Let's nip the "disgruntled employee" meme in the bud...

[Ghost in the Machine]

A former spokesman for Bush when he was governor of Texas, McClellan was named White House press secretary in 2003, replacing Fleischer. McClellan had previously been a deputy press secretary and was the traveling spokesman for the Bush campaign during the 2000 election.

He announced he was resigning in April 2006 at a news conference with Bush.

"One of these days, he and I are going to be rocking in chairs in Texas talking about the good old days of his time as the press secretary," Bush said at that conference. "And I can assure you, I will feel the same way then that I feel now, that I can say to Scott, job well done."

http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=&bfromind=8388&eeid=5899709&_sitecat=1181&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=2&ck=&ch=ne (ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM)

[TroglodyteScholar]

1. Interesting how 9 out of 10 former Bush admin lackeys end up disgruntled n/t

[spanone]

2. he was bu$hs' buddy long before press secty

[YDogg]

3. isn't one of mcclellan's brothers also a federal gov't appointee??

kind of high up?

[madokie]

6. Mark McClellan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McClellan

In Government
During 2001 and 2002, McClellan served in the White House. He was a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, where he advised on domestic economic issues. He also served during this time as a senior policy director for health care and related economic issues for the White House.

McClellan served as Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) beginning November 14, 2002, becoming the first economist to hold that position.<1> Originally from Austin, Texas, he is the brother of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan and the son of Texas comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn and attorney Barr McClellan.

He was Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2004 to 2006. In this position, he was responsible for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit program engendered by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act.

Following the resignation of Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson in 2004, McClellan was mentioned as a possible replacement, but President Bush ultimately nominated former Utah governor Mike Leavitt. On September 5, 2006, McClellan announced his resignation from the post. He told The Associated Press he would be leaving the agency in about five weeks and would probably work for a think tank where he could write about improving health care in the United States.

[YDogg]

7. ah, thanks. I'm guessing scott started writing his book as soon as they were both out of gov't ...

... service, so that they would both be "safe."

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Poor dubya, he is soon to be a former disgruntled pretzeldent. n/t

[hisownpetard]

5. He left the WH on good terms, at least outwardly. Someone should ask Bush, who said

that he's 'puzzled,' what he thinks may have made McClellan become 'disgruntled.'

I'd love to hear what he (or Rove) could come up with.

[Fleshdancer]

8. I don't understand. He can't be disgruntled because of how long he was there?

I think it's possible to get pissed at the situation you were in after you get out of it. Sometimes it takes time to realize how bad some people and situations truly are.

[global1]

9. After This Comment By * - What Happened To Make Scotty Disgruntled?.......

"One of these days, he and I are going to be rocking in chairs in Texas talking about the good old days of his time as the press secretary," Bush said at that conference. "And I can assure you, I will feel the same way then that I feel now, that I can say to Scott, job well done."

They should have Bartlett or Perino or any of the other * apologists on and show the clip of * saying this and then ask them - What transpired since this quote by * that the WH knows about made him disgruntled?