Unfortunately I agree with you. Whether the responsibility for the horrible communications coming from the Bush administration is Rove’s responsibility or Bush’s own for the “new tone”, they irresponsibly allowed lies to be aired and fester into fabricated truths. Simply a disaster.
Ari Fleischer did a fine job in the early days. Whoever hired McClelland should be retired from GOP politics permanently. By the time the late Tony Snow got there it was too late. The negative perceptions and untruths had already taken hold.
Ari and Tony were THE best. McClelland was a tool.