Bush takes swing at former press secretary ("I didn't think he was relevant")

[kpete]

Source: CNN


By: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Washington (CNN) – Former President George W. Bush is landing a stinging jab at his former longtime aide and press secretary, Scott McClellan, saying the man who served as the public face of his administration for three years was irrelevant.

In an interview with CSPAN scheduled to air this weekend, Bush says he deliberately didn't include McClellan – who held the high profile post longer than anyone else during the administration – in his memoir, "Decision Points."

"He was not a part of a major decision. This is a book about decisions," Bush told CSPAN. "This isn't a book about, you know, personalities or gossip or settling scores."

"I didn't think he was relevant," added Bush.

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[JohnnyLib2]

1. Oh, this should be fun......

:evilgrin:

[Richardo]

2. He makes Pee Wee Herman look like the height of maturity.

:jackoffsmiley:

[underpants]

18. Compared to douchebag Ari

seriously

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. And little Scottie spent his life...up to the point of writing that book...

...following Junior around like a faithful little Waylon Smithers puppy dog. McClellan was part of the Texas "inner circle"...with more access than any kind of power...

But Bush's comments are exactly the kind I would have expected from him. Nothing to see here, folks...move along.

[bongbong]

5. He learned

Just like the millions of Americans who vote for repigs, he didn't know one key fact about them:

They care only about themselves.

[emulatorloo]

7. Amerigo, they lied to him before he went in to the pressroom

They filled him with false information so that he would unwittingly lie to the press. Libby and Rove particulary. He got burned badly, he quit and then he went public.

It is an excellent book, worth reading if you see it.

[rhett o rick]

8. Pitiful sycophant. nm

[tblue37]

16. That is always the attitude of spoiled rich brats toward their

faithful servants. They are just there to serve the rich guy's needs. They are not "relevant" in themselves.

[tigereye]

4. he's a disgusting and arrogant man- no respect for anyone

ugh. Good riddance.

[davidinalameda]

6. of course not

he dared to show that the emperor was running around the place buck naked


But two years after departing the White House, McClellan authored his own memoir, "What Happened," that constituted a scathing criticism of how the Bush administration was run.

In one of its most critical passages, McClellan stops just short of suggesting the administration deliberately deceived the American public in the run up to the invasion of Iraq, writing, "his advisers confused the propaganda campaign with the high level of candor and honesty so fundamentally needed to build and then sustain public support during a time of war."

[Doctor_J]

9. Not relevant? The pot calls the kettle black

what a tiny, pathetic loser this drunken, cocaine-addled moron is.

[laylah]

10. He was more relevant than you,

you freak! :mad: Don't get me wrong, Scotty playing the game never sat well with me; however, if I remember correctly (and I am sure I will be corrected if I don't, which I welcome), he DID try to clear the record up once done with the position.

Jenn

[grasswire]

11. George = prick

Always a prick. Low class. Loser. From a family of ghouls.

[patrice]

12. Oh god! Has he no idea how PATHETIC that is? Can this "man" get any SMALLER!!?

[patrice]

13. Where's his press secretary right now? He'd be tellin him to STFU! This looks so bad!! FuckingIdiot!

[tavalon]

14. Always fun to see the class bully, stupider than shit, try to start something

with someone intellectually way above them. Pass the popcorn, would you?:popcorn:

[MadMaddie]

15. This sums up junior nicely doesn't it?

[formercia]

17. ""This isn't a book about, you know, personalities or gossip or settling scores.""

Tell us about it, Junior, you vindictive little prick.

[Jefferson23]

19. This book isn't about settling scores? Bush just happened to carry

the opinion now that McClellan was not relevant not part of a major decision...sure. He is such a lying prick, and I doubt he'll ever change.