by Deb Cupples | I understand that former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan would have done the nation more good by more quickly exposing the dishonesty of the Bush Administration regarding the Iraq war, the blowing of ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson's cover, and the media's complicity or failures. I understand that Mr. McClellan stands to make a small fortune from his new book.
Still, I'm glad that Mr. McClellan has published his tell-all book. Below is an video of the interview he did on MSNBC. As Empty Wheel correctly points out, one of the big revelations of the interview is that reportedly President Bush facilitated the outing of Valarie Plame Wilson. (Memeorandum has commentary.)
I know he's not your fave, but Olbermann's ~33 minute interview is really good. They cover a lot of good material, and there's no mention of Obama until the last 30 seconds, honest.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/29/scott-mcclellan-on-countd_n_104194.html
He asks McClellan point blank about the delay in releasing the book, and throws the Richard Clarke comments back at him. His answer is pretty long, but boils down to "I needed a lot of time to reflect before I was ready, and the book took a long time to write."
As annoyed as I may be at McClellan, I'm going to stop attacking the whistleblower, because this book may do a lot of good.
Posted by: Adam | May 30, 2008 at 10:19 AM
I agree: the book will likely do a lot of good.
Posted by: Deb Cupples | May 30, 2008 at 01:05 PM
(typo alert: Val*e*rie)
Posted by: Charles | May 31, 2008 at 12:32 AM
CHarles!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the typo alert. How are you? And don't I deserve a hello?
Posted by: Deb Cupples | May 31, 2008 at 12:39 AM