Scott McClellan replay on C-Span right now! 4:04 PM

[Tim4319]

[Roland99]

1. Here's a transcript:

QUESTION: Scott, can I ask you this: Did Karl Rove commit a crime?

MCCLELLAN: Again, David, this is a question relating to a ongoing investigation, and you have my response related to the investigation. And I don't think you should read anything into it other than: We're going to continue not to comment on it while it's ongoing.
QUESTION: Do you stand by your statement from the fall of 2003, when you were asked specifically about Karl and Elliot Abrams and Scooter Libby, and you said, "I've gone to each of those gentlemen, and they have told me they are not involved in this"?

QUESTION: Do you stand by that statement?

MCCLELLAN: And if you will recall, I said that, as part of helping the investigators move forward on the investigation, we're not going to get into commenting on it. That was something I stated back near that time as well.

QUESTION: Scott, this is ridiculous. The notion that you're going to stand before us, after having commented with that level of detail, and tell people watching this that somehow you've decided not to talk.

You've got a public record out there. Do you stand by your remarks from that podium or not?

MCCLELLAN: I'm well aware, like you, of what was previously said. And I will be glad to talk about it at the appropriate time. The appropriate time is when the investigation...

QUESTION: (inaudible) when it's appropriate and when it's inappropriate?

MCCLELLAN: If you'll let me finish.

QUESTION: No, you're not finishing. You're not saying anything.

You stood at that podium and said that Karl Rove was not involved. And now we find out that he spoke about Joseph Wilson's wife. So don't you owe the American public a fuller explanation. Was he involved or was he not? Because contrary to what you told the American people, he did indeed talk about his wife, didn't he?

MCCLELLAN: There will be a time to talk about this, but now is not the time to talk about it.

QUESTION: Do you think people will accept that, what you're saying today?

MCCLELLAN: Again, I've responded to the question.

QUESTION: You're in a bad spot here, Scott...

(LAUGHTER)

... because after the investigation began -- after the criminal investigation was under way -- you said, October 10th, 2003, "I spoke with those individuals, Rove, Abrams and Libby. As I pointed out, those individuals assured me they were not involved in this," from that podium. That's after the criminal investigation began.

[MadisonProgressive]

2. ROFL-LOFL-LOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[doublethink]

9. This is Hilarious ......

Bet Scotty puts in for 'vacation time' like starting tomorrow. Or maybe a sudden illness in the family will come up so he has to go away for awhile. sheesh .... this is classic.

[txindy]

32. Scotty will suddenly feel the need to return to Texas immediately

Probably to 'help' his mother run her campaign for TX governor. Unfortunately for ol' Scotty, I smell a subpoena on its way to him.

[MadisonProgressive]

42. He may be in a padded room as we type!

[paula777]

17. WOW a reporter that actually has a spine!

Who was the reporter? Do you know?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

31. i don't know if that exact quote was David Gregory

but David Gregory led the charge today. that's from what I saw of the re-airing, and I think I missed only the first 7 or so minutes.

[Roland99]

41. It was either Terry Moran of ABC or David Gregory of NBC

http://www.crooksandliars.com has about 6 1/2 min. of the video (including that portion)!

[Eloriel]

3. Thanks SO MUCH!!! n/t

[KittyWampus]

46. Bet Ari Fleischer Is Glad He's Out Of There

[Tim4319]

4. Ol' Scotty boy looks like he is going to explode!

[Zenlitened]

5. They're actually going after poor lil' Scottie!

He looks like he wants to cry! :cry:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. Absolutely a must see, thank you Tim

Squirm Puffy McMoonface, squirm!!

:rofl:

[Pithy Cherub]

7. David Gregoy & Terry Moran are kicking Scottie's

ass - today...

more please :popcorn:

[Nightjock]

8. I can't believe what I'm seeing

when did the White House Press corp actually decide they were going to do their jobs?!? Holy Crap!

If they keep this up the facists are going down!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. Thanks - just turned it on - "we are going to keep asking them"

in reference to questions about Rove - the press is letting Scotty have it

[Nite Owl]

11. Missed most of this the first time

This is good stuff! Why can't these guys do their jobs like this ALL the time!

Poor little Scottie, he looks so nervous, definitely not used to this kink of questioning.

[maddezmom]

12. thanks....can't see it enough

:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Thanks. I tuned in late for the big to-do I guess... and c-span link isn't

working. No dns entry, it says.

[Nightjock]

14. He won't even answer

if * has confidence in Rove!!!!!

wow.

[uppityperson]

15. The reporters all laugh after he leaves.

It is on cspan in stored files, whatever it is called, also. In case you miss it now. It is worth hearing. Listen to the reporters laugh after he leaves!

[FormerRepublican]

16. Scott does look red faced and sweaty during this ...

...and he does seem shaken up by the press conference. He almost looks like he couldn't handle the situation - like he knows something we don't, and he doesn't want us to find out (because he knows BushCo is going DOWN).

Makes me think something big is coming down for the Bush administration!

