Scott McClellan

A lot has been said about the Former Press Secretary Scott McClellan writing that book that trashed the administration. First things first if you know nothing about the story, the cliff notes is that McClellan White House loyalist trashes the administration; conservatives reject him and liberals embrace him.

One thing sticking out to me is the criticism that he is just doing it for money. Now conservatives are supposed to be in favor of the free market, so I cannot see why they would denounce a guy trying to make a buck on the free market. I know they are upset that the book is trashing them, but rebut the guy’s points not the guy.

Another problem people have with this book is that he wrote it so late. They ask why he didn’t speak out against the administration then. The obvious answer that seems to get ignored is that it was this guy’s job to make sure only the administration’s message got out. Anything less would have probably forced him out of his job.

However, my liberal friends we cannot all of sudden embrace this man who helped mislead the country to war with Iraq. Few will deny that this war has been costly and hurt the image of America abroad. Although in the scheme of things, McClellan's and the Bush administration's mismanagement has greatly helped the Democratic Party.