Total Crap? That about sums up the past 8 years.

Sounds like Bartlett is coverng his you know what along with most of the others. What hyprocrisy!

"intimates of the President feel McClellan has violated a trust."

It is not violation of trust, it is something called "honesty", something that this possibly worst administration in the history of our nation has been completely unfamiliar with at every point.

Enjoy the $4.00+ per gallon gasoline, say hi to the 4,000 dead sons and daughters, and thanks for voting for Junior.

So I suppose the President and his flunkies think this guy should just shut up and like it???

Bartlett added that intimates of the President feel McClellan has violated a trust. "Part of the role of being a trust adviser is to honor that trust," said Bartlett. "It's not your place now to go out" and criticize the President like this….

When is it time to criticize the President?…

I think the guy is great and spilling the beans finally from an insider is going to prove alot of things about this administration…

That we already knew, but now have proof of..

no suprise here folks…

The republicans have ZERO integrity. Throw the liars out in November.

Thanks for everything Scott.

Bartlet is mad because the cat got their tongue. Its okay guys, the American people knew it all along. Its sad that this adminstration has taken advantage of the public's trust.

All these things that McClellan is saying has been common knowledge for some time and the White House is still trying to spin it into something it's not.

Who violated whose trust first? If Bush and his aides lied to McClellan in order to lie to the American public then McClellan has every right to lash back. It's called MORALS and INTEGRITY, things the Bush administrations doesn't have any comprehension of.

They will try to discount him and discredit him. The American people are not stupid.

Oh yeah just because he said it is crap we are supposed to believe him. Yeah right. No more coolaid for us thank you. More to come folks.

Bartlett - what are trying to say? That Scot McClellan is lying, disgruntled and made those claims to settle some sort of revenge against Bush?

What about other that have made similar claims that once served in the Bush cabinet or consulted with him? All they all liars as well?

Scott McClellan has all but admitted that he acted dishonorably in speaking lies for Bush. The reason he did so is probably simple. Peer pressure and the need to keep his job.

This is funny…
Like a warm up for the Rezco book that will be released from prison…
or the Wright book soon to follow the very interesting one by William Ayers… Too many dirt bags in politics…

This is typical of the Bush White House…

Once you get called out by a former insider for your war crimes, it's time to DISCREDIT DISCREDIT DISCREDIT. Just another "disgruntled" employee… how many times have we seen this now?

This people have blood on their hands and belong in prison. We CANNOT let McBush continue to most disastrous administration in our great nation's history.

We should listen to him! If anybody knows about "total crap" it's this bunch of liers in this adminstration.

What else is new. They are bound to refute the content of the book. But it doesn't make it a liar because we knew so from the beginning. It's just that someone decided to confirm what we already know.

The fact that they are in such disbelieve tells you that he is not lying. Because a lie can easily be corrected with proof that a person is lying. They have not said he was lying what they are in disbelieve about is the fact that he was so open and candid in his book.

Wow!! Just watch McSame treat Bush like a leper now. But it won't work, becasue thie policies are the same. McSame is toast.

Obama 08/12

At last! The truth will always win out - and it shall set you free.

Can Bartlett address the issues and not attack the person.

Fallacy ad hominem

Ha,ha,ha,ha,aaaaaaaaa!

You gotta this!

Of course no one will give McClellan any credit! The truths hurt!

This is also great - it kicks Hillary out of the news!

Go Obama!

Yeah, great. And now Hillary's supporters want to vote for John McCain because she's not going to get the nod.

Fantastic… we can have four more years of this filth!

All the White House Rats will start spouting their rhetoric now that someone has come out with the truth about Bush and his Lies….

Thanks Dan Bartlett, we still don't believe YOU! To all the WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS- President Bush and Dick Cheney will be prosecuted for what he has done to the legislative branch!

Bushworld seems to value fierce loyalty.

Sounds just like the Clintons.

White House staffers don't work for an individual, they work for the American people.

The truth is hard to face, especially for the White House.

Sit Down Stand UP. 2+2=5

You pathetic Bush PIGs. I hope your administration falls apart and you are tried for more than 4000+ deaths of Brave Americans.

I voted with my feet and left your silly pathetic war. Obama is the only choice we have. I LOVE my country and you Mr. Bush work to destroy it. You sick liar.

- Former Air Force Captain.

Actually, what's total crap is the way this administration has run this country into the ground. Mr. McClellan now had more credibility than anyone still in the administration because he had the guts and the conscience to look back and realize all the things that really went wrong. If the white house thinks there going to spin this there more nuts than I thought. With a 22% approval rating the country is going to believe Mr. McClellan over someone in the administration any day!!!

We all know what he said was true, but lets face it, we already knew this.

I put McClellan in the same category as Gov Richardson. They took advantage and now they are again taking the opportunity to make money or to position themselves (Richardson) to get something. Judas???

..and to all those who Clinton supporters who would rather vote McCain than Obama..get ready for 4 more years of the same old crap. This is what you will be voting to continue.

sounds like mr. bartlett needs to be sitting with bush and cheney ,during their upcoming war crimes trial.[by the way ,obama supporters have been released,to counter hillary clinton's attempt to take her campaign, to the convention.her relentless attacks on the democratic nominee,are dividing the party,and we are now being told to take her campaign down.she can't win ,because all the polls are now showing her losing to mccain ,in the fall.she now has the same negative rating as bush,according to the latest gallup tracking poll.her support has dwindled to a few obsessed women,with their husbands ,who are members of the kkk.

