Confession is usually a powerful elixir. So is payback.

I like that line. I may use that one day.

This makes me very happy.

I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

Pocket Ninja: I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

We could make it into a drinking game. "Disgruntled," or Whistle-blower," 1 drink. "Sour grapes," 2 drinks etc.

Nestea Plunge: That's what happens when you buy and sell people like a commodity.

What cracks me up is how all these administration lackeys on the news are all, "Why didn't he say something before? He never made these views known when he was in the White House." Like he wouldn't have been completely disowned, ruined and possibly killed if he did that back then.

wondering what happened to "the Scott we knew"

Ah, yes, we miss his lying douchebaggery and obfuscation in the face of Executive branch megalomania.

It's amusing they're all treating him like he needs to be committed for his own safety.

Nestea Plunge: Hell, Scott even had his own ringer.

Don't you mean "rimmer"?

Funny how, as more and more information about what was really going on inside the WH in the first Bush term dribbles out, the more and more it seems exactly like what all those treasonous, America-hating Fark posters back then claimed it was.

dudemanbro: Pocket Ninja: I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

We could make it into a drinking game. "Disgruntled," or Whistle-blower," 1 drink. "Sour grapes," 2 drinks etc.

Good thing I didn't play that game with the word "puzzled" today...I would've been dead of alcohol poisoning by 9 AM.

dudemanbro: Nestea Plunge: That's what happens when you buy and sell people like a commodity.

What cracks me up is how all these administration lackeys on the news are all, "Why didn't he say something before? He never made these views known when he was in the White House." Like he wouldn't have been completely disowned, ruined and possibly killed if he did that back then.


Don't disagree, but if McClellan knew what he was feeding the press and the American people lies, he should have just resigned and made his views known as a private citizen.

As it stands now, it just looks like shameless promoting for his new book.

I didn't trust the small-handed, beady-eyed prick when he was in front of the podium, and that's not going change because he's now saying what I (and many other Americans) believed long before his "shocking revelations".

Also, I love how Rice says "skeptics should have spoken up at the time"...

they were speaking up, Condy, you and your boss just weren't all that interested in listening to them.

Skleenar: Funny how, as more and more information about what was really going on inside the WH in the first Bush term dribbles out, the more and more it seems exactly like what all those treasonous, America-hating Fark posters back then claimed it was.

but they still hate america and the troops.

keylock71: As it stands now, it just looks like shameless promoting for his new book.

It is. He definitely figured out how to get the most money out of the situation. But that's ok with me because people are talking about things that need to be talked about.

dudemanbro: keylock71: As it stands now, it just looks like shameless promoting for his new book.

It is. He definitely figured out how to get the most money out of the situation. But that's ok with me because people are talking about things that need to be talked about.

Agreed.

I also have no problem with making a buck where one can (legally, of course), but I'm sure as hell not thinking this is some sort of redemption for McClellan... if he knowingly told lies to the American people at the behest of his superiors, and then only told the truth when it was convenient (financially and personally) for him, he's still an big part of the reason we're in this mess right now.

keylock71: I'm sure as hell not thinking this is some sort of redemption for McClellan

definitely not a redemption, but as olbermann put it last night, when someone lied in the past, they have two choices now... tell the truth, or continue lying.

it doesn't excuse what he did, but it might be the best he can do about it now. it would be worth more if he were donating the proceeds to a charity or something and not pairing finally telling the truth with trying to make a buck.

keylock71: As it stands now, it just looks like shameless promoting for his new book.

If he was shamelessly promoting whatever was more beneficial to him then, you can be not be surprised that he would be shamelessly promoting whatever is more beneficial to him now.

Skleenar: Funny how, as more and more information about what was really going on inside the WH in the first Bush term dribbles out, the more and more it seems exactly like what all those treasonous, America-hating Fark posters back then claimed it was.

Jesus, it wasn't that hard to figure out.

I'll never get over trying to talk to people--not as a liberal (god knows I didn't think of myself as one in 2003, but I accept the term as a badge of intelligent honor in 2008), but just a guy trying to talk folks into not blindly walking off a ledge because someone told them to, and then being treated like I was spitting on the American Flag.

