Since Obama wants to rescue a pet from a shelter, lets come up with names for the critters.

[Inchworm]

I just heard this today and really hope it brings a spotlight to the unwanted critter situation. :woohoo:

Got a cool name for Obama's critters?

:shrug:

Other president's pets from wiki.

George W. Bush Republican
Spot Fetcher - English Springer Spaniel (one of Millie's puppies (see George H. W. Bush below))
Barney and Miss Beazley - Scottish Terriers
India "Willie" - cat
Ofelia - Longhorn cow (lives at Bush's Crawford ranch)

Bill Clinton Democratic
Socks - Chelsea's cat
Buddy - Bill's chocolate Labrador Retriever

George H. W. Bush Republican
Millie - Springer Spaniel
Ranger - one of Millie's puppies

Ronald Reagan Republican
Lucky - Bouvier des Flandres
Rex - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
dogs and horses at ranch

Jimmy Carter Democratic
Grits - dog
Misty Malarky Ying Yang - Siamese cat

Gerald Ford Republican
Liberty - Golden Retriever
Misty - (Liberty's puppy born in the White House)
Shan - Siamese cat

Richard Nixon Republican
Checkers - Cocker Spaniel
Vicky - Poodle
Pasha - Terrier
King Timahoe - Irish Setter

Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic
Beagle and Little Beagle - beagles
Him and Her - beagles
Blanco - white Collie
Yuki - mongrel dog
Hamsters and lovebirds

John F. Kennedy Democratic
Charlie - Welsh Terrier
Tom Kitten - cat
Robin - canary
Bluebell and Marybelle - parakeets
Macaroni - pony
Tex and Leprechaun - ponies
Debbie and Billie - hamsters
Pushinka - mutt
Shannon - Irish Cocker Spaniel
Wolf - (mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer)
Clipper - German Shepherd
Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker - (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)
Zsa Zsa - a rabbit
Sardar - horse

Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican
Heidi - Weimaraner

Harry S. Truman Democratic
Feller - Cocker Spaniel <1>
Mike - Irish Setter

Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic
Fala - Scottish Terrier
Major - German Shepherd
Meggie - Scottish Terrier
Winks - Llewellyn Setter
Tiny - Old English Sheepdog
President - Great Dane
Blaze - Mastiff

Herbert Hoover Republican
King Tut and Pat - German Shepherds
Big Ben and Sonnie - Fox Terriers
Glen - Scotch Collie
Yukon - Eskimo dog
Patrick - Irish Wolfhound
Eaglehurst Gillette - Setter
Weejie - Norwegian Elkhound
2 Alligators

Calvin Coolidge Republican
Rob Roy and Prudence Prim - White collies
Paul Pry - Airedale Terrier
Calamity Jane - Shetland Sheepdog
Boston Beans - Bulldog
Palo Alto - Birddog
Rebecca and Horace - Raccoons
Ebeneezer - Donkey
Enoch - Goose
Smoky - Bobcat
Tiger - cat
Wallaby
Two lion cubs
Antelope
Billy - Pygmy hippo

Warren G. Harding Republican
Laddie Boy - Airedale Terrier

Woodrow Wilson Democratic
Old Ike - Ram
Puffins - Cat
Mountain Boy - Greyhound
Bruce - Bull Terrier
songbirds
sheep

William Howard Taft Republican
Caruso - Dog
Mooly Wooly and Pauline Wayne - Cows

Theodore Roosevelt Republican
Pete - Bull Terrier
Skip - Rat Terrier
Blackjack - Manchester Terrier
Manchu - Pekingese
Rollo - Saint Bernard
Sailor Boy - Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Tom Quartz and Slippers - Cats
Emily Spinach - Garter snake
Algonquin - Pony
Maude - Pig
Josiah - Badger
Jonathan - Piebald rat
Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, and Father O'Grady - Guinea pigs
Baron Spreckle - Hen
Eli Yale - Macaw
Fedelity - Pony
Gem and Susan - Dogs
A one-legged rooster

William McKinley Republican
Washington Post - Yellow-headed Mexican parrot
Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome - Angora kittens
Roosters

Benjamin Harrison Republican
Whiskers - Goat
Dash - Collie
Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection - Opossums

Grover Cleveland Democratic
poodle
mockingbirds

Chester A. Arthur Republican
No record of any pets

James A. Garfield Republican
Kit - Horse
Veto - Dog

Rutherford B. Hayes Republican
Dot - Cocker Spaniel
Hector - Newfoundland
Duke - English mastiff
Grim - Greyhound
Juno and Shep - Hunting dogs
Jet - Dog
Piccolomini - Cat
Miss Pussy - Siamese Cat

Ulysses S. Grant Republican
Butcher Boy, Cincinnatus (a gift from the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio), Egypt, Jeff Davis (his wartime mount), Jennie, Julia, Mary and St. Louis - Horses
Billy Button and Reb - Ponies
Faithful - Newfoundland
Rosie - Dog

Andrew Johnson Democratic/National Union
Fed white mice he found in his bedroom

Abraham Lincoln Republican/National Union
Nanny and Nanko - goats
Jack - Turkey<2>)
Fido - Dog
Horse
Rabbit

James Buchanan Democratic
Lara - Newfoundland
Punch - Toy terrier
Eagle

Franklin Pierce Democratic
Seven miniature Oriental dogs
Two birds from Japan

Millard Fillmore Whig
Mason and Dixon - Ponies

Zachary Taylor Whig
Old Whitey - Horse

James K. Polk Democratic
Horse

John Tyler Whig
Le Beau - Italian Greyhound
Johnny Ty - Canary
The General - Horse

William Henry Harrison Whig
Sukey - Cow
Goat

Martin Van Buren Democratic
Briefly owned two tiger cubs

Andrew Jackson Democratic
Pol - parrot
Fighting cocks
Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patches and Truxton - Horses

John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican/National Republican
American Alligator
Silkworms

James Monroe Democratic-Republican
Spaniel

James Madison Democratic-Republican
Macaw - Parrot

Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican
Dick, Mockingbird
Buzzy and unknown - Briards (dogs)
2 Bear Cubs

John Adams Federalist
Juno and Satan - Dogs
Cleopatra - Horse

George Washington none
Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan - Staghounds
Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy - Black and Tan Coonhound
Royal Gift - Donkey
Nelson - Horse

:hi:

[MissMillie]

1. Powell (for either a dog or kitteh)

:hi:

[Inchworm]

3. Hmm, Powie for short?

:D

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

2. A bonded pair of house rabbits named Hope and Change.

Who doesn't love rabbits?

[Inchworm]

4. Oh, I like that idea

:woohoo:

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

5. Well it depends on what the animal is.

I hope he does rescue an animal. That would be cool.

That's interesting about all the Presidential pets.

[DS1]

6. Use a symbol, like Prince

I dunno, maybe a backwards B

:D

[charlie and algernon]

7. get two cats and re-use "Miss Pussy" and "Misty Malarky Ying Yang"