I had a different post all ready for this morning, but then became subject to a bombardment of Scott McClellan in the media, and thought that badmouthing him would be a more timely issue.
Look at this man. Do you really want to give him $27.95? I didn't think so.
All day yesterday he and his little Bush administration tell-all, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, were featured on Yahoo. This morning, he was on all the networks I get (to steal a great line from the movie Broadcast News, "I think he was live on two of them"), along with Bush's current minions professing shock at his betrayal.
According to today's reports*, here are some tidbits from the book: Bush is a liar. Karl Rove will do anything to win. Cheney views the world as full of evil he must conquer.
Are you KIDDING me? Is any of that still news? For THIS he gets all-day headlines on Yahoo and major broadcast media coverage? Not only is the man a weenie, he is the worst kind of weenie: he did his evil boss's bidding (quite gleefully, I'm sure) for years, and now he's a turncoat for personal profit. Puke.
So please don't buy this book. I wish no one would, until McClellan announces that all his profits will be going to victims of the Iraq War (on both sides of the conflict). I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen.
*This just in, thanks to Bookslut: an excerpt at the Washington Post.
You mean they are merely shocked? Not shocked, and appalled, and shocked? Or maybe they are shocked that Scottie got his book out so quickly (before they could).
Posted by: Sarah | 29 May 2008 at 02:30 PM
Badmouthing McClellan is not only more timely, it is also more amusing. It is a little hard to think that he was "deceived."
Posted by: Venta | 29 May 2008 at 04:07 PM
Sarah,
I think you're on to something. Mainly they're probably annoyed because they didn't think of it first.
Venta,
Not only do I not believe he was deceived, I'm pretty sure he was quite active in the deceiving. My favorite headline today was about how he did a lot of soul-searching about the book--as if he has a soul. Evidently he still works in public relations, if he thinks we'll buy that.
Posted by: CitizenReader | 29 May 2008 at 06:03 PM
Watching him on "Meet the Press" this weekend made me physically ill. Although, Tim Russert did ask if he would donate proceeds to help the veterans of the Iraq War, a war which he helped promote/justify. McClellan said he would but was noticeably evasive on details. It must be habitual.
Posted by: Ornery Librarian | 03 June 2008 at 06:35 PM
Ornery,
I am totally with you. The guy does provoke an instant gag reflex, doesn't he? Plus, he's the type of wiener who will donate a dollar to some organization and then advertise that a "portion of the profits go to charity." He'd be able to sleep at night, too, just like his henchmen (former) buddies in the White House. ICKY POO.
Posted by: CitizenReader | 04 June 2008 at 08:21 AM