Comments on: Why Should I Believe Scott McClellan Now?

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:35:15 +0000

Yes, thank you. It was Dugger.

I’m inclined to believe him because nothing he says is particularly revelatory to anybody who was actually paying attention.

Waxman wants him to testify before Congress, so maybe it is relevatory.

OW, I think Duros was making teh funnee

Yeah, sorta. I mean I hope he feels bad about it now.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:06:32 +0000

OW, I think Duros was making teh funnee. And the not-one-documented-lie guy was Dugger.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:00:51 +0000

I’m inclined to believe him because nothing he says is particularly revelatory to anybody who was actually paying attention.

For a couple years we watched McClellan lie to the press corps and the press corps refuse to mount a true challenge to those lies.

Now he says “I lied to you. And the press didn’t call me on it.”

Well, bravo. I’ll save my money for something interesting.

By: Matthew G. Saroff

Matthew G. Saroff — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:57:20 +0000

You should be inclined to believe him because it’s a statement against interest.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:29:59 +0000

I seem to recall others recently experiencing the same epiphany that many of us had experienced prior to 2000 w/r/t Bush, and maybe I’m just bitter that they now get to reap monetary reward for their sudden mea culpas while those of us who were right the first time are still screwed by the economy he helped to create.

I heard that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, but clearly this was said before the invention of tell-all publishing contracts.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:02 +0000

I thought it was Jay who used to say, all the time, “Not one documented lie. Not. One.”

No, it wasn’t Jay, but it was one of his flying monkeys I think.

I dunno, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe McClellan is just cashing in; it just seems this kind of–pardon me for saying this– “throwing Bush under the bus” is kind of unprecedented. At least during the Bush Admin.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:07:53 +0000

It’s not easy to apologize…

Is that what he thinks he’s doing?

By: Dr. Victor Davis Handjob

Dr. Victor Davis Handjob — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:32:15 +0000

I wonder what McClellan has to say about Bush’s torture policies?

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:59:44 +0000

I thought it was Jay who used to say, all the time, “Not one documented lie. Not. One.”

I’m sure whatever bad feeling McClellan has is mitigated by the obscene amount of money he made by confessing his unforgivably damaging falsehoods.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:46:19 +0000

I’m pretty sure he feels really bad about it.
Why do you assume this is true? Seriously. Scott McClellan is an adult. He knew exactly what he was doing.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:27:45 +0000

Hey, I say cut him some slack. It’s not easy to apologize for years of shoveling bullshit to the masses. I’m pretty sure he feels really bad about it.

Who was that poster here that maintained that Bush never lied about anything? Can’t remember his name. I’d like to see his response.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:45:49 +0000

Scottie is right about one thing. There is no such thing as the “liberal media” and the press corps was too coddling of Commander Codpiece.