As Scottie Sowed, So Is He Reaping

Ahem indeed.

The mantra of ex-Bush people seems to be, “I drank the koolaid until I didn’t”. How many people does it take before the White House begins listening? All of them I guess.
Hypocrites

I gotta feeling about 27% of the public are going to be unhappy with Scottie’s book.
And all the rest of the People are gonna say ya, that’s about what figured.

We all know what’s going to happen here. McLellan is going to be damned with faint praise by administration officials, then on background, the same people are going to be pointing out every mistake, traffic ticket, or pornography purchase McLellan ever made. He’d better not have any dirt in his closet.
On the other hand, if it all bothered him so much when it was happening to other people (like Valerie Plame), then why didn’t he resign once he knew Rove and Libby had let him lie to the press.

When you have sold your soul to the devil and for all the goods, good-times and mis-deeds that happen – a tell all book does nothing. It is simply telling yourself what others of us have known for years and watched as millions of our fellow citizens groveled at the troth of the pig-sty of this Administration. Can some recall as I the NY Times report: WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2004 — President Bush’s chief spokesman said today that the White House had nothing to do with ads accusing Senator John Kerry of lying about his service in the Vietnam War. But the spokesman, Scott McClellan, also said that Mr. Kerry was guilty of unfair attacks upon the president. “I do think that Senator Kerry losing his cool should not be an excuse for him to lash out at the president with false and baseless attacks,” Mr. McClellan said at Mr. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Tex., shortly before the Kerry campaign filed a complaint before the Federal Election Commission. Mr. McClellan was replying to questions about an article in The New York Times today reporting that some people behind the anti-Kerry ads had connections to the Bush family, to prominent Texas politicians and to President Bush’s chief political aide, Karl Rove…….This nation got four more years of GWB because McClellan was part and parcel of the cover-up. Nothing upon the altar of self-incrimination will bring back the over 4,000 young dead and this hypocritical self-appointed “I’ll tell it like it was” after I took the tax-payer’s dollar and smiled pretty and patted the President’s back and looked down my nose at the hard working men and women while I sipped champagne and was chauffered around. WHY DID YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT WHEN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WERE DYING AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU CALL “Political”…..Geeezzz I am beside myself.

What hogwash! McCLELLAN is still working for Bush trying to coverup his complicity in treason. He trying to say poor Bush didn’t know what he was doing. Pure BS and spin. They knew what they were doing and did it deliberately, they wanted to invade Iraq and did so by lying and deciet and are guilty of treason to the United States of America.
Here are a few paragraphs not mentioned in the article from the book….
Scott McClellan
“I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House deliberately or consciously sought to deceive the American people. But he and his advisers confused the propaganda campaign with the high level of candor and honesty so fundamentally needed to build and then sustain public support during a time of war. Had a high level of openness and forthrightness been embraced from the outset of his administration, I believe President Bush’s public standing would be stronger today. His approval ratings have remained at historic lows for so long because both qualities have been lacking to this day. In this regard, he was terribly ill-served by his top advisers, especially those involved directly in national security.
All the president can do today is hope that his vision of Iraq will ultimately come true, putting the Middle East on a new path and vindicating his decision to go to war. I would welcome such a development as good for America, good for Iraq, and good for the world. Bush knows that posterity has a way of rewarding success over candor and honesty. But as history moves to render its judgment in the coming years and decades, we can’t gloss over the hard truths this book has sought to address and the lessons we can learn from understanding them better. Allowing the permanent campaign culture to remain in control may not take us into another unnecessary war, but it will continue to limit the opportunity for careful deliberation, bipartisan compromise, and meaningful solutions to the major problems all Americans want to see solved”
You can see that Bush is still his hero but just couldn’t help himself and was duped by others.
Time for a trial for treason for the who damn bunch of them…….

It makes little difference to me what McClellan says–Bush detractors will seize on the book and Bush defenders will attack it.
What do the commentariat think of someone who saw all the evil but played the game and now that he’s out, is writing a tell-all. Looks to me (1) like McClellan lacks any moral scruples, and (2)is out to make a buck–He might get a gig as a commentator, or on the lecture circuit–but considering he saw all this alleged evil, and did nothing—what does THAT say about his character. What a loser.

