THE WHITE HOUSE

Traitor or Truthteller?

Scott McCellan reflects on the reaction to his highly critical book about the Bush administration.

By Daniel Stone | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 31, 2008 | Updated: 7:17  p.m. ET May 31, 2008

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  • Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 7:46:10 AM

    Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 6:46:41 AM
    Comment: IMPORTANT BULLETIN FOR ALL BLOGGERS ON THIS SITE:

    TO NEWSWEEK STAFF:

    This is to report that there is a FRAUD going on, on this site, in which bloggers are using the names of various bloggers (Obama supporters are most likely the culprits) who are fraudulently writing blogs that are deplorable and tagging them under other bloggers names (non-Obama supporters names). I officially reported such a fraudulent abusive use of fake postings that I just viewed on this site today that affected me personally. This is what it said in which the blogger fraudulently used my name as the poster:

    IT SAID THIS. I NEVER WROTE THIS. SO ALL OTHER POSTERS, ESPECIALLY FORMER HILLARY SUPPORTERS, BEWARE:

    Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 03:05:43

    Comment: I agree. So why do so many Obama supporters make him out to be a Messiah?

    I NEVER wrote the above comment or ANY mention of Obama being a Messiah. At this point I am ready to bring this abusive process that you are using on your site to FOX NEWS as I have done this before and they are very responsive. I have copied this report to send onto the media if I dont see a stop to the smearing of my name or others on this site moving forward!

  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 06/07/2008 5:14:28 AM

    He's not selling military secrets to the enemy. The public is not the enemy. These are not military secrets.

  • Posted By: ravitchn@bellsouth.net @ 06/03/2008 9:28:33 AM

    McCain has pandered to AIPAC more grossly than any other candidate. He will if elected, and he will be elected, continue to mortgage our foreign policy to Fascistoid Likudniks. Obama would need the Zionist vote as well but he would probably have more class in appealing to it than McCain. In either case, we shall not have a rational policy in the Middle East.

    • Posted By: jh35180 @ 06/03/2008 3:22:37 PM

      Obama is just as big as pandering as anybody else. To say he is not is hypocritical. Earlier in the year in Ohio when trying to get the blue collar vote (an area where he does poorly) he promised if elected that he would get NAFTA repealed. This is pandering at its best. Yet he likes to act high and mighty like he is above typical politics. He is so full of it and his admirers buy into his garbage.

      • Posted By: OBWan @ 06/05/2008 11:24:41 PM

        jh35180 -
        Complete the thought - What he said was modified not repealed.

  • Posted By: Concerned Ctzn @ 06/03/2008 9:56:39 PM

    Your title sums it up:

    TRAITOR AND TRUTHTELLER!!!! But leave it to the Ultra-Libs to make a former NeoCon (artist) rich. Anybody that goes out and buys McCowards book is also a traitor!!!

  • Posted By: zenoreo @ 06/03/2008 7:37:35 PM

    Ummm.. DUH !!! Comes to mind.. There is nothing new about his tell all !!

  • Posted By: Micky Marsh @ 06/03/2008 12:08:23 PM

    Premedidated White House job search by McClellan to discredit President Bush in the process. I believe this is one of his many books to be seen in the near future. If it had anything to do with greed and hate, it might come back to harm him eventually.

  • Posted By: ravitchn@bellsouth.net @ 06/03/2008 9:29:42 AM

    Scott McClellan appeared before Grand inquisitor Bill O'Reilly and did well. He answered respectfully and showed O'Reilly up for what he is: a loud-mouthed idiot.

  • Posted By: Ignoramus @ 06/03/2008 8:57:44 AM

    The Marriage of Convenience between the American Zionists and The Charlatan Preachers brought America eight years of BushCheney. McCain is courting the same unholy alliance. Those two groups will highjack America again. Look out America.

  • Posted By: Redboy @ 06/03/2008 1:50:37 AM

    Allow me to say forthrightly that I believe Scott is telling us the truth.

    I actually hate it when the media can never find a way to help us outsiders to determine the truth but they play the game of doubting.

    How about this angle. What if Scott's good and loyal friend George Dubya told Scott to,

    "Go ahead, tell the American people the truth Scott. Make yourself some money. I never gave a rat's a_ _ about being president in the first place. Tell them the truth and the full truth my friend, we know they woudn't know the truth if it spat in their face. Now of course you know you're gonna be thrown a few insults from some of the guys here. You know we gotta make it look good; a few harsh words here and there. Just be strong through it and meet me down on the ranch next spring. OK?"