"What did he really believe when he was serving as press secretary?" Bartlett asked - What he wrote in his book you moron. Finally some proof of what I've been saying since we invaded Iraq. Bush knowingly and purposefuly lied to the American people to try to make up for Cheney, Rumsfield and Bush seniors screw up of putting Hussein in charge. For decades they were fine with Hussein killing and raping as long as he did what he was told to do which was to kill Iranians.

“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the
leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a
simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a
fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every
country.”
— Hermann Goering, Hitler’s Reich Marshall, at the Nuremberg
Trials after World War II.

Isn't it amazing how easily history can repeat itself? Denounce the nay-sayers!!! Hail to those that protect the US!!!

I like their standard answer: "It doesn't sound like McClellan"

What they are saying its somebody who is pretending to be McClellan wrote the book and it's all lies.

ROFL

Good job Scott, the beehive is buzzing all over the place now.

Based on the reactions I've heard today from KKKarl Rove, Rusk Limbaugh, local talk show host and occasional Rush substitute Mark Davis, and now Dan Bartlett, Scott McClellan simply MUST be telling the truth…

Oh yeah, Obama will never be able to beat McCain in the general election. We all love the Bush administration and can't wait for 4-8 more years of it!

""AMW" reply , At least 50% of the voting pubplic are that stupid , we can thank the stupids ones and the one issue voters and the ones that no matter what there Bush men for giving this imbicle a second term

I believe Scott McClellan.

Barlett stated the McClellan book was a violation of trust. It sounds like the "good ole boys'" just wanted to keep their lies and distortions secret. There was no investigative journalism into the Iraq War issue and those in the administration who tried to speak out were told to keep quiet and if they did speak out, were demoted. The Bush Administration has been more secret than any other, I believe. They did not believe in an open government. The intelligence was cherry-picked to come up with the conclusions that an invasion was necessary.

Total Crap perfectly summarizes my opinion of George W. Bush, his administration, his enablers in the media and Democratic Congress, and John McCain who wishes to continue his third term.

What about the TRUST of the American People that this Republican Party completely DESTROYED! Thanks for the absolute misery GOP. May God Bless and Protect America from Republican lunatics. Throw them all out and send a loud and clear message.

A trust to keep the lies from becoming public?Typical Republican stand.

What do you expect the White House to say that McClellan is telling the truth, ofcourse they are going to come out swinging, But we have to ask ourselves this question, Why would a Bush Loyalist come out with such revelations? I Believe he is a man of conscience and he could not sit by any longer while watching Bush getting away with invading another country based on a Lie.

I have lost all trust in the Republican Party.

Yes, We all had an out of body experience when Dick and Bush DENIED they ever linked Al Qaeda with Saddam.

So we have to wait until Bartlett puts out his tell-tale book to get the real accusations then?

AZM left out all Clinton allegations…oh, I forgot. She's just a victim of the sexist media. She's a saint.

He's not a totally different person…he just turned on them. I hope others follow his lead.

If McClellan had such ethical reservations, then why did he do that
job? He got that job because he's a suckup and a good liar on
camera. Just like every other "press secretary". They are professional
liars. Bartlett does have a point (it pains me to type that),
that he should have known that part of his job was to go out to that
podium,on a daily basis,and lie and cajole the press. Why didn't he do the patriotic thing and quit and blow the whistle on all of the fiascos of Bush and his minions when it would have made a difference?
McClellan had the oppertunity to be a real patriot and expose the
destructive lies that led the country into a war. But he didnt do it.
Being patriotic is more than cheesy slogans and standing at
a podium and lieing becuse of blind devotion to a leader or party.
It's standing up and exposing corruption and lies of those leaders
to the entrire country..Fewer slogans and flag magnets and more
standing up to authority would do this country a lot of good..

Trust Goes Both Ways…

The Bush Admin threw McClellan under the bus, looks like he's returning the favor. Will he be asked to testify against them in the future? Please, say YES…

Scott McClellan and Babara Walters = Cowards.They wiil do and say anything to sell their books in order to satisfy their pocket. Scott is so shameless. He needs to burry his head in shame for ever for this outragious book of his. SHAME ON YOU LOOSER.

This administration along with the
repubs are rejected by the people.

Down with Bush and Mcsame.

No more Bush Republicans Mcain.

What really sad about this is that no one will believe Bartlett because of so much hate towards the president and his administration. In my opinion, Scott McClellan wrote the book for money and fame. He knew that the book would sell if he wrote some disgusting left-wing attacks because of president's disapproval ratings.

The stupidity show by the left-wingers in the comments is t ypical. Hey dummies, the price of gas started to rise only after the clueless Dems took over the majorities in the Senate and the House. It's the Dems you nuts - keep that in mind when you are paying $10 or more for demogas.

The only lies Babyhands McClellan is spouting is how he didn't know he was lying before.

Bush and his entire rotten administration should be on trial for war crimes.

Nothing Bush or any of his henchmen say will ever be the truth.

I find it ironic that by defending themselves, the current administration is proving that they are misguided liars who worship Bush/Rove/Cheney above honesty, duty and patriotism.

honestly, it reminds me of a cult or something. like they can not see the true from the false until they're out of it. then, upon reflection, they see that they were living in a huge pile of dog dung.

More of the same old politics, we need change good change and the old time politics will not help American in the 21st Century. Let the young handle or country they can only do better.

The cronies are coming out. BS! Impeach Bush and jail the rest!

"It's not your place now to go out" and criticize"

What is this, the MOB now?

We don't need this guy telling us BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME…but its refreshing.

