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From the Washingtonian Here (via Josh Marshall):

Facing perhaps his toughest week as [WhiteWash House] press secretary, [Scott] McClellan got testy Tuesday under questioning by CBS correspondent John Roberts during the televised briefing. He then blew up at old pro Helen Thomas during the private “gaggle” for reporters on Friday.

Thomas had gotten a tip that Bush might have been absent from duty in Alabama because he was performing court-ordered community service in Texas in 1972. She asked McClellan if that was accurate.

According to reporters in the press room, McClellan got red-faced and became so angry, it looked to some as if he were ready to pounce. He characterized the question as coming from “gutter politics.”

Thomas, who has covered every president since Dwight Eisenhower and now writes a column for Hearst, was not fazed. “I think they are getting pretty nervous about this,” she said Friday afternoon. “I’ve learned over the years that when you put out records, it often leads to it often leads to more questions.”

Yep. Like, when Bush was grounded for missing a medical exam, could there have been a reason? Like the medical exam he would have had to take that involved a drug test? Gee, the community service thing would fit right in there, wouldn't it? And what about that DD-214 separation report? Say, that's missing, isn't it? But I thought the WhiteWash House said "all" the records?

"No scrubs, please!"