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"The President has not misled his spokespeople, nor would he"....but he had no problem misleading the UN and Congress and America's people first about WMDs, then the Saddam-9/11 link, now his new obsession, an IRAN-WMDs link. Why lead America with honorable pragmatic principles that make us safe and respected and prosperous when you can meet your own personal ego agenda as an UNelected President with habitual deceit and making others fall on their swords?

someone asked why Plame is and issue??? Maybe because her husband wanted to tell the world that Iraq was not the threat that Bush needed them to be to justify a war. It shows that Bush purposely tried to mislead the public and look at the results. More Americans dead that 9/11! More Iraqi civilians dead than can be accurately counted! Muslim anti-American sentiments higher than ever in history! Highest oil prices in years! This is why Plame still matters!

Does anyone else enjoy the irony of the President's new spokesperson assuring us that Bush never deceives his spokespersons? How would she know? He is one himself.

And let’s not forget about the U.N. admitting to vastly overstating the number of AIDS cases worldwide.

And yet we're supposed to trust them that "global warming" is a real threat. I, as a scientist, think this "scientific concensus" is absurd.

Posted By J Houston, TX : November 21, 2007 10:32 am

I didn't know that the UN was primarily a 'scientific' entity. Sounds to me like your discounting scientific consenses based on a faulty AIDS numbers from the UN. Newsflash, I don't think it's the UN that is the primary datasource for Global Warming. I guess I'm confused that a scientist such as yourself is citing faulty AIDS UN data to undermine Global Warming. In science, 'trust' is not quatitative so I find it strange and somewhat dubious that you would even use that terminology for the basis of your opinion. The UN's credibilty is not the issue, we know that they are about as credible as our government.

Why is Valerie Plame still an issue?

Seriously- the name of the person that divulged her name to Robert Novak is Richard Armitage. Not Rove, not Libby, not Cheney, not Bush- no matter how much the media salivated over the prospect of it being one of them. And Armitage wasn't charged with breaking any laws, remember?

McClellan seems bitter that he had to take the brunt of criticism for the President for so long. Whatever helps him sell his book, I guess.

Posted By DT, Wisconsin : November 20, 2007 8:42 pm

Why, DT? Because what they did was TREASON in a time of war. That is a capital offense, should be thoroughly investigated and those responsible punished. Being against the death penalty but very rpo-punishment, a nice long stint in Leavenworth would be just the thing for these traitors.

The fact that Armitage did not get charged shows the extent of the power this president abused to protect himself and all of his cronies. Besides, Armitage, being a very loyal Bushie was probably told that he should take the blame and they would protect him . . . wait a minute, he confessed he leaked her name but didn't get charged . . . hmm.

Let's see, should we still be thinking about an act of treason by the highest officials in public office or a BJ by an intern . . . hmm, decisions, decisions. DT, if they went after Bill for that BJ (maybe offensive to some but definitely not a capital offense), going after these guys for TREASON seems pretty reasonable to me.

As usual, someone who is sympathetic to the traitors attacks McClellan rather than addressing the issue. Typical right wingnut tactic, if you can't effectively dispute the issue, attack the messenger.

Is anyone really surprised by this?

By the way righty/tighty, it does not matter about the surge working, the real reason they were there was to give the government there time to get it together, which they have not. Are we going to stay until they do? And I would hardly say that they are getting comfortable with their democracy. Huh? Just like most of Bush's dillusional supporters to cloud over details. When the surge ends in the spring (we can't afford any extension) violence will probably start again. The fact is the invasion was based on a lie, no matter how much you want to gloss it over.

Stem cell research again showing your ignorance. If it had not been for embryonic research, the researchers would have never discovered they could do this. Another words, if embryonic stem cell research had been shut down from day one then we would not be where we are today.

