he didn't complain while he still had a job there. he never did what colin powell and others should have done - resign in protest. there is no hint of honor involved in this. nor is there even a particle of nobility or concern for the nation's well-being.

all that said: it still doesn't mean the little turd is lying. i suspect he is telling the truth. he is luckier than most people who get treated the way he was. he is lucky his former boss is someone lots of people want to read about and that he can collect some coin for having been screwed.

this probably wasn't his career plan, but he won't starve. most of us just get used by our bosses and dumped into the mcjob pile.

Why wouldn't McClellan have publically disagreed with the president then? Well first, his job was PR not policy. Maybe McClellan was sensible enough to think the press secretary's position on going to war wasn't going to be the determining factor!! (I mean really,should your PR guy carry weight over the sec of state, joint chiefs, sec of defense, CentCom commander, CIA director........) Secondly McClellan watched the VP's chief of staff and a chief advisor to the President of the United States 'out' a covert CIA agent working on stopping Iranian nuclear weapons (and yes technically it was Armitage who did it first and still it is clear Rove and Libby were also doing the same thing) and get away with it!. He saw the Bush Admin successfuly brand a war hero as unpatriotic, use the generous act of adopting a needy child to destroy someone's character in order to win a primary, and brand anyone who opposed his policies as 'aiding the enemy'. Rove got Don Siegleman put in jail so his party could win the AL governorship!! Gee, I wonder why McClellan waited until the public already knew the lies were lies before speaking out. It doesn't take a genius to answer that question!

And to Anderson's point of yesterday – Richard Clarke DID resign.

Richard Clarke went public. James Wilson went public. The UN inspector spoke out. Europeans spoke out. Democrats spoke out. Some Republicans spoke out. Some journalists spoke out. Middle eastern experts spoke out. Bush, Cheney, Rove and company managed to convince lots of Americans that you can't trust Democrats, you can't trust government bureaucrats, you can't trust the media, you can't trust academians, the UN is bad, Europeans are all sissies, teachers and colleges are all brainwashing, and on and on- so there was no one who had the ability to study certain issues or who might be in a position to have insight that could be trusted besides themselves. I am surprised parents and grandparents weren't accused of being bad sources of info! Wake up folks because it is still going on!!

There will be no impeachment proceedings for Bush because then Bill Clinton–who is on the public record as making the same argument during his administration that Saddam was a threat– would have to testify. And he would be just the beginning. That's why Nancy Pelosi, who had a mandate, backed off impeachment.

Kathie: The bitter lesson learned of 9/11 was to take care of these problems before they metastasize on our shores. That was the primary argument to invade Iraq and take out the mass grave-digging, oil well-torching, WMD-using, war treaty-breaking super tyrant who was embezzling billions from a humanitarian program while his people starved.

If nothing else, thanks for the civil tone. You're classy ladies. I don't come across that often in a political debate.

I am glad the book was written, but where were all these people like Scott and Colin Powell when all this was just starting. they could have been heroes if they had spoken out sooner and stopped the madness before it happened.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL