This may be the political photo of the year.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I want this airbrushed on the side of a van.

This may be the political photo of the year.

Link to tweet

[leftieNanner]

1. Who is the guy?

The woman in the corner is hilarious!

[Vinca]

4. The idiot West Virginia governor . . . proving he's an asshole.

[doc03]

5. Looks like Jim Justice Goveronor of WV

[gratuitous]

12. Is that him on the left or the right?

Oh, someone had to say it.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. poor dog. this is not cool

[EYESORE 9001]

3. OK, this may be the end for me of any involvement with twitter

I went to Twitter, searching for a crumb of context. I tried to look through more replies and got prompted to log in or sign up. It never happened before, so I’m thinking it’s new. I’m not joining twitter just to find out the meaning behind a politician showing us a dog’s ass.

[tblue37]

7. I am severely hearing impaired, so I can't understand anything said in this clip (2nd tweet), so

I still don't know why the dog was there, but the dog arrives at 1:15 in the clip. I assume you can hear the words & thus figure out why.

Link to tweet

[Srkdqltr]

6. What in the absolute f is this? Are we getting this stupid on DU?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Some context:

TOP STORY

Justice touts achievements, tells haters to kiss Babydog's hiney in delayed State of the State address

By Lacie Pierson [e-mail] 15 hrs ago

Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday used his second State of the State address as a victory lap for economic development and tourism in West Virginia, saying the state had avoided a lot of the partisan bickering that’s taking place in Washington, D.C.

Then came Babydog.

After touting more than $3 billion in economic development, congratulating people in recovery from substance abuse and members of his Cabinet, Justice turned West Virginia’s most famous bulldog around and had her deliver a message to the world on behalf of the Mountain State.

“They told every bad joke in the world about us,” the governor said. “So from that standpoint, Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, kiss her hiney.”

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Lacie Pierson covers politics. She can be reached at 304-348-1723 or lacie
[e-mail]. Follow @laciepierson on Twitter.

[Aristus]

9. What an asshole!

Not crazy about the dog, either...

[Boomerproud]

11. So he proves everyone's negative feelings about West Virginia.

Oh where is the bottom?

[RainCaster]

10. Look at that- TWO assholes!

Not just one, but two. I bet they both stink as well.