In one day, McClellan went from lying mouthpiece of the Bush junta to darling of the liberal left, and all he had to do was legitimize their fantasies and tell them what they wanted to hear. He just needs a chapter in his book about how Bush read a story to a pet goat while the World Trade Center burned and he’ll get a statue dedicated to him at DNC headquarters.

What a whiner! He’s always been a covert democrat.

these people are all liars, if you do not say exactly what they want, you are in the parking lot,

I think it’s really interesting that because Mr. McClellan has written a book that is critical of the Bush administration, he is characterized as a “disgruntled former Whitehouse employee” with an axe to grind. In the event that this simple fact has somehow been overlooked by the President and his cronies, let me reiterate; a large portion of the citizens in this country are disgruntled, have an axe to grind, and couldn’t agree more with Mr. McClellan’s assertations. The denial factor is so pervasive with this administration, and the fact that they are all so deeply out of touch with public perception is sad.
I am looking forward to reading Mr. McClellan’s book.

There is a world of difference between the earlier tell-all memoirs and the tell-all publication of a man of conscience like McClellan. They were getting money for those books and he wasn’t. Now that he’s making money from the racket a great wrong has been righted.

We will see who is laughing in November.

Scott should’ve spoke up a long time ago if he had these concerns. And remember- “If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.” You Bush bashers are probably loving the flip-flop Obama right now and how he says IRAN is a tiny country one day and a grave threat the next. When the Nuke goes off in your backyard you’ll still be drunk on your kool-aid! Semper Fi! Brian USMC

It’s funny how Republicans are all liars and cheats until they start bashing fellow Republicans. When they do that, all of the sudden Democrats view them as the most truthful people on earth.

At some point, a man has to face his conscience. Conscience is that silent voice which tells us if our conduct is right or wrong. A man with a clear conscience is a free man…he has nothing to fear. Evil will always attract evil, while good attracts good. It is the law of life, therefore, take responsibility for your actions.

After all, Scott is a representation of what the Bush administration is composed of from top to bottom. Lies, deceit, greed, arrogance, ruthless and anything in between all of the above. I am not “puzzled”.

Leave it to the acb…amalgamated corporate broadcasting SNOOZE network to fail to realize that Scott had to answer that way while he worked for the bushbaby administration which just happened to trick the acb network to bite on all their war lies and now can’t stomach the apology to the USA that they owe US…CASE CLOSED…NEXT!!!!

What everyone seems to miss is the real reason for the Iraq war. Afganistan was too far away. Iraq is right next to Saudi Arabia (where most of the terrorists on the planes came from) and Iran, who we’ve never liked. Perfect position to let all the crazies come across the border and be shot. Iraq wasn’t the source of terrorists, and may or may not have been a threat with WMD’s. They were just a convienient target. The Bush administration cannot say this publically. The best part is that the plan worked! Lots of extremists dead, realtively low number of military deaths and casualties. Still less soldiers killed in the war than civilians that died on 9/11. So I say, more power to GW. I’d vote for him again if I could.

3 words…WAR CRIMES & IMPEACHMENT

You know its times like this that make you proud to be a democrat, whether you support obama or clinton or edwards or richardson etc. One thing we all have to agree on is we do not need 4-8 more years of these nut job clowns in the white house ruling our loves. We as democrats need to support our nominee who ever it may be. Im not clinton 08 im not obama 08 I am democrat 08

Scott McClellan is or was telling the truth. Which is it? A real “man of conscience”. This guy is just like his Mama, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. He is, and always has been, an empty suit. The embodiment of the Peter principle. Since he worked in the Bush WH, he must be evil. How can anyone believe an evil person?

Wash, rinse and repeat. This is hilarious how Scott is now, all of a sudden, being truthful. At what point do you believe someone? When they say what you want to hear? Now that he’s bashing Bush he’s honest. Right?

All bloggers-
Were you at the Whitehouse? The way I see it is there are 2 sides of a story, I wasn’t there so I can pick side. Blasting one side or the other only to show that you’ve already made up your mind regardless of what happenned.

Aside from going against norms regarding writing about ones boss(in this case GW Bush), what does this say about the guy who wrote it. How much money was he offered for this piece?
This sounds to me a lot like he is trying to cash in on the “trash” Bush campaign that has been waged by the press/democrats for the last seven years. My suggestion-don’t bite. Save your money.

