Bush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book, Didn’t Think It Would Be So ‘Harsh’
Bush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book, Didn’t Think It Would Be So ‘Harsh’
Earlier today, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino put out a statement bashing former press secretary Scott McClellan’s new book critical of the administration. She called McClellan “disgruntled” and said that President Bush was unlikely to comment on the criticisms:
Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House. For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad — this is not the Scott we knew.
The book, as reported by the press, has been described to the president. I do not expect a comment from him on it — he has more pressing matters than to spend time commenting on books by former staffers.
Evidently, Bush has less to do than Perino thought. CNN’s Ed Henry reports that aboard Air Force One today, Perino gave the “most detailed” response from Bush yet on McClellan’s book. According to Henry, Bush had seen a copy of the book in November, but hoped that it wouldn’t be so harsh once it was published:
HENRY: On the way to Utah, from here in Colorado, aboard Air Force One, Dana Perino told reporters that the President first read an excerpt of this book back in November at Camp David. At that time they were led to believe it was overwritten a bit and maybe it would not essentially be that harsh. She talked to the President yesterday obviously on Air Force One after it was becoming clear the book was going to be very harsh. She said the President’s reaction was, quote, “He was puzzled.”
He didn’t recognize the same Scott McClellan that he hired and worked with for so many years. She added he was disappointed and called it a sad situation.
Watch it:
According to Henry, Perino added that McClellan was “rewriting history” on the Iraq war.
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I guess you can call it ‘rewriting history’ when everything we’ve heard before is lies and now we’re hearing the truth….
May 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pmAll of them: Perino, Bush, McClellan, go right to hell.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pmPuzzled….to be confronted by a sliver of the awful truth.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:28 pm“She said the President’s reaction was, quote, “He was puzzled.”
Yes, he was puzzled that there are such things as books with just words and no cartoons.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pmBush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book
I expect the same thing could be said of a great many books.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pmScottie is certainly not writing history how the Bushieites want it written.
I wonder what Perino will write next year, ’cause I’d believe her. Yeh, right!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pmnot one word about Mike Gravel leaving the race eh? not even a footnote? wtf thinkPROGRESS? he’s the only guy with a truly progressive plan to give us the right to vote on federal proposals… You’d think if thinkPROGRESS really believed in progress they’d talk about the most progressive ideas instead of just being a place to bash McCain who already has ZERO credibility…
Mike made history
May 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pmGolly, it’s as though Scotty has been replaced by an evil android or some sort of body snatcher!
Get real, folks. You reap what you sow. Scotty was treated like a patsy and now you’re surprised to discover that he might have resented it? Heck of a job, gang.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:32 pmLOL!! Bush doesn’t recognize him as the same person who worked for him. Funniest thing. Rove said JUST the same thing. Is that the best they can do?
LOL!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pmI think Scotty has a lot to answer for, but he does deserve credit for stirring up one pretty good shitstorm among the bushies, and I like that.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:36 pmBush is puzzled simply by staring at his toes, much like a 6 month old baby just before he shoves them in his mouth.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:36 pmThis shouldn’t be surprising. He can’t even remember if he used cocaine or not, so how could he recognize anyone who worked for him?
May 28th, 2008 at 5:36 pmSo the White House is “circling the wagons” on Scott’s truth telling?
I CANNOT wait to read Scott’s book so I can find out what other CONFIRMED lies the Bush administration has told to the American people! This is so SHAMEFUL for Bush!!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pmThe shit list just gets longer and longer. When they lose the WH and a veto-proof majority in Congress, they will begin feeding on each other’s flesh like a Hieronymous Bosch tryptych.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pmBush is puzzled by life itself. Reality and truth is even more puzzling for him because it’s not in his agenda. And add a majority of American’s with McClellan to his disgruntled list.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pmPlease take it out from the library. Don’t give this pr!ck any money for coming clean NOW. His time to stop lying was long, long ago. Rewarding him for anything would be wrong.
IMHO, of course. :-)
May 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm…just getting a head start on tomorrows “ThinkFast”:
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“Turn out the lights…”
May 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pmBush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book, Didn’t Think It Would Be So ‘Harsh’
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You believe that’s harsh ?
Wait until you are properly indicted and put on trial for all of your crimes and what future historians and generations will be saying about you , you grinning , braying , lying , stupid jackass ; Scotty’s book is gonna’ seem like kisses from a broad……………….