"It's not your place now to go out" and criticize the President like this…….NO, it's your place to keep lying as long as necessary. Spoken like to true neo-con Barlett. Keep the lies coming, oh and make sure you keep claiming to be moral while doing it.

Which White House moron sent Bartlett out to slander McClellan? Could they have choosen anyone with less credibility?

However late, at least he stood up
for the truth.

Stop being deceitful already.

"intimates of the President feel McClellan has violated a trust."

It is a violation of trust to mislead the american people.
The president swore to uphold the law and the Constitution.

Loyalty to the Country and NOT to the president

Although members of the Republican party, Pres. Bush and Sen. McCain are two very different people. The truth is that Sen. McCain opposed the president's execution of the Iraq War from the start, advocating a strategy that risked his presidential chances and has proven correct. In fact, had Sen. McCain's proposal been adopted earlier, in all likelihood the loss of human life and treasure would have been greatly reduced.

Americans for McCain '08

Tell the truth and shame the devil". The truth shall set you free scott. Thank you.

It is so interesting that this book caught all of the Bush insiders by surprise. They are using words like "troubling" and trying to question McClellan's motives. What is most interesting (and most telling) is three little words that I have NOT heard - that is, "He is lying"!
No one has refuted his allegations. Neither Dana Perino, Dan Bartlett, Karl Rove, V.P. Cheney, Pres. Bush, or anyone have PROVED he's lying, yet alone claimed. Seems to me that if someone was raising falsehoods through a book the first thing I'd do is state, categorically, that he's NOT TELLING THE TRUTH! Has anyone done that so far?
CNN, you are getting soft!. You are simply stating the spin rather than asking these folks the most important question you need to ask: "Is McClellan lying"?!!!

man, this is such a huge story. it will have legs all the way to november. say bye bye GOP, it's lights out!

Bartlett's comments illustrate a fundamental illness within this administration.

The role of a public servant, whether or not he/she is an advisor/consultant to another, is to serve the PUBLIC. It IS his place to "go out and criticize the President like this," especially if he is illuminating facts the public deserves to know about.

Typical. They are just trying to shoot the messenger because they don't want the message known.

This makes Nixon seem like a cub scout. Nixon ordered the theft of the Watergate Building.

Bush/Cheney ordered lies to authorize and vote for WAR to serve their oil/energy industry cronies.

I am ashamed in this dark hour of American history that people like this lie to make money and the expense of the taxpayers and our blood.

Washington.!!!!

What ever happened to the integrity of this country..

Politics is shameful.

What ever happened to the great heroes of this country like Charles Payne(Obama's uncle you liberated Auschwitz), Rev. Wright, Ayers, Farrakhan…

This country is not the same anymore…

Let the spin begin Danny boy,just like Rush throwing jesus under the bus for being too liberal just now on his radio show.Its like the Titanic going down and not enough life boats for all the rats.

Well, you certainly don't sell books that say "I had a good time at my job and nothing interesting happened," or "Everything my boss said was true."

The guy is cashing in, and in order to do so, you have to make a good story.

I'm sure some of it is true, some is shaded, and some is outright lies.

Like anything else.

You can only wish that people like Scott MCClelland and Colin Powell were more interested in telling the truth during the run-up to the war. Our country would be better off without that multi-billion-dollar albatross hanging around our necks.

adding that advisers of President Bush are "bewildered and puzzled" by the allegations in McClellan's new book.
_____________________________________________________
Well honestly, who is suprised that this president is "bewildered and puzzeled"?

Well said..

VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN '08

THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE ENEMIES…….OBAMA IS NOT THE ENEMY…CLINTON IS NOT THE ENEMY……

DEMOCRATIC '08

There is nothing more patriotic than publicly criticizing an Administration that has lied to and misled the American public at every turn. It is telling that the White House is playing the role of victim and crying foul instead of confronting the allegations. Instead they are making it about personal relationships between the President and his advisors. A lie is a lie, regardless of who Bush tells it to.

Bush, Cheney and Rove are liars and should be in jail. McClellan's just providing documentation of all this.

The whole Bush term has been crap

Mr. Bartlet…. that "out of body" feeling you are experiencing is somtimes referred to as "THE TRUTH". It can be an overwhelming feeling somtimes… especially when you are not used to it. Take two asprin and call me in the morning.

He's trying to make a buck - it's what everybody wants to hear right now - Bush bashing. Only the really dumb would take him seriously. Now if there is anyone who you view in any way viable and credible, look at Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security - now that would make even the level headed take notice….

… McClellan? He's a wet noodle looking for an easy buck. (Yawn).

Ross former AF Captain May 28th, 2008 1:23 pm ET

- Former Air Force Captain.

Three comments, if I may:

1 - Thank you for your service.

2 - Thank you for your honesty.

3 - I join you in grieving for your 4,000 fallen comrades in arms.

Bartlett is the father of lies and the truth is not in him.

***Felix A…***

Invest in spell check..

If there was ever a President who should be impeached, it is Bush, along with everyone in his administration..Say goodbye to power Republicans. Hope you are proud of your run.

McClellan's actions define true patriotism–devotion to country and not to the corrupt administration.

Regardless of the validity of his viewpoints, he's torpedoed his career. No politician or organization is going to want to hire him if they don't believe they can trust him. I hope, for his sake, he got a lucrative payment on that book. But I do wonder how "true" his accusations are, and how much he needed them to sell an otherwise boring book.

I believe the media was TOO SOFT on George W. Bush because of the precarious situation after the 911 attack.

