His Life As A Dog

Bowser Obama has a bad habit of going off script (or off TelePrompter) when he's in a crowd of his supporters. It rarely turns out well. At a Labor Day rally of unionists in Milwaukee, Obama moaned: "Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington are not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true."

Personally, I wouldn't insult anything as noble and loyal as a dog by comparing it to Obama, but I might go so far as to compare him to a puppy. His bark is worse than his bite. He runs around in circles chasing his tail. He has no sense of dignity or decorum. I'm pretty sure if Michelle weren't around, he'd pee on the carpet. He jumps up and down with joy at the least accomplishment, although we haven't yet been lucky enough to teach him how to play dead.

Others far better-known and more widely-published than I have had a field day with the remark. Says Jim Geraghty at National Review: "Man, so many punchlines, so little space -- this dog has had its day, we're on to his dog-and-pony show, he's made a dog's breakfast of the economy, this explains why he always acts like he ate his own homework, the White House has gone to the dogs, he's howling at the moon, something about a ruined carpet, we feel like a fire hydrant, chasing the mailman, we're all dog-tired of him, and finally, who let this dog out?"

At Michelle Malkin's site we get: "If by 'like a dog' Obama means that every one year of his presidency feels like seven, I'm forced to agree with him. Otherwise it's a little insulting, if for no other reason than that there are many breeds of dogs that could run the country at a lower unemployment rate. How exactly does one talk about somebody like a dog? Or are the 'powerful interests' talking to a dog -- or are they speaking as a dog? Are the 'powerful interests' dog haters? Are the 'powerful interests' democrats who are trying to get re-elected? It's anybody's guess . . . I officially take back everything I wrote this summer -- I liked him better when he was on vacation."

At Pundit and Pundette, the following: "His handlers should never let him go off-prompter. In front of a friendly crowd he becomes even more full of himself and starts improvising what he seems to think are witty remarks. This one was just plain weird. And who exactly are these mean 'powerful interests'? Not the unions, I suppose, since he's speaking to a union crowd. Maybe he's talking about Nancy Pelosi? Or George Soros? Maybe Michelle is mad at him? We need to get to the bottom of this."

Considering that dogs are loyal, brave, fiercely protective of their people, and smart enough to learn from their mistakes, I fail to see any comparison to a dog. Unless, of course, you're talking about a hangdog, or a bad dog, or a hot dog, or a dirty dog, or the male offspring of a female dog, or the dog in the manger, in which case I find the analogy perfectly apt.