Lamar Smith Compares McClellan To Judas, Declares ‘It’s Hard To Take Mr. McClellan Too Seriously’
Lamar Smith Compares McClellan To Judas, Declares ‘It’s Hard To Take Mr. McClellan Too Seriously’
Last month, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan published a memoir asserting that the Bush administration waged a “propaganda” campaign used to “sell the war” in Iraq to the public. He also said that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby deliberately sent him to the press to lie about their connection to the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity.
Today, McClellan is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. In his opening statement, the committee’s ranking member Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), one of Bush’s most loyal defenders, derided the hearing as the committee’s “first book-of-the-month-club meeting,” and suggested the next book should one by right-winger Ann Coulter. Lamar also compared McClellan to Judas, insisting he was “selling out the president” for “a few pieces of silver”:
SMITH: Welcome to the House Judicary Committee’s first book-of-the-month-club meeting. I propose that next time we consider Ann Coulter’s book, “How To Talk To A Liberal If You Must.” It’s hard to take Mr. McClellan or this hearing too seriously. … Scott McClellan alone will have to wrestle with whether it was worth selling out the president and his friends for a few pieces of silver.
There’s no comparison between Coulter — who never served in the administration — and McClellan, who was a member of Bush’s inner circle for most of the past decade. Later in the hearing, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) apologized to McClellan for the “aspersions as to your motives…that we heard a few minutes ago.” “Such character assassination has no business in this committee,” Nadler said.
Lamar’s attempts to dismiss McClellan’s testimony echoes the strategy on the right to write off McClellan’s complaints as unimportant and disloyal. McClellan’s former boss Ari Fleischer insisted that only “Washington and people who follow Washington” cared about McClellan’s allegation. “I’m bored,” Bill O’Reilly complained, while Former House Speaker declared, “I’m more concerned about American Idol than I am about Scott McClellan.” White House officials also blasted him as a “traitor” and a “Benedict.”
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keltoi, rogerse,
this man is your hero!
good luck.
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June 20th, 2008 at 11:29 amWait a minute, weren’t these guys hanging on his every word a few years back.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:31 amSmith should consider investing in a more convincing hairpiece.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:35 amOFF TOPIC, SORRY..CALL PALOSI TO STOP THE FISA VOTE…202-225-0100….BLESSINGS
June 20th, 2008 at 11:35 amArgumentum ad hominem - the rhetorical device favored by right-wingers and fourth-graders alike, one born of intellectual poverty.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:40 amMcLellan sleeps with the fishes. Isn’t that what the mafia does to the insiders who snitch? Doesn’t even occur to Smith that it’s a good thing someone gets their belly full of the killing fields and blows the whistle.
If you don’t hate these Repugnicunt bastards, you aren’t paying attention.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:43 amGod, they have some f*****g nuts in Texas.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:45 amWould someone remind Hedley Lamarr to caress his statue somewhere else? Like in Paraguay?
June 20th, 2008 at 11:45 amIf George Bush is Jesus I wish he’d get off his a$$, ascend to heaven, and leave us poor mortals alone.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:45 amI sense that a nerve has been hit, looks like fertile ground for some extended digging. Who knows what inconvenient truths are awaiting to be unearthed concerning the right wing agenda.
I hope indictments are forthcoming.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:48 amThese people keep saying that McClellan is cashing in, but the exact opposite is just as likely to be true. Just think about how many bridges he’s burning to the wingnut welfare gravy train. Just the other day we found out that his buddy Karl has gotten a nice six figure contract with Freedom Watch:
http://www.motherjones.com/ mojoblog/ archives/ 2008/ 06/ 8690_natl_journal_ro.html
I’m sure Ari Fleischer has the same deal, along with the $500,000 advance he received for kiss-ass book that no one bought:
http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/ blog/ 2005/ 04/ ari_fleischers_.html
But no wingnut welfare for Scotty (although it looks like Lamar is angling for his piece of the pie)! So is this book really a net gain, or a net loss for McClellan?
