almost okay

Much as I hate to shove another ass down your throats so soon after the last one, I have to get this off my chest before I explode.

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's newly-released memoir 'What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception' accuses the Bush administration of using propaganda and lies to further their agenda to invade Iraq and bring down Saddam Hussein.

Is this a surprise? Doesn't everybody already know this stuff?

Of course the White House, while not denying any of the book's assertions, reacted by characterizing McClellan as a 'disgruntled former employee'. There's also been widespread condemnation of the book by Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole going so far as to accuse McClellan of being a 'greedy opportunist' and a 'miserable creature' who didn't 'have the guts to speak up or quit'.

Hey, it's hard to give up a gig where you're knocking down some serious cash, getting your mug on television every week and climbing the political ladder in Washington. I can understand. I probably would have had a hard time quitting myself. You'll notice that Dole doesn't really deny any of the accusations either. He's just pissed that somebody would write a book about them.

In another surprisingly harsh criticism (and unwarranted religious comparison), former Bush staffer Mary Matalin used the word 'Judas' when referring to McClellan. Hmmm... if McClellan is playing the part of Judas in this production, I guess that puts George W. Douchebag in the role of Christ.

Christ was unavailable for comment, but I hear Judas held up a clenched fist and shouted “Right on!”

Unfortunately, this all comes at a really bad time for the Republicans. You see, they're still trying to shoehorn a stodgy, aging and stale John McCain into the Oval Office come next January and McClellan's memoir just might blow another big hole in the hull of that already sinking ship.

When pressed by the press on 'Meet the Press', McClellan admitted to making some serious errors in judgment himself by issuing what he knew to be misleading statements on the White House's behalf during his tenure as Press Secretary. He's hoping the book will set the record straight.

And earn him some big money, the kind of bread that Karl Rove makes fairly balancing the news for FOX.

I got fired from a job once. Yeah, it's true. I had a boss that was such a prick that he practically forced me to complain about everything. And I did so loudly in an attempt to change the work environment. By the time it was all said and done, though, my unemployment claim was denied. You know why? Because I was openly vocal in my criticism of the work place.

Our system is one that rewards loyalty above all over truth and more than likely that fact will never change. In a nutshell, that's why McClellan kept his mouth shut at the time and did what he was told to do for so long.

Greedy opportunist? Judas? Disgruntled employee?

You decide. I think he's probably all of the above, but bless his little heart for telling the truth now, even if it's way too late to save the lives of over 4,000 U.S. troops and Allah-only-knows how many Iraqi civilians who have died during this horribly misguided war.

With a little luck, though, McClellan's memoir might be just in time to slow the miserably efficient Republican election machine, and help get Barack Obama elected President.

For a change.

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