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By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyWelcome to Videos of the week. I'm Jay Allbritton, filling in for Tommy Christopher who's on special assignment. Yesterday former Bush Administration Press Secretary Scott McClellan took his book tour to Congress. Republican Representative Steve King was waiting there to tell McClellan that he should just shut his mouth about the Bush administration. On Thursday Michelle Obama dropped in on the fine ladies over at The View. Obama says she's focused more on taking care of her kids than she is on the campaign and that she will have no input on the selection of Barack Obama's running mate. ...
McClellan to Testify in Leak Case Hearing
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyHaving conquered the media adoration circuit, the Scott McClellan book tour winds its way up to Capitol Hill next week, for an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee to testify in a hearing into the Valerie Plame leak case. Not content to let the conclusions of a Federal prosecutor or the admission of the actual leaker be the final word on the subject, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) wants the former White House Press Secretary to testify about the role of top White House Officials, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, in potentially misleading the public about ...
McClellan Book Far From Original Proposal
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyFormer White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is enjoying being feted by the media rather than criticized by it in the wake of the revelations in his new book "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." White House reaction to the allegations raised by the Administration's former chief spokesman has been strong. Despite the generally explosive coverage of the book in the press, there have been several high profile denunciations of McClellan since the book's content came to light. Syndicated columnist Robert Novak penned a column challenging ...
Duffy Goes After McClellan
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyTrent Duffy lit into Scott McClellan in the Washington Post today in a column titled "Will the Real Scott Please Stand Up?" Duffy was Deputy Press Secretary to McClellan, and uses the column, styled as a letter to McClellan, to recount personal conversations among other pointed commentary. The "letter' starts off with a bang. "Since you're not answering my e-mails anymore," he writes, "I'm writing to pose a few questions that haven't been asked on your truth, honesty and candor tour" and follows with a list of four primary points. •"Was it the truth or a lie when you told me around ...
McClellan: Rove Should Have Been Fired
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyScott McClellan continues his penance/book tour, and each day brings another reason why he's probably off the White House Christmas list. On "Meet The Press," McClellan said he believed Karl Rove and Scooter Libby when they told him they had nothing to do with outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent. When it became clear that the men were probably involved, McClellan said President Bush should have fired them.The former press secretary said the president let standards for "honor and integrity" continually slip to meet his needs and protect his friends. See for yourself: ...
McAuliffe: McClellan is Wrong
By Dave - Politics DailyMcAuliffe tells it like it is on the Scott McClellan kiss and tell: 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 ...
'Propaganda' - New DNC Spot
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyThe Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a tinly produced :60 second web spot dully titled "Propaganda" attacking John McCain using the Left's newest hero, Scott McClellan. ...
Dole Gets Dander Up
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyPolitico has obtained an e-mail sent yesterday from Bob Dole to Scott McClellan. Dole empties both barrels at McClellan, calling him, among other things, a "miserable creature." The former senator and presidential candidate isn't generally known as a firebrand politician, although he has come under fire for his temper before in the press. When he gets fired up, he gets fired up. He has a reputation for sharp wit, and as Jonathan Martin notes, he was in rare form in the e-ssault. Here's an excerpt from Politico: "In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you," Dole ...
McClellan: Bush Authorized NIE Leak
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBeam me up, Scotty! There's no accountability down here!Former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan laid it out on The Today Show, and while it is a bombshell revelation, it's also a lot like the first time your parents, when reached for comment, issued a statement that there was, indeed, no Santa Claus.Here's the video, followed by very brief comment. ...
Wexler Wants McClellan to Testify
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyRep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., is calling on former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee on the Bush administration's "deliberate efforts to mislead" the public heading into the Iraq war. If you've heard a shred of news today, you know that McClellan is making made tidal waves with his tell-all book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception."McClellan, who said on the morning talk-show circuit today that the White House wanted him to keep quiet about his experiences, maintains that President ...
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