I have already read a few reviews of the book, and it sounds very interesting. As you know, I am not a fan of George Bush. And here is a book from his former staffer. The full title is telling: “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception.”
In the book, apparently Scott McClellan is saying that the Bush administration sold the war to us with a bunch of propaganda. Well, duh. I already knew that. But coming from a former Bush staffer, that should have quite a big impact.
That is why I want to read the book. You know that the Democrats will spin things their way. But this book was written by a Republican and a Bush insider. So hopefully it will be a lot less biased. I always love reading insider accounts anyway. You can really learn a lot of what goes on that you would not know otherwise.
I am totally against the Iraq war, and I was against it from the beginning, so I will be interested to see just what McClellan has to say.
Of course the White House is pooh-poohing the book, saying it is the work of a disgruntled former staffer. But I am sure people will eat it up, and it will create a ton of controversy.
That’s why I want to read the book for myself. You always hear so much about these political books. Often the contents get pretty distorted by the reviewers, especially if they have an ax to grind. I want to read it for myself and see what Scott McClellan has to say. I’m sure it will be a big deal coming up to the election.
Don’t you love politics?
Of course, I am not trying to be flippant about the war. A lot of our young men and women have died in the war. There were a lot of stories about them in my local papers on Memorial Day. It is heartbreaking. Yet we know there was a lot of politics behind it all, and I intend to read Scott McClellan’s book to find out exactly what went on behind the scenes.
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Scott claims he was an ignorant pawn of Bush, Cheney and Rove, but I have no sympathy. His antics, and those of past press secretaries and politicians alike, are the reason the only media still capable of exposing the truth are publishers who fork over seven figures for juicy tell-alls. Serving “at the pleasure of the President” also must mean working in the interest of the American people. Let’s stop paying these rejects big bucks for the dirt they refused to disclose when it could still make a difference.
Kevin, that’s a good point. I have not read the book yet, but if he knew about all this at the time, why didn’t he say so? I guess he wanted to keep his job.
Even if I haven’t read the book yet, but according to what has been said about it,I think this book would be a very convincing witness agaist the president Bush and his staff who declared war against Irak by using false information.Thus they should be sent before the trial court if America wants to regain its first place as the nation of liberty and true democracy especially in the eyes of Islamic world.
If not, MacClellan would be a great liar who wants to decieve his people first then the other peoples all over the world once again :first by making war and secondly by selling his lies to the peoples who are being victims of these creators of sad events. You americans have to condamn
this administration which has been responsible for the world destruction.
