News of the extremely critical memoir from former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan dominates the headlines this morning. First Read: "The news of Scott McClellan's new book on President Bush -- first reported by the Politico's Mike Allen -- guarantees one thing: There is NO CHANCE Bush fixes his perception problems in the public and the media anytime soon. He's a political pariah, pure and simple."
New York Times: "President Bush 'convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at
the moment,' and has engaged in 'self-deception' to justify his
political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing."
Washington Post: "Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated 'political propaganda campaign' led by President Bush and aimed at 'manipulating sources of public opinion' and 'downplaying the major reason for going to war.'"
Wall Street Journal: "The White House took part in an 'endless effort to manipulate public
opinion to their advantage' in promoting the invasion of Iraq, former
White House press secretary Scott McClellan declares in a new book."
Los Angeles Times: McClellan writes, "No one, including me, can know with absolute certainty how the war
will be viewed decades from now when we can more fully understand its
impact. What I do know is that war should only be waged when necessary,
and the Iraq war was not necessary."
May 28, 2008
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