Politics really is dog-eat-dog.
And America is dog-crazy, since most households have resident pooches.
Which makes Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's thoughtless cruelty toward a family canine so loathsome.
And President Barack Obama's childhood noshing on dog meat so yucky.
To be fair, Willard was an adult father of five young sons when he strapped crated Irish setter Seamus to the roof of the family car for a 12-hour trip to Canada.
And Barry Obama was only six to ten years old when he ate some traditional Indonesian stew containing Canis lupus.
The future President lived in south and central Jakarta with his mother and stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, from 1967-71.
Soetoro, Ann Dunham's second husband, was a geologist and back-sliding Muslim. Islam dietary laws forbid the eating of dog meat.
Meanwhile, First Dog Bo always rides inside the presidential limousine. (22 APRIL 2012)
