Posted on 10/31/2005 8:48:13 AM PST by NewMediaFan
CBS REPORTER TO WHITE HOUSE: ALITO 'SLOPPY SECONDS?' Mon Oct 31 2005 11:26:56 ET
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?”
Scott McClellan: “Not at all, John.”
Sloppy seconds” is described in the United Kingdom’s A Dictionary of Slang as:
Noun: “A subsequent indulgence in an activity by a second person involving an exchange of bodily fluids. This may involve the sharing of drink, or more often it applies to a sexual nature. E.g. ‘I’m not having sloppy seconds, I want to shag her first.’”
Developing...
CBS News has a new boss.
Hey, Mister New Boss! Got broom?
Nice to see that class and proper behavior are held in such esteem. There is a time nad place to be vulgar and crude. The WH is NOT one of those places.
Seconds? More like twenty-thirds from what I hear.
So Roberts, does this explain why CBS is sloppy fourths in the ratings?
Damn. Those Journalist Elites are so sophisticated...
Why the surprise. That is the only level of reportership John Roberts probably knows.
Ex-Canadian disk jockey...he should know.
Agreed, I'd love to hear him say that.
If McClellan had any quick wit at all, He would have said "I will not tolerate language such as that in the walls of the white house press room. Security, please escort this man out...any further questions?"
Alito is the kind of judge we wanted from the first.
I don't care what kind of slur they throw at him. The only thing I care about is that he's a constitutionalist. The very thing they hate about him is that he's a constitutionalist, and they are going to throw every kind of insult imagineable at him.
I don't care.
We wanted a fight, we got the fight we wanted. We're going to win it, and they are going to look like fools when we are done.
The mainstream press is made up of conformist thinkers without a single original thought among them. They look to one another for the talking points of the day, and since no one knows what to say, they just pull out the DNC fax and read it. There aren't many bright bulbs in the journalism business, sadly.
"I will not address such a rudely framed and insulting question from members of the media. If you care to offer an inteliigent question, properly framed in manner respecting the dignity of the WH and SCOTUS nominees, I will do so at a future time. Otherwise Mr. Roberts, I will take no further questions from you."
Agreed. The Administration's media strategy and team is simply abysmal.
cbs would be lucky to be sloppy seconds. How low are their ratings now?
I don't know about McClellen, but I know his boss doesn't have the stones to do that.
hey john roberts, how many times have you grabbed your ankles when dan rather came around and gave you his sloppy seconds, or do you prefer older and it was andy rooney?
He should be fired.
I see CBS has the same amount of class as they always have--which is to say, none, except LOW class.
And don't forget Howard Dean's comment about "playing hide the salami".
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