The adjectives are flying high, Explosive! and Shocking! says the media of Scott McClellan’s book, What Happened. Republicans from talk radio, the floor of congress, the White House and Texas are shocked! and puzzled?. Bush loyalist Dan Bartlett says the book is "total crap!"
[Is it just me or does Dan Bartlett pictured here have a much bigger flag lapel pin than is normal attire for Republicans? If so, it follows he is more patriotic than other Republicans (like Scott McClellan for example) and so what he says goes. It is settled, the book is total crap!]
McClellan, a Republican, has told the truth 70% of Americans have known for most of 4 years. That George W. Bush thinks with his gut, decides with his religion, and runs the White House as a GOP political machine rather than a place of the people, by the people and for the people. That he and his administration lied about WMDs, Valarie Plame, Niger nukes and didn’t really give a hoot about Katrina victims who vote for Democrats. That they are more concerned with pushing conservative ideology than they are with the American people. Well Duh… I could have wrote that book in my sleep.
McClellan’s accusations were about as ho humm as it gets until the media declared his book more shaking than earthquakes and more ominous than floods. One right after another the Bush politicos have come out from under their rocks to prove just how correct McClellan is when he claims the administration is run as a political propaganda machine. Its called the GOP "DUH$" Factor. Those who vote Republican are either wealthy enough to not care about much of anything but their back pocket, or too stupid to understand any damn thing. Admittedly a winning combination.
Perhaps I am too hard on the media in this case. After all, a Republican, a Republican in the Bush Administration no less, telling the truth to the American people is something we have never seen before and will probably never see again. It is the Nature of the Beast.
A CNN call in poll (which means nothing) just came in with 91% saying they believe Scott McClellan and 8% believe the Bush Administration.
Correction!
The above picture is of Ed Gillespe who replaced Dan Bartlett in 2007. This is a picture of Dan Bartlett. Please notice that Mr Bartlett is not wearing a flag lapel pin. In fact in none of the Google search results can I find him with a flag lapel pin. This of course means whatever he has to say does not matter. So please disregard this entire article.