Fala, the dog who helped win a presidential election
(World News USA)

On September 23, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made his famous Fala speech, which became a defining moment in his fourth presidential campaign. So who was the Terrier that helped FDR win his closest race and which Hollywood star inspired Roosevelt? Fala was born in April 1940 and he was an early holiday gift for President Roosevelt from Margaret `Daisy` Suckley, a distant relative and friend of the president`s. Suckley raised Terriers and she hand-picked a Terrier named Big Boy to go to the White House. Roosevelt renamed the dog `Murray the Outlaw of Falahill` after a Scottish ancestor and the name was quickly shortened to Fala. Fala soon became the...