McClellan savages Bush and the Bush admin

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

it's a confession.

A confession in an attempt for monetary gain.

That's not an admirable thing.

[Tex]

Let's put this in perspective a little too, shall we? The man is 40 now, which means he was about 32 when he first entered the Bush White House, and not much older than that when he became Press Secretary.

Pardon me, but for a chief aide position, that is a child. Quite possibly he "came of age" politically during the Reagan years, and spent his impressionable 20's chafing under a Clinton administration. I can imagine he went to DC with a lot of naivete.

Welcome to Washingon, Scott. Get over yourself.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Tex

Let's put this in perspective a little too, shall we? The man is 40 now, which means he was about 32 when he first entered the Bush White House, and not much older than that when he became Press Secretary.

Pardon me, but for a chief aide position, that is a child. Quite possibly he "came of age" politically during the Reagan years, and spent his impressionable 20's chafing under a Clinton administration. I can imagine he went to DC with a lot of naivete.

Welcome to Washingon, Scott. Get over yourself.

Has he ever done anything than act in his material short term interest? He did that when he did Bush's bidding. At that time he'd have been financially worse off had he resigned. Now he's also taking the most profitable way. There's nothing more need me said. The guy throughly ignoble.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Has he ever done anything than act in his material short term interest? He did that when he did Bush's bidding. At that time he'd have been financially worse off had he resigned. Now he's also taking the most profitable way. There's nothing more need me said. The guy throughly ignoble.

I have to say, after sifting through his "bombshell" claims, I don't know that he has revealed anything other than what was already well-known. He claims the administration overplayed the evidence for war and used heavy amounts of propoganda. No kidding, Sherlock. The media hasn't spent much time covering the story (because it makes them look like fools), but the revelation that the Pentagon was paying people to provide "expert" military opinions on the war that would spin news in favor of the Bush administration came out over a month ago. Prior to that, Colin Powell, among others, noted the deceptive tactics of the administration in goading the nation into war.

He says Bush may have used cocaine. Really? Tell us more. What a bombshell.

He says Bush is too insulated to make good decisions. WOW! Didn't see that one coming.

I haven't read his book (and I don't intend to, particularly since I thought very little of him before the book and even less of him now), but I don't see a whole lot that is new, other than a guy who will make a fortune telling us stuff we already knew at the expense of a friendship. If anything, I question the man's patriotism for not having done the right thing at a time when it WOULD have been valuable rather than just waiting and profiting from his rancid silence.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

I have to say, after sifting through his "bombshell" claims, I don't know that he has revealed anything other than what was already well-known. He claims the administration overplayed the evidence for war and used heavy amounts of propoganda. No kidding, Sherlock. The media hasn't spent much time covering the story (because it makes them look like fools), but the revelation that the Pentagon was paying people to provide "expert" military opinions on the war that would spin news in favor of the Bush administration came out over a month ago. Prior to that, Colin Powell, among others, noted the deceptive tactics of the administration in goading the nation into war.

He says Bush may have used cocaine. Really? Tell us more. What a bombshell.

He says Bush is too insulated to make good decisions. WOW! Didn't see that one coming.

I haven't read his book (and I don't intend to, particularly since I thought very little of him before the book and even less of him now), but I don't see a whole lot that is new, other than a guy who will make a fortune telling us stuff we already knew at the expense of a friendship. If anything, I question the man's patriotism for not having done the right thing at a time when it WOULD have been valuable rather than just waiting and profiting from his rancid silence.

Cali, we rarely agree politically, but on this, we're on the same page, especially the last paragraph.

Well said.

[MikeWaters]

I think he ends up with less money as a result of this book, and that he knows that as well.

His potential salary is based on his powerful friends and contacts, and he just burned all those bridges. So I think it is not fair to say that this was about money.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I think he ends up with less money as a result of this book, and that he knows that as well.

His potential salary is based on his powerful friends and contacts, and he just burned all those bridges. So I think it is not fair to say that this was about money.

He'll sell a ton of books to all those who felt that Bush stole the election in '00 and all those who have bashed him for his entire stay in the White House. People like that have hatred that knows no satiety and will now have his book as their redemption.

Again, if he was against it when he was the spokesperson, he should have had the guts to say it then.

[MikeWaters]

Say he didn't have the guts to say it while he was the Press Sec. Does that mean he shouldn't say it now?

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Say he didn't have the guts to say it while he was the Press Sec. Does that mean he shouldn't say it now?

As Cali pointed out, what has he said that we don't already know? Saying now what he lacked the guts to say when it was relevant only demonstrates that he is a back-stabbing coward. Something could have been done by speaking out then.

He offers nothing.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

As Cali pointed out, what has he said that we don't already know? Saying now what he lacked the guts to say when it was relevant only demonstrates that he is a back-stabbing coward. Something could have been done by speaking out then.

He offers nothing.

He offers a discussion on what should have been done, and what should be done in the future.