McClellan Says He Hasn't Ruled Out voting Democrat in November

[Hissyspit]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

McClellan says he hasn't ruled out voting Democrat in November
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

(06-24) 18:07 PDT --

Scott McClellan - the longtime supporter of President George W. Bush who served as his White House press secretary for nearly three years - said today he hasn't ruled out registering as a Democrat or voting Democratic for president this year. "I haven't made any long-term decisions," McClellan said after an address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, where he received a warm reception from an audience numbering in the hundreds at the Fairmont Hotel.

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McClellan said his 2008 vote may be determined by which presidential candidate - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama or Republican Sen. John McCain - is true to his word about running a positive, issue-oriented campaign that would end the "game of gotcha politics" and change the current destructive and insular political culture in Washington. "I certainly got caught up in it, like a lot of people in Washington do," he said. "You get attacked and you automatically want to attack back. It becomes a cycle of retribution and payback."

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McClellan pointedly warned both campaigns to be particularly attuned to a crucial decision, one that had huge impact in his former boss' administration: picking a vice presidential candidate. Vice President Dick Cheney, he said, "had a terribly negative influence over this president ... and was shown too much deference" on major decisions, including Iraq. His advice: McCain should pick someone who will encourage him to "be the maverick that he is." And Obama needs a vice president who will provide "some foreign policy heft" and support the candidate's calls for transformational government.

McClellan saw similarities between Bush in 2000 and Obama in 2008. The Illinois senator "has a theme that is very similar to the one this president ran on," and which initially attracted McClellan to Bush: being a bipartisan who reaches across the political gulf to act as a "uniter, not a divider" and a change agent. McClellan, who is clear that he has no great admiration for Cheney, joked to the audience that his national book tour has given him some ideas for book titles Cheney might consider: "The Lies I Told," or "I Upped Halliburton's Income - So Up Yours."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/24/MNLL11EE58.DTL

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[jgraz]

1. Damn, I thought that said "McCain", not "McClellan"

:wow:

[truthisfreedom]

2. Try "Voting for a Democrat" or "Voting Democratic."

I am SO sick of the use of Democrat as an adjective by the rethugs. When Obama takes over, we're going to kick so much ass.

[skyounkin]

4. Me too.

As to scotty- he can go FOAD. He is just as guilty as bush and the crime family for not doing anything but going along when the crimes were being committed and then writing a book.

[aquart]

7. No, no, he's not.

None of the ideas, none of the orders issued to carry out those ideas, originated with McClellan. I consider it nothing less than a whitewash of Bush to make his role equivalent to that of McClellan's.

[orleans]

5. oh, that "democrat" crap irks me. if scottie said

he might consider voting democrat in the fall

i would say he won't because he doesn't respect us enough to even use the term correctly.

[JohnnK]

3. lol

thats gotta really tick McCain and Bush off huh?

[NM Independent]

6. My take on him...

I think that he spent a lot of time climbing to the top of a shit party that he thought was just great. He thought he was fighting for the "Jedi." They threw his ass out the door and he became a joke to his shit party, and a disgusting figure most everyone else. After getting his head pulled out of his ass, he looked at his situation. He figured he might as well be a traitor to the shit party because of the lack of respect, and might even become a "hero" to some for coming out and telling the truth. It might work about half as well as he thinks it will. I'm not really buying it. He's just another ladder climber that will do whatever is necessary to get a rung higher. Redemption/forgiveness is a marginally successful byproduct.

[lligrd]

8. Still Deciding??

Scotty is not the brightest bulb on the block, huh?

[Solly Mack]

9. ffffffffffffffff

"game of gotcha politics" <~~~ Bush likes to use that one a lot as an excuse not to answer questions about his actions


"I certainly got caught up in it, like a lot of people in Washington do" - It could happen to anybody...it's not that people are bad or do bad things, they just get "caught up"

"Vice President Dick Cheney, he said, "had a terribly negative influence over this president ..." - Blame Cheney...not Bush...Bush is basically good...but Cheney can get him to do and say all manner of things. It's ALL Cheney's fault.


"McCain should pick someone who will encourage him to "be the maverick that he is." ...LMAO..requires believing McCain is a maverick to begin with...Oohh..I get it....McCain is basically a good person and if he does anything bad it will only be because he picks a VP that will have "a terribly negative influence over" him.


"...similarities between Bush in 2000 and Obama in 2008. The Illinois senator "has a theme that is very similar to the one this president ran on," and which initially attracted McClellan to Bush: being a bipartisan who reaches across the political gulf to act as a "uniter, not a divider" "

ROFLMAO

I think I'll go worship the porcelain god instead...

[Algorem]

10. he says bush didn't know plame would be outed as cia,right?

maybe that's why bfee had mcclellan 'write' that book;so he looks like a truth-teller but then will claim bush didn't know about this,bush didn't do that...