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McClellan under attack

May

You’ve probably heard it all.

This isn’t the Scott McClellan anyone knew—as if he’s undergone some sort of personality change.

Or his publisher, his left-wing publisher, must be to blame.

Or he’s just in it for the money.

And if he were loyal, he wouldn’t have written this tell-all book.

But perhaps if you’re not forthcoming with your press secretary—as McClellan says Karl Rove and Scooter Libby were not with him over the leak of Valerie Plame’s name to the media—you lose any claims to his loyalty.

“I had allowed myself to be deceived into unknowingly passing along a falsehood. It would ultimately prove fatal to my ability to serve the President effectively. The top White House officials who knew the truth – including Rove, Libby and possibly Vice-President Cheney – allowed me, even encouraged me, to repeat a lie.”

And maybe he just wanted the truth out.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 at 9:23 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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One Response to “McClellan under attack”

David V. May 31st, 2008 at 7:15 am
George Will wrote a good column about Scott McClellan that I read today.

It says that he’s still just a mouthpiece, only now serving a different master.

I think that’s true. This isn’t about getting the truth out, so much as it is about money and revenge for being fired.

McClellan is an embodiment of the fact that President Bush has valued loyalty over competence. In this case, he got neither.

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