July 12, 2005

The art of the non-answer, by Scott McClellan

When I grow up, I want to be a press secretary to the President of the USA. It’s an easy job. You stand in front of reporters and come up with different ways of saying, “no way I’m going to answer your question, you member of the liberal press you.”

The textbook for my MBA in becoming a press secretary comes from this particular press conference given by Mr. Scott McClellan" yesterday. The press wanted to discuss the Valerie Plame investigation. McClellan did not. Read and learn and maybe one day you, too, can be a press secretary! Skip the first few paragraphs of the press briefing, which is just McClellan relaying W’s rhetoric on the London bombings.