The Time for Truth is Now.
HILLARY
Scott McClellan is being told by his former colleagues, and some in the media, that he lacks loyalty and character. The fact that this revelation comes in the form of a book for sale at $26.95 a copy, perhaps is reason to be suspicious of his motives. However, if it is true what he is saying then he is absolutely a whistle blower, and this is information wanted by vast numbers of the American people. So when is it OK to rat on your friends? Better put, if you’re caught up in something wrong, when is the best time to talk about it?
JACK
You have asked a lot of questions. Let’s start with the assumption that everything he said is true, as he knows it. I noticed that, at no point, did he say what other people were thinking. He only writes about what he had to say, and on reflection that it was a series of lies and misrepresentations. The fact that it is in the form of a book is good; that is the only way you can get the word out to the largest amount of people. If he makes a lot of money on it, it does not change any of the facts. My impression is that Scott is revealing his thoughts and the terrible conflict that he felt when it finally dawned on him that he was being used as a pawn in a master game of illicit chess. Every whistle-blower has been vilified by the people on whom they blew the whistle. The best case of this was the tobacco companies who were knowingly selling cancer for years, attacked the whistle blower.
Any time we discover something that seems very obvious, all the judges declare that it is either a lie or self-serving. My feeling is that it is not a question of do I want to call it or not, but once totally aware of the damage being done to this great country, how could one possible keep the facts hidden? All Scott McClellan is doing is confirming from the inside the many books that have been written about the manipulation, distortion, and absolute lies told by the Bush Administration. Scott McClellan is a little man who suddenly understood his major responsibility, which was to himself and the American public. It was certainly an act of courage that should make us all thankful that this press secretary can call this President and his cronies on being disrespectful of telling the absolute truth.
HILLARY
Assuming the veracity of his story, the question is why didn’t he come forward sooner? Why didn’t he quit his job and start giving speeches against his former employer? Perhaps it would have been censored as Executive Privilege? If not, what other respectable reason is there to wait? I mean, people are dying.
JACK
I do not believe it is possible to make a judgment on the timing of this kind of deed. Would it be better for all of us if he resigned and wrote the book earlier? We really have no way of knowing. We have all been in the position of making major decisions in our own lives, and I’m sure most of us have wondered at why it took us so long to do it. This applies on all fronts. Whether it is breaking up a relationship, or blowing the whistle on the president or the vice-president of the United States. It’s like deciding to operate on a knee or the hip. The decision only comes when the pain is becomes great enough that there is no alternative. A baseball coach leaves his star pitcher in an inning too long. It is really a judgment call, and I have no desire to criticize the judgment. I am only interested in the veracity of the statements, and what we will be able to do with them. There are so many revelations, yet every poll shows the Republicans running even, and the candidate (McCain) walking the same road. With regard to Scott McClellan, I am grateful that he wrote the book, and incidentally he has agreed that he is going to give a percentage of his royalties to Iraq veterans. Regardless, whether early or late, the attack dogs have not even questioned the facts; they have just demeaned the messenger. At this point, I’m glad that he did it and have no judgment about the timing.
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Honestly, you folks are preposterously naive, and need to get out of your liberal bubble once in awhile. The documents have been located, and McClelllan’s book was originally going to present the opposite conclusions. However, no one wanted to publish such a book — especially by such a bumbling dumbass — so he went to a publishing house owned by the fascist/socialist George Soros, and suddenly wrote an entirely different book aimed at the vast audience of mindless Bush haters.
Curious George 06/4/08 @ 8:56 amCurious George — While it may be the case that McClellan’s end product differed from his original idea … does that make anything he said less true? I imagine that MANY people who have written books started out with an idea in their mind, and by the end of the process, the completed version turned out to be quite different. Also, McClellan indicated numerous times that the writing process was a time of reflection for him, which led him to express the views that appear in the book. I find it interesting that the Bush Administration has said many things — that McClellan is ‘disgruntled,’ they are ‘puzzled.’ they wonder ‘why now?’ and they have said this is ‘not the Scott they know.’ NONE of the comments mentioned anything about the things McClellan wrote not being true. If the book was all lies, why wouldn’t they say so? Why wouldn’t they provide proof - transcripts, recordings, other people coming forward, etc.?
Also - this week’s blog was a reasoned discussion of the merits of expressing one’s views, and whether the timing should be considered as an important factor when deciding on what to make of a book such as this. Instead of name calling, and using obscenities, couldn’t you express your views in a similarly reasoned way?
Scott 06/4/08 @ 9:38 pm