Byron York tells Fox: McClellan "amazingly naive" to believe Bush was "uniter, not a divider"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McClellan 'naive' to believe Bush was 'uniter': Byron York

RAW STORY

Published: Sunday June 1, 2008

In his new memoir, Scott McClellan said he believed President Bush's 1999 campaign promise to bring bipartisanship to Washington and be a "uniter, not a divider."

That was "amazingly naive," Byron York told Fox's Chris Wallace.

York said, "I think the thing that distinguishes McClellan, he was amazingly naive in his belief that George W. Bush could bring us all together, which is why he comes to Washington."

Bush made promises of unity several times in his campaign. "I showed the people of Texas that I'm a uniter, not a divider," President Bush said in a May 1999 interview with Salon's David Horowitz.

He also claimed status as a uniter in a November 2000 editorial published in USA Today.

This video is from Fox's Fox News Sunday, broadcast June 1, 2008: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Byron_York_McClellan_naive_to_believe_0601.html

[CJCRANE]

1. As naive as at least 50 million other Americans nt

[Eric J in MN]

2. Are there any Republicans who will be on the ballot....

...which Byron York wants us to vote against because they won't unify the country?

Easy for a Republican to criticize Bush after the start of his second term.

[rocktivity]

3. Scott has run his own mother's political campaigns--so much for naivete.

Just like all the members of the "Texas Mafia," Scott saw King Georgie as his ticket to the big time, and he was more than happy to climb aboard. But when he, like his predecessor, could no longer peddle King Georgie's crap effectively, he was thrown under the bus because he'd outlived his usefulness.

I've read that Scott will testify before Congress and will donate some of his book proceeds to Gulf war veterans. I hope those stories are true. But if he expects us to believe that he walked into the Bush monarchy as a starry-eyed Texas hayseed and stormed out in a tempest of moral indignation--well, he hasn't changed THAT much.

:headbang:
rocknation

[jimshoes]

4. Incredibly loathsome for the pResident

to be a liar!

[grasswire]

5. Byron York, Bush water carrier

I don't see that York has any room to criticize those who supported Bush. Smarmy twit, he has been a prime apologist for Bush.

[jtrockville]

6. ANYONE who believed ANYTHING Bush said was naive.

It's like a perpetual "opposite day"

[spanone]

7. you have to be 'amazingly naive' to believe byron york

[msu2ba]

8. As Otter said......

"You fucked up. You trusted us." At least, as best I remember the quote.