Administration officials say the darnedest things

Tony Snow's honeymoon appears to be over. The hostility started when Snow tried to insist that Iraq Prime Minister Al Maliki had been misquoted when he said, "This is a phenomenon that has become common among many of the multinational forces. No respect for citizens, smashing civilian cars and killing on a suspicion or a hunch. It's unacceptable."

Then the press corp went after him for Bush's emphasis on gay marriage and wher that falls in the priorities of the nation.

Q So when you say you don't know how to attach a priority to it, I think you pretty well do, just like you do on other issues. So the President is making it a priority now, at a time when it is politically expedient. Do you dispute that?....

Q We've got Iran. We've got hurricane season beginning. We've got terrorism funding. And yet the President has chosen for his radio address the subject of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Does the President see gay marriage as such a gathering storm that he feels the need to focus on that?

Also: Rumsfeld had a doozy yesterday, calling on China to "demystify" their defense spending. How do you think big Don would react if China called on his department to make public all the US's intelligence and "black" programs?