For the last seven years we have witnessed how pathological lliers, namely: disaster George Bush and sicko Dick Cheney transformed lying into a popular profession.
American families are dinintegrating.
Prison populations in America are exploding.
Cities and bridges are collapsing.
Citizen's homes are being repossessed.
Bank and financial institutions are going bankrupt.
Still disaster George Bush and sicko Dick Cheney are lying.
Gas prices are skyroketing.
Inflation is out of control.
America's Best GIs are dying.
War veterans are committing suicide.
Current administration's debts cannot be calculated.
Kids at schools cannot learn basic education.
Moral and Christian values of our religious leaders are disintegrating.
Our borders are being wide open to DPs and whoever wants to come to America.
Still pathological liers are lying.
Is this the legacy of Disaster George Bush ?
I am a Republican and I believe what Scott McClellan says.
A friendly advice to Stanzel: Shut your mounth now so that you will not regret later on.
That's the way is was when Disaster George Bush was President.
AMEN

Why is Valerie Plame still an issue?

Seriously- the name of the person that divulged her name to Robert Novak is Richard Armitage. Not Rove, not Libby, not Cheney, not Bush- no matter how much the media salivated over the prospect of it being one of them. And Armitage wasn't charged with breaking any laws, remember?

McClellan seems bitter that he had to take the brunt of criticism for the President for so long. Whatever helps him sell his book, I guess.

And why would we believe Novak. Last time I checked he was a convicted felon from none other than the Nixon administration. Nice try. Please keep us abreast of developing old talking points from FauxNoise.

Presidential candidate Dennis K. sent a bill (?) to Congress to have Bush impeached but it failed. Why?! Congress is not working for America, because America wants these guys impeached and kicked out of Washington (literally).

Wouldn't be something if Cheney resigns and then says .. George made me do it!!

IMPEACH! IMPEACH! IMPEACH!

And let’s not forget about the U.N. admitting to vastly overstating the number of AIDS cases worldwide.
And yet we're supposed to trust them that "global warming" is a real threat. I, as a scientist, think this "scientific concensus" is absurd.

McClellan is obviously yet another America-hating left wing whacko Liberal trying to smear this grand Cheney/Bush presidency. Next thing you know some Liberal wing nut who also resigned will claim that Bush and Cheney lied about WMDs in Iraq, or that Saddam was involved with Bin Laden and 9-11, or that they had Colin Powell give false evidence of those claims both to the UN and the American people, or that they made the EPA and NASA wster down climate change reports, or that...........

I use to love watching the "we hate Bush" crowd. But now, with Iraq beginning to feel comfortable in it's democracy, it’s almost sad to see them still committed to the wrong side of history. Bush is a war criminal!! ..because he ordered an illegal invasion and brought chaos upon the world. Except, the New York Times admitted today that the surge is working and life is returning to normality in Iraq. ABC, NBC, CBS and Newsweek have also been forced to make this same admission. Surprise, surprise, the disastrous war the dems have been crowing about is becoming a fine feather of Iraqi Freedom in Bush’s cap.

Oh, did you notice the scientists that figured out how to make embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells? Yeap, nullifing the need to kill test-tube babies. And let’s not forget about the U.N. admitting to vastly overstating the number of AIDS cases worldwide. I wonder what Bono will says about the U.N. lies?

Were these not all dem talking points against Bush? Heads up dems, Bush is not a war criminal. If you keep this up, you’ll lose the election and become nothing more than an entertaining case of dementia.

The things to think about are these:
Did McClellan really know then that he was misinforming the press and the country?

Why did McClellan come out with it now?

How did he come to the conclusion that he misinformed the country?

Should it really be that surprising that this administration screwed up and outed a covert agent?

Robert Novak should be convicted of revealing the name of a CIA agent. I don't care if the CIA agent is covert or open about working for the CIA; those names should not be released in any way. Robert Novak was wrong to release the name in any case!

Nobody wants to impeach a sitting President! Although, in my opinion THIS Presidents actions warrant worst suffering. Forget it! After Nixon and the aftermath (a la Ford and his pardon) it is a waste of time and money. Because Cheney would definitely give him a pardon! Better to let the people decide and kick his butt...and any other GOP butt out of the White House. The RNC "playbook" is used up. Even the dirty tricks are turned against them. Carl Rove is now rambling incoherently on the sidelines and the Bush Dynasty is over. The current contenders are grappling trying to hang on to an angry base of lunatics–while trying to reach out to reasonable Americans. It's over. Finally the War On America started by Newt Gingrich and his thugs-will be over soon. The only thing close to a Reagan out there is Arnold–and he cannot run (yet). And if he did...I may even vote for him. He would be a breath of fresh air to the current cadre seeking to lead the nation! He's done a pretty good job in California–and at least he is trustworthy.