May 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pmExpect Bush to be ‘puzzled’ by Scott McClellan’s abrupt and unexpected suicide.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:47 pmThis book is even more “harsh”:
May 28th, 2008 at 5:48 pmhttp://www.amazon.com/Prosecution-George-W-Bush-Murder/dp/159315481X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212011279&sr=8-1
Oh, fer the luvva Jeebutz. Gimme a flarking BREAK.
Idiots.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:48 pmImagine the puzzlement when he is hauled before the Hague. It takes a smack in the face to even get a glimmer of thought out of that smirking head.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pmTwo words: Stockholm Syndrome.
Or perhaps the president’s aides just realize that the VP knows where they live.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pmThe response from the Bush administration and its amen corner to the blistering charges in former press secretary Scott McClellan’s new book has been quick, brutal and predictable. Of course, it wasn’t always this way. Once upon time, Scott McClellan was the perfect mouthpiece for the Bush administration and its right-wing allies.
Here, then is:
May 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm“A Look Back at Scott McClellan’s Greatest Hits.”
The ‘Truth’ hurts. Well not so much for Bush and Cheney, they could care less, they know they have committed many, many crimes and will not pay for them. They will do what those type of subhuman scum do though and will seek to try and destroy Scotty, he deserves it for not spilling the beans long ago.
Bush/Cheney
May 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pmHague Trials ‘09
Perino added that McClellan was “rewriting history” on the Iraq war.
She continued, “That’s our job!”
May 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pmScotty, its too late to pull yourself out of the muck.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pm“According to Henry, Bush had seen a copy of the book in November, but hoped that it wouldn’t be so honest once it was published:”
fixed it.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pmTip of the iceberg. Just wait until Bush and Cheney no longer have unlimited power and everybody wants to be the first to jump on the “I was just following orders.” bandwagon.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pmShayne, just like the good German soldiers who killed millions.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pmThe killers even turn on each other when the needs arises to make a juicy profit. If only it were for a plea bargain in this case — the mouthpieces as witnesses against the ones who pulled the trigger.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:03 pmBeam me up, Scotty! Scott McClellan nows says that the corporate media should have been harder on Bush & Co., when they were lying about the war on Iraq. Funny, he didn’t say that back when he was whoring for Bush; he was regularly excoritating (sic) the media for not goose-stepping high enough in going along with the Bush gangster liars. They are all worthless lying fascist traitors, every last member of the Bush gangster regime. Heck of a whoring, Scotty…
May 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pmThe conscience cleansing continues from the ex-Bush toadies. Where was Scott when all this was going down? It’s easy to be a man of conscience AFTER the fact. Ask Doug Feith. History will not be kind to anyone in that Administration and rightfully so. They did nothing but damage to America while in office.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pm…….notice how they are not saying mclellan statements are false……just harsh.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pm“Dana Perino told reporters that the President first read an excerpt of this book back in November at Camp David.”
Yeah right. Bush read McFelon’s book? He can’t get past My Pet Goat.
“He didn’t recognize the same Scott McClellan that he hired and worked with for so many years.”
LOL! Bush is lost in translation. He really meant to say that he didn’t recognize the same Scotty who he tossed out as the WH Press Secretary would turned on Bush.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pmCan’t wait to see what Perino releases when her tour is over.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:07 pmBush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book, Didn’t Think It Would Be So ‘Harsh’
Want a fresh example as to why , you retarded piece of crap ?
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Bush asks for continued Iraq, Afghan support
In speech to Air Force graduates, he links conflicts to post-WW II era
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updated 5:14 a.m. ET, Wed., May. 28, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – President George W. Bush said Wednesday that rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan as the wars rage on is proving difficult and “we’re learning as we go.”
The president harkened back to the patriotic sacrifice of World War II, the deadliest conflict in history, in again suggesting the country must hold firm and not lose its nerve.
“After World War II, we helped Germany and Japan build free societies and strong economies,” Bush said. “These efforts took time and patience, and as a result, Germany and Japan grew in freedom and prosperity. Germany and Japan, once mortal enemies, are now allies of the United States. And people across the world have reaped the benefits.”
