subject: Socks : One Of The Famous Family Cat Of U.s [print this page] Socks (March 1989 - February 20, 2009) was the family cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton. After two terms as its owner, Socks lived with the secretary Betty Currie, Clinton .
Socks was adopted by the Clintons in 1991 after he jumped into the arms of Chelsea Clinton while she was leaving the house of her piano teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas. Socks playing with her brother who was adopted Midnight by someone else. When Bill was elected president Cliton, Socks moved with the family of the official residence of the governor of Arkansas to the White House and became the "pet principal family" according to Bill Clinton, although it is known that the president shared his food and water with a stray tabby cat named Slippers. Socks was often brought when visiting schools or hospitals.
During the Clinton administration, children were guided by a cartoon representation of Socks when visiting the website of the White House.
It is possible that Socks lost its position as the Clinton pet in 1997 when they acquired Buddy, a Labrador Retriever. A joke conveyed by fans of the cat said that the cat had been dismissed from his post at the White House in favor of more traditional dog. According to Hillary Clinton, Buddy the cat hated at first sight and Bill Clinton added that "he had shown better with ... Palestinians and Israelis that he had done with Socks and Buddy . When the Clintons left the White House in 2001, they brought Buddy into their new home, but left Socks with Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie.
In December 2002, Socks was part of the Christmas parade in Little Rock. In October 2004, Socks made a public appearance when Betty Currie was invited to a dinner speech at the Officers' Spouses Club at Andrews Air Force Base.
In June 2008, still lives Socks with Betty Currie and her husband in Hollywood, Maryland but suffered significant health problems, hair loss, weight loss, thyroid and kidney . In December 2008, it was announced that Socks was very ill and suffering from cancer jaw. It was euthanized Feb. 20, 2009 in Hollywood, Maryland . It should have been twenty years in 2009, his date of birth was estimated in summer 1989 .
Dan Burton, Republican put into question publicly the use of personnel and supplies to the White House to respond to letters addressed to the cat .
First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a children's book Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets in 1998 with more than fifty letters to pet the family presidantielles and more than eighty photographs of Socks and Buddy . A comic called Socks Goes to Washington: The Diary of America's First Cat written by Michael O'Donoghue and Jean-Claude Suares was published in 1993 .
Socks was also a character in the comic strip If ... Steve Bell in The Guardian he described as "the most powerful cat in the world" and the "chief of staff of the fisheries." In the comic strip by Berkeley Breathed Outland Socks is involved in a homosexual affair with Bill the Cat. They appear together in a talk show along with other presidential pets (Checkers, Rex, Millie) to talk about animals gay presidents.
Socks is also present in an episode of the sitcom Murphy Brown in December 1993 entitled Sox and the Single Girl in Socks which is removed from the White House during a dinner with the press . On 1 April 1994, during a Larry King Live, a puppet of the Muppet Show in the likeness of Socks was the special guest interviewed by Kermit the frog , [Note 1].
In 1996, Socks is shown in a series of stamps of Central African Republic with Bill Clinton.
The video clip of Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes group tells the story of an obsessive fan wearing a suit Socks and trying to assassinate him when the cat made a public speech. Socks emerged unscathed while the offender is arrested.
Socks was the subject of a proposed video game for NES and Sega Mega Drive canceled in 1993 entitled Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill .
