Yuki Johnson

I know that LBJ was protested until the cows came home over that incident where he lifted one of his beagles by the ears for a photograph (I probably would've been right there on the White House lawn protesting too), but this pic and story about Yuki, the abandoned-at-the-gas-station mutt, and his singing companion, President LBJ, is easy fodder for a dog lover. When you see a guy throwing his head back and howling in unison with a dog, it's hard to not instinctively know that he's an animal lover.(U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, David Bruce, in the background.)

Speaking of which, I really wish the Obama's would pick a rescue pitbull mix (www.badrap.org has pics of a pit Katrina survivor sitting proudly among a class of autistic children that her new owner teaches). Those dogs are the sweetest, most photogenic group on the planet.

And . . . I'm sure Sarah Palin could really use the positive PR right now. :)