MSNBC: White House Has Had A Copy Of McClellan’s Memoir For ‘At Least A Month’
MSNBC: White House Has Had A Copy Of McClellan’s Memoir For ‘At Least A Month’
MSNBC correspondent Jeannie Ohm reported breaking news this afternoon that former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan had provided the White House with an advance copy of his recent memoir “at least a month before excerpts became public this week.”
Current Press Secretary Dana Perino argued that the White House had taken “the high road” by waiting to attack McClellan until his book was reported in the press:
OHM: I happen to speak briefly with Dana Perino and she says she thinks this speaks volumes about the type of route that the White House chose to take, they took the high road in terms of not preemptively attacking Scott McClellan.
Watch it:
On Wednesday, Perino told reporters that Bush first read an excerpt of this book back in November at Camp David, and at that time, the President believed it “would not essentially be that harsh.” Did Bush not read the copy McClellan gave the White House a month ago?
Apparently, the White House thinks that as long as it didn’t attack McClellan before the book was published, that is taking the “high road.” But now that the cat is out of the bag, it seems McClellan is fair game. Fox News’ Brett Baier reported today that a “senior White House official” compared McClellan to Judas selling out Jesus:
BAIER: A senior white house official reacting to the AP saying that McClellan got $75,000 in advance for this book said and a quote here, “ironically in today’s dollars that amount is worth exactly 30 pieces of silver.” that of course is a biblical reference to the 30 pieces of silver Judas got for selling out Jesus.
Referring to McClellan’s book, one reporter said that when talking to White House officials he “heard the word ‘traitor’ and ‘Benedict.’” Perino called McClellan “disgruntled” while former Bush aide Karl Rove said that McClellan “sounds like a left-wing blogger.” Some high road.
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Well, they could have leaked classified information that Scotty had been institutionalized for schizophrenia.
So in a way, they took the high road.
But what probably happened is that no one in the White House got around to reading the advance copy until it was too late.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pmI’ll help out the reich-wing trolls and give them a list of the reich-wing talking points for this issue:
1. He did it for the money
May 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm2. He’s disgruntled
3. This is puzzling
4. This doesn’t sound like Scotty
5. What didn’t he quit if he objected to herr dubyah (even though he did quit)
6. He’s taking advantage of the librul anti-dubyah media
7. Clinton got a BJ!!!!!!!
8. The editor changed it
9. The publisher’s a liberal
Yes, George W. Bush is most definitely just like Jesus Christ.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pmFor these people the gutter IS the high road when you’ve been in the sewer for so long.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pmhttp://buckfush.com/ images/ George_W_Bush_Scott_McClellan.jpg
May 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pmI’m sure their copy is now full of bullet holes and black felt marker scribbles from the Chimp.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pmOnce again herr dubyah compares himself to Christ. Shocking.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pmAs if this administration knew what the high road was…
May 30th, 2008 at 4:51 pmAlejandro Says:
Yes, George W. Bush is most definitely just like Jesus Christ.
because he stays out of the fray and lets his minions do the dirty work for him…Some Christ figure he is…
May 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pmo btw, i knew you were being sarcastic…and so am I…
May 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pmStrictly speaking, “disgruntled” and “leftwing blogger” are hardly the low road and not in the same category as the other opprobrium they’re directing at little Scotty.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pmBush first read an excerpt of this book back in November at Camp David, and at that time, the President believed it “would not essentially be that harsh.”
That isn’t surprising. He felt the same way back in August 2001, when he read an excerpt to a report entitled, “Bin Laden Determined To Attack In The United States”.
No big deal.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:53 pmDoc, there you go again with your liberal ways. Offering handouts to the trolls will only keep them subservient. You now what I always say…
Give a troll a talking point, you feed him for a day. (As long as he can live on a snack-size bag of Cheetos and a 20 oz. RC Cola)
Teach a troll how to Google to find his own talking points, you feed him for… well, until he forgets how to Google again.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:53 pmI bet they just didn’t bother to read it.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:54 pmAre there really people out there who can unashamedly make this comparison? Bush = Jesus, the savior?
