January 29, 2005
CNN Just Can't Help Itself

So I'm baching it this weekend (Pee Wee and my better two-thirds are visiting family in SC) and sleep until about 10:00 before heading to the kitchen to make some coffee. I turn the tv on for some weather info and background noise (usually provided by Pee Wee). The tv just happens to be on CNN and I hear Kelli Arena make this comment about new AG Alberto Gonzales:

"Instead of upholding the law of the land, he will be pushing the Bush agenda."

So let me see if my groggy ears heard this correctly--the Bush agenda is illegal? I don't think I've taken it out of context--I don't think there were any qualifiers about torture memos, Gitmo detainees, or the like. Just to be sure, I'll check Lex/Nex next time in the office; if I have quoted Ms. Arena unfairly I'll post a correction.

UPDATE: Here are Arena's comments from the show's transcript:

Well, the big concern, as expressed loudly by Democrats this week, is that he will just be an extension of the White House. That instead of upholding the law of the land, that he will be pushing the Bush agenda.

It appears that Arena is repeating Dems claim that the Bush agenda is illegal rather than taking that position herself.

Posted by E. Frank Stephenson at 11:52 AM  ·  TrackBack (4)

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