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In his post-administration days, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has decided the best way to sell books and get his name back in the public eye is to trash his former employer, and those around him. And that's what he's done with President Bush and his administration.

His new book called, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, takes aim at Bush, and especially "charges that Bush relied on 'propaganda' to sell the war." Of course since McClellan was the mouthpiece of the administration, it must be assumed he was the one spouting out the "propaganda" to the public.

There's really nothing new here, as those that serve in any institutional setting apply spin in one way or another to get their point or agenda out there. For McClellan to make this look like it's different in this case against any other administration is naive at best, and also disingenuous.

I only bring all this up because I have no place for those who will do whatever it takes to sell themselves or a product at the expense of someone else; especially when it could potentially have legal ramifications on the innocent.

If McClellan was hoping to get speaking engagements and make money on that circuit, he probably has done it, but people on many sides of the political aisle will look at him as not only untrustworthy, but willing to sell out those he's around for gain.

That in itself is a high cost to pay in order to peddle yourself around. For McClellan to pull the "outraged" card out now is dishonest and despicable.

Nobody of sound character will consider McClellan somebody that can be trusted. And when those that will use him for their own ends are through with him, they'll throw him out on the roadside as well; and I can't say he doesn't deserve it.

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