Scottie Fat Boy was toeing the line
Til came his moment to speak his mind.

The beauty is that Scottso pushed the lefty button and they all run to buy the book and with all the money he earns (from the stalinist democrats) he can donate to good American Republican candidates! Brilliant? No. Lefties are just sooo predictable.

Does anyone out there really believe him (McClellan, Bush, Cheney, Libby, Rove….. take your pick)? What the hell happened to our U.S. of A? Will someone please retore some honesty, integriy, and accountability to our government and to the reputation of this country that I LOVE!?!?!? Democrat…Republican…. just give me an honest American to vote for please! With that said, don’t trust a rat!

How mis-informed you all are. Let’s see what has happened in the last 7 years: WE have stopped terriosts attacks on our home ground, given more responsibility to the individual while the Stupidcrats have given illegals more rights then legals, given the lazy more handouts from the hard working, made religion a liability and now their loser leader, Omama, wants to take us the rest of the way to Socialism.
Fly Navy

Have 3 words for ya Scottie:
Teddy bear McClellan

Scott is just out to score some money. That is paramount to him. Because of that, he’s okay with being disingenuous and hypocritical.

This administration sold out the American people. We deserve better.

TexasDem?
You need to do a little fact checking.
1. how many US citizens here and abroad have been killed prior to the war on terror? (I’ll give you a hint; MORE than the amount of soldiers we’ve lost in this war)
2. how many US citizens here and abroad have been killed in the last five years? (I’ll give you the answer…. NONE)
Yes, the War on Terror is one of the few ‘wars’ the US is actually winning.
Go educate yourself.

There are still people out there saying “Yes, WE CAN!!!”?? What — are you serious?

I guess Scotty needs one more “15 minutes of fame”. He obviously made himself unemployable, who would hire such a despicable traitor. Not that he will have to worry to much about a job after this book.

Comparing this guy to Judas equals comparing Bush to Christ… Scott may be a slimy bastiche, but it’s not like he’s betraying the sinless son of God. He’s betraying a lying SOB that is a disgrace to the office of President.
All you Bush apologists are truly showing how cowardly and scared you are. You have bought in to the scare propoganda. This war has created more of the extremists that you are pissing yourselves over, drained hundreds of billions fom the national treasury, and hurt American credibility and goodwill around the world. Terrorists aren’t born, they are made.
BTW, I’m not a democrat. Anyone who picks a side then defends it despite the truth is an idiot. Democrat or Republican

How I see it:
Saddam Hussein was an evil despot.
His sons were even worse, and would have carried on their Dad’s work well into the future.
Saddam had pursued and used WMD’s in the past, and had plans to re-constitute those programs.
The recent oil boon would have put billions at his disposal.
Saddam wasn’t complying with UN declarations, and the UN voted unanimously to take take him to task.
After many warnings to come clean, we took him out, while it was still possible to do so without major WMD involvement.
Reports are that the war in Iraq is, after some predictable setbacks, going well.
The 4,000+ killed in Iraq is of course regrettable, but well within the definition of major success when seen in any kind of historical perspective.
We haven’t had any further large scale terrorist attacks on our soil, and AQ is on the ropes as seen in their own captured communications.
History is replete with stories of those that dithered away opportunites to rid the world of tyrants, only to pay the price of millions dead.
The world is well shed of Saddam, and I believe history will prove President Bush made the right decision to do what had to be done.
God help the world if the inexperienced and naive Obama gains control of this most wonderful of countries.
Thanks for reading this, and tell me if any of this resonates with you.

This guy was the most craven press secretary in history. Now he blames everybody else — for money.
If,during his tenure working for the inarticulate Bush, McClellan had been on a par with his successor Tony Snow, the public would have been better informed and Bush would not be the most villified president

I can’t stand Bush. However, I think Scott is a back stabbing weasel and who does he think he’s kidding? Ship is sinking, he bailed and is trying to make money on his book.

A lying hypocrite lies and distorts truths to become the toast of the town to libs.
What a way to sell books!
Good luck with that Scottie. At least you know you have a lot of new friends.

“darling of the liberal left”? In that case, the over 70% of the country that’s sick and tired and disgusted with warmongers is the liberal left.
“Bush read a story to a pet goat while the World Trade Center burned” He wasn’t reading TO a goat, he was reading ABOUT a goat.