Just as the media is VERY SOFT on Barack H. Obama because he is an African-American and they did not want to appear being racist…

But somehow the media is VICIOUS with Hillary R. Clinton because she was a woman; how dare a women think she can be Commander In Chief.

And the media is controlled by George Soros and the Extreme Left Wing Liberals who want a puppet such as (Obama) in the White House, in order for Soros to control America.

That will never happen, H.R. Clinton will be the next President and so declare all the Clinton Supporters!!

The chickens are coming home to roost.

You see what I mean? Dan Bartlett's words are more proof that free speech is not welcome or even tolerated in the Bush administration.

Scott McClean is just coming out clean. He is just comfirming what every body knew.The shock has more to do with his closeness to Bush and the election season.

That moron w ought to be impeached. He was appointed by the supreme court, has tortured people, is a born liar. All of them -each and every one ot them- should be jailed.

Would Joseph Goebbels deserve any praise if he hadn't killed himself and instead spilled the beans about "the Final Solution" after the damage was done? Exactly, treat this man with contempt. His admissions are worth believing, but don't say "way to go!", because where was his conscience when he was regurgitating LIES? He was a 'yes-man' and a coward and complicit for years. Screw you McClellan, it's way too late!

Denial, anyone?

"Shocked, I tell you…Shocked!"

Whats total crap is the Bush Administration..

Whoever this Dan Bartlett is is full of crap himself. If anyone violated trust it would be the Supreme Court appointed George Bush who has been lying to, misleading, and deceiving the American people since the day he took office. I'm disappointed the Democrats haven't moved to have Bush and Cheney impeached for violations of the US Constitution and many US laws.

How on Earth could anyone believe one word from Bush, Cheney, Rove, or any other White House official in this Administration? What I don't understand is how anyone has not seen these corporate thieves for what they are long before now! Their lies and incompetence are record-breaking and breath-taking!

John Diulio wrote a 5-page letter about the politically motivated Bush White House that saw the light of day for about 3 seconds. He called them "Mayberry Machiavellis."

Paul O'Neill wrote a book exposing the incompetence. He went on a couple of talk shows and said "I'm old and I'm rich so 'they' can't hurt me." Gee, suddenly he was nowhere to be seen and his book was never mentioned again. What was that all about? Where was the media? Where in the world is O'Neill now? I guess he wasn't as old or rich as he thought.

How do these people get away with it? Honestly, it's mystifying!

Scott, be glad you worked for Bush—Seems like everyone that knew trash on Bill C is now no longer with us

Well well well…seems like the Republicans have forgotten what Rove did to McClellan's mother when she ran for Governor of Texas in order to protect his precious Governor Goodhair (that's Perry). Do the Bushies really think that someone would be more loyal to Bush than to their own mother?

Dan Barlett descibing McClellan's allegations as crap is sort of like a bank robber calling theft a crime. Bartlett has proven to be an accomplshed enabler and co-conspirator, more concered with himself than the good of the country.

Dan Bartlett should take a good look in the mirror before he critisizes other.

He believed that this administration is a "Load of Crap" and I should take notes because this will make for a good book. That's wht McClellan thought

I understand why the bush administration is "bewildered and puzzled" you see Mr. McClellan is speaking the TRUTh and this is something this administration does not understand, especially from "one of its own".

We are not stupid, stop lying to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The stupid Republicans have driven this country into the ground. Failed foreign policies, failed domestic policies–finally they're being called to task for all of their corruption.

You idiots who have voted Republican deserve all the misery this country is in, but the rest of us have to suffer through it with you.

McClellan DID THE RIGHT THING! He just should have done it a lot sooner! How can you have even a little respect for a corrupt and criminal administration that has broken America's trust? George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove (among others) should be tried for treasonous acts including invading another nation resulting in many thousands of innocent soldiers and civilian deaths and injuries, disregarding the law and many other serious indictments. They should be convicted and imprisoned for these acts as our United States Constitution demands it! The Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves about this horror and major blight to our nations' honor. It's time Karl Rove and others called before Congress, took responsibility and appeared before Congress as they have ignored the legal process and snubbed the rule of law.

The thoughts that Scott McClellan expressed, I imagine, are the same as those of a solidier. While you are serving, you would never speak ill of your country or its leadership but that doesn't mean that once your service is over you have to remain silent. It is truly patriotic to now be honest with the American people. Some of us knew this truth already but others are still touting things like the House had no clue what it was getting into when our senators and congressmen voted for this war. We now have confirmation that this was total BS.

I've never volunteered for military service but my husband, father and grandfather are all war veterans. Contrary to what John McCain might say, I think that I have the right to say…BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW

"What did he really believe when he was serving as press secretary?"

The Constitution and the American people are two great places to start, Dan.

Reading these comments is very entertaining. We don't know for certain whether McClellan is being truthful now or not. What we do know is if his book heaped worshipful praise on the Administration then all of you would be calling him a lapdog. It's too convenient to fall into kneejerk agreement when you like someone's opinion and kneejerk disagreement when you don't like their opinion.

I'm ready for Obama. We all know he is very honest. Unless Jeremiah Wright's forthcoming book says he's a liar.

Mr. McClellan is doing the right thing by offering his perspective and insight into an administration that has been completely dishonest with the American people and corrupt from the top down. Thank you Mr. McClellan for having the courage to tell the truth. Better late than never.

All the NeoCon leadership belong in prison for treason and war crimes. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the rest all violated the trust of the American people. After they are out of office, I hope they are prosecuted for the crimes they have committed.

