It's not pandering . . .
. . . if it's about real panders.
And it is not impossible that you will find more such photographs in today's Washington Post.
[UPDATE] Our friends at the WaPo moved stuff around, breaking the link. Now go HERE for lots of Butterstick goodness.
Presented for your delectation by the Gentleman Farmer at 5:34 AM
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post a commentWhat kind of farm did you grow up on, exactly?
THIS KIND.
Which explains the fascination with the Pandas.
I proudly admit, girlfriday, that it is I who obsesses over those adorable Chinese bears.
The world would be a much better place with more Giant Pandas around. Let me explain:
(a) Tai Shan, or "Butterstick," is pretty rare and important, being the first Giant Panda bred in captivity (they don't really do it in the wild) inside the U.S. He's supposed to go home when he's two years old (or so the lease says), and negotiating his permanent stay in the States will be pretty interesting with China in 19 months. So he's a hot political issue.
(b) Tai Shan is also absolutely, incredibly, mind-bogglingly adorable. Hands down a total cutie. Not down with the whole "but he's a dude" angle, gentlemen? Two words: chick magnet.
(c) Parts (a) and (b) dovetail nicely into a prescription for breaking the agonizing partisanship and buffoonery on Capitol Hill (only a few miles from Butterstick's sleeping bowl) - if all political issues were as lovable as this little panda, we'd get a whole lot more done.
how would you know, HH? you don't even live here anymore. I don't even know who you are these days.
I meant at the National Zoo, obviously. And I also meant "to actually survive past stick of butter phase." But still.