And GB, there’s a saying I heard, “when you’re a worm in horseradish, all the world is horseradish.” so yes, he can’t see outside the bubble, nor can the rest of the administration, apprently, but that is precisely what government need sto do, to see the big picture, so see outside of the sphere of their politics, which is the primary problem with this administration, more concerned with politics than governance. (there’s a good story about this in last week’s New Yorker)

I understand “too little, too late” but I’m going with “better late than never.”

As for cashing in, raise your hand if you do your job out of unfettered altruism.

That happened with me when I lived with my conspiracy nut brother for two years, and started to see things the way he did. And even after we went our separate ways, it took a long time to stop perceiving and responding to the world in that way. Because you get conditioned to do it. McLellan’s only been out of office for 2 years. So if you give him a year to “detox” his brain, and another year to write this book (because he has a right to make money off his unique perspective), then I’d say the timing is just about right.

I suppose that makes me a huge cynic.

In 2004, when McClellan made those statements about Clarke, he was still working for Bush. Do you really think he would have said any of this stuff while still in Bush’s employ? Of course not. At this point, Bush is almost out of office. He can’t hurt these people any more, so why not go public with what they really think?

McClellan was one of the biggest patsies of the Bush White House, hands down. His loyalty was embarrassing. So I do applaud him for joining the fray to say, “We were wrong.” Because they were, and Bush still is, and just because McClellan’s politics are COMPLETELY opposite of mine doesn’t mean I can’t agree with his words.

Sure, it’s the cool thing these days for Republicans to say, “It was Bush! I had nothing to do with it! I knew it was a bad idea from the start!” But aren’t you glad they are?

Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner? This is one-and-a-half years after he left the administration. And now, all of a sudden, he’s raising these grave concerns that he claims he had. And I think you have to look at some of the facts. One, he is bringing this up in the heat of a presidential campaign. He has written a book and he certainly wants to go out there and promote that book.