Bush/Cheney Propagandist

J.D. Crowe | By J.D. Crowe | Press-Register
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on May 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM, updated May 29, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Stop the presses! The run-up to the war in Iraq was a Bush/Cheney political propaganda campaign. Over 4000 U.S. troops have sacrificed their lives for an unnecessary war. Bush operates in a bubble where he convinces himself to believe in his reckless decisions regardless of the truth. Cheney is a sinister magician steering administration policies from the dark, leaving no fingerprints. The tardy, condescending federal response to Katrina was a huge blunder caused by an out-of touch White House. Scooter Libby was in cahoots with Karl Rove and (probably) Dick Cheney in scheming and lying about the Valerie Plame case.


Most Americans felt like we already knew these to be the ways of the Bush/Cheney mess-makers. Now, Scott McClellan, former Bush press-secretary and loyal inner circle cowboy, confirms our suspicions in his book "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception."

McClellan also blames the "liberal press" for much of the poisoning for not uncovering the lies fast enough while he was the Bush mouthpiece.

Why is he clearing his conscience now? To make money, of course. He's the first of the Bush inner circle to do so, but I doubt he'll be the last. I imagine first dog Barney has some interesting nuggets to write about, given the chance. With a dog, however, it's not against the law to put 'em down. I bet W wishes he had buried Scott on the back 40 at Crawford rather than sending him off from the White House lawn with a pat on the back.