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scott mcclellan
- Thread starter blackhorseshoe
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Perhaps it was a calculated move as you describe. Perhaps it was a belated sense of responsibility and accountability. I guess we'll see how it plays out. I haven't read the book, so I'll reserve judgment.Quote from Dr. Zhivodka:
What's interesting is that the Bush's usually engender strong loyalty among current and former associates. McClellan has apparently calculated that he will no longer need any favorable consideration from the Bush's ever again.
It's possible that he believes that history will judge Bush so poorly that Bush will have nothing to offer in the future in exchange for continued loyalty. In which case McClellan figured he had nothing to lose by witting the book and "pulling back the curtain" on this administration.
bfd-----bush isn't running for anything
the chief defenders of the evil faith, cnn and ms.nbc, couldn't care less that the clintons are being trashed,either
who cares
the chief defenders of the evil faith, cnn and ms.nbc, couldn't care less that the clintons are being trashed,either
who cares
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
Is anyone else as sick of these books as I am? It used to be ex-presidents wrote memoirs. Now guys who had a cup of coffee as press flacks are writing their "memoirs" and people are actually buying them and discussing them as though he has a clue. obviously, the only way a non-player like McClellan can get a big book deal is to promise to trash Bush and reveal dirt. So he does it.
I'm not going to call him a prostitute or backstabbing ingrate, but I wouldn't argue with either description. As someone else posted, if you feel there is a lack of integrity, resign. Don't take the perks, then whine afterwards.
Didn't you write before you bought Ann Coulter's book?
Quote from bigarrow:
Didn't you write before you bought Ann Coulter's book?
Ann Coulter is America's most brilliant political satirist. Scottie was a White House official who owed his entire misreable little career to Bush. I am not a Bush defender, but I am offended by these little twerps who accept and serve in these positions, then write these backstabbing gossip books when their patrons can't help them any more.
Richard clarke, the former national security staffer, at least had the excuse that he got the boot from Condi Rice. His motivation is clear. Plus, he was a holdover from Clinton. ditto for George Tennant at CIA, another miserable failure who wrote a book to blame it all on other people. One could argue that they didn't owe Bush as much loyalty.
When you refer to Coulter as a "satirist," do you mean "media whore who lies?" If so, then I concur.Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
Ann Coulter is America's most brilliant political satirist. Scottie was a White House official who owed his entire misreable little career to Bush. I am not a Bush defender, but I am offended by these little twerps who accept and serve in these positions, then write these backstabbing gossip books when their patrons can't help them any more.
Richard clarke, the former national security staffer, at least had the excuse that he got the boot from Condi Rice. His motivation is clear. Plus, he was a holdover from Clinton. ditto for George Tennant at CIA, another miserable failure who wrote a book to blame it all on other people. One could argue that they didn't owe Bush as much loyalty.
As for McClennan, I agree in general terms that writing such a book while the president is still in office may, in certain contexts, be regarded as bad form. However, to the extent that it may shed light on an existing festering situation, then it is welcome, and potentially useful, information.
If you are writing off Richard Clarke and George Tenet as Clinton loyalists ("holdovers"), and implying that this was the motivation for their dissent, then you are well and truly daft.