McAuliffe Criticizes Scott McClellan

[BobbyVan]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/McAuliffe_doesnt_like_McClellan_book_either.html

McAuliffe doesn't like McClellan book, either

Give the Macker credit: he knows from loyalty.

In an interview with the multi-media Tammy Haddad for National Journal:

I would also say, and I gotta add a personal thing, I never like it when someone works for someone and then comes out and writes a book trashing them. I just think that is, I don't care if it is politics or life, if he was that upset about everything, he should have quit. Remember Gerald Ford's press secretary quit when he disagreed with pardoning, Ford pardoning Nixon. If you don't agree, then get out. And I just, I find it abhorrent the way these people come out and write books about their boss. It made 'em money, it made 'em prestige, it gave them all this power and then they turn around and slap 'em. I just, I gotta tell you, I just uh, I don't care who it is- Democrat, Republican- it's wrong.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. I agree. There was too much complacency in Bush's administration

McClellan got up there day after day and lied. He was purposeful. He helped to put American in this mess.

What I have found is that many many people could have stepped up and did not. They did the politically safe thing. To keep the job. To enhance their resume. To run for President.

[spanone]

2. so terry thinks scott should have kept his mouth shut....guess that is a criticism

[madame defarge]

3. Who wants to bet that...

McAuliffe writes a tell-all book about the Clintons...

[mmonk]

4. Yeah, can't let exposing constitutional crimes and lies stand in the way of loyalty.

[Genevieve]

5. Wow, Terry has really become a full-fledged repuke....

agreeing with Ari, Dana, et al.

[mmonk]

7. He's not the only one.

I've noticed more than one Clinton surrogate strike this tone. IMO, it's the reason impeachment was taken off the table (yes, my opinion and hope it doesn't ruffle feathers). To me, loyalty to the country and it's people and constitution come first, not loyalty to a particular leader or leaders.

[harrison]

6. Well, I guess ultimately it is comes down to whom you

are most loyal: a criminal administration or the people of the United States. A late conversion is better than no conversion at all. We are only talking about ripping away the pretext for war, Mr. McAuliffe.

[Doctor_J]

8. Seems like the entire Clincon team is getting Rove talking points

how sad

[blm]

14. McAuliffe trashed both Gore and Kerry for years. But then, he never worked for them or Dem voters

as he was head of the DNC to use it to secure 2008 for Hillary which meant letting the RNC steal 2002 and 2004, too, for BushInc.

[ixion]

9. hollow outrage...

I mean, he's claiming all this moral high-ground saying McClellan shouldn't have written about his boss, but apparently the action of his 'boss' are beyond reproach no matter how heinous.

Typical rethug 'framing'.

[Smarmie Doofus]

10. It's *not * wrong. It's *right*.

>>>I just, I gotta tell you, I just uh, I don't care who it is- Democrat, Republican- it's wrong.>>>>

We live in a democracy... I think, don't we? It is ( we used to say as kids) a 'free country."

It's a bit more free and more democratic whenever gov't employees resist the call to secrecy and 'loyalty' to those that hired them to serve on the public's dime.

McCauliff's argument speaks volumes about his mindset. The war isn't important, the deception, the loss of life, the cultivation of a totalitarian state.

What's important is the lack of "loyalty" of the whistleblower.

Good god.

[90-percent]

11. those that did the unsafe thing

Weren't there a hell of a lot of RUINED LIVES for those that had the courage to speak up at the time?

Wasn't it about the worst career or life move one could possibly make?

Seemed comparable to getting blacklisted during the McCarthy era back in the 50's.

How many of us would give up a livelihood we worked many years to achieve in the name of principle?

-90% Jimmy

[stray cat]

12. I prefer some transparency and integrity and common sense over partisan loyalty

Thats been a fear of mine about a Clinton administration - loyalty and soundbites over transparency and logical appeals

[LeFleur1]

13. I Think the Whole Criticism was...

...that McClellan got up day after day and told the Bush lies. There were a whole lot of people who knew they were lies at the time. If he thought he was telling lies, and he had any integrity at all, he should have quit and talked then when it could have saved some lives.
Maybe he did quit because of it, but I think Bolton was going to push him out anyhow, so maybe Scotty was making some noises about the lies he had to tell.

[JackBeck]

15. Obviously, sooo not a fan of Devil Wears Prada.

[lame54]

16. he did quit