate – Obama’s idea of an Easter weekend included a new gift for his daughters.

The six-month old Portuguese Water Dog named “Bo” is now the luckiest dog in the world. I mean his new home is the White House, he has plenty of open grass to run in, and will never have to work another hard day in his life.

According to a report by The Washington Post, the daughters selected the name Bo because their cousin has a cat named Bo and Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley, as in Bo Diddley.

Touching!

The dog is a gift from Ted Kennedy and the Post reports that the girls anxiously wanted a dog since their father promised one during his campaign trail for presidency.

And what’s even sadder then this story being “big news?”

How about the genius who went to all of the trouble of creating a new web site (firstdogcharlie.com) for the dog he or she assumed would be the first dog in the White House?

Yeah that’s right, somebody created a web site dedicated to a dog named Charlie, a fellow Portuguese Water dog, whom the site’s creator figured was the selection of the Obama family.

I guessed he or she figured wrong.

And the final punchline?

The White House actually took time out of their schedule to dismiss the web site as false.