I see your point, Cenk, but you know what? I don't really care if the son of a bitch has any friends left or not. I would hope that anyone involved in the Bush administration be isolated and alone for the rest of their miserable lives.

I take it for granted that what he has written is true. Why wouldn't I? Everything he says is stuff I and thousands of others have been saying happened all along. So what? What the hell is different today from last week?

McClellan left his position two years ago.

"When, in fact, the reality is that the man finally grew a conscience."

We had the galley rushes being leaked last year. Figure it took him a year to write it. He says there was a 'final straw' which made the lying and obfuscation too much to endure and he could no longer stay in his job. Was that the birth of his "conscience?" Yet he restrained all these new found pangs of guilt until they could be marketed for maximum gain. Fuck him.

I don't give a damn if he makes money off the book; may his sales be brisk, that's not my point. My assertion is that his book profits would not have been diminished one iota if he had acted on his pangs of "conscience" when he left his position or at ANY time over the last two years. How many have died in Iraq during the time he sat on the sidelines waiting for his turn to get into the book game? 

"More like an attempt at personal redemption."

How many thousands of people are going to be going through physical redemption because of injuries sustained since his "conscience" kicked in and he felt the need to speak out against the injustice...in two years or so.

If he had had the balls to speak out while at or shortly after leaving, I would feel much more sympathy. THAT was the time to be redeemed - not now. At this point, it's between him and his spiritual guide. All I have is contempt for him and his ex-boss.

Fuck Scott McClellan AND the high horse he rode out on.

by MedfordTim on 05/29/2008 03:53:00 PM EST