Hey Mike (posted at 1:31)

The price of gas began to rise well before the Dems. took over both Houses. Oil was $33 a barrel when Bush stole the job. Check your history.

That pretty well sums it up.

Crap is what the dems position on everything has been the past 7+ years.

Scott just decided it was easier to lie then tell the truth.

Sells more books.

I thought 28% of the people still supported Bush. Where are they now? Is there anything left of him to stand up for. Only 237 days left; will we make it?

So far, I haven't heard anyone in the WH disagree with McClellan; they only say that it is out of character or inappropriate. Personally, I think it is long overdue.

republicans are losers

I am ready and anxious to read the Scott McClellan book, as it will probably have many similiarities to the Richard Clarke and Paul O"Neill.

As most of the comments indicate, the American people have ceased believing the Bush administration, and the tactics of attacking the person vs. the issue will not work anymore!!

More Bushies drinking the kool aid. What's the flavor, lime denial?

Intimates of "the President" (loosely used term) feel McClellan's violated a trust??? THREE GUESSES as to exactly WHO has violated a trust, and the first two don't count!!!!
The stain left in the Oval Office from everything that has transpired between Jan. of '01 through, oh, I don't know….say, YESTERDAY….is FAR WORSE than the other one…..

Bush is a lying, thieving war criminal and he nor his administration deserves ANY respect, including this Bartlett guy, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, or ANY of the rest of them.

You have to love when people are so ignorant and plain out stupid in this country as to vote Bush in for a second term. And these idiotic Republicans still give him a 2/3 approval rating. What a bunch of numskulls!!!!!!! It really is beyond belief!

I never believed McClellan when he was talking for Bush -

I believe McClellan now.

What a load of crap the entire Bush "rule" has been !!!!

Spin spin spin gee who didn't know they would try to convince the MSM was hard on bush. With all the stuff that has come out just now before he left office, wonder what we will get once he does leave.

WHAT intelligent, understanding person does not know that bush and his crookies didn't get soft treatment..

Kinda reminds me of the obama bummer treatment. Every crooked lying thing he has done has been kept hidden.

This is just small crap. Total crap is: High oil prices

High oil prices got nothing to do with OPEC but with a bunch of dudes in Wall St profiteering from the forward price of oil .

If you buy something at an inflated price then you need to add profit and sell it and the price goes up and continues to spiral upwards .

Why should the price of oil go up if some piddling refinery somewhere in the US has a problem. There is sufficient capacity and it doesn't impact the rest of the world .

Get rid of all the leeches that suck blood without adding to the economic growth of the country and the whole world will be better off - get rid of all the futures trading and energy exchanges and all the other economic clap trap and get back to supply and demand.

Start fixing this problem. Then worry about the he said she said BS

It is now painfully obvious that the decision makers behind the Iraq war participated in deception that resulted in the killing of Iraqi civilians. This is by definition a war crime. Things are going to get really ugly, and I predict several people will go to trial on war crimes charges.

Dick Clarke was the first brave one, now McClellan. Come on Mr. Powell it's your turn to take us down the rabbitt hole…..

My quess would be ,if you dig deep, Obamas somehow in the mix!! Why else would obama and his supporters be so POSITIVE he will be president!! Everyone seems to be selling the country out this election.

BREAKING NEWS:::: The Bush Administration reacted with SHOCK & AWE today when it was disclosed that one of their own is now telling the truth.

Total Crap

That should be the epitaph for this administration

Finally….the truth from inside. Sure wish Colin Powell could also "Man-Up" and speak out……
I believe Barack Obama.. may be the new face of integrity and honesty
Pray that he gets in to put us back on track !

Thank you, Scott. FINALLY what we on the left have been saying for YEARS is validated.

I am convinced that the old adage, "Good politics is based upon hiding anything that may show the politician as bad" is alive and well.

It is sad that Republicans, in response to the truth, attack the Democrats!

I also find it interesting that the White House did not deny the statements made in the book, but were rather puzzled!!

DEMS MUST UNITE TO KICK THESE LIARS OUT OF OFFICE!

8 years and you liberals still can't get over the fact that you lost to
G.W. Bush. Well get ready to lose again. Your Socialist Democratic Candidate will lose to John Sydney McCain in November.

Thank you Hillary for exposing this Wolf in Sheeps clothing.

One thing is for sure…., McClellan sure knows how to sell his books to the progressive readers!!

It is about time that someone came clean about the facts leading to a disastrous war with more than 4000 dead soldiers and billions of dollars of debt. Way to go George, take a peaceful financially sound economy and run it into the ground..

Now we can pour billions of dollars rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure while we suffer with poor roads, unemployment, and homeless Americans. In my opinion this is the worst administration in the history of the republic.

This type of article continues the kind of benefit-of-the-doubt treatment the administration has received over the past 7 years. CNN and other media outlets have an obligation to not simply repeat what the Bush administration says, but to inform its readership whether their claims are correct or false. There are three stories on the political ticker denouncing McClellan's book, which was briefly summarized in a single story. McClellan's accusations are known to be true and are a matter of public record. Why is so much space given to the administration's fabricated and self-serving explanations, and so little to the truth? Enough is enough!

Let's see… Did John Dean violate a trust?

If you take an objective view as to how Bush is portrayed in this book, the one thing that stands out is-never admitting to be wrong, spinning the truth, and the audacity to think the American people would thank his adminisitration in the end for their deceit? Reminds me of the same arrogance the Clintons are depicting on the democratic side of th aisle! Amazing how Hil-LIAR-ry would just be a different colored pants suit and the deceitful game of politics would remain the same! No More Scandals! No More Bushes! No More Clintons! Play War Games On Your Computer or in your debilitated mind McSame!

