Campaign silliness abounds
And I thought the McCanine and BarkObama bandanas were silly.
Seems now there's a presidential look-alike contest where you can send in photos of your dog who, yes, you think looks like Barack Obama or John McCain.
We are looking for the dogs that look most like our candidates for the "My Dog Looks Like Obama or McCain Photo Contest." Hurry, there is only one week left! Due to such great response, we have extended the deadline for photo submission until Sept. 15.
The "Is Your Dog Presidential?" contest is sponsored by Rover411 in Michigan and there are rules. Among them:
Entrants have to agree "that you will not upload or post any photos or other content that is or may be threatening, profane, harassing, defamatory, unlawful, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable...."
In other words, be civil, be good. Please. (I was going to add "respectful" to the list, but then wondered if that's even possible when you are, after all, comparing the next leader of the free world to a DOG. Yikes. But you get the idea.)
You can email your photo submission, but you must be 18 years old and register as a member of the web site first. Online voting takes place from Sept. 22 through Oct. 22.
Yeah, it's silly, but kind of nice to see some light-heartedness in this way-too-edgy campaign.
Not sure what they're looking for? Here's the web site's samples:
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
Why are there never any cat look-alike contests? Why is it always about dogs? That doesn't seem right.