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The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny arf - the sound of a lap dog.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Thin
Bush
Conservative
Dog
Politics
Emitting
Sound
Lap
Another
Unpleasant
Gathering

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