Bye-Bye Scott?
By on Nov 16th, 2005 at 10:44 am
Bye-Bye Scott?
Trade publication PR Week: “A White House correspondent, who asked not to be identified, predicts McClellan, who replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in summer 2003, will soon be leaving his post. ‘I’m expecting very big changes,’ the correspondent says.” (Via FirstDraft)
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sorry, I can not comment about scotty, it’s a ‘on going’ investigation.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:47 amMaybe Helen Thomas will give him a big wet goodbye kiss, or maybe just a good swift see ya kick in the ass.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:47 amIt’s about time they got rid of Scott. He is another liar like the Republican Admin.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:48 amI don’t know if I can blame Scott for anything. He has an impossible job: make Bush look good. I’d rather work at McDonald’s.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:51 am#4 – agreed. I think Bush needs new blood if we have any hope of getting through the next three years.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:52 amtough job to lie for liars .
November 16th, 2005 at 10:53 am.
#5 Yes, but it has to be qualified blood.
November 16th, 2005 at 10:55 amI gotta hand it to Scott, in the face of so much pressure he bullshits fairly well. They would only contemplate removing him if they find someone who can unload bigger, better bullshit on the press corps, so expect a press secretary that’s even more removed from reality than Scott—or if you prefer, on the same page as BushCo.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:01 am#7 – As if.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:01 amHard to believe anyone would take that job.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:02 amToo many lies to keep track of.
No doubt to be replaced with Nicole Wallace. She’s a perfect Bush groupie–spins the propaganda like a female Ken Mehlman.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:06 amAhh, Scotty, we hardly knew ya…, or anything about this administrations foreign policy, domestic policy, the War in Iraq, SCOTUS nominees, Plamegate, etc. Nice job, toadie.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:10 amTP, dudes, you missed the best paragraph…
Without a full explanation, McClellan’s successor could face a similar credibility gap. “I hope the credibility is restored because the next person is going to be in a pretty tough position if [it's not],” Byars says. “They’ll be responding to the same questions that Scott was responding to. Until a White House official comes out and restores that microphone’s credibility, that job will always be responding to that question.”
See, even the PR folks can spot the fundamental problem that it’s the WH that is without credibility, not Scottie.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:13 amHow do the lyrics go in The Who’s song? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. McClellan will write a book, just like Fleischer, and pocket multiples of six figures. And McClellan’s successor will pick up right where he left off — a seamless transition.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:21 amBush will just replace him with a fresh new liar that the press will believe. And by the time the press has caught on that he’s just another liar, the three years will be up, and Bush will be out of office.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:25 amScotties next job?
November 16th, 2005 at 11:27 amhuman b-ball backboard
Saying NO at Capital One Credit
rebounder in the under 5′8″ league
parrot trainer
punter
security/doorman at upscale apt. bldg.
stone mason (stone walls a specialty)
Writing assembley instructions for knock-down furniture
So who do you think will be next? Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if Cheney selected one of Bush’s daughters for the job
November 16th, 2005 at 11:31 am(we all know GWB won’t make the decision)
Maybe Scott can get a job where he can tell the truth.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:32 amPersonally, my guess is Pam Anderson. Psychadelic, neon ties just didn’t cut it.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:39 amScott is going to work for the new Muppett Show….
November 16th, 2005 at 11:39 amWe could save alot of retirement money if we just shove his lying ass stright into a Federal Prison for his innumerable untruths told to all of us.
We can call it a “trial baloon” for how we are going to treat Tricky Dick Cheney and the Big Prize, dumbya himself. PS – can we also lock up dumbya’s kids so I don’t have to read about their paris hilton lives?)
November 16th, 2005 at 11:40 amCan of Raid.
spraying.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:41 amPssstt–
KaaaChuuuunnnGGgg!!
…Goeth thy Grimm Crapper.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:43 am#21
Unfortunately WE cannot lock up anyone….speaking of which, whatever happened to citizen arrests, this may be the opportune time to bring them back…but those that can traditionally lock up anyone will not touch Scotty, Cheney, O’Riely, or Chalibi (spelling – I really got to check on that) since it does not serve there ends.
Free Speach means $hit if no one listens!!!
November 16th, 2005 at 11:50 amMe and God are watchin’ Snottie go
November 16th, 2005 at 11:54 am……….
Mickey Mouse says it’s thirteen a’clock
That’s quite a shock
That’s their boy
This guy might still need a job.
November 16th, 2005 at 12:01 pmFor some of McClellan’s classic briefings, see:
“The PlameGate Scandal Center”
November 16th, 2005 at 12:04 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But Bush once again Screws up Foreign Diplomacy;
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President tells Beijing to copy rival Taiwan
Full Story here;
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20051116-9999-1n16bush.html
By George E. Condon Jr.
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
November 16, 2005
KYOTO, Japan – President Bush opened his four-nation swing through Asia yesterday, pointedly urging China to do better at giving freedom to its people and pointing to Taiwan as a model that the Communist rulers in Beijing should try to emulate.