June 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am*yawn* politicians make my hair hurt.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:51 amYou go Lamar, party over country at all costs. The founding fathers must be so proud.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:52 amIn his opening statement, the committee’s ranking member Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), one of Bush’s most loyal defenders, derided the hearing as the committee’s “first book-of-the-month-club meeting,” and suggested the next book should one by right-winger Ann Coulter. Lamar also compared McClellan to Judas, insisting he was “selling out the president” for “a few pieces of silver”
Nothing like listenig to the evidence first, before making up your mind.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 20th, 2008 at 11:53 amrogerse Says:
and where does tp say he’s wrong for dismissing the testimony?.’cause the dems have such a good track record of action, and not just faux hearings?
And where has Anyone in BushCo denied the content, just trying to shoot the messenger.
Gotta hurt, huh?
June 20th, 2008 at 11:56 amrogerse Says:
and where does tp say he’s wrong for dismissing the testimony?.’cause the dems have such a good track record of action, and not just faux hearings?.
rog, you really are having a bad morning. what’s going on?
did your dog die? wife leave you?
what?
help us help you.
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June 20th, 2008 at 11:56 amI think McCain just walked down aisle 12 and dropped some more crap out of his Depends.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:57 amAside from the fact that this brain dead hick can barely read the random collection of monosyllabic words on his prepared text, aside from the fact that he misrepresents the few facts contained in those notes, I must wonder if he realizes that launching these ad hominem attacks on a White House staffer who worked for Bush for pretty much his entire political career places the chimp’s judgment into serious question. I don’t expect inherently stupid people to perceive the gaping hole in the “he did it for the money” meme despite the fact that McClellan destroyed any hope of getting on the payroll of one of the war profiteers this administration made rich by writing this book. Still, you would think even the yoyos on the right would figure out that these histrionics just lend credence to what McClellan is saying. Then again, he represents Texans so maybe not.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:58 amroger rubberstamp Says:
and where does tp say he’s wrong for dismissing the testimony?.’cause the dems have such a good track record of action, and not just faux hearings?.
Next year, scout.
Tune your banjo, it’s sounding a little flat.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:00 pmWhich is better to betray the criminal activity of the present administration as McCellan had the courage to do, or to betray the oath of office which called for defending the constitution from all enemies, domestic and foreign as Lamar Smith and his rethuglic companions have repeatedly done? Smith is a tool of the current crooks in charge and too stupid to realize it, or to recognize that the nation has his number. Sir, there is a lamp post somewhere in Washington with your name on it, come the revolution.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:01 pmIt’s hard to believe that someone so juvenile and asinine has the responsibility of creating laws of the land. Smith hasn’t matured beyond junior high. Why is that so common among republicans?
June 20th, 2008 at 12:01 pmand where does tp say he’s wrong for dismissing the testimony?
They DON’T.
They just show the hypocrisy of another TRAITOR like MURDERER Bush the COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA.
And, of course, YOU.
May you ALL burn in hell with your hero, TRAITOR Ronnie Reagan, now DEAD and BURNING
June 20th, 2008 at 12:01 pm“…selling out the president and his friends for a few pieces of silver.”
Yeah, it’s not like selling out of the presidency itself to make billions for the military industrial complex.
It’s always party before country with these scumbags.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:04 pmIf they disagree with Scotty’s testimony, all they have to do is send over Rove or Cheney to refute it. I know if I was being unfairly maligned, I’d want to set the record straight. I’m sure Conyers would make time for them.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:05 pmHow long have they been waiting to use the reference to ‘a few pieces of silver’? How archaic and odd: betrayed by the truth.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pmRepukes hate the truth, it exposes them for the scum sucking fascist pigs that they are.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:14 pmBob Says:
It’s hard to believe that someone so juvenile and asinine has the responsibility of creating laws of the land. Smith hasn’t matured beyond junior high. Why is that so common among republicans?
They are willfully retarded. Literally. They would rather be regressive than progressive.
These folks crave a daddy figure to lead them. Read The Authoritarians. Some traits (from chapter 3):
June 20th, 2008 at 12:14 pm1. Illogical Thinking
2. Highly Compartmentalized Minds
3. Double Standards
4. Hypocrisy
5. Blindness To Themselves
6. A Profound Ethnocentrism
7. Dogmatic
Shorter Lamar Smith:
Selling out the president - Bad!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:14 pmSelling out the Constitution - So?
OOOoooOOOooh, Rogerse!!!
GOOD DOGGIE!!! Sit up! Beg! Fetch! Roll over!!