  • Posted By: Ignoramus @ 06/02/2008 11:10:33 PM

    That part did the American Zionists and their allies the Preachers play in the eight years of Bush and Cheney?

  • Posted By: Ignoramus @ 06/02/2008 11:08:56 PM

    What part did the American Zionists and their allies the Preachers play in the eight years of Bush and Cheney rule?

  • Posted By: dunnot @ 06/02/2008 9:56:30 PM

    Who do we believe? Shall we believe Rove, if and when he "confesses" of his "deeds"?

  • Posted By: masonwl @ 06/01/2008 7:35:12 PM

    Bush, McCain, GOP and CLINTON voted to send 4100 troops to there death and for what? That is the real story here!

    1. Is Iran stronger or weaker since Bush/McCain???s invasions of Iraq?

    2. Has Osama bin Laden been killed or captured since Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    3. Are we paying more for gas now or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    4. Is our economy better of now or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    5. Is the White Houses creditability better now or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    6. Is the budget deficit higher now or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    7. Is the Middle East more peaceful now or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    8. Do we have more American Solders dead or before Bush/McCain???s invasion of Iraq?

    This WAR has cost us so much; it is unbelievable that damage that Bush administration has done to this nation. The saddest thing about this WAR most of the American cannot comprehend what has happen during the last seven years of this administration. Further, McCain wants to go down the same road as well disgruntled Hillary supporters! Go figure!

    • Posted By: daddyo159 @ 06/01/2008 8:14:00 PM

      THE AMAZING FACTS ABOUT RACISM IN AMERICA!

      The amazing facts about racism in America are it continues to be alive and well. I first noticed it when I was in school, in the military and the workplace. There always this thing about entitlement by black people always racial remarks when things did not go their way. Always trying to play the racist trump card, the old you owe me I???m entitled. Entitled to what, you have more rights than white people now and racism still continues.
      Now we have another racist who has set an agenda for Browning America, a man that believes white people are stupid enough to fall for his propaganda. A man that has spent 20 years in a Black African Liberation church that preaches against Jews and whites. A man that is Muslim and claims to be Christian all through he has spent 20 years in a racist church. This is a man backed by Marxist, Hamas and terrorist supporters who has one goal in life to destroy whites and America. His brother is a Muslim in Kenya who believes in genocide and Obama is a citizen of Kenya.
      Obama has told many lies and states it was a mistake I misspoke if he is that error prone he has problems. One being he flip flops quite often the man is a fraud and electing him president would be the demise of America. Think of your children???s future your grandchildren do not allow Obama to destroy their future and enslave so he can satisfy his desire to destroy the white race. The wheels are in motion and we must stop them now!

      • Posted By: Alvy @ 06/02/2008 4:39:41 PM

        You're so stupid you think the Government is a chewing gum.

  • Posted By: CoastalGal @ 06/01/2008 8:33:00 PM

    Daddyo159, I'm sure you've been places, seen and done things that most of us could even conceive or dream of...but alot of you guys are dying in vain over a lie...I SUPPORT 100% THE MEN AND WOMAN in the military...a good percentage of my family members and my own son did a tour in Iraq...I do not support this war!! Answer me this, why did we not invade Saudi Arabia...who promote, facilitate, perpetuate and train terrorists. By all means go after terrorists...but go where alot of the trails lead....and maybe some of those leads may have led to Iraq....but alot more have led elswhere...this admin. has hid behind the guise of democracy and freedom and besmirched the noble ideal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

    • Posted By: daddyo159 @ 06/01/2008 8:48:55 PM

      we can only go where they send us and according to the intel reports thats where we went but those want to mislead the american people did not authorize us to do any different and its not just the president but the congress too... both sides.... they all have other reasons for us not to go after the terrorists weather it be for policy reasons but mostly because of them being in bed with leaders of other countries some who you have mentioned its a farce really but at the very least the american people could do s let us finish what we came to do and then come home because our fighting sprit needs the win because in the near future and we all know this its all going to start over yes a diffrent name and maybe place but we are the ones who need the pride and confidence to do it all again if we leave now then our sprit will be broken and then our will power to do it all again will be supressed !

      • Posted By: Alvy @ 06/02/2008 4:38:19 PM

        No. You have not seen war at all.
        Anyone who has actually fought knows your attitude is wrong. And to paste someone else's good words and changing the meaning around to be bad words is just psychotic.

        You're right there with the other crazies.

