McClellan Says He’d be “Glad” To Testify

by Stephan Tawney on May 30, 2008

But of course. As Ace noted earlier, McClellan is an incompetent fool who doesn’t have the skills to be more than a “regional tire distributor” spokesman. This is his opportunity to make some serious money, so why let little things like loyalty and reality get in the way?

He’s already done the rounds on Countdown, The Daily Show, and the Today show. Next stop? Testifying at the behest of a Congressman who’s been trying to impeach Bush since at least ’07.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday he would be willing to comply with a rumored congressional subpoena to discuss the administration’s handling of pre-war intelligence, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he’d be “glad to share my views” if asked to testify.

“I think that anyone who is objective who reads the book will see that it was a very tough process to come to these conclusions. It wasn’t easy to write these things.”..

McClellan told CNN he did not believe he needed to apologize for misleading the public as he now concedes he did. “I have come to terms with it, and realized that some of what I said was badly misguided,” he said Friday. “There’s things we did right, and there’s things we did wrong. The things that we did wrong overshadowed so much of what we did right. … and I think the American people see through what I have been saying the last few days, that I do regret that I didn’t realize some of the things then that I do now.”

Yes, just a short half-decade later, when he decides to cash out by writing a book, he’s come to the conclusion that misleading people is wrong. In 2003, when he claims Bush mislead the public into a long war, he apparently didn’t see enough wrong to lead him to resign for another 3 years.

I don’t oppose his testimony, just like I don’t really oppose impeachment hearings. What facts has he to offer to back up his accusations? He essentially relies upon his own honor and integrity, which (apparently) until recently didn’t have him believe anything is wrong with intentionally misleading a nation.

Bring it on.



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