[Bluebear]

19. He is red as a tomato!! And it is not my set, everyone else looks normal!

Hahahaha

[Nightjock]

27. It's because his pants are on fire

[Tim4319]

18. His voice even sound shaken

[AnotherMother4Peace]

20. My God, the press corp are asking intelligent questions - what happened?

[Tim4319]

21. The press must of had a pretty nice weekend!

[Beelzebud]

22. Is it normal for them to "cut the mic" during a press briefing?

This isn't Fox News for fuck's sake... Who was the un-american jackass that is muting questions about Rove?

[Tim4319]

25. Isn't it ironic?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

33. apparently freedom was on the march

and stepped on the mic cord.

[Nightjock]

37. LOL!!!

[MadisonProgressive]

43. That was a good one!!

[FormerRepublican]

23. When things got really hot, Scotty just started talking and talking ...

...about the Supreme Court nominee, aided and abetted by the wacky guy who asked if Bush was going to nominate Clinton.

This was obviously a ploy to try to use up all the time so people couldn't ask more questions about Rove.

Then he just desperately started asking people to ask questions about other topics.

He wouldn't even answer questions about credibility.

[Cassandra]

26. Yeh, who was that prick...

who was talking about the Democrat Party? Scottie nearly said Democrat instead of Democratic a bit later on.

[wallwriter]

24. My favorite part:

QUESTION: You're in a bad spot here, Scott...
(LAUGHTER)

[Bluebear]

28. 'Hahahahahaha' say the reporters as they file out! nt

[Obamarama]

29. DAMN...which I could see this!!! RealPlayer isn't working. #@^#%%#

I HATE Real Player. Why doesn't C-SPAN post in Windows Media Player format!?

[dogindia]

48. mm link.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/_images/splash/scotty_rove_71105.wmv

[AnotherMother4Peace]

30. I usually feel sorry for someone who was squirmin' like Scotty,

but not this time - I hope the whole damn bunch start squirmin' like the slime balls they are. They're a bunch of chicken hawks - let others die while they get richer.

[RSchewe]

34. CNN Inside Politics in full spin mode

It was just a matter of time before this came...

[SlavesandBulldozers]

35. that was amazing

the whole press conference was Scott saying he won't comment. It was great, when Scott got a non-Rove related question he would ramble on about "freedom. . . lalalalala. . . i want to remind everybody we are in a war on terra. . . lalalalalala. . . victory. . . lalalalla i can't hear you. . . lalallalala. . . . freedom".
and then the next question would be "so did Karl. . .? " and Scotty would revert back to "ongoing investigation. . must not interfere with ongoing investigation."

Oh man, this is highly recommended - i wish I had this shit on tape.

[Bluebear]

36. S&B, your transcript is all anyone needs to know about this

Exactly what occured. Love the freedom and terra lalalala answer! LMAO!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

38. thanks Bluebear! (transcript here)

for the uninitiated though, here's the actual transcript. . .

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/11/briefing-711/

[progressoid]

39. I hope they keep trying to keep a lid on this.

It goads the press into being actual reporters again and it just ramps up interest in Rovegate.

Keep up the good work Scottie!!

[Minnesota Raindog]

40. Right-wing bloggers still defending Rove

from Mitch Berg at www.shotinthedark.info

My attitude about the whole Rove flap has been threefold:

1. I sincerely doubted that Rove did anything illegal; Rocketman pretty well guts the notion that Valerie Plame was even a "secret agent", much less a key national security asset during wartime.

2. Since the "Rove Did It!" meme started with Laurence O'Donnell, I figured the odds of it being a legit story and of my getting a hot date with Kate Beckinsale are about even

3. If, against all those odds, it turns out that Rove really did commit an illegal act - and I mean, illegal in a sense a court would recognize - then kick him to the curb, by all means, with all the legal consequences that entails.

Last week, after O'Donnell's "revelation", I heard the Marc Maron show fulminating about the issue. "What Rove did was treason", blathered Maron.

I figure if the lefty spin machine is calling it treason, it's probably not even on the moral plane of a parking ticket.

When this story first broke on the scene, I thought that Rove should properly be banished from the administration team, despite the fact that even at that time it was pretty clear that no crime took place. However, given the serial and politically motivated lies of Wilson and Plame, it's clear that the fairy tale the liberals have constructed in which Plame was the heroic CIA agent unjustly outed by Arch-Demon Karl Rove is totally and completely false - and I won't be shedding any more tears about either of their fates.

[FrankBooth]

44. Cognitive Dissonance

these guys are loony tunes.

[MadisonProgressive]

45. Too f'in bizarre!!!

:banghead:

[anakie]

47. It's one thing taking Scottie to the cleaners

but will this new found backbone the press corps seem to be exhibiting be continued the next time your dear leader takes the podium; or just the usual fawning over the miserable failure.

[paineinthearse]

49. See John Conyers' comments

Cheney's & McClellan's lies & obfuscation - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1619489&mesg_id=1619489

[TankLV]

50. To paraphrase : "Now that you've been caught in a big lie,

and this is not the first time, why should beleive anything you fuckwads ever say from this point forward?"

My favorite line.

Can't wait to get home to hear it all in person.