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Paul Waldman
This is the elegant if ridiculously named Miss P, the winner of last night’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Backstage, an inconsolable owner wondered when the Mexican hairless would get the respect it deserves. “All they care about is looks!” he cried. “I think I’ll lick my butt,” his dog silently replied.
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Follow @paulwaldman1 More by Paul Waldman
