Former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, counts the number of former colleagues' backs he's climbed on to promote his book.
Posted on 06/02/2008 3:59:59 AM PDT by mondoreb
"Mr. McClellan announced his resignation at the side of Mr. Bush on the White House lawn, but in sometimes emotional remarks he did not say what he would be doing or who would be succeeding him. It was unclear if Mr. McClellan had acted on his own or had been encouraged to leave after his two years and nine months as Mr. Bush's chief spokesman." --New York Times, on Scott McClellan's resignation, April 19, 2006
Former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, counts the number of former colleagues' backs he's climbed on to promote his book.
Much as we tried to ignore the self-promotional stylings of Scott McClellan and his whirlwind Mainstream Media circus tour, the former White House Press Secretary's appearance on Meet the Press forced our hand.
McClellan's replies about meetings he never attended--events of which, many times, he had no first-hand knowledge--and his willing guesstimates of what happened when, where and why, can only be excused as someone eagerly trying to hitch a ride on a fast-moving gravy train.
What's else can an ex-White House Press Secretary do when he's got a bunch of books to peddle and not much of a story? McClellan's chose the PT Barnum route: rather than produce the Incredible Reptile Woman, he conjures up recollections of What Happened when he wasn't present. Old Phineas Taylor would have been proud--or jealous.
But that's more than enough for a Mainstream Media that's eager to buy what he's selling.
Soon, Scott McClellan will only be remembered as the answer to some question in Mad Liberal Trivia Pursuit.
"Which White House Press Secretary, wrote a book in which he was critical of the press corps for being too accepting..."
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Come next week, he’s not even gonna be remembered. Forever a traitor to the people he worked with, and now useless to the liberals that enjoyed him for all of 5 minutes.
Karen Hughes is the person who recommended Scott McClellan to Bush for the job as press secretary. Hughes, I’m sure, rues the day she recommended this sack of disloyal crap for the job.
Hughes is no prize herself.
And don’t forget Little Scottie is the son of Texas Democrat turned Republican turned Independent, Carole Keeton Strayhorn.
Dear Dems...Okay, I wrote the book like you wanted. Do I get my job now? It’s really tough times. Ya know, George was my best bud...and he has provided a means for my support over the years...but I don’t think he likes me now. Attached is my resume.....I’ll do anything for a paycheck right now...
P.T. would have pointed to Scotty and said “That boy’s exactly the type of person I had in mind when I said that.”
No, really, the left using Scotty is a lot like the Iraqi insurgents using people with Down syndrome as human bombs.
You mean Carole Stewart Keeton McClellan Rylander Your Ad Here Strayhorn.
"MY MOTHER THE CRACK WHORE."
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