When a soldier deserts a corrupt regime he inevitably finds himself the target of the same gun he once operated.
This is no different.

It must be true it’s written in a book.

George Bush bad, Democrats good. LOL

….. but I trust McCain’s criticism of the Bush administration even less.
McCain is the new Cheney.
He’s almost as experienced.

I laugh at the statement Bush lied.
If Bush lied, so did Carter, both Clintons, Gore, Kennedy and just about every other congressman, along with the majority of foreign leaders. All these people believed the intelligence from many agencies that Saddam had WMD, first because he had used them on his own people. And imagine what Saddam would be able to buy with oil @ $125/barrel. As for Scott McClellan, lets see what evidence he has to support his allegations, if has none, which is what believe, his 15 minutes of fame will come to a screaching halt.
And his book sales will crash. He better get a good attorney.

Jeff … you seem to one of the few here with a working mind.
The rest are suspect. How can you folks in good conscience use the deaths of 4,000 fine young men and women who volunteered to serve their country for your crass political drivel?
How do you defend the loss of 58,000 lives by Kennedy-Johnson Democrats in a war in which WE WERE NOT ATTACKED?
And don’t gimme that Iraq didn’t attack us crap. Saddam Hussein was a terrorist sponsor … stuff THAT in your narrow-minded empty space called a head.

FMV and sydbloom and all bloggers,,
Let me get this straight, you mean that you don’t believe that the Iraq was a complete failure from the start?
Daddy Bush had more sense than Jr., or had the right advisors. He stop the surge into Iraq because he knew it was a no WIN position.
But we have some fools here in America that will not believe the bump on their FACE, is a real bump.
We Americans that are suffering from the cost of the war as we have enslaved our children to a DEBT to CHINA and others want to FACE THE TRUTH.
ALL other FOOLS believe what you want.
Yes we can..
A vote for a Republican would be a vote to confirm that you will buy SWAMP LAND IN FLORIDA.
YOU CAN LEAD A MULE (JACKASS) TO WATER BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE HIM DRINK (IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT)..
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT… WHY
HE HAS BEEN UP FRONT WITH WHAT HE HAS TO WORK WITH….
HE WILL PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS TO DO THE JOBS ASSIGNED TO THEM. (Hillary and Bill owes FAVORS and some of them will get positions that they will be CLUELESS)
YES “WE” CAN
WE MEAN THE PEOLPE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THAT LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE BECOME GREATER THAN EVER, WITH THE PEOPLE BECOMING APART OF THE GOVERMENT. NOT LEAD LIKE SHEEP

He’s just writing what the 68% of AMerica who disapproves of President Bush want to believe. He’s a pandering opportunist.

george bush told lies can any of the 60 million idiots who voted for him believe this nonsense i hope not

American10, you wrote: “He (President George H. W. Bush) stop the surge into Iraq because he knew it was a no WIN position.” Actually, Bush 41 did not go in and finish off Saddam Hussein because the neighboring countries funded the war on the condition that we NOT take out Saddam Hussein.
Now maybe this is news for some of you, but the 1991 Gulf War never ended. There was only a cease fire based on the agreement that Saddam Hussein would meet certain conditions, including proof that he no longer had WMDs. Saddam Hussein failed to comply with ANY of the conditions. And if anyone lied about WMDs it was Saddam Hussein. He wanted his neighbors to believe that he still had WMDs. He could not offer the proof to the UN Security Council that he did not have WMDs and still have his neighbors believe that he did. So he chose to continue with the lie. After 12 years of his failing to comply with the cease fire conditions, the UN Security Council issued a final ultimatum. However, since the UN Security Council made it clear that they were not going to follow through on their ultimatum, President Bush issued his own ultimatum. The invasion could have been avoided, all Saddam Hussein had to do was to prove that he no longer had WMDs. Saddam Hussein called what he thought was a bluff on the part of President Bush. Instead, President Bush kept his word.

Let’s go Wexler…get McClellan and Benidict’s bestest buddy, Rand Beers into testify under oath about his statements.(political motivation?)
Going to have to be quick though, before this all gets debunked.
After that, He needs to be tried for treason, jailed and or executed

Political motivation?
Just found it…Cash and Smear.
“Little Green Footballs”
The Soros/McClellan Connection

McClellan is not telling the American public anything that we did not already know. This administration is far worse than the Nixon administration ever dreamed of being. They have all committed treason in my book and should be thusly charged. McClellan is a no-account coward. He had an opportunity to stand for truth long ago, and could have stood up then. He chose not to do so, but rather to be a mouthpiece for lies and propaganda. Now he is crying. He should be skewered right along with the rest of these neo-con nazis who are dragging this great country through the mud.

