John Roberts Calls "Sloppy-Seconds" Remark A "Poor Choice of Words"

Whatever. It remains an indication of the hostility of the Bush Administration when someone's mind jumps to such a, errrm, metaphor in the course of asking what would have been a kinda stupid and hostile question anyhow.

I don't think that John Roberts would have asked if Clinton's third choice for AG, Janet Reno, was "sloppy seconds," or "filthy thirds."

Or if, given how late in the process she was chosen, she's the sort of gal who's a "2 at 10 and a 10 at 2."

Or if Reno's nomination was a metaphorical "three bagger" -- one bag over her head, one bag over yours, and one bag over your dog's head so that he can't see what you're doing and won't lose all respect for you.

But just keep in mind that John Roberts was almost chosen as CBSNews' lead national anchor, but lost the job to Bob "Mr. Adrenaline" Schieffer.

So, when Mr. Schieffer retires, and John Roberts is finally considered to have enough "gravitas" to take the helm, we can all ask him if he thinks he was "sloppy seconds" for CBS.

posted by Ace at 03:55 PM

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