Bush, once a puppet, has now become the mad genious puppet master. I wonder which is worse, Bush's deep evil laugh or Hillary's divergent cackle..

Who was convicted of leaking Valerie Plame's name to the media?

IMPEACHMENT IS THE ANSWER TO THIS MESS. ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

would anybody in the U.S. believe that they in the administration would admit to any wrongdoing? come on people, after all the trash they have thrown to us, the citizens, of this once great country, look at their faces and you see the DEVIL.

Of course they'll deny it. The White House and Bush Administration has been lying to the America people for the last 7 years and unfortunately, still have a year to go. Congress needs to impeach this president and vice president and have an interim president take over until the elections. Bush and Cheney are no longer safe for this country.

“The President has not misled his spokespeople, nor would he,”

Right. And Bin Laden loves Kosher food.

Descrambler: "I am not a crook"!
Sound familiar?

This President lies so often, he probably doesnt even know he's doing it any more.

Surely you can believe the White House spokesman, people....he would NEVER mislead the press or the public....and I have 10 acres of beachfront property in Kansas...

I am not surprised. Nothing about Bush surprises me anymore. "he speak with forked tongue" hits the nail right on the head when it comes to Bush. I did vote for this boob, and I regret it. I will NEVER vote for any GOP candidates ever again. You guys do not care about our country, or at least the people in it. The GOP only cares about getting themselves rich and how many people they have to step on. They send aid to other countries and yet, right down the street we have kids and vets living on our streets, and Bush veto’s the SCHIP bill. The GOP is not for the little guy, which I am.

Looks like Scott McClellan might have a conscious after all.
Wait, I doubt that.....

Oh boy another one comes out of the closet and tells it like it is. Hurry up repubs, start getting the spin details of how he has been bi-polar for the last eight years, is just 'wanting to sell a book', or that something innocuous happened to him that he misunderstood and now has an axe to grind blah....blah..blah...

He should have an axe to grind, these ruthless baffoons wouldn't spare their own children if it meant buying more time to reconfigure REALITY.

How many more ex-aides and cabinet members need to come out and say these guys are corrupt, ruthless and inept in every capacity of their 'governance'? There's so many it's hard to keep track anymore. The only thing Bush et al are good at is utter stupidity. Say what you want about the Wilson/Plame case, but this is an epic screw-up.

Hurry up Jerry, Brad, Ryan get your thinking caps on and talk about how great we have it in the land of straight talk and values.

Big suprise. Did any body expect: "OK, we concede, the President and VP lied to the nation". As with all GW and Cheney's other machinations the ones who will be sacrificed are the soldiers not the generals. I predict his legacy prove to be a deceitful, perhaps more so, than Nixons when everything we don't know but suspect is known.

I wonder if the White House will deny when this current WH spokesman writes a book that says he misled the public when he denied that the former WH spokesman's denial was in fact the truth?

Has anyone ever counted the number of times the White House has denied accusations against it from staffers who left? Hum, maybe these things are true??

Please impeach these guys. They deserve it.

What's the matter CNN, it's been twenty fours hours and still no comments posted, are you scare of this administration as well?

Well, the Democrats are not going to impeach any of them for fear of getting someone appointed that sets them up for the White House in 08. And if any Republican does happen to win the election, I can bet you the world that each of them will pardon GWB and his pack of liers. Should be a question about the intent to pardon at the Republican debate but I am older and cannot make and send a video question.

what a loser of a story, this is old news that has run its course had its day has been investigated re investigated and no one can seem to get to the truth. the real truth here is some one has ANOTHER book to sell perfectly timed release of that book to hopefully sucker in people. Any one who hates or sitting president Already hate our president,, what can this book hope to achieve being released during election season. None of the players are running for office are they ? stop re hashing washed up stories and focus on whats important,, Lets talk about the possible end of the old school politics in this country if hillary tanks her presidential run. Now theres a story

Of course they are going to deny Bush misled McClellan. This administration does not concern itself about the truth. Pathological liars lie. Lies beget lies. They only tell US what they think we need to know. I would like to think that We the People are not as stupid as our government believes we are.

