Scott McClellan's new book

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article from the Politico.

Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White House - Politico.com Print View

McClellan repeatedly embraces the rhetoric of Bush's liberal critics and even charges: “If anything, the national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq.

“The collapse of the administration’s rationales for war, which became apparent months after our invasion, should never have come as such a surprise. … In this case, the ‘liberal media’ didn’t live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.”
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One of the articles about this mentioned that you would have expected him to take some swipes at the President to sell books....but that he went "above and beyond", if you will, according to surprised friends. I suppose a lot of press secretaries feel burned when they leave. I hope that it is all truthful, because we certainly don't need anymore lies from this administration. I do tend to believe what he says about the CIA leak scandal. With regard to Katrina, I'm not sure what to make of it. I don't get the "state of denial" stuff...although our response was pathetic (though I think this has more to do with the inefficacy of the Dept. of Homeland Security than denial by Bush....maybe denial that DOHS wasn't working).
 
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"History appears poised to confirm what most Americans today have decided — that the decision to invade Iraq was a serious strategic blunder," McClellan wrote in "What Happened," due out Monday. "No one, including me, can know with absolute certainty how the war will be viewed decades from now when we can more fully understand its impact."
"What I do know is that war should only be waged when necessary, and the Iraq war was not necessary," he wrote in the preface.
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Bush misled U.S. on Iraq, former aide says in new book | ajc.com
 
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Another former "insider" confirming what we already know. I applaud McClellan.
 
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Applaud him for what? Using inside info and sensationalizing it to make a buck? If he knew things were askew, why not quit his job and proclaim so at the time?

I mean he knew the Bush administration was deceiving the public and allowed it?
 
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So he had obvious deception material and held on to it until after he left? You applaud this?
 
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This guy was not very good at his job and was allowed to stay at his position even though it was clearly over his head. He was eventually ushered out (I believe) because it was clear he could not perform the job. I am not saying this man has an axe to grind but I am interested to learn why he is going public now as opposed to doing what was right at the time.
 
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allvol123 said:
Applaud him for what? Using inside info and sensationalizing it to make a buck? If he knew things were askew, why not quit his job and proclaim so at the time?

I mean he knew the Bush administration was deceiving the public and allowed it?
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it's called profit taking. He decided not to wait for an Obama presidency and the ridiculous tax increases that will follow. Release the book while taxes are still low, move the money into a good tax shelter and wait out 4 or 8 years of socialism until the US electorate comes to it's senses.
 
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MG1968 said:
it's called profit taking. He decided not to wait for an Obama presidency and the ridiculous tax increases that will follow. Release the book while taxes are still low, move the money into a good tax shelter and wait out 4 or 8 years of socialism until the US electorate comes to it's senses.
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I was just curious about the high regard some have for him now. Can't reconcile the part about him knowing we were being misled into a war we had no business being in yet not saying anything about it at the time.
 
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OWB said:
I see your point, but if you support Bush, you're also supporting this deception.
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I figure the ME is a mess and always we be. Our country crumbles without oil until someone finds other methods of propping up our energy needs. If we need to put a stake in the ground somewhere to make sure we have our supply and in the process give some people a chance at freedom, well I guess I don't have too much of a problem with it.
 
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OWB said:
I'm sure if I wanted to take the time, I could provide you with a list of deceptions to choose from.
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you mean taking the same information that your hero John Kerry said was conclusive that Hussein was a threat and needed to be stopped?
 
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MG1968 said:
you mean taking the same information that your hero John Kerry said was conclusive that Hussein was a threat and needed to be stopped?
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:rofl: When all else fails, here comes John Kerry.
 
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allvol123 said:
I figure the ME is a mess and always we be. Our country crumbles without oil until someone finds other methods of propping up our energy needs. If we need to put a stake in the ground somewhere to make sure we have our supply and in the process give some people a chance at freedom, well I guess I don't have too much of a problem with it.
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Yeah, this whole oil thing is really working out isn't it?
 
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OWB said:
:rofl: When all else fails, here comes John Kerry.
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my point was that the intelligence used to justify invading Iraq was the same intelligence viewed by members of Congress who are on record calling Iraq a threat that must be dealt with.
 
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MG1968 said:
my point was that the intelligence used to justify invading Iraq was the same intelligence viewed by members of Congress who are on record calling Iraq a threat that must be dealt with.
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Hence the deception. Almost everyone was duped by the Bush administration and their "intelligence".
 
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