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Yesterday on Meet the Press with Tim Russert, White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolton (not to be confused with that idiot John Bolton representing our country at the UN), made a fool of himself. Russert really sliced and diced the guy. Check out this partial transcript:

MR. RUSSERT: Murder. The president believes that using an embryo for stem cell research is murder.

MR. BOLTEN: Let me, let me step back for a second, Tim. Now, I think…

MR. RUSSERT: Because that’s a very important question.

MR. BOLTEN: It is, and, and…

MR. RUSSERT: The president’s spokesman used the word “murder.” Does the president believe the use of an embryo for stem cell research is murder?

[…]
MR. BOLTEN: The president believes, as, as do millions and millions of Americans, that that fertilized embryo is a human life that deserves protection

[…]
MR. RUSSERT: Then if the president believes it is human life, how can he allow private stem cell research to go forward, go forward, if, in fact, that is murder?

MR. BOLTEN: [unable to answer]

Bolton proved himself to be spectacularly flimsy. Crooks and Liars has the uncomfortable video (Quicktime and Windows Media choice as usual).

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