Washington AC/DC - (Shaggy Dog Mess): "The whole country's goin' to the dogs!" according to White House poodle parlor wags after Barack Obama's promise of a hypo-allergenic fairtrade organic macro-biotic non-genetically modified bloodhound taking up residence next year.
But Bush Administration has-beens reckon the President-Elect's new attack-dog Rahm Emanuel is the biggest shaggy dog story to hit the headlines.
"We're with the 'Wag the Dog' theory about the upcoming administration's new chief of staff," executive mansion bitches working for Condi Rice said today.
"That DeNiro/Hoffman movie's got it nailed!"
The 1997 film depicted the creation of a fake war to divert public attention from a presidential sex scandal.
"Obama's born and bred to nuke Iran," a White House Vets' Office source said today.