Which dog sweater do you prefer? Perhaps the oddest question Obama has ever been asked #youtubeasksobama -> pic.twitter.com/EzsLDSRns1
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 15, 2016“Our brand of democracy is hard,” said President Barack Obama on Tuesday night, during his final State of the Union address.
“But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I’ll be right there with you as a citizen — inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.”
Well. I’m sure Obama is very inspired by all those voices, and I am sometimes too, but I would like to know which voices in particular are counseling him about one of the great issues of our time: dog pants.
And not just any issue around canine locomotive fashion, but the great one: If a dog wore pants, how would he wear them?
As I wrote last month, and as all right-thinking people agree, the four-legged pants are correct. Dogs have four legs, and pants cover all your legs, ergo: Dog pants should be four trousered, and the lefthand image wins.
But Politico reports that the president chose otherwise on Friday:
“You gotta go with this,” Obama said immediately pointing to the diagram featuring a drawing of a dog with pants on just its hind-legs. “This, I think, it’s a little conservative…too much fabric,” he said about the pair that would cover all four legs.
Poorly done, Mr. President. I’ve had your back many times in the past, but don’t expect me to come running when that horse-sized duck finally shows up.