Comments on: How McClellan Helps Us see W’s Flaws

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:18:31 +0000

#13 – Fly away, seagull.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: markie

markie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:31:24 +0000

love that fact that he characterizes condi as spineless.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:10:25 +0000

Kevin, please identify with reference to actual facts, anything illegal that Gonzales did.

He had every right to fire the US Attorneys. He demonstrated his incompetence as Attorney General by his failure to defend the action. They are political appointees who serve at the pleasure of the president.

If you can provide an example of an investigation obstructed by the way Gonzales handled the situation, you may have a point.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:24:05 +0000

“Alberto Gonzales who, while certainly a competent attorney, had repeatedly demonstrated that he could not withstand the political pressures of the Attorney Generalâ€™s office.”

You mean pressures like being asked to support and justify unethical and illegal practices committed by the Bush administration? Or perhaps it was working with all those graduates of Pat Robertson’s “law school” that got to him…..

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:57:12 +0000

Gee… 3 days and I don’t care about McClellan. And no one else does, either. His 15 minutes are already over.

By: Vince P

Vince P — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:10:52 +0000

I can sort of understand why he didn’t stutter.. since all he had to do was practise about 6 sentences at most… and just repeat them in a random order

By: Trace Phelps

Trace Phelps — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:54:55 +0000

I’ve only seen McClellan interviewed twice on TV during his book promotion tour, but I’ve noticed how much more articulate he suddenly is. He comes across as more sure of himself and Monday night on Fox he didn’t back down an inch during a tough interview with Bill O’Reilly.

If McClellan had had that kind of backbone as press secretary he would have better served the President he still claims to admire.

By: Pepe

Pepe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:24:36 +0000

John used the right word – “articulate.” Good PR doesn’t necessarily come from “spinning” a story or any other attempt to hide the truth, but rather comes from being able to communicate effectively so that others can understand your message.

By: John

John — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:45:12 +0000

Dan’s comments only reinforces why GayPatriot West is absolutely right! Bush’s complete lack of abilility not only to articulate his policies but also to articulate the morality behind those policies has allowed his political adversaries to define both those policies and the morality behind them as they wish. Last weeks Frank Luntz asked a group of Democratic voters who was more dangerous, George Bush or President Ahmadinejad? When the majority of them said George Bush I laughed out loud at the sheer ignorance of this lot and at the sad fact that President Bush has lamely placed himself in the position where this question needs to be asked.

John

By: Vince P

Vince P — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:32:07 +0000

Lack of PR is a core flaw of the Republicans. Conservatives have been complaining about it since 1994.

Are you going to tell me it isn’t ? Are we lying when we say it?

Ooooooh I get it.. I didn’t mention all their flaws.. or the ones you were looking for.. so i shouldn’t ahve said anything?

Not that I expect someone who makes such an emotional statement as yours to actialy stick around and respond.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:23:06 +0000

Dan, let me repeat something I said in the post. What person concerned with PR would hire Scott McClellan as his chief spokesman? Do you have any evidence of his successfully “spinning” the news or even getting the president’s message out?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:18:54 +0000

You think their LACK of concern for PR is one of their central problems?!?!

Damn. If other republicans are as clueless as you, this elections gonna be AMAZING for the democrats…

By: Vince P

Vince P — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:43:01 +0000

Geena: If you want to characterize that cast of characters as something positive then I’m glad the Republicans seem to suck at PR.

By: Geena the transgirl

Geena the transgirl — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:29:02 +0000

The two term Clinton presidency built a great farm club for media appearances, Carville, Bergallia, Brazille, Dee Dee Meyers, Mandy Grumwald, Stephanopolis, Ickes….

Who has George Bush build up as a prospect for the new media age?
Ari Fleischer, Karl Rove, Tony Snow was already a recognized figure, that’s all I can think of, the rest are talk show hosts, columnists.