swamppolitics.com - 11/7/2008
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by Frank James
"Dog bites man" isn't usually news. Except when the dog is Barney, the terrier belonging to President Bush, and the man is a Reuters reporter.
I'm not going to read anything more into this than Barney feeling threatened by some stranger reaching out towards him and ...
Top Headline Comments 11-07-08 —
Ace of Spades HQ
Top Headline Comments 11-07-08 Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 09:11 AM Comments 1 Heh When I saw that "Barney bites reporter" blurb I thought, The poor son of bitch better get himself tested for HIV, then I realized they were talking about the dog and not Barney Frank. Posted by: Larsen E. ...
Video: First Dog Bites Reporter —
Drudge Retort
President Bush's dog Barney bit Reuters White House correspondent Jon Decker when he tried to pet the Scottish terrier yesterday. "He totally broke the skin," said Decker, who received treatment and antibiotics from the White House doctor.
First Dog Bites Reporter —
PoliGazette
Barney Bush, America’s First Dog, was fed up with American reporters and did something many other members of the Bush administration probably thought about doing themselves: he bit a Reuters reporter who wanted to petty him.
Here’s a short video from MSNBC, where you can see ...
Bad Dog! —
Jules Crittenden
Don't bite the press! First Dog Barney bites Reuters TV's Jonathan Decker. Lifting a leg would have sufficed. Story plus vid. Damn, those newshounds are a lot nicer to that dog than they ever were to his master, and he never bit them. Bit some other people, though.
Dog Bites Man… —
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
OK, not really. He bit an Obamedia Journaljizzmer, but if you don’t look too closely they do resemble human beings. (h/t LC & IB Dan Riehl).
Reuters television White House correspondent Jon Decker reports that President Bush’s dog Barney, going on a walk this morning on the ...
Barney Goes Rogue —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Perhaps all the heightened emotion and tension of this election season got to First Dog Barney Bush, as President Bush’s wee Scottie was clearly out of sorts Thursday when he munched down on a Reuters reporter’s finger.
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