Her and Him
The Life Magazine cover story on June 19, 1964 about President Lyndon Johnson's beagles, named Her and Him, was more damage control than fluff piece. For months, howls from the press and public had assailed Johnson after he picked up beagle Him by his ears for photographers. When the hounds protested, Johnson claimed everyone who liked dogs liked to hear them yelp. The American Kennel Club and the ASPCA disagreed. The White House kennel keeper, in his memoir Dog Days at the White House, says Johnson did love his dogs but never would admit there was anything wrong with lifting a beagle by the ears, but in an election year, Johnson had to turn public opinion around.
Maybe Nixon's dog, Checkers, could have helped him with public opinion if he had lived to see his master become President.
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