What do Newt Gingrich and Gail Collins have in common?

They're both pet lovers ... (aren't we all?)
with no sense of priority / relevance.

Hint: The dog lived people. If he had died, maybe, maybe, you'd have a decades old story there. But people? He died a natural death.

Get over it. We've got bigger things, more important issues to concentrate on out here... Hello?