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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the Log Cabin Club, a homosexual Republican group, boasting over how much White House access it is afforded.
WND: Patrick Guerriero, the executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, is quoted as saying, “I’m not sure that there’s been a week that I’ve been on the job where we haven’t been called to the White House or asked to attend a meeting with the Republican leadership.” And my question: Why is this extensive amount of White House and other Republican calling of the Log Cabiners so much greater than in the first Bush and Reagan administrations?
McCLELLAN: I don’t know about the characterization within your question, but I will say that – I will say that the president is an inclusive leader that reaches out to people across the political spectrum from – reaches out to people from all walks of life to focus on areas where we can work together. Whether there are disagreements on other issues, there are a number of issues that are important for us to work together to address. There are some common priorities that the president looks to work together with people on to achieve and to accomplish.
WND: Scott, Sen. Lieberman, in his apologizing for being late to the NAACP convention, which the president declined to attend, he told that convention: We need Kweisi Mfume on the Supreme Court. My question, does the president agree that anyone with no legal training is qualified, and that Sen. Lieberman’s expressed need is at all sensible?
McCLELLAN: The president has stated his position on the types of people and individuals that he would appoint if there was a vacancy. There is no vacancy at this point, so I’m not going to get into speculating about it. But he’s made very clear his views about appointing individuals that would interpret the law and not try to make law from the bench.
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