{"id":1773,"date":"2008-05-30T19:10:50","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T23:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2008-05-30T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2008-05-30T23:11:51","slug":"who-wrote-mcclellan%e2%80%99s-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Who Wrote McClellan\u2019s Book?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The general consensus is that Scott McClellan was a piss poor spokesman for the President and the comparison between his performance and that of Tony Snow makes that abundantly clear.<\/p>\n

When one recalls how badly he stumbled before the press and could never stay on message; it\u2019s hard to imagine McClelland even having the cognitive prowess to write such a book. Even in recent TV interviews it seems that the interviewers know more about the book than McClellan does.<\/p>\n

To a man, Whitehouse insiders seem shocked that Scott would write such things about his benefactor. After all President Bush gave him a very high profile job that he had zero qualifications for. So, why would he do it?<\/p>\n

Because, maybe he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Today, the Washington Times <\/a>almost tripped on the likely source of the vitriol in the book.<\/p>\n

Bush defenders and impartial observers point in particular to Mr. McClellan’s mother, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, as having set a precedent for turning on former allies, while others say that his family tree had strong liberal leanings. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not about liberal leanings. Strayhorn is more conservative than President Bush.<\/p>\n

McClellan\u2019s mother, the former Texas state Comptroller, refers to herself as \u201cOne Tough Grandma\u201d and she has been a lifelong \u201ctough\u201d politician in Texas. She\u2019s been married three times and had just as many political affiliations. First she was a Democrat, then a Republican and now an Independent. But she has always been a fierce advocate of her own position over all others.<\/p>\n

This came to a head in 2006 when Texas Governor Rick Perry was running for re-election. Strayhorn had been at odds with Perry (another Democrat turned squishy Republican for some time) and decided to run against him for governor. After all she could likely count on a very popular and influential endorsement from her son\u2019s boss, right?<\/p>\n

In the spring of the 2006 campaign, President Bush decided to support Governor Perry\u2019s re-election. McClellan resigned in April 2006. In November his mother lost badly and Perry was re-elected.<\/p>\n

President Bush may have chosen unwisely.<\/p>\n

McClellan may have never struck anyone as being terribly bright but his mother is sharp and certainly capable of this type of vicious back stabbing.<\/p>\n

IMHO it is very likely that Strayhorn wrote the book as political payback and in so doing threw her own son under the bus. <\/p>\n

Politics in Texas can be a blood sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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