The first Barney dog bites a reporter at the White House
While President Bush has been quite chivalrous, courteous, and reserved in his rebuttals of the rampant press bias that runs almost daily in relation to his administration, the same cannot be said for the first dog, Barney.
This morning at the White House, Barney bit into a piece of mail when the reporter leaned over to pet him. Barney bit the man’s hand and made blood. The shocked media representative was treated by the White House medical staff for his injury and will survive the assault that I am pleased to report.
Jon Decker, a Reuters correspondent in Washington, was the victim of this cruel attack. “I just wanted to pet this cute and lovable dog … when he yelled at me, bit me and made me bleed … apparently he was in a bad mood … maybe he was upset with the results from Tuesday night, maybe you know who is being replaced as First Dog … “Jon recounted as he showed his bandaged hand to the MSNBC interviewer.
Barney is a Scottish Terrier, a breed not known to be overly aggressive or mean. Am I sure he knew something that we didn’t? Dogs are very instinctive and cunning when it comes to judging which human is their friend and which are their enemies. Did the reporter disrespect his master or lover? Maybe. Has the reporter been fair to the president in his reporting? Maybe not; not many have been. For some reason, Barney decided not to be friends with the surprised, now chewed up, would-be petter.
Eight-year-old Barney has been a fixture in the White House for some time. I don’t recall any other transgressions, if this was one of those, by Barney in all this time. He, in fact, has been quite a goodwill ambassador at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Among other accomplishments and devious adventures, he is quite a movie star having been the lead actor in at least nine films. His ‘Barneycam’ exploits are legendary. The Christmas movies have been my favorites, as Barney really gets into the Christmas spirit and puts anyone who watches his exploits in the same frame of mind. One of his best efforts has to be “Barney’s Holiday Extravaganza,” which made its debut in December 2006.
I’m going to miss Barney when I’m not the First Dog anymore. Thank goodness we have one more Christmas with the handsome ‘Scrooge’ of the White House.
The man bitten by a dog may now be the story of the day. I am sure there will be a lot of talk about it now that the elections are over and the media is desperate for any news that will get them to the highest audience. God knows they are fighting for any morsel today. Geez, this morning Andrea Mitchell commenting on MSNBC spent five minutes discussing with another speaking boss the absurd observation that McCain staff had seen Sarah Palin wrapped in a towel when they came to her hotel room to inform her. Duh? What should she be when she gets out of the shower? Also, Andrea, has the figure for it.
“Amazing!” Andrea exclaimed. No, Andrea, you are the amazing one who spends such an unwarranted amount of time on a story that has nothing to do with it: you and the rest of your mean and mean ‘petty’ biases who also gleefully detail how much money Sarah supposedly spent. your wardrobe. I don’t remember any stories about Hillary’s or Michelle’s wardrobe. You and your wayward cronies should get down to business for the day and drop character assignments from “Wasilla’s Wild Woman.”
My only regret to hear Barney’s scathing antics is that it wasn’t MSNBC’s vile talking head Keith Olbermann, the ‘Countdown’ blasphemer, who has also posted GW on his late-night ‘World’s Worst Person’ list on numerous occasions. as the president denigrated in countless sessions of ranting and enraging that, at times, came close to being treacherous. Or, perhaps, her partner and newly trained spinning wheel impersonator, Rachel Maddow, herself a newly appointed extremist for an hour-long left-wing opportunity on MSNBC during which she is also throwing out sarcastic and nasty comments about GW or any Republican who seizes. approach your Keith, like mind.
Good for you, Barney. That will teach those irreverent guys in the media to be more careful when sending their teacher errant to each and every evil in the country and in the world. You didn’t bite the hand that feeds you, but you did bite the hand of one of those members of the press corps who have made contempt a daily routine.
Postscript: Ms. Bush has issued a statement: “Barney is in the dog house!”