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Nothing like trying to compare a World War in which we were attacked by one of the countries we actually foght against to you imbecilic Iraq Adventure , who had never attacked us , you dishonest dipshit……………..
May 28th, 2008 at 6:10 pmdumbstruck Says:
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Can’t wait to see what Perino releases when her tour is over.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
A history lesson book…………
May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pmWhen the president says, “harsh” he means “truthful”, and when he says “puzzled” he means “stupid”.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pmdumbstruck Says:
Can’t wait to see what Perino releases when her tour is over.
Maybe she will tell the thrilling story of when President Carter failed to overthrow Castro in the Bay of the Cuban Missile Pig Crisis?
May 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pmhow dare he claim anyone besides he and his 1930’s mobsterish cronies to be harsh. how dare he say this when women have had their babies ripped in half as they carried them in their arms in the Iraq war!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pmPeroxide Dana sure has spent a lot of time commenting on the work of a “disgruntled” former staffer today. I can understand Ari, KKKarl and the other has beens talking about it but aren’t the ones still collecting a check from the taxpayers supposed to be running the government or something? Don’t get me wrong, slamming one of their own beats finding another country to bomb but jeebus people, this stuff is tame next to what is going to come out once Bush is mercifully out of office. Save your venom for when the indictments start flying.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:15 pmhow dare he say this when he allowed Cheney’s toy blackwater soldiers to play games when we already had our boys doing there best with what they were given and what they were told.
how dare he claim anyone to be harsh when he won’t approve a .5% raise for defending the US, though a, what was it? a 165 billion dollar war, was it?
May 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pmGood catch. Maybe Dana meant that “Somebody first read an excerpt of this book to the President back in November”.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:17 pmNo matter what White House loyalist say, this book has put the spotlight back on the deliberate deception of the American people by their president for the purpose of falsely justifying an invasion that has resulted in the deaths of more than 4000 American soliders and more than 100,000 defenseless Iraqi civilians. Some people would not classify their deaths as the cost of freedom or collateral damage. Some people would classify their deaths as murder. I reccommend that everyone read Vincent Bugliosi’s book, “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:17 pmsomeone should really ducktape the chimps mouth.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pmTeeHee!!! Haw Haw! This is funnier’n HELL!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pmThe book, as reported by the press, has been described to the president. I do not expect a comment from him on it — he has more pressing matters than to spend time commenting on books by former staffers.
Yeah , like lying about when and why he quit golfing ………..
May 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pmShe talked to the President yesterday obviously on Air Force One after it was becoming clear the book was going to be very harsh. She said the President’s reaction was, quote, “He was puzzled.”
I’m guessing most everything puzzles this man.
The fact of the matter is; these people value loyalty so much more than truth, it really is puzzling when one of their own turns against them.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
May 28th, 2008 at 6:21 pmBush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book
Because of a lack of pictures and no crayons or coloring involved ……….
May 28th, 2008 at 6:21 pmI believe that Keith Olbermann said that Scottie would be a guest on his program next week. That should prove interesting. Is he going to let Scottie get away with telling lies? Is he going to call Scottie out on the first false thing he says? Does Scottie think that this one is going to be an easy interview?
May 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pmoh yeah! he was gonna quit playing golf to support the troups, could you believe that s@#t! And then they showed him biking and fishing and what not. He probably said that cause he doesn’t care for golf!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pmWhy should anyone in the WH be surprised…..Most of us knew what was going on and begged for impeachment. But Nancy said, “No”.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:28 pmBush will be puzzled when Scottie’s charter plane crashes into the night; leaving only his car keys, a Starbucks mug and a few limp strands of hair.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pmStratRat Says:
All of them: Perino, Bush, McClellan, go right to hell.
That would provide some small comfort if it were true, but they’re going where we all go when we die, nowhere.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:33 pmSO many things are puzzling to the incurious dolt.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pmVery short list of things that puzzle the chymp.
Why Iraqis aren’t grateful.
Why do so many Americans despise him.
Why don’t horses give milk.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:57 pmI don’t know where else to put this, but I ran into Jake on the WAPO website. He’s still peddelign the Korean war vet/Lawyer line and still parroting every right wing talking point while claiming not to be a right winger. Still condescending and self righteous and claims to have been banned here. I know he was on a thread about Rove & other Bushies disagreeing with McClellan’s book. It was a good time today seeing such an old buddy.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:15 pmAre we talking about the same Scott McClellan who was called a liar and everything but a truth teller by you guys only a few years ago? Now he is “tellin’ it like it is” as Howard Cosell used to say. He should have done the honorable thing and quit. Colin Powell did. McClellan was asked to go (fired?). Sour grapes now?
