Red dog, blue dog

  We've posted before about pets and politics. But now I see there's a web site where your dog can "vote."

Owners (what else is new) will have to foot the bill for their dog's voting privilege -- $9.95, the cost of a red "McCain" or blue "Obama" bandana.

The whole thing is tongue-in-cheek, of course. Cara Orfield began the online business (www.TheDogVote.com) with her husband and two neighbors in Minneapolis, Minn. in the spring.

"It's a satirical site," Orfield said. The site features a Doggie Electoral Map, and the candidate who has the most electoral votes will be declared the Doggie president.

"Right now, Obama's winning in a landslide," she said.

She admitted she would be voting for Obama in November, but that she feels her canine counterpart will be supporting McCain.

"She was a stray, but she worked her way up," Orfield said of her humane society rescue, Stella. 

 Dogs, after all, can be independent types as we all know.

They also tend to be nicer than people. So if you put one of these on your dog in public, you have to PROMISE us you will be civil when the inevitable conversation-starter gets a comment from someone with an opposing view of things.

Don't make your dog break up your fights.

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HT: Dogster