http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050526-1.html
Q There are news reports this morning that parents and children who were guests of the President, when they visited Congress, wore stickers with the wording, "I was an embryo." And my question is, since all of us were once embryos, and all of us were once part sperm and egg, is the President also opposed to contraception, which stops this union and kills both sperm and egg?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think the President has made his views known on these issues, and his views known --
Q You know, but what I asked, is he opposed -- he's not opposed to contraception, is he?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, and you've made your views known, as well. The President --
Q No, no, but is he opposed to contraception, Scott? Could you just tell us yes or no?
MR. McCLELLAN: Les, I think that this question is --
Q Well, is he? Does he oppose contraception?
MR. McCLELLAN: Les, I think the President's views are very clear when it comes to building a culture of life --
Q If they were clear, I wouldn't have asked.
MR. McCLELLAN: -- and if you want to ask those questions, that's fine. I'm just not going to dignify them with a response.
Posted by Liz at June 7, 2005 8:00 PMCan politicians not answer a simple question?
Posted by: Wolfger at June 7, 2005 8:43 PMOne of our most effective tactics when working at Planned Parenthood was to tell people that.
"What are those people yelling at me for? I'm not getting an abortion."
"They also oppose contraception."
At which point most people who were coming to get contraception realized just what the anti-PP people wanted.
Posted by: Michael at June 7, 2005 9:29 PMNever.
Posted by: jenn at June 7, 2005 9:29 PMI might actually respect him more if he had a principled position that I could disagree with.
And isn't flip flopping something he accused Kerry of, anyway?
Posted by: Paul at June 7, 2005 9:32 PM