Douglas Feith's Much Better Book
Posted at 7:10pm on Jun. 1, 2008 Let's Beat Up On Scott McLellan Some More
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Because, Heaven knows, he keeps giving us reason to:
Scott McClellan's most explosive charges about the Iraq war are based not on any new evidence but rather on his reading of books and magazine articles after leaving the White House and on a period of "reflection."
On morning talk shows this morning, Mr. McClellan repeated a statement from his book: that he charges President Bush with a misleading the country into war based on reading a book by reporter Bob Woodward.
Mr. McClellan said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he realized Mr. Bush had in late 2001 made up his mind to invade Iraq "when the president did interviews with Bob Woodward for his book."
[. . .]
During the interview, the 40-year old former Bush administration press secretary defended his portrait of Mr. Bush as "too stubborn to change and grow," but also admitted he should have voiced his doubts and questions about the march to war in 2002 and 2003.
There's more. Read on . . .
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Posted at 4:12pm on Jun. 1, 2008 "Crooks And Liars"
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
What an apt name for a website that puts out this at-best-negligent/ at-worst-utterly dishonest post concerning Scott McClellan's decision to donate some of his book proceeds to Iraq War veterans:
It's not all, but a portion. However, without giving McClellan too much credit, it's a damn sight more than any other Bush administration official has done.
Fatuous nonsense. Look at the little print at the bottom left hand of the main page:
NOTE: The author is donating all of his book revenues to charitable organizations serving U.S. veterans and their families.
(Emphasis mine.) This was done long before any petition from MoveOn.org came out. And it is being done because Douglas Feith is actually a good person, not a preening, self-righteous opportunist. Maybe the Crooks and Liars over at Crooks and Liars would like to issue a correction.
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