What about the fishes and loaves, raising the dead, and dying on the cross? Until Savior Bush can eliminate hunger in the nation, restore the thousands of dead American soldiers and the hundreds of thousands of innocent dead Iraqis to life, and then get nailed on a cross and die, I don’t buy it.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:55 pmYeah, I’m sure they never dreamed Scotty would give up his promised rocking chair on Bush’s porch.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:55 pmThis admin can’t do anything right — not even outrage.
**eyes rolling**
May 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pmHmmmmm, cheetos.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:57 pmNot attacking McCelllan at all would have been “taking the high road”. Why do conservatives feel that they must attack the person making the argument and not the argument itself?
May 30th, 2008 at 4:57 pmROTFL! Just the concept of the Bush administration ‘taking the high road’! Oh, that brought tears to my eyes. Oh, the betrayal, the angst, oh the hand-wringing! This is just So typical of the Administration. First, do what the hell you want to do. Then, when reality rears its ugly head, blame anybody else, accuse the press, kill the messenger, etc. Its my sincer hope that this is the first blow that will lead to the Impeachment of Cheney and Bush and the Salvation and Re-Implementation of the Constitution of the United States!
May 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pmAlejandro Says:
Yes, George W. Bush is most definitely just like Jesus Christ.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
So where is the cross to complete the picture?
May 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pmCitiDC,
May 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pmThey probably did read it. They just couldn’t comprehend it.
Boy, I sure hope Scotty’s wearing his iron Underoos…
May 30th, 2008 at 4:59 pmMy good friend is in the process of retiring from the Department of the Interior after several rewarding years. He e-mailed me today to note he’s insulted with the right wing’s contention that McClellan was somehow “disloyal” for writing his book. As my buddy points out, McClellan, like all federal employees, swore allegiance to the Constitution, not George Bush.
Here’s the oath fed folks take when sworn in: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.“
The name (or even the title) of the Current Occupant isn’t even mentioned. And for good reason—we are supposed to live in a democratic republic, not some sort of cockeyed monarchy.
In McClellan’s case, I guess it’s better late than never he finally decided to live up to his oath.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pmOHM: I happen to speak briefly with Dana Perino and she says she thinks this speaks volumes about the type of route that the White House chose to take, they took the high road in terms of not preemptively attacking Scott McClellan.
Oh yeah…they took the high road…calling him disgruntled, traitorous, in it for the money, etc.
It’s true, they didn’t attack preemptively. Maybe they can learn from their mistakes, i.e. preemptively attacking Iraq…Nah, it was probably like CitiDC said, “I bet they just didn’t bother to read it.”
http://progressiveworldreview.com
May 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pmBAIER: A senior white house official reacting to the AP saying that McClellan got $75,000 in advance for this book said and a quote here, “ironically in today’s dollars that amount is worth exactly 30 pieces of silver.” that of course is a biblical reference to the 30 pieces of silver Judas got for selling out Jesus.
I would like to urge everyone who cares about the truth to contact the major media outlets and tell them to stop publishing anonymous comments from this administration! There is no reason in the world to keep this person’s identity a secret. If this official did not want McClellan to know what he was thinking, he should never have said it to a reporter. And it’s not like we’re getting the truth from these people when they speak anonymously Often times they aren’t even being critical of Bush. So why give them anonymity? Simply put, this is poor journalism.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:02 pmGee, if what McClellan says in the book is untrue, the criminal Bush administration had at least a month to put together solid refutations (is that a word?).
And, gee, we haven’t heard one factual rebuttal yet.
These f***ers are as incompetent at playing defense as they are…..well, everything.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pmI’ve got $5 that says that Bush after three days would still be dead.
Any takers?
May 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pmThey just didn’t read it before hand. They don’t read. Not even news papers. Think about how wonderfully informed about the world they are only watching fox news.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pmSo McClellan is Judas and Bush is Jesus, eh?
May 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pmWell, logically then Bush should end up being crucified at some point right? I mean, that’s how the Bible goes.
