The Soros-McClellan Connection

Little Green Footballs ^ | 5/28/08 | Charles Johnson

[roses of sharon]

I count 6 books authored by George Soros from Scott McClellan’s publisher.

GEORGE SOROS ON GLOBALIZATION
GEORGE SOROS

THE AGE OF FALLIBILITY
Consequences of the War on Terror
GEORGE SOROS

THE BUBBLE OF AMERICAN SUPREMACY
The Costs of Bush’s War in Iraq
GEORGE SOROS

THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
Open Society Endangered
GEORGE SOROS, AUTHOR OF SOROS ON SOROS

THE NEW PARADIGM FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What it Means
GEORGE SOROS

UNDERWRITING DEMOCRACY
Encouraging Free Enterprise and Democratic Reform Among the Soviets and in Eastern Europe
GEORGE SOROS

Buy Danish (Hot Air) on May 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM

[Tzimisce]

Won’t matter to the left wing hacker haters on the left.

[fight_truth_decay]

PING

For your next talk radio spot.

[Mr. Peabody]

Reminds me of Soros’ last propaganda effort with the Lancet i.e. 600k Iraquis died in the war!

[hoagy62]

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it.*shaking head*

[pgkdan]

I wondered from the time I saw that fat little pos at the podium why he had that job. He was absolutely awful at it. I guess he was planted there by someone with deep pockets and sinister intentions. George Soros strikes again.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

The sad fact is that Osnos, once a very good reporter for the Wash. Post in Vietnam, has gone off the deep Left end. Some of his comments in the past few years raises serious doubts about his credibility.

Why he has changed, I don’t know, but he is not the Osnos that I read so religiously during the Vietnam war.

[Tex Pete]

“McClellan comes from a democratic family in Texas.”

Sort of. His mom is a former Republican Railroad Commissioner, State Comptroller, and independent candidate for governor.

From wikipedia:

“In her campaigns for school board, college board, and mayor, Strayhorn was not identified by partisan affiliation since those posts are elected on a nonpartisan basis. Strayhorn was a Democrat until the mid-1980s; she served as Democratic nominee Walter Mondale’s campaign chair in Travis County during the 1984 presidential election. Strayhorn switched parties and became a Republican in 1986, when she was the GOP nominee for the U.S. House seat held by J. J. Pickle.”

In other words, she’s a political whore. Guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

[billmor]

Pres Bush must think ‘ if they are from Texas they must be ok’....wrong...He just doesn’t get it...

He gives a press conference and the front of his suit looks good...But i’d bet the back is ripped to shreds by the cats and moles in the WH...

[Lancey Howard]

A caller brought this up on Mark Levin’s show tonight.

[fight_truth_decay]

You left out:

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
by Vincent Bugliosi

A unique collaboration between publisher and author

[AndyTheBear]

McClellan, wasn't he the sweaty guy with the dear-in-the-headlights look trying his best to be polite to a gaggle of obnoxious reporters?

I suppose a guy like that would do anything for a buck.

[boycott]

I will not feel any sorrow when I hear of soros sorry azz passing away. That is one anti-American dirtbag I will be glad to see buried.

[ncalburt]

Don't forget the Pete Wilson / Plame book !

[Lancey Howard]

In other words, she’s a political whore.

Precisely! We get them in my overwhelmingly Republican county all the time - - rats who want to get elected know that they must be "Republican" to ever make it happen. So they switch registration but remain putrid rats at heart.

Unfortunately, that strategy is pretty much a one-way street since few Republicans ever want to live in, or get elected in, a rat's nest. Rat's tend to vacate their own nests after fouling them and move on to new climes to foul.

[calcowgirl]

Other 'fine' books from Peter Ornos's PublicAffairs:

This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
by John Kerry (Author), Teresa Heinz Kerry (Author)

Bill Clinton : mastering the presidency
by Nigel Hamilton (Author)

Is Iraq Another Vietnam?
by Robert K. Brigham (Author)

Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph of George W. Bush
by Lou Dubose (Author), Jan Reid (Author), Carl M. Cannon (Author)

Well, I found one good one:

Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum
by Lou Cannon (Author)

[2ndDivisionVet]

PING!

[Dustbunny]

Amazing !!!!! /sarc

[fight_truth_decay]

Maybe McClellan never quite felt like part of the "in crowd", think the word was used today "disgruntled employee". Insecurity, maybe aka deer-in-the-headlights you mentioned, when it came to the media.

Why Scott McClellan was ever chosen for Press Secretary in the first place, was always a wonder to me. Fleischer said he was accepting of his job, no qualms given.

MR. FLEISCHER: Well, that’s what really struck me is if Scott thought it was propaganda, then Scott should not have accepted the job as White House press secretary. If Scott viewed what the White House was saying was so irresponsible or wrong that it rose to the level of propaganda for him, it’s not a job he should have accepted. He should on principle have declined it.

MR. CHADWICK: Did you have any discussions with him about this at the time about what you all were saying about the war in Iraq, about getting ready for it?

MR. FLEISCHER: I did, and Scott was 100 percent fully on-board. Scott helped me prepare for the briefings. Scott and I would talk about what I was going to say. His job should have been to report them to me. He worked for me. He should have said, I wouldn’t say that if I were you, Ari. Or, I’m not sure I could say that, Ari.

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/05/28/ari-fleischer-speaks-out-on-mcclellans-book/

[Perchant]

On the bright side, it's much better that we have the Bush people “totally shocked” about the behavior of this Texas liberal press secretary than totally shocked about Texas liberal Harriet Miers had they succeeded in making her a Supreme Court Justice.