BULLIT MARQUEZ / Associated Press
An unidentified official walked in front of a huge video screen flashing a mosaic image of President Bush at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in South Korea yesterday. Bush arrives in South Korea tomorrow for a state visit and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
In a message likely to put a chill on his talks later this week with those Communist leaders, the president urged them to look across the Taiwan Strait at their bitter rivals in Taipei.
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Say, could someone at the White House Just stick George in a Corner, and then Let Condi Guard Him all Day? Seeing as Her last Trip to Russia was been Deemed a Failure by the Gurus.
at CFR (B))
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No link here, sorry.
see cfr.org or Google title below..
Why Rice’s Moscow Visit Failed
Author: Ray Takeyh, Nikolas Gvosdev
October 20, 2005
Moscow Times
In pursuit of forming yet another “coalition of the willing,” U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unscheduled visit to Moscow to persuade Russia to put pressure on Iran for its nuclear infractions. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov politely but firmly demurred.
It should be abundantly clear that Moscow and Washington do not see eye-to-eye on the Iranian question. When Rice declared last Saturday that Iran had no need for even a civilian nuclear program, Lavrov countered that Iran had a full right to possess a nuclear fuel cycle. Meanwhile, Igor Ivanov, the former foreign minister who now heads the Kremlin’s Security Council, is preparing a proposal to take to Tehran for the construction of a joint Iranian-Russian uranium enrichment facility for the Bushehr reactor.
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Gonna Recommend you to the Spirit in the SKy
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Happy BirdDay! –AJ
November 16th, 2005 at 12:06 pmI heard Bill O’Reilly was offered the job
November 16th, 2005 at 12:12 pmit’s no surprise… between the stress and the weight, Scotty’s ripe for a major cardiac episode…
November 16th, 2005 at 12:25 pmIt’s “hard work” getting up on that podium and lying every day.
November 16th, 2005 at 12:34 pmIt’s pretty obvious this is retribution for his “that’s correct” flub a while back which they later had to cover up for by changing transcripts.
November 16th, 2005 at 12:35 pmErr “that’s accurate” i mean
November 16th, 2005 at 12:36 pmWell, it would be devastating to his mother’s campaign for governor of Texas (Carol Strayhorn)if he decided to work on her campaign.
Watch, that is the reason he will be saying that he is leaving. “To help Mom out in her campaign.”
November 16th, 2005 at 1:10 pmScotty never could lie well enough.. he usually blinks a lot just before lying. I hope the President can find someone who can lie with a smile and without blinking…
November 16th, 2005 at 1:14 pmI might actually be able to squeeze out a drop of respect for him if he left as that would indicate he can’t stomach having to lie for this administration anymore. But only a drop.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:24 pmI vote for Jeff Gannon as next WH spokesperson. Don’t you think he just oozes credibility?? ha ha ha
This whole administration would be hilarious if it weren’t all so tragic.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:39 pm#38: Gannon oozes something, but it ain’t credibility — instead, something that might be cured with penicillin. So then, yes, he’d be the pefect WH spokespuppet. He’ll fit right in.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:52 pm#39 That would explain why Bush can’t stand still in front of the cameras anymore. Clearly the penicillin is needed in more than one place :)
November 16th, 2005 at 6:20 pm#40. Gannon had 200+ recorded visits to the WH after dark. Hmmmmm… Wonder who he was banging? He doesn’t leave marks, he leaves impressions! Maybe he left a great big impression on our dimwit “president.” Hence, all the anti-gay rant we hear coming out of the WH. The true cover-up?
November 16th, 2005 at 6:26 pmRingo,
Kitty Kelly says bush’s nickname in college was ‘lips bush’, and supposedly he attended ‘worthy creations’ for christian gay deprogramming. It would explain a lot. Most likely he has resorted to all of his old proclivities, alcohol, sex and drugs…
November 16th, 2005 at 7:01 pmRyan
…and BJs in locker rooms. Looks like the “Christian gay deprogramming” did for Bush what it always does for others: instead of making the person not be gay, it just makes them not talk about what they do when they skulk around at night when no one can see. Into the closet, and a whole lot of gay-bashing to make yourself look straight. Sounds a lot like a couple of regular posters here as well. No wonder they just love them some Georgie Bush!
November 16th, 2005 at 7:11 pmRingo,
Yep, that’s the pathology of these whackos. In 1996 they did an experiment which proved 80% of homophobic men were arroused by gay porn, and the remaining 20% had ‘little to no’ arrousal. If they were anything like the posters on here, that 20% might have been fully arroused, and no one could tell :)
The reality is homopobia = gay, pure and simple.
http://www.philosophy-religion.org/handouts/homophobia.htm
November 16th, 2005 at 7:16 pm#44: Ryan: Exactly!
November 16th, 2005 at 7:22 pmHay, you all are very funny with the Bush gay stuff. I have been wondering if he is the one handing out favors in the oval office these day’s. Are the twins his.? Just a few off point thoughts. LOL
November 17th, 2005 at 12:19 am