The distraction begins
Far easier to try to divert attention to the liberal media than to the actual result.
Helps you ignore the huge cheer that went up at the end of the question - were they all coached?
It's not a cooked up story, but by days end it will be in the minds of everyone who reads Drudge, internet blogs or listens to talk radio. That's the cooking part.
450 degrees for at least one day. Allow to rise until oven explodes, leaving everyone to forget what the initial fuss was about.
If the reporter had asked him to say "Mr. Rumsfeld, how often do you and Condi get it on?" and in the unlikely event he did, then you have a case.