May 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pmAh. “Truthdoctor”. Nice. At least you own up to doctoring the Truth.
Do you have any evidence that Snotty was “asked to go (fired)”? Thanks.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pmBush is puzzled, period.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:52 pmBush can’t finish his book My Pet Goat so why is anyone surprised that he didn’t read Scotty’s book. Look George thought Scotty’s book was a coloring book as the words were to big for him to read. Scotty lied by the White House and the Media did too. You wont hear an out cry from Americans about this news as over 4000 soldiers died based on lies. Pelosi is still going to protect the President from impeachment as was agreed when she became Speaker of the House. Under the former US Constitution Nixon was impeached for committing crimes and the GOP even charged Clinton for having an affair and lying about it. With no Constitution Bush/Cheney are able to lie about invading Iraq causing over 4000 soldiers to die based on those lies, put the US in a recession and even break the Geneva Law. McCain can’t remember what’s going on today and Obama’s life stories get mover colorful then ever, next he’ll say he wrote JFK’s famous speech for him.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:15 pmIf Bush thinks that is harsh just wait until Obama has reviewed all of his Executive Orders and recinded most of them.
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/28/bushs-laws-will-be-scrutinized-if-i-become-president-obama-says/
Now that should be a fun time.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pmI bet a lot of uncomplicated things surprise Bush
May 28th, 2008 at 8:23 pmI have a feeling Bush is puzzled by many things. Rubiks cubes, poor people, rule of law.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pmOT–news of more fascism…
Dunkin Donuts has decided that Rachael Ray is just to terrorist with that scarf. They’ve pulled the ad so that the useless, mouth breathing, 25%’ers can sleep well at night!!!!
BOYCOTT THE DUNKIN DUMBNUTS!!! LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL DONUT HOLES!!!!
May 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pm“The book was described to him”
May 28th, 2008 at 9:31 pmfurther proof that the chimp can’t read.
I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.” Harry S Truman
May 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pmHe didn’t recognize the same Scott McClellan that he hired and worked with for so many years. She added he was disappointed and called it a sad situation.
Yeah, Scottie turned into a human so they could not identify him any longer.
People, they will answer for their crimes, the Preznit cannot pardon Treason, and The Hague don’t give shit about U.S. Prezidentially pardons. As if Numbskull won’t be tried there.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA muddafuggas it is called reaping what you sow you fu(kin traitorous scumbags.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pmAlecto, you should clean up your language and be more civil. Only those who can’t carry on intelligent and thoughtful discourse resort to name calling and “potty mouth” language. You can do better.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:08 pmTruthdoctor Says: blah, blah, blah.
McClellan quit and there is tape of Bush saying he was sorry Scott chose to leave but he’ll accept his resignation. Nice try making crap up though.
And nobody here supports McClellan anymore now than they did before. If he was honorable he would have spoke up and stopped telling lies way before he did.
Now, why don’t you go Cheney yourself.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pmBush didn’t remember trying cocaine either!
Just another convenient memory lapse for the Liar-in-Chief. Another first, he beat Reagan’s record for achieving senility (or lack of morality) early.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:51 amHis Daddy and Mommy always forgave him. Why can’t McClellan?
May 29th, 2008 at 2:03 am“Bush Is ‘Puzzled’ By McClellan’s Book, Didn’t Think It Would Be So ‘Harsh’”
Shorter for last seven and half years.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:24 ambush——————perpetual phase of puzzlement.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:33 amAgain, another former Bush loyalist telling the truth we all knew from the start. This band of hooligans must be exposed continuously because there are still those who refuse to admit they made an error in voting, not once, but twice.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:02 am> but I ran into Jake on the WAPO website.
> He’s still peddelign
> the Korean war vet/Lawyer line
jake the fake? ha! did he bring his sock puppet rory?
May 29th, 2008 at 9:14 amoh, he also claimed to be a multimillionaire as well.
man, does ANYONE know any millionaires who have nothing better to do than argue on the internets?