Comments on: Scott McClellan’s Sheltered Life http://themoderatevoice.com/20050/scott-mcclellans-sheltered-life/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/20050/scott-mcclellans-sheltered-life/comment-page-1/#comment-121171 kritt11 Sat, 31 May 2008 18:09:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/20050/scott-mcclellans-sheltered-life/#comment-121171 Yes, Scott is merely admitting what the left has known for a long -that Bush's choice of keeping Karl Rove as a high-level administration staffer after winning the election resulted in a highly partisan atmosphere where concilliatory policies were scorned in the hopes of creating a permanent Republican majority. Bush loaded the courts, Justice Dept and other government agencies with conservative loyalists, who were willing to place the narrow goals of the party over the broader ones of the country.<br><br>Now, he is being excoriated by former allies who are trying to paint him as a disgruntled ex-employee who may be turning into a Marxist lefty. In reality, he is as you have described him- a sheltered, naive man who became disillusioned with Bush policy during and after leaving the WH. He remained silent out of misplaced loyalty, then woke up during the last 2 years. McClellan probably is somewhat disgruntled- but who can blame him? He was the administration's favorite patsy, who was kicked to the curb (like so many others) when his credibility became damaged and he was of no further use to them.<br><br>The smoother, more urbane and wittier Tony Snow replaced him, and was seemingly much more apt at deflecting the questions of the WH press corps. I watched some of his press conferences, and observed that reporters never seemed to find out too much that they did not already know beforehand. Yes, Scott is merely admitting what the left has known for a long -that Bush's choice of keeping Karl Rove as a high-level administration staffer after winning the election resulted in a highly partisan atmosphere where concilliatory policies were scorned in the hopes of creating a permanent Republican majority. Bush loaded the courts, Justice Dept and other government agencies with conservative loyalists, who were willing to place the narrow goals of the party over the broader ones of the country.

Now, he is being excoriated by former allies who are trying to paint him as a disgruntled ex-employee who may be turning into a Marxist lefty. In reality, he is as you have described him- a sheltered, naive man who became disillusioned with Bush policy during and after leaving the WH. He remained silent out of misplaced loyalty, then woke up during the last 2 years. McClellan probably is somewhat disgruntled- but who can blame him? He was the administration's favorite patsy, who was kicked to the curb (like so many others) when his credibility became damaged and he was of no further use to them.

The smoother, more urbane and wittier Tony Snow replaced him, and was seemingly much more apt at deflecting the questions of the WH press corps. I watched some of his press conferences, and observed that reporters never seemed to find out too much that they did not already know beforehand.

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