Silver closed at $16.86 an ounce today. Those 30 pieces of silver sure must have been heavy to be worth $75k in 2008 dollars. These dipsh*ts can’t even come up with a good blasphemous insult.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pmYes, this administration is just one Passion play after another…after all, the Halo pics don’t lie, right? /sarcasm
May 30th, 2008 at 5:05 pm… that McClellan got $75,000 in advance for this book…
not sure which show, countdown or verdict, but last night jonathon alter (i think - oy) was aruging with some wrong-winger about the amount of the advance, saying that publishing company never gives any more than $100,000…
looks like the winger lost that argument.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAs if this White House would know a high road from the swamp they usually travel.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAs for comparing McClellan to Judas, that implies that Bush is Jesus — all I can say to that is Jesus Christ!! Do they also have little altars to Bush in their cubicles.
Giving them a month’s notice, afforded the Bushies to coordinate their talking points as evidenced in the very similar adjectives and phrases used to describe their reaction.
Loyalty trumps the Constitution in this administration, we have seen that over and over to the detriment of our country. You know its just stupid to believe my party right or wrong, instead of my party lets get it back on track.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:08 pmIf this White House is taking the “high” road, I wanna know what they’re taking….
May 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pmIt is a puzzel tho why it took 8 years, well more since he worked for georgie in Texas and could see the conniving, low down skunk bush was and is.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:10 pmBAIER: A senior white house official reacting to the AP saying that McClellan got $75,000 in advance for this book said and a quote here, “ironically in today’s dollars that amount is worth exactly 30 pieces of silver.” that of course is a biblical reference to the 30 pieces of silver Judas got for selling out Jesus.
a senior white house offical? Why are these people always nameless? Are they ashamed? So in the Bush economy, they brag about $75,000 only being worth $30? Heck of a job!!!!
Does anybody know how to spell the sound of a SCREAM…..ARG!
May 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThe new HBO movie Recount, is a movie, but the fanatic look in the republican actor’s eyes sure hit the mark. They really do believe their party is the second coming. Good grief !
May 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pmDick Morris bashes the Clinton’s nightly on Faux. How come the reich-wing doesn’t consider Dick to be disgruntled or that he’s in it for the money?
May 30th, 2008 at 5:14 pmThey claim the high moral ground and claim the high road. I think they’re just high.
Even such a weak analogy as that is Blaspheny. It’s bad enough that Christianity has been hijacked by these self-righteous freaks, but making that comparison is too much.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:15 pmAnd by “taking the high road” I assume they meant that they spent the last month trying to quash the release of this book. Maybe that’s why it ended up getting release to the press before it’s official release which has now been “released early” due to all the interest.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:15 pmIf the White House REALLY wanted to take the high road, they would have:
1. Not demanded that Scott McClellan (or any other PressSec) lie through his teeth as the main part of his job.
2. Not lied to get us into a war.
3. Treated the American people as if they mattered.
If they had acted honorably, and one of their own STILL went out and wrote a “tell-all” full of false allegations, then they would be justified in condemning it, and they could easily take the high road doing so.
But right now, nothing they are doing resembles any kind of high road. And the irony is that the more poop they fling at Scott, the longer his book remains at #1.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pmMethinks the better analogy is Bush/Cheney are Barabus of the Jewish warrior clan. Bush wouldn’t ask Peter to resheath a knife, but to stab pre-emptively. As for timing, Bush’s equally corrupt and unpopular counterpart will soon visit America. Israeli P.M. Olmert will attend the AIPAC annual meeting. Expect to hear lots more about that Iranian threat.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:17 pmI think “the high road” is new drug slang for a designer hallucinogen.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:20 pmAre there really people out there who can unashamedly make this comparison? Bush = Jesus, the savior?
The dismal right side does this to discourage dissent and leaks. If Bush is the ‘Savior’ you better not do anything he would be unhappy with. They elevate Bush - and themselves onto this lofty, christian pedestal. They believe they deserve to be there and if you don’t like it, they will burn your house down or otherwise ruin your life; because they are pious. Scoundrels always come either wrapped in a flag or draped upon a cross.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:25 pmthey took the high road in terms of not preemptively attacking Scott McClellan.
Well Duh. If they had preemptively attacked the book, they would have had to make reference to McClellan’s Contentions that they found objectionable.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmThat would have made these damaging contentions public a month sooner….and …after a whole month… they still haven’t been able to refute any of them anyhow.
So, they have had the book for a month…
May 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmand this is the best they could do…
discredit Scotty? Attack the messenger?
