McClellan savages Bush and the Bush admin

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Come on. He was the press secretary for crying out loud. His job was to be an advocate for the White House. I imagine he pushed back his doubts and carried on as a good soldier. Shame on Bush for conducting a presidency resulting in this kind of soul-searching from his former inner circle.

That is part of his job, but I guarantee you the press secretary sees himself as more than that. They almost all describe their job as having a dual role: one in which the press secretary is an advocate for the president's policies, and the other in which they are advocates for the media inside the government, lobbying for more disclosure and access.

I do agree that the atmosphere Bush created in the White House was hardly conducive to open discussions and dissent, but I don't give McClellan a free pass for not having the guts to stand up and do what was right until he was paid handsomely to do so.