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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Wednesday, July 30, 2003 :::
Yahoo! News - Bush Rejects Calls to Legalize Gay Marriage:
President Bush on Wednesday rejected same sex marriage but declined to pass moral judgment on homosexuality, saying he was 'mindful that we're all sinners.'
Paraphrasing the Bible at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Bush told reporters, "I caution those who may try to take the speck out of the neighbor's eye when they've got a log in their own."
This seems typical of reports in the press. I heard most of the press conference on the radio, and this struck me as an especially tricky question for the President to field, but if I had to guess what question from the press conference Reuters would focus on, I wouldn't have picked this. My first guess would have been the question about Condi Rice, whom I thought he defended very weakly (he said that she's wonderful, and that we're lucky to have her service, but didn't address the specific question about her). And if I read the transcript, I could probably find a few other points from that would strike me as more significant.
In other words, I wouldn't necessarily describe this as "liberal bias", but it certainly doesn't work as cliff notes for the 55-minute press conference, which is what the main article about a press conference ought to do.
::: posted by Steven at 11:05 PM
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