What IS It About Republicans And Their Dogs?

by tristero

Santorum. Woof! Goldstein. Woof! And now, an unhealthy dog obsession from a fellow that knows a helluva lot about barking up the wrong tree:

Billionaire right-wing godfather Richard Mellon Scaife — who famously funded an investigation of Bill Clinton’s sex life that resulted in a presidential impeachment — is having female troubles of his own.

Police responded to a call last week when Scaife’s estranged and apparently enraged second wife, Margaret (Ritchie) Scaife, arrived at his estate in Pittsburgh. She allegedly assaulted his housekeeper, his security chief and his cancer-ridden secretary while a cook fended off her violent attempt to take the family dog.

“He’s in a trauma. He was almost choked to death when she was grasping the leash,” the 73-year-old Scaife, who almost never gives interviews, complained to Lowdown’s Nicole Pesce yesterday. “She claims that the dog belonged to her because the dog is in her name on the registration papers. But she gave the dog to me nine years ago. So he’s my dog.”

There is no truth to any rumors that the estranged Mrs. Scaife was trying to rescue the pooch from unspeakable abuses. Yet.