Originally Posted By: the G-man
Actually, whomod, if what is being reported turns out to be accurate, I think the Bush administration deserves a roasting for this.

I will note however, that McClellan, rather than blame Bush, seems to think that Bush was misled too.

Regardless, this would only exonerate him to the extent that it proves he's not unethical, simply incompetent.



A roasting? If this is accurate, this deserves more than a roasting.

As far as Bush being 'misled', McLellan, in his cocaine story details Bush's capacity for self deception and ultimately believing his own lies.

But it's cute how you'd rather see Bush as an incompetent leader rather than a liar and mass murderer. Either one is pretty bad and either one gets thousands of Americans killed just the same.

McLellan is critical of Bush himself for his inability to "change and grow" in the role of president.

Bush seemed unconcerned when the rationale for the war in Iraq — that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction — was shown to be fallacious, he writes.

Bush "convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment," McClellan writes.

Any way you slice it, this is damning stuff indeed. Criminal stuff actually.