NinevehDinha's Blog

sure i rather read his story of inside the White House and the War in Iraq than some analists view, you're not an analist so i can say that. What do you think?

Is this McClellan a relative of Civil War General George McClellan, the guy that Lincoln had to fire because McClellan was so inept?

Let’s see here… Paul O’Neill, Richard Clarke, Christine Todd Whitman, Lawrence Lindsay, L. Paul Bremer III, and now Scott McClellan. All are former Bush administration officials who have come out with books highly critical of their former boss. Oh, and let’s not forget Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson. Richard Armitage and Andrew Card have all had significant input into other people’s highly critical books or articles as well. How many people have to reveal that the Bush administration has been a fiasco before some people will accept it? Even if you think that all these people were disgruntled ask yourself this: how many disgruntled people does it take before you see a pattern?

The Ironic thing to me crossover is that all the rats that jumped ship are now criticizing the Administration and then the Administration turns around and Denies and Dismisses such claims as the rantings of disgruntled employees...

If Bush, himself, admitted anything... The Powers that Be would dismiss his words as the ramblings of a disgruntled chairman...

I guess my point is that The Administration is un-capable of wrong doing regardless of any factual information proving otherwise...

I think Americans just want someone that will take responsibility for their actions when they mess up... You know like the rest of us peons have to do... I think it is only fair that trusted representatives should be accountable for their actions as well. So Get some "ca hones" and take responsibility like the rest of us have to do day in and day out!

What do you expect from the most Secretive Administration in American History? The truth? That is laughable!!! All they do is deny, dismiss, shrug, roll the blame somewhere else...

That is also the problem with secrets, and lies... Even if they do end up telling the truth, their credibility is gone so no one would believe them anyway...

The fable about the blind men who, while all in contact with an elephant, have widely differing views about the nature of the elephant has bearing on all these "tell-all" tales told by sink-ship rats. All have a portion of reality, but none have it all, and, taken as a whole, merely by their descriptions, we still have a confusing image of what the Bush administration has really been. McClellan's book, like others, may have anecdotal significance, but little else.

Richard, I have NO idea what you are trying to say?

I would like to point out that Richard does have a valid point if you look at each book individually. However, a more complete image of this presidency emerges if the books are treated as a whole. In other words, just because each blind man assigns different characteristics to the elephant that doesn’t mean that any of them are incorrect. Indeed we know that an elephant does have the individual qualities that each blind man assigns to it. What the blind men are lacking is the proper perspective to put all the parts together. Historians will probably compare these books and look for commonalities that they all share, and areas in which they are in disagreement. In that way the blind may see, and we can use their eyes to see for ourselves as well.

The big question to ask at this point is who in this administration has the perspective to put all the parts together, and is it the one who should be able to?

I for one am happy to see someone with his level of involvment coming forward (and cashing in). I sincerely doubt however that his book will be a 'tell all'. Among multiple others in Washington that have 'come forward' I agree with R.Cheney that his book will be a mere aspect of the 'elephant'. From what I've seen in the book stores and online there must be a hundred books written by reputable people telling about the betrayl and devastation of the Bush administration, along with a four hour publicly televised documentary of the Bush administration called 'Bush's War' by Frontline/PBS. With all this information in the public scope I think its clear that there are many people beggining to open their eyes to the stampeding elephant. As well I think its a sign that there is still a majority clenching their eyes shut following the best they can to the War-happy Bush administration. With almost a million dead so far and things looking not much better for the future I think it might be time to start handing out swastika arm bands and little fake mustaches to the Bush fanatics. For the rest of us I think its best to remember what happens when things like this go to far, like Orianenburg, Auschwitz and the millions who have died before with 'regimes' like this. Just the same as Pres. Bush, before WWII, Hitler changed laws to allow for indefinit imprisonment and torture as well as secured 'internment' camps for political opponents. Hail Bush.