From The Hill: Sen. Kerry finds a new best friend (puppy)

[Pirate Smile]

Sen. Kerry finds a new best friend

What could ease the sting of a presidential election defeat better than wet, sloppy kisses and spirited games of fetch?

Probably not much. Enter Stache, Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) new schnauzer puppy. Thanks to the Boston Herald, we learn that the pup’s name comes from “the pronounced hair on his face.”

Stache joins Kim, the would-be first couple’s German shepherd, in what must be an enviable lifestyle for a pooch. He was spotted by Herald sources on the Kerry speedboat in Nantucket.

Said Kerry spokesman David Wade, “Stache sleeps half the day, barks just to hear himself speak and loves to shake hands, so he fits in perfectly in politics.”

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/062805.html

[whometense]

1. That solves the mystery

of whose dog was travelling around MA with Kerry a few weeks back.

I have a weakness for terriers, myself.

Schnauzer pup:



Who could resist that face??

[Island Blue]

3. Awwwwwwww!

How cute! :loveya: And what a lucky puppy he is, I might add!

[whometense]

4. Adorable,

isn't he? Very lucky pup. :-)

[JI7]

10. i would love to see a pic of Kerry with his new pup

he is great with dogs. that pic of him on the boat in vietnam . and there is the one with that little dog during the campaign. and another one during the campaign with the yellow dog when he went hunting. the scenes with him and the dog were the highlight of that event.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. I love the photo

of Kerry and the pup in Vietnam. Isn't that the puppy he saved? Someone told me the story of how Kerry saved the puppy in a fire and put the dog under his jacket so he wouldn't sufficate from the smoke and the little dog got so scared he peed on Kerry's jacket. LOL.

[JI7]

15. yes ,one of my favorite pics

[FreedomAngel82]

19. That's the one

Very cute photo. :loveya: The dog is so little!

[jillan]

11. That dog is sooooooooooo cute!

I had a minature schnauzer when I was a kid. So I am really in awe.
I hope Kerry doesn't get his ears clipped, we did that to "Chopper" and it broke my heart. The floppy ears are cuter anyway. Schnauzers are suppose to have those pointed ears, but they cut the ears to make them look pointy;(

[FreedomAngel82]

13. That's sooooo cute!!

I love those dogs! My dog kinda looked like that when he was a puppy. He was a mixed breed though.

[katinmn]

18. Sweeet!

I love schnauzers.

i hope the pup gives them lots of joy.

[whometense]

2. Boston Herald

Inside Track:

Kerry's new pup a howl onboard
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Monday, June 27, 2005 - Updated: 05:06 AM EST

What's a man to do when his White House hopes are dashed? Like President Harry Truman once said: ``You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.''

So the newest addition to Sen. John Kerry's inner circle is a Schnauzer puppy named Stache, who takes his handle from the pronounced hair on his face. Thankfully, Stache is a male. . . .

Anyway, the pup reported for Man's Best Friend duty recently joining a German shepherd named Kim and Sunshine, the family canary, in the Kerry-Heinz household.

Last week, Stache was spotted by our dogged spies being taken for a ride on the family speedboat in Nantucket. So he's slipping comfortably into the Kerry-Heinz haute ways, although Teresa was overheard telling a neighbor that her new pooch barfs on board.

``Stache sleeps half the day, barks just to hear himself speak and loves to shake hands, so he fits in perfectly in politics,'' said Kerry spokesguy David Wade.

Woof.

[rox63]

5. Too bad there aren't any pics

I'd love new Kerry puppy pics. :-)

[ginnyinWI]

6. I liked Wade's joke, too.

and I can only add: What, no cats?? :)

[rox63]

7. It sounds like he's a dog person

Which is fine by me. Not everyone is cut out to be a cat person.

[LeftyLizzie]

8. I think he likes cats, too.

In George Butler's book, there's a picture of him resting with a cat sleeping on his chest. Maybe Teresa's the one who isn't a cat person . . . I personally love both dogs and cats, but cats are my favorite. :D

[rox63]

9. I'm also a cat person

I don't mind being around other people's dogs. But I don't live with any, and that's fine with me. I had a bad experience with a german shepard when I was a kid. He tried to eat my parents' scottish terrier. When I got in the way of that, he sank his teeth into my leg, and almost removed a chunk. I've been kinda nervous around big dogs ever since, even if they're gentle.

[LittleClarkie]

16. Yep, it's a siamese

and it's so at ease, it's ears are drooping, a sure sign of a relaxed cat.

For some reason, I thought there was still a hamster. But I guess Licorice went to the big hamster wheel in the sky.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. Aww!

Is there a picture of the little puppy? I loved the last line. LOL! Very cute.

[BlueIris]

17. Sigh. I'm getting the "gvt. vs. big pharma on sex meds" story when

I click on that link, now. Which doesn't look so awful until you read Rep. Steve King's statements about why the government should bar funding for ED drugs:

"Sex is never medically necessary."

Nice.

True, I'm uncomfortable with funding things like Viagra and Cialis with my tax dollars but not with the "sex is never medically necessary" b.s. justification as the explanation. Especially when you read what else King had to say about why he, non-MD holding gasbag that he is, thinks sex isn't medically necessary: "“If it was, priests wouldn’t live into their ’90s.”

Nice, again. 'Cause we all know priests don't have sex. Ever. Or desire the ability to have orgasms, ever. Good Lord. So to speak.

It's this part I wish people would pay attention to, especially advocates of medical choice and sanity:

"'Ken Johnson, senior vice president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), saw it another way. 'The real losers are the hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged, low-income and senior men in America who suffer from diabetes, prostate cancer, heart disease and depression,' he said. 'Erectile dysfunction is often a consequence of these debilitating diseases, and products that address ED are part of their overall treatment. Unfortunately, the House is telling these men: tough luck … you’re on your own.'"

I really wish people cheering the barring of government funding for Viagra would look at what it means that our representatives got away with justifying their actions as acceptable on the grounds that a drug which facilitates sex should not be funded by the government because "sex isn't medically necessary." I can think of a whole pile of other pharmaceuticals, particularly those presecribed only to women, which actually benefit health in addition to enabling patients to engage in sex, which won't have a prayer of being covered should the government's efforts here continue.

All of this has probably been posted far better by other contributors to this site, but I had to get my comments here on the record.