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I am with you Chelsea.( and millions of others). Include in those millions-his old press secretary!! Scott has written a book and he still considers himself a friend of Bush! When your press secretary puts your job down-- you....you are no Truman!

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Time heals all wounds.

It made Pres's Truman, Kennedy, Roosevelt (both), Johnson (both), Hoover, Adams (both) Reagan and Eisenhower more tolerable to their critics and venerated in some circles, especially since they aren't around to make public appearances and commentary. All had their quirks, failures, image problems and other negativities.

It's too early for Pres's Carter, Bush (both) and Clinton, as they still have some limelight being shined upon them.

Pres. Nixon, by virtue of his resignation, will probably always have a shadow over his administration.

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To the question asked on the topic of this thread...
President Bush's old press secretary doesn't think he is doing a good job. Scott's book just came out.

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I don't understand why this question can't be answered is HE doing a good job
Yes because he's done this and that Or no because he's done this and that Why is it being answered by comparing him to other Presidents Isn't there anything good or bad that can be said about him directly :dontknow:

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Thanks, I agree. :) I have said bad job many times and in many ways.
So have others on this blog. Then someone changes it to past Presidents. :dontknow:
Well now Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary (A Republican and friend of Bush) is coming out with a book saying bad job!!!!
Too bad so many have been killed and hurting because of a bad Job... >:(

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I always think there are 535 people in Washington DC who could change things by the weekend if they really wanted to.

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What I am trying to say, and I think I have been clear, is that it is foolish to judge history while it is happening. I thought the Truman reference might bring some perspective to this argument. Foolish me. And it would be equally wrong to note that Winston Churchill got voted out of office at the end of WWII. Yes, that would be just wrong.
As for the McClellan book, well a loving portrait doesn’t sell as well as a hit job. Just ask George Stephanopoulos what the Clintons think of his book.

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mcelheny, please check out your reference to Scott McClellan.* I believe I heard he was a registered Democrat and was originally hired by Bill Clinton.* When he went to work for Bush he probably changed parties.* Probably just makes us question Bush's judgement of people, but it does make more sense why he would write a book bashing him now.*

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I2ridehd,
I checked 3 sources and your info was not there. He worked for his Mom and they said he worked for President Bush as Governor of Texas. He was a loyal supporter of Bush for a long time. He was assistant to the press secretary and took over as one of 4 press secretaries for President Bush.
You might be right as people change their parties all the time. Hillary was a Republican.
By the way, I have been Republican all my life until now. The county I grew up in had no Democrats. :)

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I just searched for it as well and couldn't find it. I heard that on the radio the other day, but I must have missed something from the discussion. Looks like he has always worked for Bush. Again bad judgement of people by Bush.

I consider myself a conservative so I have voted for both parties depending on where I lived. In the late 70's in the South, you had to vote democrat to get a conservative and when I lived in Mass, it went back and forth as to who was the most conservative. King vs Volpe, King the democrat was far more conservative. This upcoming election I will stay home or just vote for the local elections as both candidates are way to liberal for me to support.

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You are such a gentleman to admit your last post is wrong. :)
Well you would of loved where I grew up In Allegany Co. in NY.
Rather than hijack this thread anymore....

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Just because it isn't a loving portrait doesn't mean it isn't true. I don't know if anyone read the book "Fiasco" about the military adventure in Iraq, but the book had made the case for much of what Mcclellan has written i.e. Mcclellan isn't the only one saying these things. So it just might be true......

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Look, I'm not saying that it isn't true. I was not there. I can only question the motives of the author. I am waiting for him to be asked why he published it this year and not aftter the President was out of office. Any answer other than, "Becuase I will sell more books in an election year", is disingenuous.

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Are you a mind reader??? Maybe you are all about making money but....for all the crap Scott is going to take for writing this book-no amount of money would be worth the bashing and character assisination to me. >:( Plus he is very bright with great career choices and a strong Republican family that are very rich in a Republican state. He is not hurting for money. Yes, I have pro Bush, oil rich friends in Texas. !!!
The pro Bush machine has tons and tons of very rich people. Many authors that are the far right and pro Bush--Why do they publish???? I just wish someone had taken on this adminstrartion before my newphew and thousands others lost their lives. ( Basically from the lower class)
You say many true things. I think we agree on this book.
Let the political spin continue but I doubt Scott did this for money. Don't worry- he will be pulled apart!!

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Interesting that publishing company that did his book is owned by George Soros.

The Soros-McClellan Connection
Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:28:40 pm PST

The hat tip for this post goes to LGF reader John Williams in Texas.

The company that published Scott McClellan’s new Bush-bashing book is Public Affairs Books, and their Editor at Large is a guy named Peter Osnos: About The Century Foundation.

The owner of Public Affairs Books is a company called Perseus Book Group. Here’s their ownership tree: Perseus Books Home.

The firm is owned by Perseus Funds Group (holding company Perseus LLC), a capital management firm that grew from about $20 million in 1995 to over $2 billion now. Big infusions of cash seemed to help it grow exponentially, and it closed funds almost as fast as it opened them. The board has tons of liberals from the Clinton and Carter Administrations, with far-left credentials that almost put Osnos’ to shame. Their web site is here: PERSEUS - merchant bank and private equity fund management.

If you go to the New York Department of State web site and enter “Perseus” in the “Business Organization” search, you get this on page 2 of the results:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/arti...lan_Connection