We were treated as traitors and anti-American scum.

And all we were doing was pointing out the obvious, like any responsible citizen would do. Oh the lies. "They'll greet us with flowers." In 2003, I was like, what, are you completely clueless? Have you never seen "Red Dawn?" Do you know how native people act when invaded by foreign-speaking troops that take down their society?

Really, you did not to have to be a genius to figure it out.

And I also know we'll never get an apology from that crowd, because these are the same right-wing people who turned the REAL traitor, Ollie North, into an American hero for his role in illegally selling arms to Iran.

I mean, what good conservative doesn't support that sort of thing?

And don't you think Iran has some of Ollie's 80s weaponry laying around still, just waiting to see how effective they can be on American troops if we go there?

Confabulat: not as a liberal (god knows I didn't think of myself as one in 2003, but I accept the term as a badge of intelligent honor in 2008)

George W. Bush is the hammer that is nailing the last nails into the coffin of Conservatism.

keylock71: Don't disagree, but if McClellan knew what he was feeding the press and the American people lies, he should have just resigned and made his views known as a private citizen.

I was watching him on the Today Show earlier and he really reminds me more of a long-time Scientologist who finally (and slowly, and unwillingly) realized he was living on a house of cards.

Scientology and the Bush White House have the same plan, too:

Fair game: never defend, always attack your detractors.

burndtdan: it doesn't excuse what he did, but it might be the best he can do about it now. it would be worth more if he were donating the proceeds to a charity or something and not pairing finally telling the truth with trying to make a buck.

FWIW he didn't go for the big money when he chose his publisher^. He is not likely to have gotten a huge advance. However he is #1 on Amazon.

Skleenar: George W. Bush is the hammer that is nailing the last nails into the coffin of Conservatism.

Wasn't that the most amazing article? It really helped me understand so much.

burndtdan:
definitely not a redemption, but as olbermann put it last night, when someone lied in the past, they have two choices now... tell the truth, or continue lying.

That's true.

it doesn't excuse what he did, but it might be the best he can do about it now. it would be worth more if he were donating the proceeds to a charity or something and not pairing finally telling the truth with trying to make a buck.

Yeah, something like that would certainly make it seem like he was trying to make up for past mistakes anyway.

Just can't bring myself to give anyone associated with this administration the benefit of the doubt at this point, though...

Flab: keylock71: As it stands now, it just looks like shameless promoting for his new book.

If he was shamelessly promoting whatever was more beneficial to him then, you can be not be surprised that he would be shamelessly promoting whatever is more beneficial to him now.

Nope, definitely wasn't surprising considering the number of rats that have jumped off the sinking USS Bush Administration in the last few years...

Confabulat:
I was watching him on the Today Show earlier and he really reminds me more of a long-time Scientologist who finally (and slowly, and unwillingly) realized he was living on a house of cards.

Scientology and the Bush White House have the same plan, too:

Fair game: never defend, always attack your detractors.




"You're being glib.."

Not so fast, libs:

Turns out Scott McLellan is a Manchurian sleeper cell jihadist agent of George Soros and has been operating under mind control since he left the White House.

Believe me, I'm as shocked as you are.

sigdiamond2000: Not so fast, libs:

Turns out Scott McLellan is a Manchurian sleeper cell jihadist agent of George Soros and has been operating under mind control since he left the White House.

Believe me, I'm as shocked as you are.

Well it's good to see the 9/11 "truthers" have been surpassed in crazy now.

quickdraw: Skleenar: George W. Bush is the hammer that is nailing the last nails into the coffin of Conservatism.

Wasn't that the most amazing article? It really helped me understand so much.

it also cemented in my mind why i hate pat buchanan.

sigdiamond2000: Not so fast, libs:

LGF links should carry a warning.

Ever wonder why he would do such a thing? (new window)

"It's certainly not the Scott that I know".


/talking point

Pocket Ninja: I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

I love the ways her eyes scrunch up when she eviscerates a former colleague. RAR!

Pocket Ninja: I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

I wonder if she had to go look up "disgruntled" in the dictionary.

