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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (746112)	7/25/2006 10:51:14 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

travelingdogs.com Clintons Lose Their Best Buddy In Accident By Bobby Cuza STAFF WRITER January 4, 2002 Chappaqua - Christine Meyer, proprietor of Wags & Whiskers, the local pet grooming store, got the phone call at 7:30 a.m. yesterday. Buddy, former first dog and a yearlong resident of Chappaqua, had gone to that great kennel in the sky. The 4-year-old chocolate labrador was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon on Route 117, a busy two-lane road. He apparently bounded down the sloping cul-de-sac that has been home to the Clintons since last January in playful pursuit of a contractor who had just left the residence. He was pronounced dead Wednesday night at Chappaqua Animal Hospital. "It was a little bit of a shock," said Meyer, who gave Buddy a shampoo about once a month. She got the bad news from an employee as word spread rapidly in Chappaqua. She remembered the dog as easygoing, unimpressed by frills. "The only toy he ever wanted to play with was a ball," she said. "A nice old-fashioned tennis ball. Nothing fancy. That was his thing." Former President Bill Clinton was often spotted with Buddy around town, as was one of Clinton's personal assistants, Oscar. Neither Clinton nor his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, was home at the time of the accident. Chappaqua police did not reveal the name of the driver who struck Buddy. The Clintons issued a statement yesterday saying Buddy "was a loyal companion and brought us much joy." The dog was given to the Clintons in late 1997 as a gift and named after the president's great-uncle, Henry Oren "Buddy" Grisham. Buddy had a famously acrimonious relationship with Socks, the first cat. When the Clintons left the White House, Socks went to live a peaceful, non-Buddied life with Clinton secretary Betty Currie, while Buddy moved to Chappaqua. Neighbors, though, had only fond memories of the lab. At least one well-wisher pulled up to the Clinton driveway yesterday, condolence letter in hand, only to be rebuffed by a Secret Service agent. Sheila MacWilliams, whose backyard abuts that of the Clintons, recalled how on Christmas Day, Buddy had been playing outside with her beagle, Chase. "Everybody's sad," she said. "But it's funny. A lot of people have been calling me ... 'Shouldn't they have somebody watching the dog?' I said, well, yeah. But we had an invisible [electric] fence and our dog shot through it and a truck hit it." Even Ron, the local mailman, said he had no beef with Buddy. Admittedly, their interactions were few - "I saw the dog once," Ron said - because the Clintons' mail is sorted and delivered separately. "Buddy got along with everybody. Everybody liked Buddy; Buddy liked everybody," said Meyer, the pet store owner. "He definitely earned his nickname." Copyright © 2002, Newsday, Inc.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (746112)	7/25/2006 10:54:15 PM
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google.com Q: Why is Bill Clinton happy he named his dog "Buddy?" A: Because it's a BAD TIME to be yelling "come Spot!" in the Whitehouse.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (746112)	7/25/2006 10:55:57 PM
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (746112)	7/25/2006 11:05:32 PM
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Thursday, January 3, 2002 Buddy Clinton, Presidential Labrador Killed by Car CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (USA) — Buddy, the United States' former First Dog and (according to some public polls) the most respected character to occupy the White House at the end of the 20th century, died just outside his upstate New York home Wednesday afternoon. According to Officer Bruce Cathie of the New Castle police, the 4-year-old Chocolate Lab was struck and killed by a Ford Explorer on Route 117, a busy two-lane road at the end of Old House Lane where the ex-president and family now live. It was determined that the 17-year-old driver of the vehicle, Halie Ritterman was not at fault. Officer Larry Green said that Buddy "just darted out in front of a car." Secret Service agents indicated that Buddy ran off "playfully chasing a contractor" who had just left the property in a van. Agents rushed after the dog and arrived at the accident scene moments after he had been struck, police reported. Buddy was taken to the Chappaqua Animal Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A spokesperson for the Clinton family issued a statement that the former president and his wife are currently vacationing in Acapulco, but they are "deeply saddened by Buddy's death." Buddy 1997-2002 Barney and Spotty, White House dogs, express their condolences along with the Bush family. (Photo: Susan Sterner / White House) The ebullient Labrador had joined the White House as a puppy in late 1997 and quickly rose to political fame as the most widely-photographed presidential pet. His rambunctious hijinks won him constant notoriety, such as the time when he attacked and devoured a box of reporters' doughnuts, or when he cleverly tangled Bill Clinton up in a leash and knocked the president to the ground in front of TV cameras. "He was a loyal companion and brought us much joy," said the Clintons. "He will truly be missed."