The Washington Post is very nice to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino --
Although many elected leaders and advocates have already used the tragic [Virginia Tech] shooting as a reference point for the nation's ongoing debate over gun control laws, Perino declined to be drawn into that discussion. "Today is not the day," she said.
Indeed today is not the day -- because she had gotten into the debate nearly as quickly as Glenn Reynolds yesterday:
As far as policy, the President believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed.
In its combination of platitude (who's against all laws being followed?) and frat-boy reading of the Constitution (is there really an absolute right to carry guns?), the White House had already made its contribution to the "debate", like those other unnamed leaders and advocates mentioned by the Post.
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