Roberts apologizes for "sloppy seconds" remark:

[flowomo]

Roberts Apologizes, Calls Choice Of Words "Unfortunate"

A question posed to White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan at this morning’s “gaggle” by CBS White House correspondent John Roberts has attracted quite a bit of chatter on the Internet. Of course, the topic of the day is the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito, and the question from Roberts, was, “Scott, you said that – or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?”

Public Eye asked Roberts about the incident and reaction and here’s what he said:

“At the morning White House gaggle, I used an unfortunate choice of words in a question to Scott McClellan. Please be assured that there was no perjorative intent to my question. I was merely attempting to reconcile past statements about Harriet Miers with the President's new nominee for the Supreme Court."

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/10/31/publiceye/entry997460.shtml

back story is here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2202374&mesg_id=2202374

[Montauk6]

1. Well there's one guy who'll probably be getting 2 checks this week.

[afdip]

2. sounds pretty appropriate to me . . . .

[flowomo]

4. especially in light of this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2202374&mesg_id=2202476

[tocqueville]

3. truly amazing

how they crawl

[johnfunk]

5. I saw it -- LOVED the question!

I guess Scottie must've threatened to stuff a horse's head in John R's bed.

Hmmm...

Sloppy Seconds Scalito

Has a nice ring to it, don'tchathik?

[marbuc]

11. No, that's Cokie.

Sorry, couldn't resist the opening. I actually like Cokie Roberts.

[rzemanfl]

6. "Sloppy seconds Scalito" works for me. n/t

[rusty charly]

13. Secondi Sloppi Scalito!

Primo!

[crispini]

7. Oh. My. Gawd.

I hadn't heard that. That is too amazingly funny. :rofl:

[Inland]

8. Wow, that's extremely inappropriate and kinda funny. nt

[crispini]

9. It really makes me wonder...

what reporter John Roberts does in his spare time?! Bwahahahahahaha!

What does he READ that such a phrase is on the tip of his tongue? Ick!

[MadisonProgressive]

10. Totally unprofessional!

But funny as hell!! :rofl:

[mulsh]

12. did he get a call from kkkarl? - n/t

[Endangered Specie]

14. My only objection to this statement is...

it implies Miers wasn't 'sloppy firsts'

:evilgrin:

[journalist3072]

15. I don't understand the problem here

Seems like a valid question to me! He need not apologize.

[ignatius 2]

16. Why apologize for saying what most people were thinking?

How many times did Chimpy say Harriet Miers is the best person for the job? It seemed like several times day.

When a person makes those kind of final statements,then said person has set himself up for the logical questions.

[Straight Shooter]

17. I think he should apologize every time Scalito's name is mentioned.

"In the past, I used the term 'sloppy seconds' to refer to Alito. That was wrong. Now, on to my question ..."

[flowomo]

18. perfect!