McClellan's Book Rocks the Beltway: Problem Is, Who's McClellan and Who Cares?

Commentary by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

 

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan recently wrote a book which is highly critical of the George Bush administration.  The only reason I know who Scott McClellan is stems from the fact I am insane.  I spend too much time watching and analyzing politics and, if you don't know who McClellan is, I would suggest you use this fact on a resume to prove you care about the people in the world who matter.

 

However, if you had a chance to watch and read comments from the dominant media concerning McClellan and the revelations in his literary effort, you would think the former White House mouthpiece was a major player who had the President's ear.  Well, if he didn't have the President's ear, you wouldn't know it because McClellan acts as though he was at every major policy meeting the administration ever held.

 

First of all, there's only one reason McClellan wrote this book and that was to make money.  Just a short time ago, he appeared on Bill Maher's HBO show defending Bush policy.  But along the way, someone must have told McClellan if he didn't get into some serious bush-bashing no matter what he knew, his book would quickly be collecting dust on store shelves.

 

The only people who were mesmerized by McClellan's offerings were members of the liberal mainstream media who  traded away their journalistic credibility years ago--if they ever had any in the first place.

 

Does anybody seriously think Scott McClellan's revelations are the talk of grocery store clerks, mechanics or soccer Mom's across America?  Of course not.  The only people who care about McClellan's Bush-bashing are fellow Bush-bashers in the press and a hypersensitive Washington, D.C. elite who are in touch with what Americans care about as much as the man on the moon.

 

McClellan was nothing but an errand boy, told by administration insiders what to say and when.  However, since he was technically in the Bush administration, the liberal press now sees him as a hero willing to come forward with the dark and deep secrets of an evil President and even more evil Vice-president and an administration which they hate with every fiber of their being.  In one month, Scott McClellan will fade away like a Coppertone tan.  But his book may retain some value as a collector's item because most copies will be pitched into the garbage with last Sunday's newspaper inserts.  It's amazing how much the dominant press hates Bush and they're not ashamed of it either.

 

Networks like MSNBC devote entire programs to a conversation with a man who no one outside of Washington, D.C. cares about.  McClellan knew what he was doing.  He ran to a publisher supported by left-wing zealot George Soros, in order to collect on his betrayal of his former employers.  He sold his soul for a good buck and the bucks might not even be that good.  The dominant media will then throw him away like some day-old sushi and we'll never hear from Scott McClellan again.  Perhaps with the type of character he demonstrated in writing his tell-all piece of nothing, we will all be better off for it.

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Comments

[James Greenlee]

I think you underestimate the potential power of this story. You act as though White House Press Secretary is a flunky position. Conservatives sure didn't talk that way about the revered Tony Snow, did they?

You might be right, the story may fade, as nothing seems to stick to this Administration, at least not to the point of accountability. But just this morning, McClellan said that Bush himself was responsible for leaking Valerie Plame's name. Bush Sr. once once called the outing of a different CIA agent "treason." Bush--if McClellan can be believed--is at the very least guilty of repeatedly lying about the whole affair. It ain't as sexy as lying about diddling an intern, but it's a whole lot worse.

So, no sir, I don't think this is a yada-yada, seen it, move along kind of story.