Wednesday, October 02, 2002

CalPundit on Ari's definition of bipartisanship:


Bush, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said in a morning briefing, "is now supporting a bipartisan compromise on homeland security."


Keith Koffler, White House reporter for Congress Daily, was puzzled. "How many Democrats support this bipartisan bill?" he asked. "I'm not aware of any more than one Democrat."


"Well," Fleischer replied, "that certainly does make it bipartisan."


"So that's the new definition of bipartisan?" Koffler inquired.


"I think, frankly, that's the old definition of bipartisan," Fleischer rejoined. "I'd be shocked if all of a sudden the definition of bipartisan changed."