McClellan Gets To Be Himself...

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Posted by: bboypoop Original: 5/28/2008 6:56 PM Views: 78 Comments: 3 eProps: 4 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

McClellan Gets To Be Himself...

Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's memoirs were previewed by the Washington Post. Regarding the Iraq war:

"Over that summer of 2002," he writes, "top Bush aides had outlined a strategy for carefully orchestrating the coming campaign to aggressively sell the war. . . . In the permanent campaign era, it was all about manipulating sources of public opinion to the president's advantage."

McClellan, once a staunch defender of the war from the podium, comes to a stark conclusion, writing, "What I do know is that war should only be waged when necessary, and the Iraq war was not necessary."

When an administration insider calls the war a mistake, it seems pretty clear that it was one.

Posted 5/28/2008 6:56 PM - 78 Views - 4 eProps - 3 comments

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...why didn't he say so earlier then?...

i mean, you gotta question of timing and why he chose this form of media to say everything. the 180 twist seems a little sketchy for me.

Posted 5/29/2008 12:38 AM by Rammiegirl48 - reply

As press secretary of the administration he couldn't possibly criticize the administration publicly; it was his job to say what the administration desired to be said. Memoirs published after retiring from the White House would serve as a medium to say what he actually thought the whole time.

Posted 5/29/2008 9:12 AM by bboypoop - reply

how ironic that the scrolling ad i now see on your blog is a johnmccain.com advertisement. like obama, i remember saying this back in 2003, the war was a bad idea. and call me a spendthrift, but there are very few reasons i would send troops out anywhere.

Posted 5/29/2008 11:58 PM by jujubean45 - reply

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