McClellan Sticks to Message Till the End

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McClellan Sticks to Message Till the End
Press Secretary's Final White House Briefing a Familiar Defense of President

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501488.html?referrer=email&referrer=email

By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 6, 2006; A03



White House press secretary Scott McClellan's final turn at the lectern yesterday proved to be something like a greatest hits album. For 45 minutes, he trotted out all the old standbys, then gave a jaunty wave and bid farewell.

"This country is on a solid track under this president because of his leadership."

"We're more interested in looking at the results, not the polls."

"We are winning in Iraq."

After two years and nine months of faithfully representing President Bush and deflecting skeptical questions with a relentless fidelity to official talking points, McClellan called it a wrap. The last hammering by the press corps touched on many of the issues that have dominated his briefings since 2003 -- the flawed intelligence on Iraq weapons, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Medicare and the president's plunging public support.

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[Us vs Them]

1. I'm glad he'll finally get to spend some quality time with

Jeff Gannon.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Or with Andy Card's kids?

**from Colbert's WHPA dinner**

[longship]

2. Message!!???? Pray tell. What fucking message?

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[ClintonTyree]

5. Why, the "stay the course" message......

or any variant thereof, of course. What else is there with the bush cabal? :shrug:

[BR_Parkway]

3. I wondered what would have happened if he had said "ok, folks, it's

my last day and I'm tired of this shit. Here's the lowdown on everything you've been asking about..." and then started telling all.

[Drum]

6. Would've LOVED that!

I can dream, can't I?

[carthagestar]

7. Did he raise his hands with the 'V' salute...

...and say he'll be back?

[louis-t]

8. "You won't have Scotty Poo-poo to kick around anymore."

[carthagestar]

10. I know, I know--hiswifewearsaclothcoat! LOL!

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

9. I think it will be interesting to listen...

...to him reflect on the Bush administration and his role as Press Secretary 10 years from now, after BushCo will have been irrefutably shown to be a thoroughly corrupt and criminal enterprise.

[freesqueeze]

11. People keep asking "can Snow be any better?"

The question should be "could he be any worse?"



AMF Scottie! Don't slip on that pool of sweat on the way out.