From the Washington Post's puff piece on Laura Bush's holiday decorations:

...Mountains of ripening pears, apples and pomegranates have been strung in garlands across mantels in the Green and Red rooms. And a charming papier-mache menagerie of 25 presidential pets has been loosed on the antique pier tables throughout the house.

"Every president has had animals," the first lady said, adding that "really what the Christmas theme symbolizes is the majesty of creation."

Astute political observers will note that two recent presidential pets, Buddy and Socks Clinton, are missing from the papier-mache lineup. Chief florist Nancy Clarke, whose team masterminded the replicas as well as the decorations, explained their absence as without political meaning. The choice of pets was guided, she said, by the placement of presidential portraits and Bill Clinton's simply isn't up.

"It was not a slight," she said. "There is no portrait here," and thus, "no appropriate location yet."

Riiiiiiiiiight.

Yeah, sure, "he whupped daddy's ass" had absolutely NOTHING to do with it. Nothing at all.

Meanwhile, Socks the cat is going to be Grand Marshall of the Little Rock Annual Holiday Parade...

...THIS JUST IN! In a joint statement, R.Emmet Tyrell and Christopher Hitchens are reporting that Socks the cat intends to visit a local airstrip the night before the parade and deal coke, while being fellated by both Paula Jones and Juannita Broderick simultaneously! Remember, this is a Facts Machine exclusive.