THE WEEK

After the President’s televised speech on the defense budget, ABC aired House Majority Leader Jim Wright’s rebuttal on behalf of the Democrats, which was followed by David Brinkley’s rebuttal, after which came Sam Donaldson’s rebuttal, and they wrapped it all up with Vladimir Posner and the Soviet Union’s rebuttal.

It may or may not be significant that when the President called those reporters “sons of bitches,” even ABC didn’t bother offering a rebuttal.