GB - I'm sorry your dog died and I hope you feel better

Everyone who has ever had the pleasure of sharing your life with a beloved dog or cat knows that pain and hurt you feel when the end comes. On another note, the thread where you are called a liar and a name-caller wasn't based on anything true. It's just more evidence of the unraveling of an unhappy and dissatisfied person. Pay them no mind, no one else does.

But thank you for your kind remarks.

“There’s a well-known saying in Washington, ‘If you want a friend, get a dog,’” the former president said. “Well, I got one because I needed a friend during the presidency who would be nice to me no matter what. “

Obama later noted that trolls often take over the comments of his social media posts. He said his and former first lady Michelle Obama’s tributes to Bo, who moved into the White House in April 2009, “are the only posts where everybody posted something nice.”

“I can’t tell you how many people said, ‘You know, I think you were the worst president ever but here’s my dog and I really feel sorry for you because I know how close I was with my dog,’” Obama said.

“It actually told you something about how important people’s pets are in their family’s lives,” he added. “As I was reading these comments, it did make me sometimes think, ‘Gosh, if we could be as kind and thoughtful toward each other as we are about our pets, we’d be doing a little bit better.’”