Midler fired back, suggesting Babydog’s butt would be a better governor than Jim Justice
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice used his State of the State address — and his dog — to take a shot at singer Bette Midler, who’d accused Sen. Joe Manchin of wanting to see America made “Poor, illiterate and strung out” like his state. Justice spoke for just over an hour, telling his constituents Thursday that their state was on the right track. “Absolutely too many people doubted us,” the 70-year-old Republican said. “They never believed in West Virginia… they told every bad joke in the world about us.” Justice wrapped up his remarks by holding up his bulldog Babydog, whose derriere he pointed at cameras, and told Midler she was the wind beneath his pup.
