News Buzz: McClellan's Tell-All, Last Primaries, and More

By U.S. News Staff

May 29, 2008 RSS Feed Print

The White House fires back at former spokesman Scott McClellan

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan is defending his new, highly critical book about the Bush administration's inner circle. Appearing on NBC's Today show this morning, McClellan said that he became "increasingly dismayed and disillusioned" in his final year as press secretary after having trusted the president in the lead-up to the Iraq War. "My beliefs were different then," McClellan said. "I believed the president when he talked about the grave and gathering danger from Iraq." Many of McClellan's accusations—that Bush and his advisers, for example, became stuck in "permanent campaign culture"—have been sharply criticized in recent days by current and former members of the administration. Referring to McClellan's book, former White House counsel Dan Bartlett told NBC this morning: "I would not personally participate in a process in which we are misleading the American people, and that's the part that I think is hurting so many of his former colleagues."

End of the primary road

Hillary Clinton is campaigning in South Dakota today, Barack Obama will be home in Chicago, and John McCain is expected in Wisconsin. The South Dakota and Montana contests, which will be held on June 3, are the last two primaries on the Democratic nominating calendar. This Sunday, voters in Puerto Rico will participate in a primary as well. According to the Associated Press's official delegate count, Obama is now only 45 shy of the 2,026 delegates required for the nomination. Looking past his battle with Clinton, Obama on Wednesday was involved in a spat with presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, calling the Arizona senator's recent proposal for a joint visit to Iraq "a stunt."

Suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Iraq

At least 16 people were killed and 14 injured by a suicide bomber in northwestern Iraq today. The attack took place in Sinjar, a small town about 75 miles west of Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi forces are engaged in an offensive against insurgents. Many officials believe that the Mosul fighting has pushed some insurgents to the east, into less populated areas and towns like Sinjar. The explosion occurred near a police recruiting center, which had received threats of possible attack and had unsuccessfully warned townspeople to keep away.

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DON'T BE DUPED AGAIN AMERICA !!!

IT'S ABOUT ELECTABILITY !!!

Large numbers of BUSH_McCain Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses from early on with the backing and help of the medical and insurance industry. Under the direction of the George Bush, and Karl Rove vote fraud, and vote manipulation machine. Because they feel Barack Obama would be a weaker opponent against John McCain. And they want to stop Hillary Clinton from fixing the HUGE! American, and Global mess they have created. shocking!!! isn't it. Just gotta love those good old draft dodging, silver spoon Texas boys. Not! :-(

You see, the medical and insurance industry mostly support the republicans with the money they ripped off from you. And they don't want you to have quality, affordable universal health care. They want to be able to continue to rip you off, and kill you and your children by continuing to deny you life saving medical care that you have already paid for. So they can continue to make more immoral profits for them-selves off of you, and your children's suffering.

With Hillary Clinton you are almost 100% certain to get quality affordable universal health care for everyone very soon. And you are also certain to see major improvements in the economy for everyone.

The American people face even worse catastrophes ahead than the ones you are living through now. It will take all of the skills, and experience of Hillary Clinton to pull the American people out of this mess we are in. Fortunately fixing up, and cleaning up others incompetence, immoral degeneracy, and mess is what the Clinton's do very well.

Hillary Clinton has actually won by much larger margins than the vote totals showed. And lost by much smaller vote margins than the vote totals showed. Her delegate count is actually much higher than it shows. And higher than Obama's. She also leads in the electoral college numbers that you must win to become President in the November national election. HILLARY CLINTON IS ALREADY THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE!

Just look at Oregon for example. Obama won Oregon by about 70,000 votes. But approximately 79,000 Bush republicans switched party's back in January to vote for Obama in the democratic primary. They are not going to vote for, or support any Democrat in November. Are you DEMOCRATS going to put up with that. Are you that stupid, and weak. The Bush republicans think you are that stupid, and weak.

As much as 30% of Obama's primary, and caucus votes are Republicans trying to choose the weakest democratic candidate for McCain to run against. These Republicans have been gaming the caucuses, and open primaries where it is easier to vote cheat. This is why Obama has not been able to win the BIG! states primaries. Even with Republican vote cheating help. Except North Carolina where 35% of the population is African American, and approximately 90% of them block voted for him. African Americans are only approximately 17% of the general population.

Hillary Clinton has been OUT MANNED! and OUT SPENT! 4 and 5 to 1. Yet Obama has only been able to manage a very tenuous, and questionable tie with Hillary Clinton. This is even more phenomenal when you consider she has been also fighting against the George Bush, Karl Rove vote fraud machine in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses. Hillary Clinton is STUNNING!.

If Obama is the democratic nominee for the national election in November he will be slaughtered. That is crystal clear now. Because all of the Republican vote cheating help will suddenly evaporate. And the demographics, and experience are completely against him. All of this vote fraud and Bush republican manipulation has made Obama falsely look like a much stronger candidate than he really is.

You will have another McGovern catastrophe where George McGovern lost 49 of 50 states. And was the reason the super-delegates were created to keep that from happening again. Don't let that happen to the party and America again super-delegates. You have the power to prevent it. The only important question now is who can best win in November. And the answer is HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. That fact is also now crystal clear.

And YOUNG PEOPLE. DON'T BE DUPED! Think about it. You have the most to lose. As do African Americans. Support Hillary Clinton. She will do her best for all of you. And she will know how to best get it done on day one.

The democratic party needs to fix this outrage. Everyone needs to throw all your support to Hillary Clinton NOW! So you can end this outrage against YOU the voter, and against democracy.

The democratic party, and the super-delegates have a decision to make. Are the democrats, and the democratic party going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee to fight for the American people. Or are the republicans going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee through vote fraud, and gaming the DEMOCRATIC party primaries, and caucuses.

Fortunately the Clinton's have been able to hold on against this fraudulent outrage with those repeated dramatic, and heroic comebacks of Hillary Clinton’s. Only the Clinton’s are that resourceful, and strong. Hillary Clinton is your NOMINEE. They are the best I have ever seen. Probably the best there has ever been. :-)

“This is not a game” (Hillary Clinton)

Sincerely

jacksmith... Working Class :-)

p.s. Cynthia Ruccia - I'm with ya baby. All the way. "Clinton Supporters Count Too."

jacksmith of TX 11:39PM May 29, 2008

What I find limitlessly amusing is the comparison in response between McLellan's book and Dereliction of Duty, by Robert Patterson. At the time, the right-wing braniacs from dopeheads like Rush Limbaugh and junior college flunkouts like Sean Hannity, to the most simple-minded of columnists and bloggers, the reaction was the same: "Ah HA! This proves that Bill Clinton was the devil!" I don't recall a single right-winger that suggested that DoD should be shrugged off as sour grapes or someone cashing in. No, it was COURAGE that lead Patterson to write his book. But even more hilarious is these same people don't realize that we on the left are laughing our ASSES of at their hypocrisy. Every puffed up, indignant word is another guffaw for us. So, thank you right-wingers...for being so predictably amusing. You made my day!

Matthew of ID 7:49PM May 29, 2008

After 4 years, with at least few hundred thousand Iraqis and 4,000 American lost their lives, and so much destruction over there. None of the reasons leading to war is true, and the Bush team is still in denying state. I wished the election day was months sooner.

Concerned Citizen of CA 7:28PM May 29, 2008

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