Coke and Hookers

Well, Scott McClellan earned his place in history the other day.  His book tell us where the bodies are buried.  The response is classic:

"Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House," she said. "For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad - this is not the Scott we knew."-Donna Perino

This is not unheard-of, as the last round of cashers-in wrote their books toward the end of the first term.  Sadly, this is, by far, the most extensive tell-all.  It sounds like a great book, though it is probably countless civil liberties, thousands of dead, and years too late.  Thanks for telling us what we already knew:

McClellan stops short of saying that Bush purposely lied about his reasons for invading Iraq, writing that he and his subordinates were not "employing out-and-out deception" to make their case for war in 2002.

But in a chapter titled "Selling the War," he alleges that the administration repeatedly shaded the truth and that Bush "managed the crisis in a way that almost guaranteed that the use of force would become the only feasible option."

"Over that summer of 2002," he writes, "top Bush aides had outlined a strategy for carefully orchestrating the coming campaign to aggressively sell the war. . . . In the permanent campaign era, it was all about manipulating sources of public opinion to the president's advantage."

McClellan, once a staunch defender of the war from the podium, comes to a stark conclusion, writing, "What I do know is that war should only be waged when necessary, and the Iraq war was not necessary. (Source)

Thousands lie dead.  That war was unnecessary.  Yet, amazingly, no one is guilty.  There is no villain, and no hero will bring us justice.  The war is the deceiver, not Bush, who is an unwitting victim.  Sure, he may have been "plenty smart enough to be president," he just didn't act like and no explanation is forthcoming.

To put this in perspective, 2800 people died on 9/11.  On September 12, 2001, we knew who was guilty.  To date, 4084 people have died in Iraq, yet we are afraid to blame the culprits.  It is still "unpatriotic"to call for accountability on the subject.  Even as the GOP immolates itself, it can't help trying to save the Bush Legacy.  In the moment of betrayal, the snitches can't even bring themselves to place blame

This is every bit as demented as the Clinton Legacy goofiness, but it has far-reaching implications for the nation. Clinton didn't inhale, but Bush can't even remember if he did cocaine. There is room for repentance, like Bob Barr's, but without blame, guilt, and a change, this book is just an interesting footnote.  After all, it's hard to put more blame on the liberal media for not stopping the war you perpetrated than you can safely put on the guy who created the war our of bad intel and propaganda.