Agenda? We don't need no stinkin' agenda! Or...Rebut This!

rebut

\Re*but"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] [OF. reb??ter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.] 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse.

Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. --Spenser.

2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. --Abbott.

Throughout the year, Bush has focused on Iraq and terrorism and on drawing attention to improved economic statistics, but has barely begun to make the case about second-term priorities. Whether there is room for a bold domestic agenda, given the fiscal strains his first term has created, and whether Bush has fresh ideas on issues such as health care, education and the economy are questions yet to be answered.

Bush's advisers, in a series of interviews in recent days, were quick to rebut those questions [emphasis added]. They asserted that there will be a vigorous new agenda and challenged those who have suggested that a second-term blueprint could be little more than a warmed-over version of what Bush ran on in 2000 but has failed to enact.

"Rebut those questions?" Since when are questions rebutted?

Dan Balz's analysis notes that Bush has so far not bothered to mention what he plans to do, should Glorious and Dear Leader actually manage to steal...er...win reelection. But what it does not say is that, in reality, Bush really had no plans in 2000-- at least none he was prepared to fight for -- other than a series of tax cuts.