“The administration’s performance during its first four years would have been even worse without [then Secretary of State Colin] Powell’s damage control. At least once a week, it seemed, Powell trooped over to the Oval Office and cleaned all the dog poop off the carpet.”
— Lawrence B. Wilkerson (Powell’s chief of staff) in the Los Angeles Times
Someone should have trained the dog.
Problem is, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.