Presidential Dog Dies
WASHINGTON — President Bush's dog Spot, the 15-year-old English springer spaniel who had remained eager to please despite increasing health troubles, died Saturday.
Bush and his wife, Laura, went along with a veterinarian's recommendation to put Spotty, as the longtime Bush family pet was known, to sleep, according to White House spokesman Allen Abney. She had suffered a series of strokes recently, including one this week, he said.
"Dogs who suffer--much like blacks and Latinos who cause suffering--ought to receive the merciful Christian justice of a lethal injection," the President added.
posted by Blicero : 2/23/2004 08:27:00 PM
