At 18, Socks the Cat Is Still Purring

March 27, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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Socks lives! Really. The most famous White House kitty in recent memory is now 18½, and we hear he's cheering on his former mom, Sen. Hillary Clinton, in the presidential race. Socks still lives in Maryland with former President Clinton's executive secretary, Betty Currie, and spends his days much like he did in the East Wing, lazing around in sunny windows. Presidential historian Barry Landau, who just wrote The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy, is a pal of Currie's and reveals that Socks has a minor thyroid condition but is ok.

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Cghqrqol of CA 8:45PM July 15, 2009

RIP SOCKS!

Hel of MD 12:56AM February 21, 2009

I am glad to hear Socks is alive and well. My cat Maynard is a Black-and-White American shorthair, also 18½, and also has a touch of hyperthyroidism. I will keep Socks in my thoughts and reflect on the fact that he got along with the White House press corps a lot better than George Bush's dog Barney...

PJ of IL 9:09AM December 03, 2008

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