What Bush didn't answer

[auburngrad82]

On Homosexuality:

SCHIEFFER: Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?

BUSH: You know, Bob, I don't know. I just don't know.

On Roe v Wade:

SCHIEFFER: Mr. President, I want to go back to something Senator Kerry said earlier tonight and ask a follow-up of my own. He said -- and this will be a new question to you -- he said that you had never said whether you would like to overturn Roe v. Wade. So I'd ask you directly, would you like to?

BUSH: What he's asking me is, will I have a litmus test for my judges? And the answer is, no, I will not have a litmus test. I will pick judges who will interpret the Constitution, but I'll have no litmus test.

On the Assault Weapons Ban:

SCHIEFFER: Mr. President, new question, two minutes. You said that if Congress would vote to extend the ban on assault weapons, that you'd sign the legislation, but you did nothing to encourage the Congress to extend it. Why not?

BUSH: Actually, I made my intentions -- made my views clear. I did think we ought to extend the assault weapons ban, and was told the fact that the bill was never going to move, because Republicans and Democrats were against the assault weapon ban, people of both parties. I believe law-abiding citizens ought to be able to own a gun. I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere to make sure that guns don't get in the hands of people that shouldn't have them.

On the minimum wage:

SCHIEFFER: The gap between rich and poor is growing wider. More people are dropping into poverty. Yet the minimum wage has been stuck at, what, $5.15 an hour now for about seven years. Is it time to raise it?

BUSH: Actually, Mitch McConnell had a minimum-wage plan that I supported that would have increased the minimum wage. But let me talk about what's really important for the worker you're referring to. And that's to make sure the education system works. It's to make sure we raise standards.

Did I miss any?

[soothsayer]

1. I think "I don't know" is a fair answer to the first one. Not sure if

it's HONESTLY how he feels, but it's ok cuz nobody knows for sure, even us gays.

[auburngrad82]

2. He was asked about his belief

He has always said he's a man with strong beliefs. I think he could have said yes, I think it's a choice or no, I don't think it's a choice. Kerry answered the question by saying he doesn't believe it's a choice. Simple and honest answer.

I agree that no one knows for sure. I have plenty of gay friends and relatives. Some tried to make a go as straights before they decided that they were unhappy. For a lot of people it's a hard choice. But I think given the fact that he avoided so many other answers on various topics he was simply avoiding this one as well.

[pdx_prog]

3. Yes....he TOTALLY

skirted around affirmative action. Went into a rave about No Child Left Behind....