[Howlin]

Actually, Brit Hume reported it in The Grapevine.

Is he an apologist, too?

[George W. Bush]

Actually, Brit Hume reported it in The Grapevine. Is he an apologist, too?

I like Hume, my favorite journalist in fact. I'm hoping he goes after Kerry's Vietnam record with a blunt machete tonight. But publishing leaks planted by any administration is still just circulating rumors.

I asked for facts. Like statements from the White House or the nominees themselves.

I would like to see how Hume mentioned it. He's normally very careful about this kind of thing. I just didn't happen to catch that Grapevine and can't find it on my Tivo. I very much doubt that Hume presented it as a fact. The Grapevine is, by its nature, sometimes about spinning. Hence, the name 'grapevine'.

Rove's spin machine can turn out anything it wants. Bush-spin is not intrinsically superior to Klinton-spin, is it?

At the end of the day, I still want more Scalias and excuses don't cut it.