Turning from absolute Bush loyalist to considering voting for the Democratic candidate for President. Wow. Talk about getting too close to the fire..... http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/30/ex-bush-spokesman-hints-at-possible-obama-vote/
Personally, I'm pretty sick of these tell alls after the fact. Maybe it's just me, but I think one former bush-leaguer is having a massive attack of the existential guilts.
Not sure what you're saying, Pizza. I'm speaking to his speaking for the administration, when he had come to know its ways and means were already wrong, and committing lies on its behalf (see Plame issue, for one). A bit tired of reading these kinds of after the fact chest-unburdenings when so much might thave been prevented by an earlier point of honor.
some of the players are still there? will they come back if maccain wins? are they behaving this way now? better concentrate on important things
Pizza, if you're referring to McCain as Bush II, yes, my problem as well. As this was a thread about McClellan's apparent change of heart, I believe a post on that subject is likely relevant.
i mean he is not important at all. Talking about him is a distraction We should be talking about what has happen and find out if things were not handled properly Make sure those mistake don't happen again.
I admit to being fascinated by retrospectives on the Bush administration. My interest stems from what I believe has been a dramatic change in the way in which the American Presidency has been operated in the past. It stems from what I perceive as a hard veer toward a monarchical government. It was accommodated by a Republican dominated Congress over the first 6 years of the administration. Essentially, the built in checks and balances of government were distorted, IMV. George Will cited James Madison and commented in this regard just the other day: IMV, the administration acted in a non democratic fashion in pursuing the war in Iraq and other actions. For six years Congress did nothing to block those actions. Meanwhile the Republican dominated Congress and the Administration focused primarily on politically oriented moves to secure and expand its power. So the book interests me. It is time to move on. Unfortunately, IMV, again, by the time Democrats took a slim majority control of Congress it was too late and the majority was too thin to dramatically change the direction of the administration. It is time to move on, no doubt. A new presidential election draws near. New Congressional elections can dramatically impact the majority structure of Congress. Regardless, there are historical lessons to be learned from McClellan's book and in the context that so much of what transpired within the administration was hidden from view it is worthwhile to take a look inside from someone who was on the inside and is not subject to the massive secrecy and unbound loyalty of most existing and former members of the administration. Dave