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Bezig met laden... What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deceptiondoor Scott McClellan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. It was just sitting on the NEW shelf at the library so I picked it up. It's not particularly well-written, and Scott (though I think he's a pretty good guy) doesn't really seem too, too smart, but the inside stuff is very good reading. Nothing, of course, too surprising unless you'd been in a coma (or dizzy for some other reason) for the last eight years, or couldn't read, perhaps, previous to 2000, and had no idea who the Bushes are. One interesting bit has to do with SMcC's view of Candy Rice. He thinks she specifically let GW down by not presenting him with alternative views and possibilities during the time she was his Natl Security Advisor or Sec'y of State; that it was very much her duty to do more than just go along with what Bush already wanted or was being pushed by others. This is not the best book out there on the inner workings of the White House. Nor is it the best written autobiography that you'll ever read. However, it is an entertaining book, and does give a good sense of McLellan's point-of-view on Plamegate, the illegal outing of spy Valerie Plame. Despite the right-wing blather, this is not a partisan book, and while McLellan clearly has opinions about people he feels betrayed him by feeding him false information, he portrays George W. Bush as likable and engaged, if not fully up to the task. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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But repeated enough times by many former insiders, you have to start believing the common theme. McClellan's book actually is the kindest of Bush of them all in my opinion. He doesn't seem to be condemning Bush as much as the way politics is played, especially in Washington. McClellan seems to give Bush the benefit of the doubt in many areas, and still believes he's a decent caring man. Instead, he blames the policical atmosphere in general, and the likes of Rove, Cheney, and other key advisors for the problems in the current administration. My impression, by the time I finished the book, was there really wasn't much new here, and McClellan's main gripe was personal, e.g., he was misled by Rove, Libby, and others about who leaked inside information about a CIA agent to the press for political reasons, and ended up being caught himself in an inadvertent lie to the press. My feeling is that he simply wanted to get his side of the story out there, clear his name, and not specifically to bash Bush any more than has already been done.
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