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Karl Rove To Scott McClellan: Why Didn’t You Speak Up ?
Scott McClellan, former press secretary to the Bush Administration has written a scathing memoir about his time in the White House. McClellan is severely critical of his former boss and colleagues with respect to the lead up to the Iraq war which was according to McClellan sold to the American people with a sophisticated “political propaganda campaign†led by President Bush and aimed at “manipulating sources of public opinion†and “downplaying the major reason for going to war…â€This former defender of the Bush Iraq war policy as well as staunch supporter of everything Bush while working in the administration, makes accusations which include former White House adviser Karl Rove, who he says misled him about his role in the CIA case. In his new book he says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is skillful at deflecting blame, and he calls Vice President Cheney “the magic man†who guided policy from behind the scenes while leaving no evidence of tampering.
In response to these revelations, which we hope will be used by critics of the Bush government, the White House has dispatched among several of its minions but not the least to be quoted Dana Perino the not so erudite press secretary for the Bush administration.
Perino offers the explanation that Scott is “disgruntled about his experience at the White House” .
She sounds very sincere when she says, “…we are puzzled. It is sad – this is not the Scott we knew.”
Perino says Bush is too busy to comment on his former advisor’s book disclosures.
Other staffers and former staff members have reacted to McClellan’s memoir most notable among the former staffers is Karl Rove. Former top aide and former chief of staff Karl Rove, who in an interview with the always unfair and unbalanced Fox News Channel, states “If he had these moral qualms, he should have spoken up about them. And frankly I don’t remember him speaking up about these things. I don’t remember a single word.”
We offer several guesses as to why McClellan did not speak up. Firstly, McClellan could not help but notice the list fired staffers those who disagreed, even slightly, with the policy implemented by George, Karl, Dick and the rest of BushCo. The firings of several Assistant U.S. Attorneys, the dismissal of leading military generals, the outing of a CIA operative would certainly be indicators to us to keep mum about our difference of opinion with the boss. How many of you can relate to being quiet to keep your gig so you can pay those important bills, until you can secure other employment or find an alternate means of making an income before you believe it is safe to talk openly and candidly about the tactics used; what you witnessed while in the employ of the incredibly evil employer and how much you disagree with the incumbent regime?
Add Scott McClellan’s name to the list of friendly witnesses to provide testimony when the war crimes trials begin.
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