What is he, a mere animal without a will? Pavlov's dog?
"[H]e could do extraordinary things by not falling into the trap that I think he is: of waking up in the morning and meeting with the military. So that's all he gets for input, unless we can make ourselves heard somehow."
-- Joan Baez, quoted here
Remember this from last September, the president complaining how he thought his opposition likened him to a dog?:
"And over the last two years, that's meant taking on some powerful interests -- some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time. And they're not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. (Applause.) That's not in my prepared remarks, it's just -- but it's true."
Who knew those powerful interests included Joan Baez?
