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What Happened by Scott McClellan7/6/2023 ![]() The truth is that we had really never seen anyone quite like McClellan as the president's spokesman. ![]() How are we to explain McClellan's sudden fame? I think it stems from McClellan's unusual role in the Bush White House, and from his unique place in the pantheon of presidential press secretaries. Thus did McClellan join New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as the co-Judas of the 2008 political season, Richardson having been labelled as such by Democratic political consultant James Carville for endorsing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. Last Friday McClellan testified before the House judiciary committee, hewing closely to the book's talking points, and earning a rebuke from representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, for "selling out the president and his friends for a few pieces of silver". ![]() He was among the last people to be interviewed on Meet the Press by the late Tim Russert, who, unfortunately if characteristically, dwelled far more on the fact that McClellan had changed his mind than on why. Indeed, McClellan - stolid, pudgy and bland - has emerged as the toast of Washington. Yet What Happened - a better title might be What Happened? - has, improbably, zoomed to near the top of the New York Times bestseller list. ![]() These tidbits are not news, even coming from a former insider like McClellan. ![]()
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