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GAY MARRIAGE SONG & DANCE

Tuesday's White House press briefing with spokesman Scott McClellan
focused almost entirely on the president's announcement that he was
backing a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.  The
first question out of the box went like this...

"...(F)our years ago, in the South Carolina primary debate, the
President was asked, 'So if a state were voting on gay marriage, you
would suggest to that state not to approve it?' And the response of the
President was, 'The state can do what they want to do.' When did the
President change his mind that the issue of gay marriage was not a
matter for states and, in fact, was a federal issue?"

Hmmm.  A VERY legitimate question.  That's when the ol' Washington
two-step took the stage...and never left.  McClellan ducked the
question, danced around it and never addressed it directly - along with
many other valid, related questions - for the duration of the briefing.
You can read the full masterful performance of McClellan's
song-and-dance transcript at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040224-5.html  

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