Sounds like Bartlett doesn't believe McClellan has the right to freedom of speech. Bartlett sounds just as dangerous and lacks credibility like Bush and Cheney. Bartlett needs to look at the number of people that worked under the Bush administration that were either fired or quit before he starts throwing stones.

I heard it said on another blog. . . pride comes before the fall. . . we have witnessed nothing short of the hubris of Rome before it fell in our very own country. . .

I take solice in the fact that our Democracy guarentees one thing thing - the end of the Bush Presidency and his "sad" Administration. The Obama Administration and the American people will much to clean up, but I have faith that unlike the current adninistration we can and will do the right thing.

Change is coming!

Obama '08

Bush and every one he mentions in his book for slander. People writing crap and selling it make millions is becoming epidemic and intolerable.

Total crap? Now, would that be akin to the 'total crap' Americans were told about the military record of King George? Or, would that be the same 'total crap' we were told about how the federal government was going to take care of Katrina victims? No, no, wait…. he must have been refering to the 'total crap' we've been told about how we're winning the war on terrorism! Geez, when one of the 'Bushies' decides to tell the truth, the rest of them turn on him like a pack of lying dogs! This administration has been a disgrace to this country! Please, King George, go home to Texas, and shovel your crap to someone else…..

TO the obama supporters, I would take 8yrs of gop over anti-American obama and wife!!!!!!!!!

What concerns me is the allegations that he didn't air his problems during his tenure. If that is true, and he shut his mouth, and now airs his opinion when it is profitable, shame on him. He should have done his freaking job instead of being a stupid 'yes' man.

Right on the mark Semper.

If only we could get Colin Powell to come out and speak. We are all well aware of how he jumped on the sword and look where it got him….thanks to all who voted for this trash twice!!!!

Ditto,—Bush, Cheney, Rove are liars and should be in jail. Remembering when "good people like Colin Powell and the Army Major (sorry can't remember his name) resign mid-stream—that adds credance to McClellan's story.

On Dan Bartlett's comments. This is typical of the Bush Administration, when criticized deflect by claiming the source is "sad", unstable or any other negative that might fly.
As a citizens of a once great country we should all be sad.

Here is all anyone needs to know about Dan Bartlett's honesty:

“(Iraq) It's never been a stay-the-course strategy"
– Dan Bartlett, key Bush adviser, Oct. 22, 2006

"Total crap" best defines the Bush administration.

Either Bush is a total incompetent if McClellan is right or Bush is a total incompetent for appointing someone who is "total crap".

So McClellan was a good little toadie when he was on the payroll. Why exactly does that make him less credible?

They think this is bad? Just wait till Dubya leaves office on 1/20/09 and the rest of his former crew publish their memoirs. Whoo-yah!

I agree that the intelligence was wrong. But I don't mean the CIA. I mean the intelligence of the people that made the final decision to go to war.

There is always a risk that collected intelligence will be incorrect. There were plenty of caveats in the data that was presented to the White House. The decision to go to war was foregone conclusion.

Amazing what new lows are acceptable for the mighty buck and ego! Too bad - so sad.

It all makes sense if you realize that the Bush White House is an alternate universe in which what the president says instantly becomes fact. Reality is against the rules. Honesty and integrity are not required. The public doesn't matter. The big question I have is: Why does the media still give the Bush administration and its spokespeople any credence at all?

How can the following intelligence be "WRONG", as Bartlett and Rove claim. The following things are LIES, not mistakes:

1. We were told that Iraq had mobile biological weapons laboratories, and we were SHOWN DRAWING of these supposed laboratories. Who drew those drawings? They didn't just pop out of nowhere! Somebody MANUFACTURED them by MAKING THEM UP, i.e. LYING.

2. We were told that Iraq had an fleet of UAVs capable of dropping bombs, when in fact they had a half-dozen balsa-wood radio controlled planes with cheap cameras attached to them.

3. We were told that Iraq had a 'vast' underground network of buildings where they were conducting weapons research. Remembers those? The ones we were SHOWN DRAWINGS of, and the ones Bush said we needed to develop nuclear bunker busting bombs for? Well, THEY DON'T EXIST!

4. We were told that Iraq was harboring Osama Bin Laden. That was also a bald faced LIE.

I've left out several dozen more examples.

If what he said in his book are false accusations and lies the people he accused should sue him.

Al Gore tried to treat Clinton like a leper saying "I am my own man", and it did not work. McBush is trying to do the same thing by saying he is not McSame, and it won't work either.

Bushes and Clintons are political lepers and McBush and Billary are the infected ones, keep away from them.

Independent thinking has left you all. This is not about political party. This is about truth. Stop talking like bandwagon dems or stuburn republicans. Start thinking about the future. Never mind. Do what you want. I give up. Apothy Party '08

The truth HURTS……ouch!

Get those repugnants out of office NOWWWWW!!!!

"Total Crap"…..I'm sure he was being kind.

McCain/08

As long as "total crap" is now on the table, let's get out our shovels and scoop up Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Powell, Rove and the entire cast responsible for the "total crap" of the last 8 years.

Trust??? Wow. Bush, and his flock have destroyed trust. 70+ % of Americans don't trust them. I can't imagine what children watching the nightly news think about the constant lying from Washington. Who in the world can trust the USA? Now we have this Bartlett guy lecturing on trust. These republican clowns should start a circus. Cheney, the Ringmaster, Bush, the lion tamer, Rove, selling popcorn, and Perino, Snow, Fleischer, McClelland, running around with their pooper scoopers. Bush has littered the land with republican Poop.

