Why Scott McClellan Is Like Dilbert

Scott and George.

I CANNOT wait to read Scott's book so I can find out what other CONFIRMED lies the Bush administration has told to the American people!

KYJurisDoctor of KY @ May 28, 2008 17:10:46 PM

You think he wrote this for the $$$?! He did not resign because he probably tolerated his job for as long as he can believing, the administration, Bush was right. I think it's remarkable he's able to do this to "George Bush who has been good to him all these years".

People will say anything to sell more copies of their books. If what he says is even vaguely true, then why didn't McClellan resign sooner than he did? If your job goes against everything you believe, and you are viscerally against what you are asked to participate in, you leave. At the very least, you open your mouth and express your concerns. He did neither. Sour grapes and pursuit of millions of dollars in book sales. This kind of "candor" requires no guts, no bravery. It's too convenient and easy. He's a bitter little effete man.

abc of CA @ May 28, 2008 16:47:39 PM

I find it fascinating that the Bush apologists can only attack McCllelen and express their "sadness" and "puzzlement." Note that not one of these people adressed the substance of McCllelen's book: that Bush and his cronies lied, and lied again. Sadness and puzzlement aside, the central fact is that Bush and crew misled Americans in their march to war, and left the world in a much less stable state as a result. Let us hope that Bush slinks away at the end of his term and is never heard from again, and that he takes Rove and Cheney with him.

DB of ME @ May 28, 2008 16:23:20 PM

Lies: (1) aluminum tubes, (2) yellowcake uranium, and (3) Saddam tied to Al Qaeda

Bush lied.

And the Bushies lied too. Including Bush's lap dog Scotty.

Bush lied about the aluminum tubes, stating that they were for making material for nuclear devices, rather than for making conventional missiles. Bush's own Dept. of Energy told him that it did not believe the tubes were for making nukes, but this was kept until after-the-invasion from the American people.

Bush lied about the yellowcake in his January 2003 State of the Union, in the infamous 16 words. The Brits never said a damned thing about "significant quantities" of yellowcake uranium. The term "significant quantities" was made up for Bush's speech, without any foundation in anything the Brits said.

Bush had absolutely no basis to claim a link between Saddam and the 9-11 attacks. But he lied anyway. In point of fact, Saddam was not tied to the attacks and indeed he never had any operational ties to Al Qaeda.

Dan O'Day of IL @ May 28, 2008 16:16:33 PM

I find it fascinating that the Bush apologists can only attack McCllelan and express their "sadness" and "puzzlement." Note that not one of these people address the substance of McCllelan's book: that Bush and his cronies lied, and lied again. Sadness and puzzlement aside, the central fact is that the Bush administration utterly failed Americans and made the world a much less stable place than previously. Let us hope that Bush slinks away at the end of his term, and is never heard from again. Rest assured that he lacks the intellect and verbal skill to write his own book.

db of ME @ May 28, 2008 16:12:45 PM

Bah

Here we read that, "Americans leave their jobs all the time—for reasons far worse than being asked to spread war propaganda."

I've just watched a video on youtube of men, women and children weeping, sometimes hysterically, over the bodies, coffins and photographs of their sons, husbands, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers and daughters killed in Iraq. It was heartwrenching. McClellan certainly is to be excoriated for not having the moral fortitude to leave his job, but there's no *better * reason to leave than the spread of lies that kill Americans. He perpetuated what he knew were lies, insulting lies that he fed to his countrymen for pay, and too bad for him that he wasn't man enough to object to it at the time.

His loyalty was his greatest sin, and it is inexcusable. But if he wants to say he's sorry now, well, maybe better late than never.

Everyone in the Bush administration is culpable for every American death in Iraq. They fooled enough of the people enough of the time to get us there, and more than 4,000 of us have come home in boxes. More than 30 years after Vietnam we've still learned nothing about the prideful sick dreams of angry, greedy white men and the murderous facility with which they lie -- and get little puppydogs like Scott McClellan to lie on their behalf. All he's doing is reminding us how stupid so many of us were, and how morally bankrupt are our leaders.

Woof of MI @ May 28, 2008 16:07:55 PM

Other than Conservative knuckle-draggers was ANYONE foolish enough to believe ANYTHING spouted by Bush or McClellan?

But McClellan is dead on target on one point. By their failure to ask the hard questions and to dig into the story behind the White House press releases the media is as responsibe as the Executive branch liatrs for the death and destruction at home and abroad that's resulted from the Reign of Error of Acting President Cheney and Pretender-in-Chief Dubya.

of NY @ May 28, 2008 15:58:24 PM

Well said.

If your job goes against everything you believe, and you are viscerally against what you are asked to participate in, you leave. At the very least, you open your mouth and express your concerns. He did neither.

Things like loyalty are not old, outdated, passe concepts. You don't hurt your friends in the name of pursuing a buck. I have a problem with crapping publically on someone who has been good to you, and George Bush has been good to this man, for many years.

Sour grapes and pursuit of millions of dollars in book sales. This kind of "candor" requires no guts, no bravery. It's too convenient and easy. He's a bitter little effete man.

Jessica Se Quois of VT @ May 28, 2008 15:30:39 PM