They have called him a traitor, Judas, puzzling, greedy.
but…
They haven’t called him a liar?
Why?
They couldn’t find any facts in the book to deny?
… Bush first read an excerpt of this book back in November
at Camp David…
may have been mentioned here, but has anything come to mind
that happened around this time? some kind of “threat” or other
hissy-fit that duby pitched?
check the w.h. schedule against the news, i guess? …
May 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmApparently, the White House thinks that as long as it didn’t attack McClellan before the book was published, that is taking the “high road.”
It’s all relative. For them, that is the “high road”. The “low road” would have been rendering him to some malignant dictatorship for vicios torture, or waterboarding him until he confessed and recanted his sins.
Cheers,
May 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmHow I miss the old Press Briefing Room with the old White House symbol…
Today’s flat screen tv megabranded interactive extraviganza post-remodel press room is just too much.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:30 pmIn the book, does McClellan dish about the Bush Pretzel Scare?
May 30th, 2008 at 5:31 pmCurrent Press Secretary Dana Perino argued that the White House had taken “the high road” by waiting to attack McClellan until his book was reported in the press
Yeah
Nothing says “high road” as calling someone a “traitor” and a “Benedict Arnold”……..
May 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pmWayne sez: I would like to urge everyone who cares about the truth to contact the major media outlets and tell them to stop publishing anonymous comments from this administration!
This is the WH’s version of FUX’s “Some people say…”
May 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pmAlejandro Says:
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Yes, George W. Bush is most definitely just like Jesus Christ.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I’m not exactly positive about that ; but , I have heard Jesus mentioned repeatedly when invoking the name of the Chimpster.
Like : Jesus H Christ this guy sucks as president
May 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pmThese azzholes wouldn’t know the high road if they were served it on a platter.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pmThe only similarity between the high road and the occupants of the White House would be the yellow stripe down the middle.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:33 pmI wonder if it’s occurred to any of the Reichwing geniuses that the fact the White House cleared the book makes any claim of libel look ridiculous.
And…
Their version of the high road is to resist the urge to slander before the book is released, but, then they call you “traitor” and attack your mother. I’m really amazed that sleaze like them can have a simple meeting without someone getting knifed.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:42 pmAny analogy, direct or implied, comparing Bush to Jesus is Blasphemy. These hypocritic, self-righteous liars make me sick.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:02 pmSomeone’s high alright.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:03 pmBlasphemy!
May 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pmWhat triggers ‘Your comment is awaiting moderation.’?
May 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmWhy that? What’s the problem?
These hypocritic,
May 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmself-righteous liars make me sick.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pmok how about this
May 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pmcomparing Bush to Jesus is Blasphemy
hmm,ok, sorry for the infringment. don’t know
May 30th, 2008 at 7:24 pmI wouldn’t take it personal Bob. There’s a glitch in their system that seems to arbitrarily hold a comment. It’s happened to me twice.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pmAs we all know, Republicans and neocons suffer from serious mental problems. The explanation of their mental problems remains elusive.
For example, a normal person might be tempted to conclude that comparing George W. Bush to Jesus Christ would get you a rush trip to Bellevue Hospital. Although many of the doctors there are brilliant Jews, they too would remain baffled, perplexed and confused by the comparison.
Insanity could be the only diagnosis.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pmIt would have been nice had these same folks decided to take the high road rather than pre-emptively attacking Iraq. I guess when a single person insults you and says you’re a liar, it’s worth waiting until all the information is available to the public before responding. On the other hand, when it’s a question of spending a trillion or so dollars and thousands of lives, waiting just ain’t justified.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:26 pm“BAIER: A senior white house official reacting to the AP saying that McClellan got $75,000 in advance for this book said and a quote here, “ironically in today’s dollars that amount is worth exactly 30 pieces of silver.” that of course is a biblical reference to the 30 pieces of silver Judas got for selling out Jesus.”
These assclowns can’t even produce an analogy that doesn’t slam the administration. To me, the quote reads, “due to the disasterous economic policies of this administration, the dollar is devalued and inflation is through the roof”.
Ironically, there’s not a single waaahhhpublican who wouldn’t knife his own mother if he or she could turn a buck off of it.
May 31st, 2008 at 7:59 am