Conservatives and Their Dogs

UPDATED: In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. I’ll be inviting some names in the news to send their photos of themselves with their canine friends, but let me also invite interested FF readers to submit your own, to run in this column over the coming days.

Click here for all of the photos in the series.

My friend Seth Leibsohn, producer of Bill Bennett's "Morning in America," sends a photo of his new Brittany spaniel, Dagny.

This inspires a thought: In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. I'll be inviting some names in the news to send their photos of themselves with their canine friends, but let me also invite interested FF readers to submit your own, to run in this column over the coming days.

Seth Leibsohn and Dagny

Christopher Buckley's Jake

 

 

Peter Worthington's Murphy, after Murphy was gored by a pit bull

 

 

Reader T.B. Root, Self-portrait with his chihuahua mix, Alice

 

 

Matthew Scully with the late Herbie, rescued November 2005, died January 2008

Laura Ingraham & Lucy (who's begging for tax relief)

Lemuel Toro's Peanut, a dog whose conservative credentials are unquestioned

Barbara Amiel Black with her two Kuvasz dogs, Jonas and Maya, scooped poop in hand

Vince Kelley with his Vizsla Zoomy – Named by Donna Kelley, proud Air Force veteran and mom, after the service she loves

Rob Sisson of Republicans for Environmental Protection and his eco-retriever, Lily

Lauren Johnson and her Texas Heeler, Landry, who loves life, liberty and the Dallas Cowboys

Vicki Webster's Perry, who knows that conservation is conservative.

Sean Linnane's Jack Russell Tiny, a hunter of moles and killer of possums

Brad Smith and his Bernese Mountain Dog, Buckley