Posted on 05/30/2008 6:20:38 PM PDT by Utah Girl
You called Scott McClellan last night. What did you ask him?
ARI FLEISCHER, FORMER W.H. PRESS SECRETARY: Well, I did. Actually it was before the story broke about the book. So, it was a social call and Scott brought up the book. We talked about it and he told me he thought it was going to be an honest, brutal, I mean honest, blunt book — he didn't say brutal. And I'm not sure I thought it was going to be as bad as it sounds like it is.
HEMMER: What do you mean?
FLEISCHER: From what I'm hearing from reporters are telling me, this is a very tough book on President Bush. And that's what leaves me really just kind of heartbroken that Scott could do this, because Scott never once, Bill, ever came to me privately and expressed any misgivings or doubts about what we were doing, the lead up to the war in Iraq. And certainly, when he took the podium, he himself seemed to have his heart in it. He never said anything at the time that would make someone think he had doubts.
So, how now does Scott come to these conclusions? I don't know. It's a different Scott from the Scott I knew.
HEMMER: Seven hours ago, we spoke about this, Ari, and you said you were stumped. Do you still think that now?
FLEISCHER: I am stumped. I'm still stumped. I really don't know how and why Scott has come to this. And you know, especially, I was even thinking — after Scott left the White House, he continued to support the president and the war and defend the president. That was about a year ago, I remember watching him on TV doing that. So, I don't know what has changed for Scott.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
McClellan is finished in Washington DC. He's a pariah on both sides because he stabbed President Bush in the back, and because the Left uses up and spits people out after their usefulness is over.
There is a video at the link also.
Well, we FReepers do. Just follow the $$$$$!
A lot of people will sell their soul for a quick buck these days. Scotty is one of them. America means NOTHING to him. It’s all about him.
He took his 30 pieces of silver from the high priests of the MSM and the left.
Yep. Ari Fleischer wrote a memior, and it kind of sank out of sight. I think McClellan was pushed out of his job, and that started some resentment (my personal take on the issue.) Plus a 7 figure advance for a spokesperson who always looked like he was a deer caught in the headlights?
Interesting. Didn’t see that. Thanks.
scott’s behavior is so unexpected, extreme and 180 degrees off
from where he was before, that i doubt that his book will have much impact.
“We were wrong about whether Saddam had a WMD but that didn’t mean
the president manipulated anything. And Scott uses the very
same words that the far-left uses and I find that troubling because I find it inaccurate.”
I've heard a figure of only 75K. Can't remember where I read it but the source seemed reputable.
I really don’t know whether McClellan is telling the truth or not, but I agree with Mark Levin. Basically, no person of honor or integrity stands by and does nothing when they disagree that vehemently with their boss. Most bosses I know, including myself when I was in management, want to know when employees disagree with them. That is the only way they can correct potentially bad decisions. Sure, the boss may go ahead with plan A anyway, but there’s no chance of plan B ever being done if the boss never learns of it. You tell the boss when you disagree then either carry out the final decision or resign/quit. What you don’t do is stab your boss in the back after you’ve apparently served for years without stating your misgivings. Again, I don’t know if McClellan is stating fact now or not, but he’s proved himself to be a petty and dishonorable man.
The only thing the former McClellan did that was noteworthy was to develop a cavalry saddle!
Amen. They say he only made $75K but...keep watching and keep following the money trail. Let’s see where it leads. As someone said the other day on TV Scott couldn’t have had the brains to write this book himself. Stay tuned....
Sorry, I must have misread the quote. I’ll try and find it. I thought over a million dollars was a bit much for McClellan.
He is Carole Keeton Strayhorn's son... 
from one of her multiple marriages. So, even in Texas the fruits don't fall far from the nuts.
...From what I've heard on this controversy thus far, there is one theory being bandied about that the editor did far more to set the tone of this tome than Mr. McClellan did, and that it was mostly ghost written.