  • Posted By: daddyo159 @ 06/01/2008 8:36:14 PM

    Posted By: ChrisLPNM @ 06/01/2008 8:18:31 PM
    Comment: Comment: Comment: TO ALL THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS (of which I am not one) - it is time to stop poking the Clinton supporters and degrading their candidate. There are a lot of strong feelings on both sides. It looks like Obama is going to lose the nomination - take a moment to think about how you would be feeling right now if the reverse were true.

    There is bound to be happiness and not anger or bitterness on the part of the McCain supporters that their candidate will win the nomination. It is completely natural and understandable given the long, hard battle fought by both candidates. And it is exactly how you would be feeling right now if the situation were reversed.

    There is also bound to be some venting and cries of unfairness, which will undoubtably make it to this blog. That is also completely natural and understandable.

    But I challenge every mcCain supporter to make the blog related to this article different than the other blogs. Let's not insult the people who may chose to vent on this blog. Let's insult Hillary Clinton more. Instead, let's reach out to Hillary and her supporters. Let's make sure we are clear that we respect her (which I certianly do) and we respect the campaign she ran. Let's give them time to come to terms with her eventual lose (I use the term eventual, because as of the time of this post, Obama will not have won and I don't think we should disrepect Clinton and her supporters by claiming he has until he has the necessary number of delegates). Most importantly of all, let's come together and unite the party so we can cheer for McCain.

    A key theme of the Obama candidacy has been one of racist lies. It has also been a candidacy of black power efforts. Why not use this as a starting point for a grass-roots effort to heal the party. All of us - on both sides of this great debate - have said things that may not have been nice or fair. But it has to stop. Why not start by having it stop with us?

    If you agree with me, then let's try to do two things:

    (1) Copy this message as many times as you can and place it on other blogs.

    (2) If you see this message on a blog, then post a simple comment - "I, am a mcCain supporter, respect both Hillary Clinton and those that support her. I hope, in time, they will join with us to unite the party and defeat the democrates in November"

    ChrisLPNM

    • Posted By: Alvy @ 06/02/2008 4:34:33 PM

      Why change his words stupid? Why be completely moranic.
      Chris wrote a good post and you did this? What an idiot.

  • Posted By: austin c @ 06/02/2008 10:26:07 AM

    The majority of America people already believe that the war is a mistake, as the author of the book believes now. Since the book does not contain much new stuff, Bob Dole should save his comment to future book writers such as Connie Rice, whose role in the Whitehouse related to the occurrence of 9/11 more deserved such comment.

  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 06/02/2008 9:32:05 AM

    Better late than never.

  • Posted By: CoastalGal @ 06/01/2008 9:31:42 PM

    I respect McCain for manning up when he did his military service overseas, but to vote for McCain is to keep this insanity going for another 4-8 yrs...you want to know where a candidate stands, who he owes...find out whos bankrolling his / her campaign. Who they owe to their success, then you'll know what favors who owes who and where the american will pay one way or another. I cannot in all good concience vote for McCain who by the way has Bush Jr. campaigning and raising funds and throwing galas for His candidate. The fact that democratic party has so much infighting is not only detrimental and dangereous to this country, but the american people. The Democrats need to band together to truly create change in this country. But everybody wants to be King of the Hill. Never mind that they look like a Jerry Springer rerun. By the way I'm neither a Dem or Rep.. Just a mom who would like to see her children grow to fulfill their dreams, desires and destinies in a country that used to be one of the greatest...and could still be with truth, integrity and justice, baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, etc. If I thought McCain was the best man for the job, I'd vote for him or anyone who I thought could break the chain of absolute corruption and self serving power mongers.

  • Posted By: CoastalGal @ 06/01/2008 9:12:17 PM

    To masonwl: Kudos to you, I agree 100%....Daddyo....yeah...racism is still alive and well in America...
    obviously you're still breeding...nobody is entitled to anything. Talk to the Bush / Cheney clan about entitlement....like I said, nobodys entitled to anything regardless of race, creed, religion. Respect is earned, loyalty is earned. Personal resources have nothing to do with personel worth.

  • Posted By: mbailiff @ 06/01/2008 8:16:16 PM

    Anyone else watch Meet the Press today? Did you see the latest sermon by yet another reverend at Trinity Church that prompted Obama to resign from the church yesterday? I find it really hard to listen to yet another member of Trinity Church stand in the pulpit and preach the exact same hate that Wright has while he was reverend there and believe that Obama has never heard the same sentiments expressed in that church. Right now we have video of yet another member of the same church preaching the same hatred just in the last few weeks. This is not a video from years ago it is brand new. Is this a new way to speak and think within this church or is this the norm and we are just now learning of it?

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