Those Other “Unfortunate” Words
posted at 6:46 pm on May 31, 2009 by Legal Insurrection
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“Scott, you said that – or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?”
CBS News Correspondent, John Roberts, at White House Press Briefing, questioning White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Roberts later apologized, saying he had used “an unfortunate choice of words.”
After Roberts apologized, Huffington Post blogger Paul Krassner answered the question for McClellan: “Yes, sloppy seconds.”
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