Good boy!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:16 pmHussein McCain Says:
“If George Bush is Jesus I wish he’d get off his a$$, ascend to heaven, and leave us poor mortals alone.”
Crucify the bastard first!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:19 pmIn chimp groups there is always an alpha male that the other males are totally subservient to. They offer their hindsides to the alpha male to prove their submissivness, and he in turn will slam them a couple of good strokes to prove that he is the alpha.
You see the same behavior in these sycophants. Bush is their Dear Leader and they know their place.
Is your butt a little sore there rogerse, or do you just offer yourself to Boy George in a figurative sense?
Get off your knees b*tch, it makes you look cheap.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pmThe funniest part was when he asked McClellan if he was aware that he made money for every book that was sold. McClellan answered, “A little bit, for each book. Yes. That’s usually how it works.”
Except for Chimpy’s and Lame-R Smith’s coloring books!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:22 pmI’m sick of these fcking bullsht restrictions:
June 20th, 2008 at 12:30 pmYour comment is awaiting moderation
FCK OFF!
Lamar also compared McClellan to Judas, insisting he was “selling out the president” for “a few pieces of silver”: And the Shrub soldout America to BIG OIL.Buck Fush!!!!!!!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pmHow come nobody in the W.H. is refuting Scotty boys words and calling him a liar? Because it is easier to say he is selling out because they all know he isn`t lying. The truth hurts don`t it G.O.P.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:40 pm.
THEY(sic) compare McClellan to being Judas…
… Because THEY(sic) think Bush is THEIR(sic) christ!
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June 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pmrogerse Says:
#16 upside99 Says:
his book is another issue, but I guess you won’t deny this is a faux hearing, then.if you do, you haven’t learned from the past.
and what past would that be?
why is it that you have learned from it but we have not?
how’s that spell checker working our for you?
good luck.
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June 20th, 2008 at 12:56 pmNotice how none of the bushies are calling McClellan a liar though.
That’s such irony. During Clinton, lying about a blowjob was an impeachable offense. During bush43, telling the truth makes one a traitor and worse.
Republicans at one point had principles and honor. That was a long long time ago though.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:04 pmIN a way, you gotta admire roger’s commitment to The Cause.
I mean, here he is, obviously delirious with some kind of fever, making nonsensical statements on thread after thread, yet he refuses to come out of the game.
And the Trollmasters, they recognize that rog isn’t doing their cause any damage, ’cause they’re not about making sense. They’re just about making noise.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pmRead the damn book. I’ts crazy what went on……..
June 20th, 2008 at 1:19 pmMcClellan does indeed “swim with the fishes” if the lying liars ever get their hands on him.
Lamar Smith, Bill O’Reilly, Newt Gingrich, several trolls here, and various other apologists for the Bush regime are still madly attacking the messenger, afraid that if they let up the noise for even a split second to take in a breath, we might actually pay attention to the message.
They would get a lot further if they attacked the message. So why aren’t they? Why aren’t they discrediting it as a pack of lies? Hmmm…maybe because McClellan’s telling the truth?
June 20th, 2008 at 1:24 pmA few of those pieces of silver are actually going to help Iraq/Afghanistan vets. Imagine that.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pmWe’re watching a cult in action.
Smith, like all conservative/Republican leaders, knows full well that McClellen is telling the truth but their job is to keep their cult following from believing or even listening to it. They must keep them in a false reality to survive, just like a cult.
This is what has occurred over the last 25 years. The right does not debate information, reality. They have demonized any source of information which runs counter to their right wing, authoritarian, theocratic, corporate shilling, anti-science and homophobic ideology. This demonization is a form of information control, a huge mind control technique used by cults.
They no longer have a sense of proportion - they see Olberman as the other side of an O’Reily coin.
People wonder, “What happened to the conservatives? When did Republicans accept their leaders crapping on the constitution? Why do they support their leaders when his lawbreaking and lying us into his plan-free war is so obvious?” That is what has happened to them. Rush, as one example, has conditioned them like a cult for 3 hours a day, five days a week for 18 years. David Koresh did not condition his cult following that much.
Why to you think they so easily pass on these reality-free emails? They actually believe them; they are conditioned to do so.
