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McClellan's Mess
IBD ^ | May 28, 2008

Posted on 05/28/2008 4:58:05 PM PDT by Kaslin

The Presidency: We're no longer surprised when a longtime confidant of a president comes out with a tell-all book. It's almost de rigueur. What's sad, however, is when so much of what the book tells is, in fact, false.


That's certainly the case with President Bush's former spokesman Scott McClellan's book, which delivers all sorts of dirt about how Bush sold the war, the Valerie Plame scandal, and other events of the past 7 1/2 years.

Even the title — "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception" — suggests meretricious, tawdry behavior on the part of the White House.

McClellan, recall, was let go in 2006 after working seven years for Bush. He was fired because, to be blunt, he was one of the least effective press aides in recent White House history. In McClellan's defense, it didn't help that he succeeded Ari Fleischer and preceded Tony Snow, two of the best to have ever plied that trade.

One doesn't need to be a fan of President Bush to understand this book is little more than a settling of scores by McClellan, who quite obviously felt abused by the White House.

Nor do you need to support the war on terror to reject this book's central claim — that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove and a host of others — intentionally misled the nation into fighting an "unnecessary" war. It just ain't so.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bookreview; bush; mcclellan; scottmcclellan
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To: mewzilla
Also published by PublicAffairs....

THE POLITICS OF TRUTH Inside the Lies That Put the White House on Trial and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity AMBASSADOR JOSEPH WILSON

You're in interesting company there, Scotty...

41 posted on 05/28/2008 6:37:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Another Republican president screwed by another McClellan.

They never learn.

Sigh.

42 posted on 05/28/2008 6:38:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Kaslin

I sit here so frustrated.

Wouldn’t all this hysteria, this big deal piece of nothing story that is only the Perils of Pauline to those living on a cloud in Washington DC, be simply put to rest if Bush would just use the bully pulpit and end it in its tracks?

Why doesn’t Bush just put out a statement that reads, to the effect...”I regret that this administration’s former Press Secretary has published what we can only consider untruths in a recent book...but I would remind the American public that it was CONGRESS, yes our House or Reps and our Senate, who voted to takes this country to war in Iraq. If it is Scott McClellan’s contention that this was a bad decision, he has no right to change history. “

In other words, it’s always about this supposed “illegal war” and lies about this war and the libs are determined that Bush’s legacy, including I would remind, every precious member of our military, reflect Iraq as his own private decision and a failure. When it was CONGRESS that approved that war.

I’m tired of seeing life so simply but damn any fool can see the Dems are working from presenting a hysterical, constantly repeated until it becomes true rant....and the administration should, using simple common sense but what the hell would be wrong with just saying that bit about congress over and over and hey, the ladies at the beauty parlor will hear it too?

Or maybe that would just take all the fun out of it. Those political elites live on some lala cloud that in no way approximates our own lives, us fools who carry this country on our backs.

Bah humbug.


43 posted on 05/28/2008 6:39:03 PM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Ann Archy

I agree


44 posted on 05/28/2008 6:39:28 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: mewzilla

I know- wouldn’t you love to know how this book got shopped to that particular publisher?


45 posted on 05/28/2008 6:43:08 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom
Maybe the publisher went looking for him. Or maybe McClellan's mama was the one who did the looking around.

I'll tell you what, after I saw who published the book I don't know how anybody's taking the dang thing seriously.

46 posted on 05/28/2008 6:46:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla; AliVeritas

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47 posted on 05/28/2008 6:49:17 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom; roses of sharon
SE, roses of sharon has more on the imprint at reply #4 on this thread....

As Scottie Sowed, So Is He Reaping

Thanks for the info, roses!

48 posted on 05/28/2008 6:51:26 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: SE Mom

Wow. Thanks for the info!!


49 posted on 05/28/2008 6:52:18 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

OOops! I meant to post those links on a different thread- sorry! Interesting reading -though completely OFF TOPIC!


50 posted on 05/28/2008 6:52:55 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: mewzilla

Figgers Soros would come into this somehow....


51 posted on 05/28/2008 6:53:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: SE Mom

FWIW, SE, I don’t think it’s off topic :)


52 posted on 05/28/2008 6:53:48 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Kaslin

This reminds me of the 180 degree turn by Scott Ritter when it was later discovered that a Saddam middleman had given him $400,000 to change his story. Similar deal. His publisher publishes lots of left wing trash including books by Soros. On H&C tonight someone reported that Ari Fleischer said McClelland told him that after he had finished his part he allowed his editor to change a number of things, including the title.


53 posted on 05/28/2008 7:24:39 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: SE Mom

I think he is going to be on the Today Show first tomorrow morning.


54 posted on 05/28/2008 7:28:05 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Kaslin

bump with no comment


55 posted on 05/28/2008 8:04:56 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Nervous Tick

All we need to do is get G. Gordon Liddy to invite Scottie over for a chat. Putting the pencils away is optional.


56 posted on 05/28/2008 9:26:48 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Kaslin

Bump


57 posted on 05/28/2008 10:30:29 PM PDT by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: ncalburt

“I would not hire Scott to pick up dog crap in my yard after his WH work.”

Which brings up an interesting point that Ari Fleisher brought up on Fox & Friends this morning. McClellan better enjoy his “celebrity” while it lasts and his new friends on the left. They will drop him like a hot potato as soon as they have gotten what they need from him. He also said that McClellan’s career in government will be extremely limited...anyone willing to trust a snitch with their secrets is a damn fool! (Fleisher didn’t say that by the way, but I do)


58 posted on 05/29/2008 7:07:45 AM PDT by tiger640 (NO DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!! NOT NOW NOT EVER!!!)
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