“The President has not misled his spokespeople, nor would he,” Stanzel said in a statement.

LOL...the president probably told Stanzel that and in doing so would also be misleading him...What a moron!
cya
Ben
PS Dick + Bush = Screwed so let's stop getting screwed...IMPEACH NOW!

White House denies Bush misled spokesperson on CIA leak

LOL that statement it self is missleding

2009 hurry up

Exactly how is that Bush and Cheney haven't been impeached yet?

To everyone no congress. GET A SPINE!

Big surprise to everyone I'm Sure.

"'I didn't do it' he says as he throws up his hands, 'I was only robbing the register, I hope you understand'"..."Hurricane" by Bob Dylan

you expect bush to say yes I misled?!

A republican would lie? Oh my God!

Bush does not mislead his spokespeople, that is very true! Bush leads his spokespeople so that THEY can mislead the American people.

Thanks Scott,I knew when you left that having to lie for them every day was getting to you.I also know it couldnt have helped Tony Snows condition either, although I sometimes I think he enjoyed lying to tick the press off.There are alot of good people from Texas,just not enough of them are in the White House now and after this bunch of crooks we dont have much hope of getting the good ones in.

That's laughable...everyone who leaves office is spilling the beans...Where there's smoke there's fire; just how much mismanagement and corruption can one Presidential term contain?!

My oh my. Of course this White House and administration is totally, completely honest and above board. I have a bridge in Manhattan that I can sell you. Bush, Cheney, ETAL, reek with dishonesty and they all will rue the day when it all ends for them.

Once again, the strategy is to attack the messenger. First they use him to pass on false information and now they will try and say he is all wrong. I guess Scotty isn't a loyal enough Bushie to escape the attacks we will now hear thrown in is direction from all the republicans.

Hey Stanzel, seems to me that line has been flaunted by every WH spokesman that has been part of Dumbya's administration! How long did it take you to memorize it?

"the President has not mislead his spokespeople, nor would he."

Right, and I have a nice piece of property in the 5th ward that I'd like to sell you if you believe ANY of Bush's "spokespeople" believe any of what they are told to tell the rest of us. PLEASE!

W, misleading America, hard to believe.
Where are The WMD, Bin Laden,The Niger Uranium, The Kathrina help.
Please don't forget Mission Accomplished and Democratic Governmment in Iraq and Pakistan.

Of course, Bush did. The press secretary just repeated what he was told by Bush, Cheny, etc.

On the other hand, what can Bush say now, other than deny, deny and deny.

I guess I do not get it, what happened? I find myself wondering about this. McClellan was supposed to be one of the inner Bush circle and was a good friend of Bush. Maybe I misunderstood the relationship.

What changed to make him come out with these accusations now?

"Stay the Course..."

God forbid ol' Dubya ever actually gets held accountable for soemthing.

Throw the bums in prison.This has been the most criminal administration in the history of this country.

Don in Ala

He would "never mislead his spokespeople, nor would he."!?!?! He did and has over and over and over and over. They just want to keep their jobs like everyone else. I especially like the fact that they comment back with this HUGE allegation with a one sentence answer. It's sad that CNN and the rest of this country will probably give it equal weight in responses, but I hope not.

lie, lie, lie, deny, deny, deny the truth is out and no one believes anything this white house says they are lying, cheating, corporate thieves that sell others blood for their gain.
There is nothing patriotic about the Patriot Act, theres nothing clean about the clean air initiative, the mission is not accomplished, Iraq is not free, Osama has not been captured, security does not equal giving up our rights that our ancestors fought for, and tax increases don't affect the majority of americans only the top 1%. And tell me how NAFTA, CAFTA helps americans, sending our jobs overseas so companies can have products made cheaper and tell us they are passing the savings onto the consumer, yeah right. WAKE UP PEOPLE!

McClellen never claimed he was mislead. He claimed he was ordered to lie. HUGE difference.

yet more evidence that we need to impeach these fellas.

Why is Valerie Plame still an issue?

Seriously- the name of the person that divulged her name to Robert Novak is Richard Armitage. Not Rove, not Libby, not Cheney, not Bush- no matter how much the media salivated over the prospect of it being one of them. And Armitage wasn't charged with breaking any laws, remember?

