At the End of an Era, Dog Bites Man

Defying journalistic convention, the First Dog, the Scottish Terrier Barney bit a reporter today (with video).

And again, the Administration’s press people went with a blame-the-media response rather than basic damage control. Laura Bush’s spokeswoman Sally McDonough explained to the AP “I think it was his way of saying he was done with the paparazzi.”

A better way to soften Barney’s fluffy edges–and line him up for lucrative speaking engagements–would be to point to the attributes of the breed.

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