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Greetings from St. LouisI've been attending the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Good panels, good jazz, but, unusually, not so good food at the gala. They did however give us a free ride to the top of the Gateway Arch...When the Going Gets Tough...
There's no doubt that there will be quite a few out there going after Judge Alito. How Senate Democrats will play is anyone's guess (or do we know?), but we know how the acolytes are going to handle it. For...MSM Shows it's Class - Again.
The Methodical JuristCBS REPORTER TO WHITE HOUSE: ALITO 'SLOPPY SECONDS?'
CBSNEWS Chief White House correspondent John Roberts described the President?s selection of Judge Samuel Alito as ?sloppy seconds? during today?s press gaggle with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. John Roberts: ?So, Scott, you said that -- or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean that Alito is sloppy seconds, or what??Tacky, or what?
Apparently this was too much even for CBS, and someone there must have hit Roberts upside the head with a cluebat:
Scott McClellan Gets Apology from the 'Other' John Roberts
Sometimes the badgering gets pretty brutal at the daily White House briefings. Possibly reporters quietly apologize to Press Secretary Scott McClellan (though we doubt it). It's rare, however, when the apology is quite public.It happened today after CBS newsman John Roberts asked McClellan if today's appointment of a new nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court amounted to little more than "sloppy seconds, or what?" Among other things this has a rather unfortunate sexual connotation.Another reporter caught in the act of being himself!
?At the morning White House gaggle, I used an unfortunate choice of words in a question to Scott McClellan. Please be assured that there was no perjorative intent to my question. I was merely attempting to reconcile past statements about Harriet Miers with the President's new nominee for the Supreme Court. "The early morning White House gaggle is an informal, free-wheeling and often irreverent forum, which is not broadcast and generally not publicly available.In other words, nobody was supposed to notice even THAT degree of mudball throwing at McClellan - after all he works for Bush and is therefore only fair game.
"Obviously, my tone this morning was a little too casual."Obvious at least after the above-mentioned cluebat session.
Finally, no MSM apology would be allowable without the mandatory "weasel out" statement - don't actually apologize for the statement - apologize for someone else being so up tight that they took offense.
"As we all experience from time to time, it was one of those 'oops' moments which we wish we could rewind and re-record. I apologize to anyone who took offense to my poor choice of words. I can assure you I meant none."
The New York Times on Alito: As a federal appeals court judge for 15 years, Judge Alito has amassed a more extensive paper record than either John G. Roberts Jr., who sailed through his confirmation as chief justice, or Harriet...Filibuster
Political Wire:Looming over the pending nomination fight, however, is the filibuster, which can cut both ways. To block the White House nominee could play well with the Democratic Party base but it also could expose vulnerable incumbents to the same...It's Alito
What a nice morning it was to watch the news: Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court. The nomination of a real, live conservative is a great way to drive nails into the coffin of the Miers debacle. And you can't...You Know You're Lucky When...
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