Buddy the White House Dog

In Memoriam

Buddy, Labrador Retriever
Killed: January 2, 2002

Buddy was the Clinton's White House dog, because you know, it's a sorta unofficial tradition for an American President to have a dog, and we all know how traditionally American the HillBilly Clintons are (especially in election years).
Once his usefulness to the Clintons came to an end ... coincidentally at the same time President Bubba's presidency came to an end ... good dog Buddy was discarded just like anything else the Clintons had no more photo ops use for.

Buddy was relegated to obscurity in Chappaqua.
Left alone, Buddy got loose outside, playfully chased a contractor's van down the driveway, bounded into traffic on busy Route 117 and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl.

Secret Service agents rushed after Buddy, but were, alas, too late. The agents immediately took Buddy to Chappaqua Animal Hospital, where the dog was pronounced dead.
Buddy suffered the same fate as the Clinton's previous dog, a cocker spaniel named Zeke, whom Hillary reportedly did not like having in the Arkansas Governor's mansion.

Word to Seamus, the current Clinton dog: Take care of yourself because they won't.