Look up “Gingrich GOPAC memo”, a cult like use of language control, and another huge mind control technique.
“Democrat Party” is not even proper English, yet they ALL in unison use it. Another example of language control used to smear and deceive.
It has its roots with McCarthy:
http://www.bartleby.com/68/27/1727.html
Conservatives live in a false reality. They are literally a national security problem. Our nation, no democratic republic, can survive when half its citizens live in a false reality.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pmRogerslovenlyeccentric ~ Ray Gardena, my 10th grade English teacher would like to have a conversation with you. He’s got the yardstick ready for your knuckles.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:51 pmIf McClellan is Judas, that makes Bush Jesus.
Fine. Lets take this metaphor a bit further…I happen to have in my possession three nails and a hammer. Anyone have a couple of two-by-fours?
June 20th, 2008 at 2:06 pmSpeaking as a fellow Texan, Lamar Smith is an *sshole; has always been an *sshole; and will always be an *sshole. Please forgive us for inflicting upon the country Lamar Smith; Tom Delay; Ron Paul and a host of others. We all know that GWB is not a Texan so we cannot be held responsible for that clown.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm.
I wonder how the Loyal Christians(R) feel about this blasphemy.
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June 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pmThis is a rather anti-semitic remark.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:01 pmYankeluh, you mean to tell me someone who lives on a pig farm and is afraid of horses is not a Texan?
:)
June 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pmLamar is right: It’s hard to take McLellan TOO seriously; in other words, what McLellan has to say is serious, and it would be difficult to underestimate its seriousness. We’re talking about war crimes.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pmWhat is hard to take seriously are these republican morons liars and criminals. For gods sake how many of these ignorant lying bastards exist?
June 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pmjnratliff @ 53: Apparently all of ‘em.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pmIn time the truth will be known. When all is said and done, Lamar will look as stupid as the rest of the Bush loyalists. His little cheap shot today is exactly what you would expect from a little man. The digressives are a dying breed.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:25 pmLamar needs to stand up and do the right thing: Get Karl Rove to swear in and tell his side of the story.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pmJust so everyone should know, Lamar Smith is recognized at one of the biggest idiots in Texas. I don’t have to tell you that there are many idiots from Texas. As a Texas myself, I can only apologize for this overabundance of idiots from Texas.
Please, if you would, try to think of Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Gene Autry, Bill Moyers, Chester Nimitz, Audie Murphy, Willie Nelson, Molly Ivins, Janet Joplin, Phil Ochs, Walter Conkite, Buddy Holly, Mary Martin, Willie Shoemaker and numerous other non-idiots from Texas when you judge my state.
Thank you for your attention. You can go about your business.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:37 pmNo problem republicanSScareme. When one looks at the extent of the rot in our government, there’s plenty of blame for everyone.
Though it would be nice if the leading political families of Texas would stop lobotomizing their kids and setting them loose on the rest of the World.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pmkist93 Says:
If they disagree with Scotty’s testimony, all they have to do is send over Rove or Cheney to refute it.
It’s interesting how Scotty has no problem testifying in public under oath, but Rove, Meiers and the rest of the Bush gang run like cockroaches from a light.
Bush and Cheney did not want to even answer questions about 9/11 under oath and fought to avoid it.
What’s amazing to me is that the 29% don’t know or don’t care. That seems like an amazingly high percentage.
I would expect 15-18% of the population to not be able to reason in a logical manner, but 29%?!?!!
No one will ever call this generation the “Greatest Generation”…more like the “Dumbest Generation”
Let’s not forget these guys outed a CIA agent and apparently broke laws left and right on numerous occasions.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:07 pmNo oral sex in the White House, but traitors and lawbreakers are A-OK!……let me take that back about the oral sex..I forgot about Jeff Gannon’s numerous visits…gay GOP oral sex is apparently A-OK also.
BTW, republicanSScareme, check out Michele Bachmann’s latest nuttery. I live just a few blocks outside her district.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:08 pmGangsters and thugs hate snitches.
They’re not saying Scotty is wrong. They’re just calling him a snitch.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:13 pmProgressivePam, I think the Bush loyalists have long since blown the roof off of the Earl “Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind” Landgrebe meter.
http://tinyurl.com/548fdv
June 20th, 2008 at 8:28 pm