The Bush Administration cherishes freedom of speech. Everyone is free to say good things about the President and the Republicans. Anything else is, of course, dangerous terroristical hatespeak and is not protected by the Constitution.

Its not crap to me I am watching this story.. this guy was on Bush's lap he knows more that I know,, and I will buy the book

They just don't like it when their dirty laundry gets bared. Too bad for them. All the people that say they are surprised and dismayed at what Mr. McClellan said in his book still work for the Bush administration. We all know how well they take criticism. We all know how well they take disagreements with their policies. I mean, come on…total crap..definitely their reaction is because what other reaction can the White House staff give when they still work in the White House and are part of the "Spin and Propaganda machine". I always felt for Scott. Poor guy looked really uncomfortable up there telling Bush's half truth's when he knew that is what they were. I don't blame him for quitting over Valarie Plame, I also give him Kudos for actually quitting over it. Get em Scott, they all deserve to be revealed for the liars they are or have become over the last eight years. Congratulations on your book..I know I most likely will read it, and it will probably just confirm a lot of my suspicions. That the Bush administration is just pandering to the "Great Deceiver" until he is out office. I have a feeling there will be A LOT of Tell-All books when that staff leaves the WhiteHouse.

WH is really deploying it's damage control teams, aren't they?

Methinks they doth protest too much.

There is no new revelation in what McClellan said. It's nothing than a sour spoiled reheat food. If anybody was listening to him in all the press briefings he did for Bush and co, one can feel in his voice the frustration. He was like somebody with a 6 cylinder truck engine over his chest. Normally all the Bushes' loyalist s will run after him as they use to do. But please go back and listen to his press conferences, you will feel his frustration by watching him talking.

Let's face it. The Bush administration are made up of liars, cheats and idiots. This is nothing new. I can't wait for the day when Bush and Cheney are gone. This can't happen soon enough. Good Bye Replublicans!!!!!

The chickens are coming home to roost, and I'm not speaking of McClellan. Be patient…..there will be others who will enlighten us with how bad policy was formed and carried out with deceit and dishonesty.

Look at Bartlett's comments in this article and listen to Karl Rove's statement Tuesday night.
Neither of them has said that he's lying or giving misleading information. Both of them have said in essence that if he had misgivings about the way things were being run, he should have stepped aside.

It's bizarre to me that they are going out of there way no to slander him or insinuate in any way that he's not telling the truth.
They aren't rubber stamping his McClellan's commentary but they sure aren't refuting it.

This could end up in some perp walks…

What a joke. This guy wants attention and a position in the Democratic party. I don't believe a single word from McClellan. It looks entirely fabricated and designed to feed the media frenzy of pro-Democrats.

There are two distinct issues here which must be treated separately:

McClellan The Weasel! - Regardless of the truth or untruth of his statements, his words come much too late and with the heavy stink of capitalism to be taken seriously. I can understand why Bartlett responded like he did. Withholding his [apparent] opinion for all that time and then dumping it out via book contract… a rotten apple for sure. He may get rich off this book, but it will be dirty money.

McClellan The Truthteller? - If what he says is true, it speaks even more poignantly to the nature of Presidents and their decisions. A President operates solely on the quality of the information he is given. If he receives poisoned information, he can only - at best - distribute poisoned policies.

Stop demonizing Presidents and start learning the names and positions of those who distribute actionable information.

It appears most of these commenters despise President Bush and his administration. That's fine, vote your conscience, but don't brew The Weasel and the Truthteller in the same political stew.

What's crap is this entire presidency. Eight years of a joke.

McClellan is taking lessons from Obama. After all, Obama wrote his biography Dreams of my father purely on conjuncture.

how out of touch is the Bush adminstration?

advisers of President Bush are "bewildered and puzzled" by the allegations in McClellan's new book.

really? i doubt it, that's just what they're saying in public. But no one in the public is bewildered or puzzled by these comments. McClellan is just saying stuff that everyone already knows and believes. The Bush adminstration isn't above misleading through propoganda to push through unpopular policies. duh? Bush and his advisors still don't realize that they've presided over one of the worst Presidencies in American history. And the public doesn't believe this fact b/c they are partisan Washington insiders but b/c they've lived through the damaging policies (prescription drug bill, new bankruptcy laws, Patriot Act, etc) and the castrophic blunders (9/11, the Iraq War, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, etc) of this adminstration.

It's not easy to admit you are wrong, it's even harder to admit you're a failure. I doubt Bush and his cronies will ever admit either.

A press secretary is not a advisor, nor is the speech writer. One guy or girl puts words in the Presidents mouth while the other trys to make sense of what was said.

I remember a time when if you had anything bad to say about President George W. Bush you would be called anti-american……"You're either with us or with the terrorists"….Remember.
NOW!!!!!!!!! Everyone has finally woken up [ I HOPE ] even Bush's former press secretary.

Loyalty to the Country and NOT to the president…….it wouldn't be called a democracy if it was any other way.

God Bless America.

Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rice are all a bunch of liars.
Everybody knew this along time ago.
Shame on the American people for burying their heads in the
sand and not calling for the impeachment of Bush. The whole lot
of murderers should be tried for war crimes in front of an international
court. Innocent people are dead and many more have suffered under
this ungodly administartion.

