If you’ve been studying your presidential pets, you probably know that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a Scottish Terrier named Fala.  By all accounts, FDR and Fala were inseparable.  (In fact, Fala even appears next to his master at the FDR Memorial in DC.)  At one point, there were rumors that FDR accidentally left Fala behind during a trip to the Aleuitian Islands.  During the 1944 presidential campaign, Republicans contended that FDR had spent taxpayer money to send a destroyer back to retrieve Fala.  These accusations resulted in the famous “Fala speech” – you can read the full text here, but I’ve found a clip of the portion dealing with Fala and I thought it would be perfect to share with you today. 

Happy Presidents’ Day!