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To: Alighieri who wrote (386919)	5/28/2008 10:10:56 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575174

You have to admit, it's particularly damning that someone like him would write such things. Maybe he's having a bout of conscience, or maybe he just needs the money or maybe as you say it's just sour grapes...either way it speaks volumes about another insider in this disgusting administration. It isn't damning if he is writing it because he is pissed about being fired. And it is hard to find another explanation for it, since he didn't protest at the time it was happening. He was just a press secretary -- if he didn't like what was going on, the honorable thing to do would have been to resign. Instead, he held on until he was fired then wrote a Bush-bashing book that is inconsistent with pretty much every other tidbit of information that has come out of this White House? No credibility. Although CNN is trying their best to use it as a weapon against Bush and you can bet MSNBC and the rest of them will, too.

To: Alighieri who wrote (386919)	5/28/2008 10:36:34 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575174

"There is ONE indisputable fact here, and that is that people like you are so set in your biases that nothing will sway your views. " McClellan is a big blow to Bush admin underpinnings. They appear to have marketed the war much as Bush marketed the Texas Rangers back in the day. At least in this presidential cycle the two candidates dont seem to have this hidden fault to deal with. Two things i would advise folks on the left is #1 not to be caught up in the hubris and self righteousness that did in the right; & secondly, try to judge what should be done in iraq based on where we are now and what's best for American national interest.

To: Alighieri who wrote (386919)	5/28/2008 10:45:08 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575174

Al, > You have to admit, it's particularly damning that someone like him would write such things. I agree. He's obviously motivated to release a book during an election year while Bush is still in office. Money is far too mundane of a reason to me; a former White House press secretary can easily make money in other ways. Personally I think he's disgusted with the culture of denial within the White House and wants to set the record straight while poking the eyes of Rove and Cheney in the process. Kind of puts McCain and the GOP in a real pickle, though. If the Iraq war really was about remaking the Middle East, why wasn't that story good enough to sell to Americans? McCain will have a tough time answering that. And the Dems won't have to answer why they too thought Saddam had WMD and once believed in regime change. Tenchusatsu