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McClellan on Plame (This has to hurt!)
Real Clear Politics ^ | June 2, 2008 | Robert Novak

Posted on 06/01/2008 11:25:11 PM PDT by dalight

A partisan Democratic mantra began earlier in the book. McClellan writes George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign "acquiesced to certain advisers, including Roger Ailes and the late Lee Atwater," who opposed Bush's "civility and decency." (McClellan, then 20 years old, played no part in that campaign.) McClellan contends that thanks to Rove in 2002, "the first cracks appeared in the facade of bipartisan comity."


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cad; cialeak; judas; mcclellan; novak; plame; presidentbush; scotty; therewasnocialeak
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To: lentulusgracchus

Based on the few times I watched and grimaced at the pathetic performance of McClellan as press secretary, I would contend that he not only had a ghostwriter for his fictional piece of propaganda, but needed someone to read it to him.

EODGUY


61 posted on 06/02/2008 8:48:18 AM PDT by EODGUY (Rush, forget operation chaos......hammer the useless dem controlled legislature...PLEASE !)
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To: dalight

"....I suck."

62 posted on 06/02/2008 8:52:20 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (McCain calls it "radical islamic terrorism," the dems don't refer to it at all)
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To: dalight
>>>>>He does not mention that Armitage turned himself in to the Justice Department even before Patrick Fitzgerald was named as special prosecutor.

I didn't know that.

Thanks Bob Novak. McClellan is a POS.

63 posted on 06/02/2008 9:08:37 AM PDT by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote in November --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: Reagan Man
Of course Novak could have cleared all of this up before it blew all out of proportion also.

He decided to play games instead and IMO is also culpable in the ensuing problems for Libby, Rove et al.

64 posted on 06/02/2008 9:28:00 AM PDT by Syncro
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To: lentulusgracchus
"Carol Strayhorn (McClellan's mom) has been involved in Texas politics for several decades at local and statewide levels, running for office as a Democrat, Republican and as an independent. She served as the state's Republican Comptroller from 1999-2007 and ran for governor as an independent in 2006."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5808374.html

65 posted on 06/02/2008 9:45:06 AM PDT by lexusppd
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To: Syncro

Journalists don’t reveal confidential sources. This was a non issue that was blown into a serious case with legal ramifications for everyone involved. The people to blame are Valarie Plame and Joe Wilson, not Bob Novak.


66 posted on 06/02/2008 9:47:55 AM PDT by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote in November --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: Ann Archy
"I think David Brock FLIPPED Scotty"

Please, I don't want to hear about David Brock's sex life.....yuck. :^)
67 posted on 06/02/2008 9:53:29 AM PDT by Enchante (Barack Chamberlain: My 1930s Appeasement Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Socialist Policies!)
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To: dalight
He does not mention that Armitage turned himself in to the Justice Department even before Patrick Fitzgerald was named as special prosecutor.

WTF? Why was there a special prosecutor if Justice already know the source of the leak? How many millions of taxpayer dollars did Fitz and the Democratic Party piss away to find out something that Justice already know? WTFH? This pisses me off than anything that tool McClellan can write.

68 posted on 06/02/2008 10:08:47 AM PDT by Doohickey (SSN-681; SSN-671; SSN-669; SSN-712)
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To: singfreedom
I will never forgive Patrick Fitzgerald for his blatant ineptitude.

I agree with your disgust about lynching Scooter Libby. I can't accept ineptitude as a reason or excuse for Fitzgerald though. I don't think it's possible for the lowliest prosecutor to be that inept and Fitzgerald had already proved his expertise in the profession. I think this whole thing was criminal to the core.

Is it possible that there are no laws addressing such extremely unethical and malicious behavior done under the color of law? I don't know but I doubt it.

69 posted on 06/02/2008 11:29:36 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: andyandval
Amazing! I very much agree with the brief. The left calls the Patriot Act an assault on the BORs yet this trial attacks the 1st Amendment like some Soviet show trial.
70 posted on 06/02/2008 11:34:59 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: weegee

“ALL of the big autobiographies have a ghost writer”.

OK, but ghostwriters normally help with crafting the book. They don’t determine the content. When Novak notes that McClellan’s book closely “mimics the Democratic line” he implies that whatever ghostwriters McClellan used set the agenda.


71 posted on 06/02/2008 11:40:05 AM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: CedarDave

Apparently, when it comes to Democrat Special Investigators, there is “no controlling legal authority.” Democrat contempt for the rule of law is growing bolder with each passing year.


72 posted on 06/02/2008 11:44:26 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: Doohickey

Exactly!


73 posted on 06/02/2008 11:53:56 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

LOLOLOL! My thought this morning was that Scotty boy has always had delusions of competency.


74 posted on 06/02/2008 12:01:28 PM PDT by alwaysconservative (Battle: untying with your teeth the political knots you could not undo with your tongue. Bierce)
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To: dalight

Would be interesting to know who helped and funded McClellan
to do his dirty little job only now after years as BUSH’s close collaborator...
A little look on Bank accounts...?


75 posted on 06/02/2008 12:05:35 PM PDT by Ulysse (a)
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To: dalight

bump


76 posted on 06/02/2008 12:16:15 PM PDT by Skooz (Any nation that would elect Hillary Clinton as its president has forfeited its right to exist.)
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To: Ulysse
This has already been discussed extensively. His publisher "Public Affairs" is a small house that is owned by a man who is partners with George Soros. Doesn't take much analysis to understand the meaning of that little fact. And, add to this, McClellan's assertion that the Publisher helped him with his recollections and even directly modified the manuscript.. you are left with something like what Novak is asserting.

McClellan mostly sold his name and reputation and the frame of his story to provide a vehicle for what was hoped to be another Richard Clarke style hatchet job. But, the Blogosphere didn't exist like it does now back then.. and poor Scott's wheels are falling off.

77 posted on 06/02/2008 2:31:38 PM PDT by dalight
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To: Reagan Man
Journalists don’t reveal confidential sources.

My post showed no inclination towards his doing so. Moot point.

This was a non issue that was blown into a serious case with legal ramifications for everyone involved.

True, and Novak knew that but did not report that fact. He could have done so, but would not have gotten as much media face time.

The people to blame are Valarie Plame and Joe Wilson, not Bob Novak.

Two out of three ain't bad. Novac is still culpable for not setting the record straight. He instead let the wrong people be punished so his star would rise. As you can see, he knew about Armitage.

78 posted on 06/02/2008 2:42:51 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: dalight
How and why McClellan changed is a story so far untold.

The easy answer is that he never changed. He's always been a scumbag in the body of a Pillsbury Doughboy.

79 posted on 06/02/2008 2:43:12 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather.)
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To: Syncro
>>>>>My post showed no inclination towards his doing so. Moot point.

Huh. If journalists don't reveal their confidential sources, then how can you hold Novak culpable? Once the grand jury's litigation phase was completed and Fitzgerald had his "fall guy", Novak gave numerous public accounts of the events involving his part in the Plame-Wilson Affair. Can't blame him for keeping his mouth shut until it was safe to speak out.

>>>>>As you can see, he knew about Armitage.

OMG! Armitage was Novak's source, his confidential source!

80 posted on 06/02/2008 3:36:00 PM PDT by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote in November --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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