Joe Biden's Poor Choice of Judgment

Biden Second Puppy Coming From Pound

Joe Biden's wife Jill gave him a German Shepherd puppy as a post-election present. The Vice President-elect loves the breed, but he took some heat for his choice from animal rights activists who wish he had chosen a dog from a shelter. Now Biden tells ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that he's getting a second dog, and this one will come from the pound. "I've had German Shepherds since I was a kid and I've actually trained them and shown them in the past," Biden said. "So I wanted a German Shepherd and we're going to get a pound dog, which my wife wants, that is hopefully a Golden [Retriever]." Source

Well, that was the hot animal advocacy news for this week... From the inception and launch of www.biden.com along with the petition started, it took only four days for the news story to be twisted in various ways. At the end, the "established" positions seem to be yes, it was yet another puppy mill puppy purchase from a miller, but it was a gift and "I've had them before" which is somehow supposed to justify all of this in the end.

I'm still waiting for the public apology from Biden... After all, how many of us have been pleading for people to adopt and not shop, to not buy petshop puppies and/or to give puppies as gifts, especially during the holidays? So far, none of his comments do this and they invalidate all of the animal advocates' hard work to educate the public and reduce the inhumanity of the pet trade industry.

Sorry, Joe... Not good enough... Yet... Try again, please!