Soderberg Claims She Was Only Joking

Re: "It's Scary for Democrats, I Have to Say".

In a follow-up by James Taranto, Nancy Soderberg is quoted as clarifying her remarks of last week (brackets in original):

This is a comedy show. We were joking about the dilemma of Jon Stewart having criticized the Bush administration over the last four years — what does he do now? And we were joking back and forth. I think anyone who follows the Democratic Party knows that they want America to succeed and President Bush to succeed. It's completely a missed context that the article from The Wall Street Journal editorial page.

Of course, [I] welcome the opportunity to rebut that. There's nothing better that Democrats would like than to see peace in the Middle East, nonproliferation. What I argue in the book is the last four years of the Bush administration have failed to advance those agendas, and I welcome what appears to be a shift in the administration right now to take those issues on with more realistic policies. And of course, I want them to succeed, so thank you for that question.

Now that's funny.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 03/09/05 08:09:15 AM
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