DaleRussell's Blog

So, Scott McClellan, former press secretary to President Bush, writes a tell all book on his former boss.

He says Bush mislead the country about the Iraq threat, used “propaganda” to sell the war, and, among others, gave false information to the America people (through McClellan) on the CIA leak case.

I’ve read the same allegations by other well sourced, talented reporters, like Thomas Ricks in his book: Fiasco.

So the attack and the allegations are nothing new.

What makes this different is the attacker is not Air America, but a long time Bush loyalist.

Well, at one time, a loyalist.

He also bashes the “liberal media” for not standing up to the Bush White House and not challenging the Bush “propaganda” machine during the run-up to the war.

Funny. The man who stood in the pulpit beating up the media for daring to challenge his boss is now beating up the media for not challenging his boss.

This guy cracks me up.

McClellan’s charges are serious and disturbing. But there is something a little unsettling about the "make a million, after the fact, tell all book " from someone who fought so publicly and loudly alongside the very same people he is now bashing.

Perhaps, McClellan said it best when he attacked former Bush White House counter-terrorism czar Richard Clark after his tell all book bashed the Bush (and Clinton) White House.

McClellan said  “Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner? This is one-and-a-half years after he left the administration. And now, all of a sudden, he's raising these grave concerns that he claims he had. And I think you have to look at some of the facts. One, he is bringing this up in the heat of a presidential campaign. He has written a book and he certainly wants to go out there and promote that book. Certainly let's look at the politics of it.”

Good question, Scott.