Smarmy Weasel Words of the Week
I might have more respect for Barbara Boxer if she stood by her personal attack on Condoleezza Rice, instead of trying to unctuously weasel out: Senator says she won’t apologize for ‘strong message’. (Hat tip: Bookworm Room.)
The smarmiest political statement of the week:
Boxer, defending herself against critics from the right, said Friday that she was “speaking truth to power” at a Senate hearing Thursday when she confronted the secretary of state — who is unmarried and childless — noting that neither she nor Rice will “pay a price” personally for sending more American troops to war.
“I was just saying what I felt,” the California Democrat said in an interview with The Chronicle. She said she would not apologize for the exchange because ”I delivered a very strong message and tried to find common ground with her … and I tried to draw us together, and not apart.”