McClellan: late to the story. . .
May 28, 2008
You won’t believe these revelations from Scott McClellan’s new book:
- McClellan charges that Bush relied on “propaganda” to sell the war.
- He says the White House press corps was too easy on the administration during the run-up to the war.
- He admits that some of his own assertions from the briefing room podium turned out to be “badly misguided.”
- The longtime Bush loyalist also suggests that two top aides held a secret West Wing meeting to get their story straight about the CIA leak case at a time when federal prosecutors were after them — and McClellan was continuing to defend them despite mounting evidence they had not given him all the facts.
- McClellan asserts that the aides — Karl Rove, the president’s senior adviser, and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the vice president’s chief of staff — “had at best misled” him about their role in the disclosure of former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity.
Um, I hate to point this out, but these five ‘revelations’ have been well reported for the last four years. The real story is that McClellan is trying to make a buck off of his service in the White House. Guess what Scott, we are all tired of Bush and the country is ready to move on. We do not, however, like being reminded of how badly you need to make some money. Oh and I suspect it is helpful to distance yourself from the president. I propose that we apply the ‘Son of Sam Law‘ to anyone who serves in the government - just as the Son of Sam Law prevents criminals from profiting from their crimes, government employees shouldn’t profit from their service to the president or congress (regardless of whether or not they commit a crime).
Anyway, with regard to McClellan’s book: Move along, nothing to see here…
