In a bizarre, cynical rant, Slate writer Ruth Graham penned a piece bashing Sully, a dog, of all things. Sully was former President George H.W. Bush’s service dog who accompanied him the last six months of his life. Graham’s bitter diatribe about a service dog communicates the lack of decency many extreme liberals harbor towards positivity and sentimentality in the news — especially as it relates to Republicans.

After Bush died, Sully was photographed near his casket.