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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 11:08 PM
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The only thing I don't understand about this McClellan/Cheney/Plame stuff

is that all along he has protested he was just doing his job and was a mushroom (kept in the dark and fed bullshit) and now his kiss-and-tell book has all kinds of incredible revelations in it.

Better late than never, but I never agreed with the "I didn't know nothing" defense - he was too smarmy and smart at evading questions and saying absolutely nothing.

Hmm, much like everyone else in this administration, I guess. I appreciate his coming forward, and I guess self-preservation is an instinct he's good at, but I draw the line at making him into a political saint. Lots of others, from Ambassador Wilson to Richard Clark, tried to come forward and were vilified for it.
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 11:25 PM
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1. Yep - good point......
....it's ANOTHER misdirection/confusion/slight-of-hand orchestrated by the "powers that be".

It's very tiring.

I think "we, the people" need to get pro-active/ahead of the game.....and tire these b*stards out, FIRST!

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going".....and 'all of that' ;-)

Peace,
M_Y_H
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 01:02 AM
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2. Yeah, McClellan waited until safely out of the white house before speaking out.
... he also waited until he could make a buck off the truth.
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