The McClellan Spin Continues
Posted by Paul Wilden in Political Commentary |
The reaction to McClellan’s tell-all book, where he reveals, among other things, Bush’s elaborate propaganda scheme to sell the public on the need to invade Iraq, was swift and furious. McClellan was said to be a disgruntled ex-employee, disloyal, disingenuous, and self-serving, just to name a few. In an administration where loyalty is valued far above honesty, integrity and competence-”heck of a job Brownie”-McClellan’s stock is now valued somewhere below Judas’.
So it was interesting to read at Think Progress’ website how “boring” McClellan’s book really is, (emphasis original)
Now several prominent conservatives are dismissing the book by insisting that no one outside of “people who follow Washington issues” really even cares about McClellan’s allegations:
Ari Fleischer: This is a very Washington and people who follow Washington issue, and people tend to read these types of books. What is interesting, Bill, is TV shows, for example, millions watch the news at night, a great selling book only sells about 100,000, so it’s kinda gonna be a self-contained story.
Bill O’Reilly: McClellan says Mr. Bush did not handle Katrina very well. Gee, I’m stunned. He says the president used propaganda to justify Iraq. Again, is that a bulletin? … McClellan also believes that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby conspired in the Valerie Plame case. Forgive me if I’m bored.
Newt Gingrich: No. I don’t want to shock you, Alan, but I actually don’t care. … I mean my lack of interest in Scott McClellan’s personal odyssey of self-discovery is a negative. I’m more concerned about American Idol than I am about Scott McClellan.
Mary Matalin: I don’t care, like Newt, I don’t really care to analyze this kind of betrayal.
It’s really quite comical listening to the right trying to deal with McClellan’s confessions, as I noted before, when liars and crooks (and those who support them) are exposed for who they really are, there’s not a whole lot you can do, truth isn’t on your side so your only real choice is to discredit the whistle blower. But in doing so, they’ve given the story that much more attention so now they have to pretend it’s really no big deal at all. And they do this with a straight face as if no one can see through their transparent façade.
–Paul Wilden
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May 31st, 2008 at 4:20 am
Still seems like a disgruntled employee to me who got fired and now has the ability to write a book and trash his former employers. many of us would love to do the same, but few care about the scandals of the local Target store manager, lol
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Political Disgust
May 31st, 2008 at 5:43 am
He may very well be a “disgruntled employee” but that doesn’t mean his allegations aren’t true. After all, he’s only confirmed what many of us knew all along.
I’m guessing it’s a good thing that nobody cares about the local Target store scandals or we’d have more tell-all books than we know what to do with! lol