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Home Front: Politix
CBS reporter to White House: Is Alito 'sloppy seconds?'
2005-10-31
CBSNEWS Chief White House correspondent John Roberts described the President’s selection of Judge Samuel Alito as “sloppy seconds” during today’s press gaggle with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
John Roberts: “So, Scott, you said that -- or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean that Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?”

Scott McClellan: “Not at all, John.”
"Sloppy Seconds” is described in the United Kingdom’s A Dictionary of Slang as: Noun: “A subsequent indulgence in an activity by a second person involving an exchange of bodily fluids. This may involve the sharing of drink, or more often it applies to a sexual nature. E.g. ‘I’m not having sloppy seconds, I want to shag her first.’”
Another pearl from the Class-less Broadcasting System
Posted by:Steve

#18  www.cbsnews.com

contact us - leave your thoughts
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-31 20:59  

#17  I'll go with #9 as well. He needed his stuff put in the street following a low class, sophmoric comment like that. I wonder how many parents are having a difficult time explaining what he was talking about to their young kids.
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-10-31 20:21  

#16  Was it just me, or did the Conservative boys on FNC comment that the reason for the Lefties going after DICK CHENEY was to divert and protect anyone from finding out about Bill's former Veep AL GORE AND DER HILLARY???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-10-31 20:10  

#15  I'm with #9.
Posted by: Darrell   2005-10-31 18:11  

#14  Fox reported a few minutes ago that Roberts has apologized to McClellan for his "unfortunate" choice of words.

Yep. yewbetcha. Pull his pass.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-31 17:49  

#13  Let me rephrase that:

"Oh, your CBS? Sorry but only the press is invited - you will have to sit outside the Whitehouse fence and get sloppy seconds...."
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-10-31 17:49  

#12  It's time for tar and feathers.
Posted by: SR-71   2005-10-31 17:42  

#11  The White House better pull this jackass'es press cred's or lost all respectability if you ask me.

"Oh, your CBS? Sorry but only the press is invited - you will have to sit outside the white house fence...."
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-10-31 17:34  

#10  It's equally rude in the U. S.
Posted by: Grereque Uloluper8251   2005-10-31 17:27  

#9  The proper response would have been an aside to an assistant, "Have the Marines escort Mr. Roberts to the street." Back to the reporters, "Next question."
Posted by: Glump Sholuth1699   2005-10-31 17:27  

#8  I don't think you realise quite how rude that is in the UK.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2005-10-31 16:27  

#7  cBS knows all about *SLOPPY*, they're sloppy 60's.
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-10-31 14:07  

#6  "After my 4 1/2 years covering the Bush White House, I couldn't imagine the name 'John Roberts' and the phrase 'widely admired for his intellect, his sound judgment and his personal decency' being used in the same time zone, let alone the same sentence." -- CBS's John Roberts , on the strangeness of covering the Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts. At least he acknowledges that he is a worthless tit.

Posted by: Besoeker   2005-10-31 11:56  

#5  That phrase would have been appropriate for the Clinton white house.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-10-31 11:41  

#4  â€œSloppy seconds”! Ha! I'll have to remember that one for when I get back stateside as a legend in journalism. Kinda like Walter Duranty.
Turn up the tube, Achmed. Gotta catch up on the war news. And bring me another double...
Posted by: Grizzled War Correspndent   2005-10-31 11:06  

#3  It's a question of pressure. Roberts just didn't have the time to manufacture a memo saying bad things about Judge Alito, so he reverted to high school.
Posted by: Matt   2005-10-31 11:04  

#2  Shit like this stops if the Whitehouse had the huevos to revoke press passes. The inmates to not run the asylum.
Posted by: ed   2005-10-31 10:53  

#1  Karl Rove who?
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-10-31 10:48  

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