Ok. Now that we have the over dramatic title out of the way...
This new book from former white house press secretary Scott McClellan sounds quite revealing. I'm somewhat surprised that it took this long for someone from the deep inside the Bush white house to turn on them. Most memoirs that have come from former Bush officials (I submit to you Karen Hughes and Ari Fleischer). While George Tenet tried to go there, it was clear that he was far more focused on covering his own ass for the sake of historical record. While I haven't read the book, everything I have read seems to confirm the deepest suspicions of even the most mild critic of the president.
McCellan always seemed to be uncomfortable in his role. He came off as someone who was saying things that he personally didn't even believe to be true. Where Fleischer and Tony Snow are both right wing ideologues, McClellan seemed to care less about political viewpoint than his own career. Unfortunately for him, he happened to suck as a press secretary.
I always thought it would be Colin Powell who who wrote the first book of this caliber. Instead, I'm expecting a rather pleasant surprise from a pudgy press secretary I always expected to quietly fade into the the darkest hole of history.
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