Was his adoption engineered to look like a rescue - or at least blur the line to head off criticism that the Obamas had picked a purebred from a breeder?

是不是奥巴马的收养行为只是被安排得像是一次救助，或者至少模糊了界线以堵住那种“奥巴马从养犬人那里弄了只纯种狗”的批评呢？