McClellan seems bitter that he had to take the brunt of criticism for the President for so long. Whatever helps him sell his book, I guess.

And why should we believe anything Bush tells us? He doesn't "mislead" this nation - he lies to us. What a pathetic excuse for a President.

Correct. The President didn't mislead. He lied.

If you believe that statement from teh whitehouse, I have some ocean front in Kansas I will sell cheap.

The more people come forward with the true extend of the breaches in laws, democracy, and trust of this administration, the more Bush Denies it.

Cmon- this guy was a close friend of Bush – if he is lying I don't know who is telling the truth!

“The President has not misled his spokespeople, nor would he,” .... never mislead ... outright lie but never mislead ....

Amazing that another loyal Bushie is finally telling the truth ... got tired of being left to spin in the wind.

The question is did the President let the others mislead his spokesman?
Please ask that question at the next briefing and ask if those who misled have suffered any consequences from the President.

Of course Bush would mislead his people. He is an unscrupelous man who has not regard for human rights. He is a Texas cowboy who with hsi fathers money and influence mad it thru two Ivy league schools. Unfortunatly, America has been damaged by this moron and will pay a dear price for all of his bad decisions , lies and corruption.

As a dupe or with complicity McClellan was misled by President Bush.
The information passed on by McClellan was false.
If a Democrat would misled then the Republicans would call that lying.

typical for this w.h. ... lies, lies, everone – from the president and vice president on down – lies

For 7 long years, it's been absolutely both stunning and horrifying to watch how the Bush "administration" has disseminated, and all of America has perceived, a warped reality due to the heavily biased mass media which this "administration" has so effectively utilized in it's ultra-patriotic propaganda. I've often wondered if this was how it felt to live in Nazi Germany during the 1930's, hearing and seeing the same sort of continuous lies to the public, creating an atmosphere of war and revenge and transmitted through patriotism.

I still continue to believe that the ultra-patriotism which is so deeply ingrained in the American society, has been used, and continues to be used against the American people by this so-called "administration". It is morally and criminally wrong.

It doesn't matter what mclellan says or who was the ultimate perp. Messing with a persons life career, no matter what that career involved, for the sake of political vengence is the purist form of abuse of power. That this administration still has the secret within it somewhere untold is a stain I hope follows this administration through history as closely as it's achievements. If that was my wife I'd be up some suit's backside like a summer gnat.

This revelation simply proves the point that you don't EVER throw your press secretary under the bus. That guy goes out there everyday putting his name on the line. The Bush administration was happy to throw his name and credibility into the mud. I don't think there is any reason for us to consider this administration as anything but sleazy.

It is amazing that anybody can believe anything that comes out of Bush's mouth or any of the other Administration mouthpieces. Unfortunately, this probably has merit. Looking back over the last 7 years it is hard to deny that things have never been what they have seemed on the surface of "spin." It is a tragedy that a man who roped in the religious right, (via Carl Rove) is open to so much discredit. Let us think about all the dead and wounded while others profited handsomely without any sacrifice as "public servants." "Public Serpents" sound like a better description. Is that really the American way? What is really happening in our "One Nation Under God." By the way, Hillary is not the answer either. Let us walk away from these political dynasties who's only interest is to serve themselves and their cronies and take back our country.

Traitors one and all!

Impeach, now!!!

Bush and Cheney lie and mislead people... what a shocker!

They're at it again: the game of musical chairs. Of course, we don't expect Bush to come out proclaiming "Oh yes, McCellan is right, I misled him." I don't know why Stanzel didn't whine McCellan is just trying to market his book the way they did when when Musharraf, in his book, claimed the U.S. had threatened to bomb his country back to the stone age if he didn't cooperate in the war on terror after Sept. 11.

They deny everything – including the fact that they were involved in the leak of an active undercover CIA agent's identity.

Why don't we see some real reporting on this instead of just "he said/he said". Would any of the crack reporters at CNN like to take a look into what really happened?

The President also says we do not torture.

Mr. McClellan is a past employee, therefore he is a big fat liar.

Well, if Bush didn't "mislead" them, who did? Why would McClellan lie now?

Bush and Cheney MUST be investigated for TREASON!