Scott was always a closet liberal and has been persuaded to come out of the closet now because a critical national election is at hand. I don’t believe he wrote the entire book and there is evidence his family isn’t all together truthful either. Scott sounds like a spoiled brat and I wondered why in the world he was chosen press secretary in the first place. He certainly never lived up to the challenge…now we know why, yet he didn’t have the courage to resign…money!

I believe Scott and can understand why he waited until he was out of the White House to voice his opinion. If anyone has ever been in the military then you understand that what your Commander In Chief (Bush) says is what you say. You are just a parrot unless you do not want to move up or make more rank. A few years ago some ex -Generals spoke out and some people were saying that they were not being truthful and were just disgruntled. NO! They could not say anything before if they wanted to leave the military with and honorable discharge, or if they wanted to keep their current post.
When Barrack Obama is President watch how Gen. Petraeus’ attitude about the war changes.

essence said:
Now he’s serving black coffee to anyone who wants to sober up.
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Great post. Great analogy!

Theo, you wrote: “I believe Scott and can understand why he waited until he was out of the White House to voice his opinion.” Scott McClellan left the White House on Apr 26, 2006. Just over TWO years ago. According to several individuals who have continued to keep in contact with Scott, as late as last year, Scott never expressed any of the comments that are said to be in his book. To the contrary he continued to defend the Administration and the lead up to the War in Iraq.
Gene, I know that there is nothing that I can say that will change your (or many of the commenters’) opinions of the Bush Administration. I just know that historians will certainly be a lot kinder to the Bush Administration.
Part of me wonders if maybe we shouldn’t just let the Liberals take over the country for four years so that you and the whole world can see just how misguided the Liberals are. My rationalization is that you (and the others) will then actually witness what real “dragging this country through the mud” is…but then the consequences of even four years might be so huge that I really can’t wish that upon us.
I listen to Sen. Obama’s rhetoric (and that is all it is, rhetoric). He talks about the need to improve our school systems. Yet he had been in a position to actually make positive changes to the Illinois school systems. And they are worse now. In fact, the Democrats have had control over most of the largest urban school districts in the United States for decades. Democrats don’t want to solve problems…they want the problems to remain so that they can use the problems as issues when running for re-election. Education has been an issue in every election for the last 60 years — even when the Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress by nearly veto-proof majorities.
And then there is the issue of the high cost of gasoline. The Democrats are using the $4.00 plus per gallon of gasoline as an issue. But not only have the Democrats advocated raising the federal tax on gasoline $1-$3, but many have actually said that we Americans should be paying the same price ($6-$8) that the Europeans are paying. But on this issue it has not been just rhetoric. For decades the Democrats have actually blocked efforts to increase our supply of oil. They block new drilling. They block building new refineries. And now the Democrats want to implement a windfall tax on the oil companies. This will only lead to even higher prices.

Excellent post James Danley. ’nuff said.

It breaks my heart to read so much hate talk from my fellow citizens. I guess it is true what they say: “…if you hear a lie enough times you will believe it to be factual…” I can remember back to FDR and every president has been the target malicious lies which history eventually corrects. Don’t get me wrong, our Presidents haven’t all been completely free of mistakes.
There is a difference between an honest mistake and malfeasance. For all of you who are part of this latest round of Presidential hate, and scaremongers, have you asked yourselves if what you claim is true why hasn’t this new congress started impeachment proceedings against our President and Vice President? Could it be they prefer the dark.
I hope Scott sells lots of his books and makes tons of money, isn’t that what going to Washington DC is really about? Loyaltye463 8g1is over rated in the work place, there really isn’t such a thing as a loyal employer so why do we expect a terminated employee to be loyal? That is just silly.

Don’t U.S. government employees sign confidentiality agreements? Im surprised that white-house staffers and former dog-catchers can write these tell-all books in the first place.
In Canada, you must sign such agreements into perpetuity, and can only be trumped under oath in court.

