I remember watching Scott McClellan for several years on the evening news as President Bush’s then Press Secretary and always seemed to be very forthcoming, honest, but firm in his handling of the day’s questions. From the review I’ve read, either McClellan is a total complete disingenuous liar who is bent of avenging his removal or was an even better liar back when he was press secretary. In either case, he seems to be just another douche trading in his honor for a quick buck. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t agree with everything the Bush administration has done, but come on Scott really . . . grow a spine and maybe even some heart while you’re at it.
The White House was a little more gracious with their response:
Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House, she said. For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad – this is not the Scott we knew.
As the article points out, it is really hard to see what Bush envisioned happening as he was sending Scott off:
One of these days, Bush, with McClellan at his side, told reporters that day, he and I are going to be rocking on chairs in Texas, talking about the good old days and his time as the press secretary. And I can assure you, I will feel the same way then that I feel now, that I can say to Scott, Job well done.
Then again stranger things have happened after people leave the public’s eye. Maybe McClellan will forgive and donate the profits from his book to families of American soldiers wounded and/or killed in Iraq and maybe Bush will be able to forgive McClellan or at least shrug him off as just another detractor created by expedience.