Posted on 05/28/2008 3:55:14 PM PDT by newbie2008
Before he wrote his own memoir, White House press secretary Scott McClellan was rather critical of those who did the same.
In fact, some of the same language now being used to trash McClellan he himself used to trash previous administration authors.
On the book critical of the Bush White House written in cooperation with former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill," McClellan said on January 12, 2004:
McCLELLAN: "It appears to be more about trying to justify personal views and opinions than it does about looking at the results that we are achieving on behalf of the American people."
McClellan also took issue with the book by former Bush White House counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke, "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror," on March 22, 2004:
McCLELLAN: Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner? This is one-and-a-half years after he left the administration. And now, all of a sudden, he's raising these grave concerns that he claims he had. And I think you have to look at some of the facts. One, he is bringing this up in the heat of a presidential campaign. He has written a book and he certainly wants to go out there and promote that book. Certainly let's look at the politics of it. His best buddy is Rand Beers, who is the principal foreign policy advisor to Senator Kerry's campaign. The Kerry campaign went out and immediately put these comments up on their website that Mr. Clarke made. ...
Q: Scott, the whole point of his book is he says that he did raise these concerns and he was not listened to by his superiors.
McCLELLAN: Yes, and that's just flat-out wrong. …When someone uses such charged rhetoric that is just not matched by the facts, it's important that we set the record straight. And that's what we're doing. If you look back at his past comments and his past actions, they contradict his current rhetoric. I talked to you all a little bit about that earlier today. Go back and look at exactly what he has said in the past and compare that with what he is saying today.
Sounds like a hypocrite, to me.
Worst. Press. Secretary. Ever.
Scotty’s liberal publisher.
Perseus Books, L.L.C.
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(Pearl, bigtime Dem donor)
Of course the tubby little panty-waiste is taking shots at GWB. He needs to sell books, AND don’t forget...HE GOT FIRED!!! What do you think he’s going to do...kiss up??? He’s still a spineless limp-wrist.
“Instant karma’s gonna get you...”
What a surprise. </s
Gee.. do ya think it’s possible that Mr Pearl is a pal of the Obama Shadow Government’s Leader...a.k.a. George Soros?
Nah.
SCOTT’S PUBLISHERS DEM DONATIONS:
Contributor Candidate or PAC Amount Date FEC Filing
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
PELSEUS CAPITAL/BANKER WARNER, MARK R (D)
Senate - VA
FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER $2,100
general 01/25/08
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
PELSEUS CAPITAL/BANKER WARNER, MARK R (D)
Senate - VA
FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER $2,300
primary 12/14/07
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
PELSEUS CAPITAL/BANKER WARNER, MARK R (D)
Senate - VA
FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER $200
general 12/14/07
Pearl, Frank
Washington , DC 20006
perseus LLC/Chariman OBAMA, BARACK (D)
President
OBAMA FOR AMERICA $1,500
primary 09/27/07
Pearl, Frank H
Washington , DC 20006
Perseds/Publisher CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D)
President
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT $2,300
general 06/21/07
Pearl, Frank H
Washington , DC 20006
Perseds/Publisher CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D)
President
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT $2,300
primary 05/29/07
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
RAPPAHANNOCK INVESTMENT COMPANY/EXE KLOBUCHAR, AMY J (D)
Senate - MN
KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA $1,000
primary 04/16/07
Pearl, Frank
Washington , DC 20006
Rappahannock Investment Company/Exe MORAN, JAMES P JR (D)
House (VA 08)
MORAN FOR CONGRESS $2,300
general 03/30/07
Pearl, Frank
Washington , DC 20006
Rappahannock Investment Company/Exe MORAN, JAMES P JR (D)
House (VA 08)
MORAN FOR CONGRESS $2,300
primary 03/30/07
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
PERSEUS, LLC/PRIVATE MERCHANT BANKE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) $5,000
primary 03/29/07
Pearl, Frank H
Washington, DC 20006
Perseus LLC/Chair
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) $5,000
primary 10/27/06
PEARL, FRANK H
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
FORD, HAROLD JR (D)
House (TN 09)
HAROLD FORD JR FOR TENNESSEE $1,000
general 10/24/06
Pearl, Frank H.
Washington, DC 20006
Perseus LLC/Chairman & CEO MATSUI, DORIS (D)
House (CA 05)
MATSUI FOR CONGRESS $1,000
general 10/23/06
PEARL, FRANK
WASHINGTON , DC 20006
PERSEUS/CHAIRMAN & CEO WEBB, JAMES H (D)
Senate - VA
JAMES WEBB FOR US SENATE $2,100
general 10/18/06
Pearl, Frank
Washington, DC 20006
Rappahannock Investment Company/Exe MORAN, JAMES P JR (D)
It’s obvious the title of the book should be, “What Happened?”
Subtitle: “And why did I do that?”
scott comes from a long-standing prominent democrat family:
his grandfather was mayor of austin for a long time
and his mother grew up in that atmosphere.
at some point she became a republican and was
a few years ago the state of texas comptroller.
A real back-stabbing weasel.
I'll bet Soros is connected to someone here!
It’s all about the M-O-N-E-Y
Right, wrong, lies or truths, he will make buckets of money off this book.
Scott at one time had the ear of GW. He could talk to him and be around him anytime he wanted. Scott, you will never be within 100 yards of GW again. Trairotrs are shunned and so you will be.
Scott at one time had the ear of GW. He could talk to him and be around him anytime he wanted. Scott, you will never be within 100 yards of GW again. Traitors are shunned and so you will be.
“I’ll bet Soros is connected to someone here!”
Easy one—
“Richard C. Holbrooke”
Steven Taylor, a transplanted Texan who earned his PhD in politics at UT-Austin in the 1990s, looks at the polling trends and concludes that Strayhorn has “an outside chance of winning” and an even better chance of coming ahead of the Democrat... he notes that he didn’t even realize she was McClellan’s mom. Not surprising, since she has changed her last name three times since beginning her political career.
I can't stand these people!
As Glenn Beck said today, WHY didn’t he just quit when he “found out that Bush was misleading us into the war?” Heck, IF you found out that your boss was sending people to fight and die for a lie, would YOU stay with him for 2 years?? Wouldn’t that make YOU as bad as your boss???! So, what does that make McClellan? McClellan is as bad as Bush if that’s what was happening, and I know it wasn’t. This guy (McClellan) is a REAL PUKE!!!
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