Scott is hearing only one thing today:
KA-CHING!
$$ is why he wrote this book.
“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”

FDuquette: “In Canada, you must sign such agreements into perpetuity, and can only be trumped under oath in court.”
So in Canada the public has no right to know what is going on in the bowels of government? And I thought that Canada was a democracy. Knowing what is going on in government is absolutely essential to a democracy. And there are things going on in government that only insiders know.
Here in the United States we are concerned that whistle blowers have some protection; in Canada, apparently, whistling blowing is a crime.

When someone is part of an organization, they do not want to blow the whistle on any part of it. Once the individual feels the safety of time and distance, they then begin to feel “safe” about comming out. You cannot judge the past actions and opinions of what this man said while still serving the president, that would be very ignorant judgement.

Folks, this is all about money. McClellan is striking while the iron is hot. His timing is impecable, the real start of the next Presidential campaign, Bush still in office and the Democrats in control. Why should Americans outside the beltway believe anything in this book? If we should not believe anything Bush or any politican says then why should we start with McClellan, now if he was a Stateman like Senator Everett Dirksen was or Joe Liberman is now then that would be different. Remember in everything Washinton follow the money.

The Truth will prevail. HONEST-LOGIC

I don’t think it would be a good idea for Scottie to come to my town for a book signing.

I love hearing complaints about the responses from Drudge readers, like it’s some wacko fringe group. It’s only one of the most read news links on the web. It also happens to have a lot of clear thinking Conservatives among it’s readership. So many Liberals can’t handle clear, cool, logical thinking. ‘Bush lied, people died’ is their idea of a brilliant argument.

James, well said. While the US is blessed with a trillion plus of recoverable oil reserves (oil shale/sand, proven reserves untouchable in the Gulf, Alaska, Pacific and Atlantic) we are forced by a strong minority of enviormentalist, leftist, arrogant media types and hands out politicans to send our treasure overseas.
Intelligent leaders would realize that even if it cost $100 plus a barrel to get our oil out of the ground at least we would be keeping our money here. The dollar would have some strength and here’s a thought if the average cost (I’ll bet on it) for our oil is below $100p/barrel, I would be in favor of a $5 per barrel special tax DEDICATED to a fund for R&D to develop true and logical alternative energy sources. Also, instead of putting a windfall tax on oil companies (and remember 70% of the oil they use around the world is controlled by governments) how about we tell these giants that they need to reinvest x% of their porfits in the industry such as building new refineries (a strong President could sign an executive emergency order to override most of the roadblocks they currently face and use the National welfare as the reasoning). This is a win win idea but will we see it, unlikely, as not one of the Presidential candidates is making this a primary issue for the upcoming election. A true Statesman/Leader would realize that getting this message to the PEOPLE is a sure way to win in November, this would for sure override the power of the left press.

So he’s lying and selling out the people who gave him a chance, to sell a book.
Nothing new here.

gb8898, the school vouchers program doesn’t come from new money. This is money that the federal government is already giving to the public schools on a per student basis. All the vouchers do is give the parents a choice of whether they want to keep their child(ren) in a failing school or transfer the same amount of money that is already going to the failed school for their child(ren) and allow their child(ren) to attend a private school. If the tuition of the private school exceeds what the voucher provides, the parents must make up the difference. Now if you want to talk about completely ending federal goverment money going to schools (and eliminating the Department of Education), then I would go certainly along with that. But until THAT is the discussion, a true conservative should believe in applying the free market principles to our education system through school vouchers.
I totally agree with you regarding federal government handouts/subsidies. I would, personally, like to see all handouts/subsidies ended, including Welfare (that should be up to the states to provide; although I would prefer it being left to the private sector — i.e., charities, churches, etc.). Furthermore, if it were up to me, I would eliminate all tax breaks for individuals and corporations by eliminating the income tax and implementing the fair tax.
I don’t agree with your assessment on the “competition” argument that the Democrats “could make” when it comes to welfare. Welfare was never designed to “level the playing field.” It was designed to control the poor and to enslaven them to the master-federal government all in the guise of helping the poor.

What a brave man Scott is when its time to sell books. Boy does Washington/New York bubble suck.

A whole bunch of crap to make a whole pile of money. If he truly knew all this stuff, why did he not simply take it to Congress? Simple, he needed time to make up an exciting story line, it was not election time, and there would have been nothing in it for little Scotty.