/oh, who am I kidding... she doesn't have a dictionary.

Pocket Ninja: I wonder how many times Dana Perino is going to get to use the word "disgruntled" over the next couple of days.

About the same number of times the press is going to use the word "scathing".

/Go Go Daily Show
//Or was it Colbert?

Nestea Plunge: Hell, Scott even had his own ringer.

Burn_The_Plows: Don't you mean "rimmer"?

Now, now, we all know Guckert was there to service Rove, not McClellan.

I'll preface this by saying that I supported the war in 2003. It took a buddy of mine getting killed in Anbar for what was happening to really hit home.

If the administration was WILLFULLY ignorant about contrary evidence that didn't warrant sending our troops to die, that is high treason in my mind.

At first I thought, "stupid weasel, jumping on the bandwagon a little late." Then I hoped that maybe McClellan feels some shame about the blood on his hands and wants to do what he can to avert the upcoming attack on iran. He seems to be vaguely hinting at this on the lame-ass morning shows.

Oh, man...I'm loving this.

Marcus Aurelius: wondering what happened to "the Scott we knew"

Ah, yes, we miss his lying douchebaggery and obfuscation in the face of Executive branch megalomania.

that's the line that jumped out at me as well ... "the Scott we knew" ... you can hear the wistfulness in their voices ... you can picture them sadly shaking their heads ... and then picture bush phoning in a CIA hit on Scott ...

Throwing their own under the bus yet again.

If some kind of fact-finding mission with an eye towards impeachment isn't launched soon, I think we'll all just have to get used to the idea that the US gov't is corrupt beyond hope of retrieval.

McClellan states in no uncertain terms that the Iraq war was manufactured and sold to the US people under false pretenses. If that's not treason, I don't know what is.

sigdiamond2000: Believe me, I'm as shocked as you are.

Someone alert Floor Humper Guy.

Just like American corporations treat whistle blowers. This country is already in Hell and the hand basket caught on fire.

Can the left please stop jumping up and down on Bush? WE ALL KNOW HE SUCKS. HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MY LIFETIME. Okay, got it. No disagreement, I never voted for him or his brother.

Now tell me Obama's plan for the next four to eight years? Tell me the good things about America and how you will use our strength to make us and the world a better place. When you jackasses ran out John freaking Kerry for president in 2004, that was a real genius move. He was a boring sack of shiat who didn't articulate any vision beyond "Bush sucks." That was the worst slate of candidates this country may have ever been presented with.

Quit beating a dead horse! The man will be gone soon, let's work on fixing the mess he left behind.

I'm looking forward to watching him plug his book on The Daily Show.

Well, you know what they say. If you can't attack the message, attack the messenger. It's been the Republican's bread and butter for years.

Al Gore has a big house, therefore global climate change if fake.

Micheal Moore is fat, so everything he says about Iraq and health care is fake.

Obama has a crazy ex-pastor, therefore he and his crazy religious ways are unfit for the White House. Sadly, certain annoying democrats have accepted this Rovian tactic as well.

Mercutio74: If some kind of fact-finding mission with an eye towards impeachment isn't launched soon, I think we'll all just have to get used to the idea that the US gov't is corrupt beyond hope of retrieval.

McClellan states in no uncertain terms that the Iraq war was manufactured and sold to the US people under false pretenses. If that's not treason, I don't know what is.

Amen.

OlafTheBent: Confession is usually a powerful elixir. So is payback.

I like that line. I may use that one day.

This one is similar and one of my favorites: If you wait by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy floating by. - Sun Tze

Meh...If this is your first realization that Bush misled the country, relied on propaganda, and otherwise abused the power of his office - you're an idiot. Those still apologizing simply need to accept that they'll forever be blind to the truth. End of story.

FLMountainMan: Quit beating a dead horse! The man will be gone soon, let's work on fixing the mess he left behind.

So, you're okay with letting the guy who shot the horse go scot-free? At least he could be forced to clean up some of the mess.

March_Hare: I'm looking forward to watching him plug his book on The Daily Show.

I'm looking forward to the interview with Olbermann.