I sense McClellan's P.R. Spokesperson is trying desperately to do some serious damage control to a vessel that's been broad sided and is headed straight to the bottom of the ocean floor.
I just heard he sold out for a crappy $75,000 advance. What a turd.
As it appears now, $7.50 is a bit much for anything Scotty may have to say, except for the left wing Socialists who will pay for any trash available to forward their agenda.
I predicted as soon as this became public that he’d be the next MSNBC screwball, and I heard today that he has signed with NBC.
I wonder how much he got under the table from Soros or his cohorts.
I’m sure he was promised fame and fortune to betray the President. Evil little man.
There is a connection with George Soros and Peter Osnos and McClellan and his book, and Vincent Bugliosi, the longtime lawyer that used to be on every night talking about O.J. Simpson, he has written a book called The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, 4,000-plus American soldiers in Iraq being murdered by George W. Bush, in a pointless, worthless unjust war, published by the same guy, by the same publishing house, George Soros.
Rush
According to the interview, McClellan was asked to leave the White House earlier than he had planned. I don’t think I remember hearing that before. Could be McClellan suffers from the same animosity as Richard Clarke who felt he was dissed because he was let go.
From AP. LOL, yeah I know they are not the bastion of truthfulness but this is probably close to the truth.
:)
LOL...great graphic. I was wondering if Scotty was related to ol’ George B. I’m still not sure if there’s any relationship involved, but it definitely brought back memories of how Gen. McClellan disrespected President Lincoln on more than one occasion.
Why would the left trust him? I suppose he might get hired by Media Matters or work for David Brock. Brock didn’t have a problem getting work after he turned to the dark side.
I wonder how much he got under the table from Soros or his cohorts.
I’m sure he was promised fame and fortune to betray the President. Evil little man.
Wherever Ari is, there is Utah Girl. Yeay, Utah Girl! It’s like old times! BRING BACK ARI!
To me, what McClellan did is no different than how Anita Hill, who swore under oath that her boss, Clarence Thomas had sexually harrassed her to the point that she was physically ill. Yet after the harrassment allegedly took place, went out of her way to call him several times to beg for a job.
He was a terrible spokesperson. One of the worse I'd ever seen. He never looked confortable. I think he was loyal to Bush, but not loyal to the policies.
If Scott comes out as a Liberal Gay guy, he will be the TOAST of the TOWN!!
It was a widely held belief in the early days of the first term that Bush was keeping far too many Clintonistas in the government - that guy (was it Clark?) at CIA was frequently mentioned. The selection of McClellan is just a drop in the bucketful of idiotic personnel selections this President made.
So who is going to watch him? It was painful enough when he was press aide. Public speaking is not his forte. It's time someone told him that. What a pathetic creature he has chosen to become.
That wouldn’t be a surprise. The guy appears to be a complete sell out.
No creativity though. All the criticisms (as described by the media) sound like they were copied from Democrat talking points over the years.
My only interest...Can they get the Movie out prior to November?
Yeah, what ever happened to Cindy Sheehan, anyway? :)
LOL. You remembered. Those were the days.
Thanks, Phil, too funny.
Pinging p_k and penowa
I found that pic over at the Peoples Cube...they seem to be the cutting edge on pics like that, and the humore is always razor sharp...
What changed for Scott was that he kept getting turned down by publishers until PublicAffairs came along, and told him they'd publish it, and help him 'get to the truth', along the way. He even stated that they helped him find 'his own truth', after he'd 'challenged his percepetions and assumptions'. In other words, they got him believing something he didn't believe before, but was willing to accept in order to get the book published.
Press Secretaries serve at the pleasure of the President. What Scott might have had planned is irrelevant. It was clear that Scott was horrible as the Press Secretary. Everyone was comparing him to Ari, and he was falling short in that match-up. But then, after Scott left, along comes Dana, and she's just as good as Ari was, in my opinion, so Ari wasn't an out-lier, it's clear that Scott was just that bad.
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