Hillary dumps Socks, the white house cat

Back then, I read that Socks and the Clinton’s new dog Buddy didn’t get along, so Mrs. Currie offered to take Socks. I’m sure there are several different stories circulating about this.

Bottom line, Socks got a good home, and that’s all that really matters. How attached could Socks be to people who were never home? Families find homes for pets every day of the week. No point in tarring and feathering the Clintons over it. Besides, it happened what — maybe 8 years ago?

Some history on Sox The Whitehouse Cat

Socks, President Bill Clinton’s White House Cat

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Socks (born c. 1991) was the pet cat of Bill Clinton and the Clinton family. After the Clintons left the White House, Socks was given to Clinton’s secretary, Betty Currie.

Socks joined the Clinton family after jumping into the the arms of Chelsea Clinton while she was leaving the house of her piano teacher in Little Rock Arkansas. After winning the 1992 Presidential election Socks moved from the governor’s mansion to the White house.

While in the White House Socks was the coveted principal presidential pet until 1997 when he was “voted out of office” due to the arrival of a dog named Buddy. Socks and Buddy never got along. According to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Socks “despised Buddy from first sight, instantly and forever” and Bill Clinton said that “I did better with the Palestinians and the Israelis… than I’ve done with Socks and Buddy.”

Socks clearly was not interested in having his home taken over by a boisterous dog. Even with clipped claws, Socks never missed an opportunity to take a swipe at Buddy.

When the Clintons left office in 2001 they had a problem. Relations between Buddy and Socks had never improved. They took Buddy with them but passed Socks on to Bill Clinton’s secretary, Betty Currie. In mid-2006 socks was still living with Betty Currie and her husband in Hollywood, Maryland.

As for Buddy? He was struck and killed by a vehicle while the Clintons were on vacation in Mexico. He was apparently chasing after a contractor’s van that was leaving the Clinton’s Chappaqua estate when he ran into a busy street and was killed. The same fate took their earlier dog Zeke. As far as we know, Socks did not attend the funeral and did not send a representative.

Trivia

In one of the Congressional investigations on the Clinton administration, the use of White House staff, postage, and stationery to answer mail addressed to the cat was probed by Rep. Dan Burton.

Socks himself was featured on a great sheetlet of 9 stamps issued by the Central African Republic in 1996.

Sorry folks. My comment was on the media and how the media decides what is news and what is not. The news media in other countries has a different view from the news media in this county. Sometimes the news media is harsher than at other times. There are always different sides to a story. My sincerest apology if I offended anyone. Maybe I was a little too sarcastic. The only thing that really matters is that Socks is happy and healthy. Again, my apologies.

Teresa, no offense taken. No apologies needed.

You’re right. It all depends on how you look at things, and I understand your wondering about the media. I wondered too. I thought the story was missing some facts, so I found a little more information about Sox. All is cool! Don’t apologise, friend!

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/10/16/this-not-so-hard/

Hilarious!