Excellent article by Cal Thomas.
He did, however, get one of his citations wrong. No. 2 cites "a Whitehouse spokesman," when it was actually Mary McGrory who was definetly NOT a WH spokesperson, and who wrote for the Wash. Post.
Otherwise, a great play on the...OOPS! I won't give it away.
The quote by the White House spokesman was within the longer quote by Mary McGrory which was cited by Thomas.
It was a great piece. But your criticism is incorrect; that reference to a white house spokesman was in the original excerpt; Thomas made no mistake.