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More Humiliation for Tony Blair

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    By: Bonnie Goldstein

Last week, the White House released a seven-minute video (see script below) in which the Bush family Scottish terriers, Barney and Miss Beazley, are deputized "junior park rangers." The video co-stars President George Bush; first lady Laura Bush; their daughters, Jenna and Barbara; and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. The item of greatest interest is a cameo by Tony "Yo" Blair congratulating Barney and Miss Beazley. This video snippet should eliminate whatever's left of the former British prime minister's onetime reputation  for media savvy. Doesn't he remember that when he stepped down last spring he was  widely reviled as Bush's "lap dog"?

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