What nonsense. McClellen was a spokesman: he gave the views he was told to give. So the point here is actually that the White House is still responding the same way, but attacking the person rather than refuting the content.

DB writes, “This is a classic example of selling out personal ethics for a big pay day. To me Scott must have been convinced that money is more important than personal credibility.”
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Do you folks even believe half the NONSENSE you actually write? (lol) I mean REALLY. So in order for this guy to HAVE “personal credibility” he has to CONTINUE to lie. (lol) How utterly PATHETIC is that?
I notice NO ONE is saying the allegations are FALSE. It’s all about WHY he didn’t come forward. It’s about his “personal credibility”.
Maybe Scott will provide book with Pop-Ups for the “red” states.

The US is not the world’s police force? Read your US history, you’ll find the principle in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Constitution. It is the responsibility of liberty to foster liberty all over the world. Washington, Jefferson, etc. didn’t advocate America’s specific role in that, but only because we were a small, isolated, newly-formed nation. Over two centuries, we have become one of the world’s superpowers. If it’s not our responsibility to further liberty around the globe, whose is it? Lichtenstein? Botswana?
I’m not in the Bush fan club… I’m a moderate independent (pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-gun control, to name a few). But let’s review some of the things said BEFORE the war in Iraq, since some people seem to forget what was said when and by whom, preferring to believe that rat-bastard Bush lied every chance he got.
First, the president said, “We are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop [WMD]…” Later, he said “If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s [WMD] program.” No, that wasn’t W. That was President Bill Clinton, on 2/4/98 and 2/17/98, respectively. A letter to President Bush from 12/05/01 stated, “Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs… In addition, Saddam continues to… develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies.” This letter was signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), among others. Even Carl Levin acknowledged, “…the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region.” (Sept. 19, 2002)
There’s so much more… snopes.com has these quotes, with full attribution showing that they are not taken out of context, here:
So there was plenty of reason to believe the war was inevitable, even necessary. How many times can we play chicken with a tyrant before we lose all credibility in the region? “We mean it, Saddam! Oh, okay… never mind. No, this time we’re really serious! What? Alright then, whatever you say…” Even if Saddam doesn’t cease to take us seriously, other countries will, and if the US loses its military credibility, we’re sunk. If we say we will defend America’s interests and her allies and then don’t, every nation that has played at testing the US before will do so with earnest. You think a two-front war is bad? What if we added Syria, Iran, and North Korea to the mix? Those countries are being kept in check precisely because they see that Bush says what he means and means what he says (poor diction notwithstanding).
And last, for those who persist in thinking that Clinton was the paragon of presidential virtue, remember a little thing called Kosovo? Clinton’s justification for military action was “the ‘moral imperative’ the United States has to prevent gross human rights abuses.” Don’t believe me? Look up the article in The Progressive, May 1999. Hmmm… what was it that someone on this board said about it not being our responsibility…?
So you think the Iraq War was a Bush-Cheney-Halliburton conspiracy that defied the will of the UN? How about the fact that “The [Kosovo] air war was launched with no UN authority and in contravention of the UN Charter.” See it in The Nation, June 28, 1999.
Well, so maybe we should have taken Saddam out, but then come home and left the hard work to someone else? Clinton tried that policy in Kosovo, too: “Even though no one will say it publicly, the U.S.-led war in Kosovo has been very much resented by the European governments, and to have Clinton saying ‘we bombed and now you rebuild’ is unpopular indeed,” says Martin Butcher of the British American Security Information Council.” Source: The Village Voice, June 30 – July 6 1999 issue. And it also goes against American history. What did we do to after we bombed Hiroshima? Did we leave the Japanese hanging out to dry? No, we helped rebuild Japan, as well as many European nations, because it was our moral obligation.
There are no easy answers. We want immediate results and don’t have patience to see something through. Pretty soon we convince ourselves not only that it’s not worth what we’re going through now, but that it was never worth it, and from there it’s a short leap to believe that the politicians lied just like they always do just to further their own agenda. If you disagree with policy, that’s fine and fair–as I’ve said, I definitely have different opinions than the president on many issues. But that doesn’t make Bush a villian, nor does it mean you’re a bad person if you have yet another view. We just DISAGREE.