Blame Bush for McClellan

American Thinker ^ | May 30, 2008 | C. Edmund Wright

[rob777]

"Then I remembered: McClellan was a more appropriate as Press Secretary for the New Tone President than either his predecessor or successors. After all, the New Tone (which is short for uni-lateral surrender to your political enemies) logically leads to Presidential front man who is totally ineffective."

Chickens coming home to roost?

[Brilliant]

The Bushes are intensely loyal, but the people they associate with have not returned the favor.

[highball]

I actually did like the President at one time, but started finding him hard to stomach when the New Tone appeared. I was insulted (horrified, actually) that Bush didn't understand that conservatism is compassion and that "compassionate conservatism" is actually liberalism.

You know, in retrospect that really should have been our first clue.

[MNJohnnie]

And the Right wonders why they are about to get the butt stomping of all political butt stomping this Nov?

Could it be because of this knee jerk urge in the Conservative media to hysterically whine at Bush on every issue rather then ever take the Left on on anything?

[KoRn]

"I used to wonder how in the world it was that the President found someone so totally unimpressive to help fight his media battles."

I've often wondered the same. McClellan was an embarrassment on the job, and shouldn't have lasted a month.

[murdoog]

This is spot on. I wish I could say otherwise, but I can’t.

[MNJohnnie]

No what should be the 1st clue is what happened to Reagan. All the same loser Dinons we hear these days, Buchanan, Vingue et al spent Reagan 2nd term hysterically whining about him. It should of been expected that the Always Whining fringes on the Right were incapable of doing anything but whining because not everything in the political world was being ordered 100% to their own personal satisfaction.

Be a nice surprise if one day the political fringe whiners on the far Right might actually try taking on the Left on anything instead of spending 100% of their time sniping their own side in the back.

[Dems_R_Losers]

McClellan is doing an online chat right now on washingtonpost.com. Let's all tell him what we think of him.

McClellan Chat

[Obadiah]

Has there ever been as much chatter among the pundits about someone as light weight, un-talented, inconsequential (and utterly predictable) as Scott McClellan?

Good point.

[The South Texan]

The Conservative media probably defended the adminstration for too long which allowed them to think they didn’t need to fight their own battles. Hence, a punching bag like Scotty appears.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Yep - I always thought so, too.

Tony Snow was such a refreshing change.

[lormand]

Perhaps the "new tone" experiment has failed?

McClellan is from a long line of libs, and his mom "one tough grandma" is one of the biggest political "turds in the punchbowl" there have ever been. Her son is just doing what libs do everywhere, even here in Texas, which is to make things miserable for everyone.

[andy58-in-nh]

I hate to admit it, but C. Edmund Wright is pretty much on point here. He’s brutally accurate, and doesn’t just leave a mark on the hide of the Bush Presidency, but raises welts.

[rob777]

"You know, in retrospect that really should have been our first clue."


For me it was, I never have been very impressed by Bush.

[BGHater]

McClellan is trying to come clean before the Dem mob gets ahold of them after the Elections.

[skeeter]

When the electorate butt-stomps the GOP this fall they will be butt-stomping the 'new tone' set by this administration.

In other words, the 'right' didn't leave the GOP... you know the rest.

[Obadiah]

The Bushes are intensely loyal, but the people they associate with have not returned the favor.

While this statement is true, it is, however, apparently equally true for conservatives in general. It happened under Reagan when Don Regan wrote a similar McClellan-type book. Giving someone a break and showing loyalty is almost always betrayed under a Republican administration. Think of it. Such a betrayal never happened to Carter, and it certainly never happened to Clinton.

Then there is always some nimrod in a Republican administration that very publicly resigns out of some great moral conflict at odds with the administration, such as Bill Weld under Reagan. But again, such a thing never happened under Clinton or Carter.

So your thought on lack of loyalty to the Bushes is too narrow in expression.

[Obadiah]

Could it be because of this knee jerk urge in the Conservative media to hysterically whine at Bush on every issue rather then ever take the Left on on anything?

Excellent point!

[jrooney]

I second your comments here on this thread Johnnie. Unfortunately too many intellectual know alls how to save the country and conservatism freepers, so they believe, would rather throw rocks at those on the right than dare attack the left. I was a big fan on Ronald Reagan's and still am, but many forget history about him. He spent us into oblivion, he gave a real amnesty to illegals and ran from the middle east when our Marines were slaughtered while sleeping. He gave us Sandra Day O'Connor for goodness sake. I do not agree with GW on some things, but he has been a great POTUS and this traitorous behavior of Scott McClellan is not his fault, it is Scott's. Too many find it too easy to blame GW for everything. Scott has made these choices to be a Judas for 30 pieces of silver, GW did not make him do it.

[p. henry]

Agreed.