Editor's note: Each week, WorldNetDaily White House correspondent Les Kinsolving asks the tough questions almost no one else will ask. And each week, WorldNetDaily brings you the transcripts of those dialogues with the president and his spokesman.
At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the elections in the Palestinian Authority and Bush's shared attendance at a GOP fund-raiser with a California porn star.
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WND: At Thursday's press availability with Mahmoud Abbas, the transcript quotes the president as saying, "Hamas is a terrorist group, it's on a terrorist list for a reason. As the elections go forward, of course, we want everybody to participate in the vote." And my first question: Why is this not an expressed presidential hope that Hamas terrorists will vote?
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McCLELLAN: Les, I think that what the president was referring to is that the way forward for the Palestinian people is a democratic state. The president has outlined a two-state vision of Palestine and Israel living side by side in peace and security. We want to continue to support the Palestinian people as they move forward. Our views, in terms of Hamas, are well known. We think when people are given the opportunity to choose, as the president pointed out, they choose people that are committed to peace and their well-being and improving their quality of life.
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And that's what the president talked about in his remarks. And I think you forgot to kind of mention that one. But, obviously, in elections, we want people in society to participate in those elections, and we want to see as broad a participation as possible in those elections.
WND: Since the president is scheduled to attend a Republican fund-raiser on June the 14th, which will also be attended by California gubernatorial candidate and porn star Mary Carey, what guarantee does the White House have that she will do nothing pornographic at this event? What will be done if she does?
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McCLELLAN: Les, I haven't looked that far ahead on the president's schedule.
WND: But it's important – it's only two weeks from now. You must have some plan –
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McCLELLAN: Les, that's another one – that's another one I'm just not going to get into dignifying.
