Posted on 06/02/2008 6:03:33 AM PDT by Invisigoth
In my opinion, Scott McClellan was one of the worst White House press secretaries ever. He was often short with reporters and refused to say anything about anything that was not in his talking points. He did not seem to know what role the White House press corps played in the functioning of the government.
When McClellan did not want to answer a question, he would “refer” you to other agencies or to the vice president's office. In fact, McClellan had three standard evasive practices. One was the referral, which he learned from his predecessor Ari Fleischer. The second was to invoke the war on terror to shut down a line of questioning. And the third, which he also learned from Fleischer, was to accuse the questioner of asking a “hypothetical” question. The third practice gave McClellan undue leverage because most questions embody a hypothesis.
I would sit in the press briefing room in the White House and wonder if McClellan really understood why we were there. He was argumentative, obtuse and sometimes scornful. He did not seem to understand that we were there to work, to advise the world about the activities of the administration and the mindset of the president.
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“Scotty didn’t know!”
Intresting how no one is picking up on the fact that everything Scotty supposedly “knew” he learned AFTER he left the WH
Even Scotty knew he was terrible, so he created a giant smokescreen by regurgitating all the media’s favorite stories about Bush and transforming himself into a genius.
So which Article in the U.S. Constitution lies out the powers of the White House Press Corps as it relates to running the government?
What arrogance!
How could he? He didn't even seem to know why he was there.
Little Scottie may have some new friends for a while, but nobody likes a rat-bastard.
I was wondering about that myself
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