MR. McCLELLAN: I'm sorry?

Q Why did the President miss his physical?

MR. McCLELLAN: Are you talking about when he — whether or not he — I put out a response to that question yesterday, about whether or not he was rated by his commanders as a pilot.

Q Can I just ask you today, in 2004 —

MR. McCLELLAN: No.

Q — why he missed his physical?

MR. McCLELLAN: Elisabeth, there are some that — again, this is a question of whether or not he served. That question has been answered through the documents that were released yesterday, and released previously.

Q I just want to hear from the White House Press Secretary —

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not — no, there are some — Elisabeth, we've already addressed this issue. I'm not going to engage in gutter politics. I'm going to focus on what we're doing to make the world safer, to make the world a better place, and to make America more prosperous. If others want to engage in gutter politics, that's their choice. But I think that —

Q How is asking that question engaging in gutter politics?

MR. McCLELLAN: But I think the American people — I think the American people deserve better.

Q Scott, how does that engage in gutter politics if I ask that question?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we've been through these issues. I wasn't accusing you. I'm accusing some — (Laughter.) But, you see, we went through —

Q — the answer to that question today?

MR. McCLELLAN: No, we went through these — no, we went — we've already addressed this issue. We went through it previously. We went through it four years ago, for sure.

Yes, with similar evasions--a disingenuous claim that "the question has been answered." If it had been, McClellan would just give a quick recap of that answer and move on.

5) BUSH APPARENTLY PERFORMED COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN 1972. This was totally out of character. He was a carousing young man, then he suddenly became a charity worker for a few months, then he went right back to carousing again. Why the sudden, temporary urge to perform community service? Weird. And unexplained.

The evasions regarding community service are now getting bizarre. Josh Marshall put the latest weirdness up on his site. An excerpt:

Q: So you won't answer the question or you won't try to find out?

Scott McClellan: Well, I'm asking you, what's your interest in that question? I'm just curious, because rumors --

Q: Did he have to do any community service while he was in the National Guard?

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