Of course the Bush bunker is going to attack McClellen.
Just like they attack everyone who shines a light on them.
Paul O'Neill was the first of many and McClellan is just the latest.
We could hear a lot more if Colin Powell would tell the truth,
but that would tarnish his own image, and show what crimes
have been committed by Bush, Cheney, Condi, Rummy,
Gonzales and Rove. Libby got pardoned to keep his mouth shut
too. America has seen its darkest days in the past 7 years.

Money, money money. This is the real reason for the book.And he should be consider a traitor to his country and excile from the US> I dont like traitor to this country. From Dave in Elma, Wa.

Americans have only themselves to blame for the fiasco that has been George Bush. Every lie was swallowed. The media report the lies issued from Iraq every day about how "el quida" were killed when really innocent slobs who happened to be under US bombs were killed. Americans eat up the fear the Bush folks use to control us and maintain the status quo of the rich Bush friends and the subservient American sheep.

We the American people have known this for a long time–hence the Obama Movement to take back our country!!! Would love to hear what Condi really knows and feels.

Except it's all true, and probably isn't even half the real story. Nice try, Republicans.

I pity the person who believes anything coming out of Washington. Democratic, Republican, Whatever.

Dan Bartlett ?? HA HA.. He was the designated outside liar. Always filmed outside spewing the same crap that was coming from within. One thing for sure though. Anyone in BushCo should know what total crap is by now. They have been living it for 8 years.

Is it November yet???

Well, either it is ALL a pack of lies - or he violated a trust and exposed your dirty little secrets - but it can't be BOTH of those things, so which is it, Bush? WHICH IS IT?

Cuz the funny thing is - it's what everyone has already KNOWN about you - that you're a deceiving, lying, cheating, forging BASTARD who got us into Iraq for your own personal gain and that of your big corporate buddies.

McClellan isn't telling us anything that we already didn't know.

YEAH YEAH YEAH, EVERYONE IS A LIAR, WHAT A BUNCH OF SIMPLISTICS OVERZEALOTS, JUST BECAUSE BUSH HAS OUT MANEUVERED ALL THE LEFT WING IMMORAL DEMOCRATS, YES MISTAKES WERE MADE , BUT THAT IS NO NEED TO DEMONIZED THE DEMOCRATS, WHERE WERE ALL YOU KIDS WHEN AMERICANS WERE DYING ON BEACHES IN EUROPE FIGHTING NAZI OPPRESSION? FIGHTING EVIL AND COMMUNISIM AND NOW ISLAM JIHAD IS NECESSARY, YOUR SIMPLISTIC ACCUSATIONS DO NOT HOLD UP, SO KEEP WISHING AND YELLING AND BEING VULGAR FOR THAT IS ALL YOU CAN BE, NO INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE.. ITS AMAZING TO READ ALL THESE COMMENTS.
LET ME CLUE YOU IN DESTROYING OUR ENEMIES IS NECESSARY FOR THE LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF THE USA, AND THE JEALOUSY MANY HAVE AGAINST IS NOT NEW BUT CLEARLY EVIDENT, GO JOIN THE MARINES AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE. MEANWHILE YOU GONE TO JUST LAUGH IT OFF WITH SOME SUPERFICIAL REASONING.

I bet in the end SMU University will be sorry they got the Library. I refuse to call it a Presidentila library, because it will all be made up with lies. I hope he builds his home in Highland Park so he will be surrounded by the republicans that put him in the ruination of our precious country.

Boy I have heard it all now it's more then interesting that this book has caught all of the Bush insiders by surprise.

They have been busy packing up for the move that's coming for then in Nov.

But have you noticed that they are using words like "troubling" and trying to question McClellan's motives but nobody is saying that he is Lying?

Maybe this is most telling as Noooo One is say it's not true.

No one has refuted his allegations. Neither Dana Perino, Dan Bartlett, Karl Rove, V.P. Cheney, Pres. Bush, Tony Snow or anyone have PROVED he's lying, yet alone claimed. Seems to me that if someone was raising falsehoods through a book the first thing I'd do is state, categorically, that he's NOT TELLING THE TRUTH! Has anyone done that so far? NOPE!

Is McClellan lying? I do not think so It's over for them even by their own party members, The gig is up.

Frank

Ca

I'm in business, and if I am considering working somewhere, I look at how the outgoing people felt about their jobs and why they left, especially after their jobs are no longer on the line.

If the White House has so many disgruntled employees leaving, what do you think that tells you about what happens there?

Did you SEE the look of utter GLEE on McShame's face when he was talking about NEVER surrendering ……. In other words, he's happy to stay there 100 years

God !!! I despise the devil's desciples.

Hey everyone. The only difference between the Bush administration and the Clinton administration is this: the dates they held office.

Bush and his folks can't own up to blunders and mistakes and try to cover things up so they look all pretty.

Clinton and his folks couldn't fess up either - or keep their hands (ahem) off interns.

Regardless of what they intend before taking office (or say they will do while campaigning), it's the same old broken record. And for the Obama supporters, unfortunately, it'll be more of the same with him if he gets the nod.

We need all three branches of government to change at the same time for some real progress, maybe even just two of them. However, it's doubtful that's something any of us will see in our lifetime.

Oh Canada………..

History will compare the Bush Administration to George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm. The parallels include groupthink, changing enemy, increased surveillance of its citizens, use of propaganda to control and loss of freedoms. As Bush's imperial reigns ends and the fear of being sent to GITMO diminishes, the world and even McClellen are speaking out against Bush. We have been in Iraq since 1989 and I think OPEC is telling us to get out of Iraq and find a Middle East peace. OPEC can't hurt us militarily but they are hurting us economically.