Law in Popular Culture
Press Release Says ‘My Pet Lawyer’ is Better than a Labradoodle
Posted Jan 15, 2009, 09:53 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A press release suggests Barack Obama is barking up the wrong tree as he wrestles with a decision to get his daughters either a Labradoodle or a Portuguese Water Hound.
The better option, according to a gift manufacturer, is a pet lawyer. Its press release is titled: “Why a Small Hairless Lawyer Should Be America’s First Mutt.”
“Let's face it, folks, back in Bill Clinton's day it was ‘the economy, stupid’ and it is again today, so what could make more dollars and sense then a presidential pet who could also do double-duty (or dooty, as the case may be) as White House co-counsel with Greg Craig?” the press release says.
My Pet Lawyer, mentioned in the December ABA Journal, is a remote-controlled collectible that growls, laughs, sings or lets you record your own audio. It has nine prerecorded messages, including "You talkin' to me, sharkbait?" and "Pro Bono? Never heard of him!"
"When you think about it," the press release says, "My Pet Lawyer could forever change that old Truman quote to 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog … but if you plan to work in Washington, get a pit bull who can take a deposition.' "