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McClellan: Plame leak case was turning point
MSNBC.com ^ | May 29, 2008 | Mike Celzik

Posted on 05/29/2008 7:58:19 AM PDT by shamusotoole

The former Bush administration pitchman making explosive election-year charges about how the White House handled the Valerie Plame case and built the case for invading Iraq said Thursday that he went to Washington to change it and became “disillusioned” when he realized he was just a pawn in the never-ending political game.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bds; book; bushbashing; buymybook; democratnonsense; mcclellen; plame; plamegate; presidentbush; shadowgovernment; weasels
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This article betrays such an ignorance of the Plame outing case facts from one who purports to know something about them, that I believe McClellen has gone "Stockholm".
1 posted on 05/29/2008 7:58:21 AM PDT by shamusotoole
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To: shamusotoole

“Mongo pawn in game of life.”


2 posted on 05/29/2008 8:01:03 AM PDT by RexBeach
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GEORGE, WILL YOU PLEASE DECLASSIFY WILSON’S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AND EXPOSE THE LIAR ONCE AND FOR ALL??? Yes, I’m shouting.


3 posted on 05/29/2008 8:01:04 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Just because you're running for President doesn't mean that you are the center of the universe")
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A “sour grapes” lightweight just trying to sell a book.


4 posted on 05/29/2008 8:02:54 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: shamusotoole
The former Bush administration pitchman making explosive election-year charges about how the White House handled the Valerie Plame case and built the case for invading Iraq said Thursday that he went to Washington to change it and became “disillusioned” when he realized he was just a pawn in the never-ending political game.

What a book-pimping drama queen.

5 posted on 05/29/2008 8:03:26 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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Just another schmuck trying to hawk a book before the “We hate Bush” moonbat market disappears. Kitty Litter Kelly sure has stiff competition.


6 posted on 05/29/2008 8:04:34 AM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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...when he realized he was just a pawn in the never-ending political game.

What a nitwit. Did he really think (as an unelected mouthpiece) he wold have any relevant input into the country's policy? Of course he was a pawn, everybody who serves the President (or a Congressman) is a pawn.

7 posted on 05/29/2008 8:04:42 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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We invaded Iraq because of Valerie Plame? LOL LOL LOL
Some people have delusions of grandeur.
8 posted on 05/29/2008 8:05:32 AM PDT by angcat (Indian name "She who yells too much")
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Every decision that is made is made politically. It depends on who has the authority, the information, the influence, etc.

If Politics stop, decision making stops.

The issue isn't whether or not the political game is played, but whether the tactics used are ethical or not.

9 posted on 05/29/2008 8:06:08 AM PDT by DannyTN
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What an A-s. Plame had nothing behind her allegations of any sort. She was outed by a Dem, her husband, and herself.
11 posted on 05/29/2008 8:07:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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These quotes by Mclellan are meaningless. Of course there is a constant "political game" and when you read these stories Mclellan doesn't know anything new and he really doesn't say anything when you parse it out.

The "Plame case" was such a nothing event how could it be a "turning point" for anyone?

12 posted on 05/29/2008 8:08:06 AM PDT by Williams
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This is payback for Bush refusing to back his mama in the election.

Richard Armitage was no way involved in the White House outing her, and Scooter Libby was foolish and was pinched by an overzealous prosecutor.

His lame excuse for trashing Bush is all personal, the guy was a pantywaist milquetoast in his official capacity and doesn’t have the b*lls to go face to face with the big boys, he sucker punches them when they are turned.


13 posted on 05/29/2008 8:08:18 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Congress, including many Democrats, made many speeches against Iraq and their WMD’s prior to 2000 and prior to the Iraq war without any influence from the Bush Administration.


15 posted on 05/29/2008 8:09:45 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GEORGE, WILL YOU PLEASE DECLASSIFY WILSON’S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AND EXPOSE THE LIAR ONCE AND FOR ALL???

Although you are preaching to the choir on that one, here's a big AMEN!!! Look what I found this morning in a search, it is from Nov 2007:

Publisher: McClellan doesn't believe Bush lied-(The FACTS Finally Come Out)

Personally, I don't understand all the manufactured hoopla about this story now, it is redux from last year.
16 posted on 05/29/2008 8:10:40 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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McClellen smells REAL BAD! However when you are a skunk other skunks turn you on, like with $$$...and other suck-ups.. nuf said...


17 posted on 05/29/2008 8:12:01 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
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Libby’s prosecution was payback by Fitzpatrick for Libby beating him in the first Marc Rich trial. It was such a bag job that Denis Collins the Jury Foreman was a personal friend and coworker of Star Witness Tim Russert.


18 posted on 05/29/2008 8:12:17 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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Libby’s prosecution was payback by Fitzpatrick for Libby beating him in the first Marc Rich trial. It was such a bag job that Denis Collins the Jury Foreman was a personal friend and coworker of Star Witness Tim Russert.


19 posted on 05/29/2008 8:12:17 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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Libby’s prosecution was payback by Fitzpatrick for Libby beating him in the first Marc Rich trial. It was such a bag job that Denis Collins the Jury Foreman was a personal friend and coworker of Star Witness Tim Russert.


20 posted on 05/29/2008 8:12:22 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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