Rick Raw: McClellan’s Tell-All Book Rings True, But He’s A Weasel for Writing It

By Rick Grant rickgrant01@comcast.net www.rickatnight.com

Scott McClellan is a weasel. During his entire tenure as Press Secretary, he was Bush’s yes-man, going out to the press room podium and uttering the President’s lies, but all the time he knew Bush was lying, which makes him a second hand liar. Yet, McClellan stayed on to reap the benefits of the job, rather than be a man and resign earlier.

Yes, his book rings true, but no one likes a snitch, especially one who professed the administrations policies so vehemently as Press Secretary. He’s the type of kiss-ass traitor that lurks around many offices, spewing the company line but not believing a word of it.

Well the jokes on him. McClellan’s book, What Happened caused a backlash even among Bush haters for his blatant hypocrisy for pretending to be Bush’s friend and supporter, then stabbing him in the back. Sure, I hate Bush, but this nasty little turncoat makes me sick. I, and many people with a modicum of morality, would not pretend to be someone’s friend and then turn against him just to be in the national spotlight and sell a book.

Scott McClellan says in his book, that "while I was spinning, I harbored private doubts." McClellan depicts the White House as "ruthless, duplicitous, and obsessed with getting its message out at the expense of both the truth and governing." He goes on to say that "Bush and his aides decided to invade Iraq first, and then waged a relentless political propaganda campaign to convince Americas to support that terrible strategic blunder."

Duh! Anyone with half a brain saw through Bush’s lies. We didn’t need confirmation from this turdy-wordy little gnome. Every time McClellan took that podium, savvy journalists could tell he was lying, covering for his boss.

When the terrorists pulled off the terrible 9/11 attack, its mastermind, Osama bin Laden was hold-up in Afghanistan. There was no al Qaeda in Iraq. Suddenly, Secretary Rice was telling the Hill that what would it take to convince them–"a mushroom cloud over Washington." Then Colin Powell appeared before the Senate Armed Forces Committee with charts showing mobile chemical weapons labs. Powell was livid and embarrassed that none were found. He quit immediately when the truth came out. The whole thing was a smoke screen by the administration to justify invading Iraq. In the end, it was all about oil. We didn’t need McClellan’s book to confirm our conclusions that Bush and his gaggle of profiteers were lying sacks of dung.

Christopher Hitchens in Slate.com said, "McClellan’s book is without value. For one thing he doesn’t supply anything that can really be called evidence. For another, he never says Bush and his aides flat-out lied about believing Saddam Hussein had WMDs. The worst he can do is charge them with obscuring nuances and ignoring the caveats that should have accompanied their arguments." Sorry Mr. Hitchens but "ignoring the caveats" sounds a lot like lying to me. It’s tantamount to saying, "Oh, My sister was in a car accident," but leaving out "the caveat" that she was killed.

Tim Rutten said in The Los Angeles Times, "How can you believe him. To date, roughly a dozen former Bush administration personnel have published memoirs expressing their dismay with the White House." And so it went, McClellan’s book was panned by everyone who knew the truth, but just can’t stomach tattletales who rat on their friends. Now no one will want Scott McClellan around as a so called "friend."