Thrown Under The Bus

Scott McClellan, former Whitehouse spokesmen for Bush from 2003 to 2006, has just thrown President Bush (and Cheney, Rice, Rove, the whole Administration) under the bus, or more frankly, a freight train. In a new book coming today, McClellan details his time as press secretary, and has some scathing words and accusations towards the Bush Administration. From various news sites (Washington Post, Politico), McClellan described Bush as "out-of-touch", used "propoganda" to sell the war to the American people, among other things.

Of course the Whitehouse fired back, calling him "disgruntled". Rove called him a "left wing blogger" while Ari Fleischer was heartbroken.

And the most amazing thing, the MSM was shocked by this revelation, a "bombshell" of sorts.

Is it just now that the media FINALLY found out that the government was using propaganda to create support for the war? Isn't the job of the media is to be a watchdog to the government? The media is finally reporting what bloggers have been reporting for a while already. What made this story more powerful (or compelled the media to report it) was that it was from someone inside the Administration, someone who knew (for the most part) the inside dealings of the Administration. Apparently McClellan was more credible than a couple of speculating bloggers.

Sadly though, this is a case of "too little, too late." If he had misgivings, I mean ANY, he should have confided to someone. Then again, he might have been fired. If the latter, then he could've gone to the media to express his case and blow the whistle on the Administration. The damage has already been done with the disaster of a war going on 5 years already and the Administration still not held accountable by the media (Scooter Libby case and the Valerie Plame case). If the media is accussed to be "liberal" by conservatives, why then hasn't the media hold the Bush Administration accountable. We can't have a media that is scared of the government when the media is suppose to "police" what the government does. This Scott MCClellan issue should have been a big issue couple of years agao, not now.