OH, THIS IS PRECIOUS - AT 8:02 A.M. ET:  Reader Dennis Losness alerts us to a post by Mary Katherine Ham at The Weekly Standard.  She notes that Jake Tapper of ABC tried to get Mr. Obama to answer a question about "torture" at his news conference:

Obama obfuscated for 5 minutes before answering Jake Tapper's question, but eventually and mercifully used just seven words to wrap things up: "I do believe that it is torture." He also asserted that vital information for preventing terror attacks could have been gleaned from hard-boiled mass murderers through other means, the guidebooks for which are hidden in the sugarplum grove at the foot of the gumdrop tree in the Mythical Forest of Prosperity from which Obama's domestic plans come. Convenient!

COMMENT:  I hope that gets tacked up over many Washington desks.

April 30, 2009