McClellan Throws Rove & Scooter Under The Bus

[sabra]

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/25/mcclellan-bus/

BREAKING: McClellan Throws Rove & Scooter Under The Bus
A significant moment during today’s White House Press Briefings:

QUESTION: Scott, a couple of years ago you told us that Scooter Libby and Karl Rove had nothing to do with the CIA leak. It appears that you may have gotten bad information before you made that statement.

Now today we learn through extrapolation that, when the vice president said in September of 2003 that he didn’t know who sent Joe Wilson to Niger to investigate the claims that Iraq was trying to buy yellow cake, that he was not speaking the truth.

My question is: Can we be confident that when we hear statements from the White House in public that they are truthful?

MCCLELLAN: I think you can be, because you know that our relationship is built on trust. And I have earned that trust with you all.

As you pointed out, you pointed back to some past comments that I made, and I’ve talked to you about the assurances that I had received on that.

McClellan is emphasizing to the reporter that he was just relaying the assurances he received from Rove and Libby. In other words, they lied to me.

[pauldp]

1. Everyman for himself!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[napi21]

2. Valid point. I wouldn't be surprised that they don't tell Scotty

very much. I don't really look at Scotty as a major lier, but as someone who's being used by the admin. to tell reporters what the admin wants them to know.

[Cactus44]

3. Well, that pretty much is his job description. n/m

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[LSparkle]

4. Yeah, like Helen Thomas pointed out, "they lied to you"

So he's just passing along the lies. It's getting to the point where I almost (ALMOST) feel sorry for Puffy McMoonface.

[BOSSHOG]

6. Scotty looks like the kind of person

that's not told much. I'm surprised he hasn't resigned and got the hell out of there. Regardless of his honesty, his reputation is tied to theirs and he knows it.

[eek]

8. plausible deniability

...same with Baby Doc, methinks

[cliss]

5. I think he is as clueless as the rest of them.

I believe they are all sitting on a sinking ship. They're not sure of who to throw overboard. They know SOMEBODY has got to go. But who? Like in the Middle Ages, if there was a crime committed, the public wanted someone to pin the blame on.

It had to be somebody reasonably suspicious to satisfy their bloodlust. It couldn't be somebody like a clerk of the clergy. But they didn't dare offer up a bishop. So they compromised and found somebody they could dispense with.

They can't do without Rove or Cheney. They are in fact running this country. So who? Libby is probably pretty expendable. So is Steven Hadley. Maybe a few more lackeys. Throw them to the lions.

All they can do is hope the public will buy it.

[underpants]

10. They (it) are so distrustful they didn't even let Ari into meetings

I understand that that is pretty rare for a press secretary but they didn't need or trust Ari in there- they just came out of meetings and Rove gave him talking points and that was all he needed to know. I would be shocked if Scottie was any different even with all the insude scoop Scottie has on the whole gay thing with them.

[missouri dem 2]

11. I think that they have already decided the Rove and Cheney

will be pushed overboard. It looks like the line will be that w* was duped by the cabal. If so there is lots more to come out.

[MADem]

7. How very like the late Ron Ziegler, Nixon's press secretary

Uhhhh....that statement is NO LONGER OPERATIVE....

[AlCzervik]

9. i thought Puffy "Doesn't want to comment on ongoing investigations"

[crispini]

12. Scott McClelland is a puppet.

He must have the worst job in the world. They don't tell him anything, things are NOT going well, and if David Gregory's not taking a bite out of his ass, it's Helen Thomas. :rofl:

[DemocracyInaction]

13. Been dying to ask this:

Is Scotty McClellan any great, great type grandson to the total fuck up who ran the Union Army during the Civil War? The guy with no balls who sat around always afraid that the Rebs had like a zillion more men than even existed in the South??!! The guy Abe yanked because he he was a whimp who always had excuses but no "do"?? If so, Scotty carries on the tradition well.