Lanny Davis criticizes McClellan for revealing too much

[autorank]

... from private conversations. It was about 9:34 and the transcripts will be up at CNN in the next fewhours.

King had Wexler, Davis, Kelly Anne something, and another Republican. He starts with Wexler, who
says, McClellan will testiry. Then it's Davis'turn. I figured, load up Lanny, knockit out of the
park.

Davis says, in a dimunitive style, well he broke "one of my rules" - never revealing a private c
conversation.

What a total asshole he is. Sorry to use that term abut he earned it.

On Edit:

Lanny, should Scott McClellan have revealed this:

Monday, 26 November 2007, 11:37 am
Opinion: Michael Collins

McClellan Points to Bush in Cover Up



Where are the Headlines?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00389.htm

Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan accused George W. Bush and Dick Cheney of deceiving the public about a devastating blow to the national security and safety of United States. The revelation concerns the leak of Valerie Plame's identity as one of the government's top intelligence agents. Revealed in the Chicago Sun Times on July 14, 2003, this breach of national security was the topic of intense coverage in the mainstream print and television news media.

This deliberate leak abruptly ended Plame's intelligence activities, her career, and placed Plame and her contacts in serious jeopardy.

Snip "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

"There was one problem. It was not true.

"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself." Scott McClellan, Public Affairs (McClellan's Publisher) Web Site

In otherwords Bush told McClellan to lie in behalf of Rove and Libby.

AND DAVIS THINKS IT'S WRONG TO TELL US CITIZENS THAT SINCE IT WAS A "PRIVATE CONVERSATION."

NOW THERE'S A GUY WHO PUTS THE PEOPLE FIRST!

Here's what the New York Daily News said about the above quotation from McClellan's book
back in November 2007:



Pretty straight forward. Bush had Scott lie for the sake of Rove and Libby.

[blm]

1. Lanny is a tool of Bush-Clinton Inc.

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That was my imediate thought when he started backpeddling.

Wexler was strong and focused. Then Davis scrunched up his face and I tought, "here goes." And he
didn't disappoint. What a total weenie. McClellan was revealing information that could help
stop the people doing all the damage. But then, again, maybe Davis is one of those people.

[seabeyond]

20. right there with you blm. bush-clinton-mccain got together in 2004,

and this is what we have today

lets remember bill is another son to barbara

[mod mom]

39. Yep:

Moreover, Davis has also been involved in at least one politically controversial episode himself. In the late 1990s as a lobbyist for Patton Boggs, he successfully convinced the U.S. government to provide Pakistan a slate of F-16 jets the country had purchased but, because of its newly nuclear status, had not received. The move did not sit well with India or some foreign policy officials. Nor for that matter does Davis's current opinion that Pakistan should be as well-armed as its democratic neighbor.

-snip

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/lanny-davis-clinton-campa_n_97720.html

and btw he is a close friend and politcal ally of LIEberman. :mad:

[rurallib]

2. The scorecard says this guy is on our side - IS HE?

[autorank]

13. You're pressuring Lanny, he'd have to decide - got it, he's on Lanny's side! n/t

[Yael]

3. I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I say.

Ok, I lied.

[Tatiana]

14. You'd make a good press secretary for the Bush administration with those skills

;)

[Yael]

Heh

:D

[baldguy]

4. Hillary should denounce Davis.

Advocating high crimes like that.

[liberaldem4ever]

5. Lanny Davis keeps sinking lower and lower

That was a really despicable thing for him to say. :mad:

[Pirate Smile]

6. Lanny is a Bush friend. They went to school together. Lanny isn't really a Democrat anymore.

He certainly hasn't seemed like one since he was on TV practically 24 hours a day arguing for Lieberman over Lamont after Lamont won the Democratic nomination for CT Senate.

[tularetom]

8. What grown man goes around calling himself "Lanny"

That in itself is enough to keep me from taking seriously anything he says.

[provis99]

10. Even worse..He looks like a "Lanny"

someone who really shouldn't be taken seriously.

He's just not a mensch.

[tblue37]

43. One who is probably friends with a grown man who calls himself "Scooter." n/t

[Donna Zen]

21. Correct: Lanny and bush are frat brothers

From Lanny's wiki:

"According to an item in U.S. News & World Report, as part of his initiation into the fraternity, Davis underwent hazing by, among others, the future U.S. president George W. Bush."

It's kinda hard to go lower than letting bush beat on ya.

[bluesmail]

32. I'm having a difficult time distinguishing True Democrats

from False Democrats anymore. The circles that are circling the circles.

[truedelphi]

48. That is one scary thought and it is one that I find myself focusing on more and more each day

Scary, scary, scary

And then the friends I have that resemble Republicans try and point out to me that "Obama doesn't have the experience!"

I'd rather vote for someone who doesn't know the secret handshake!

[rusty quoin]

7. Fox News loves Lanny. n/t

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26. Bush decides, they report n/t

[sellitman]

9. Holy crap!

Maybe Ralph Fucker Nader was right.

[Yael]

16. Dare I say it?

H. Ross Perot was. At least on the "Great sucking sound" topic...

[Thrill]

11. His candidate supported the war. Not much he can say

[JI7]

12. notice the Clinton line about Richardson owing Clintons something

is similar to the Bush people's lines about Scotty owing BUsh for the pres sec job.

shouldn't the loyalty that people who work in the white house have to be to the American people first ?

[autorank]

19. That's what's supposed to happen - they serve us and act in OUR interest

But when you're a member of the "insiders club," party doesn't matter, the people don't either.

It's all about YOU - the Mandarin of the moment.

Sickening. I hope they have him testify immediately.

[Me.]

15. Lanny Acts Like A Fanny

One of the best things about Obama taking the nom will be the end of Lanny and McCauliffe (aka the joker) on shows every other minute. Serious poodles like behavior going on.

[autorank]

18. He'll Sheik yur Booty too;)

There will be a home for all of them, the "Lost Pundits" Rereat and Spa somewhere near Santa Cruz, CA

[Me.]

29. The Lord Of The Flies Brigade

[CoffeeCat]

17. Some Democrats...

...really aren't Democrats, now are they?

To take the side of the neocon criminals, and to stop short of wanting this
malignancy on our democracy--irradicated--is absolutely sickening.

Is there any doubt that some Democrats are neocons?

[Donna Zen]

22. Ted Koppel+Town Hall+Lanny Davis

So one night (September 10) in 2006 Ted Koppel held a Town Hall meeting hosted by Discovery Network. The subject for the evening was "The Price of Security." People were quite riled up about the spying, and the shredding of our Constitution. Just as the conversation started scratching at the truth up popped Lanny Davis to swear that bush and the republicans would never do anything to step on our rights and freedoms. You see, Lanny Davis was bush hand-picked Democrat:

"President Bush appointed Davis to serve as the only Democrat on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board."

This is the super-special group that reports to the Congress that everything that happens that seems weirdly undemocratic, is actually A-OK. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I vowed that I'd be watching for Lanny. To date: I can report that whatever the issue Davis is never ever on my side.

Lanny's Wiki

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23. That's a bombshell

How long to you think it will take Lanny's words - "private conversation" - to show up from the White House? He's the opening salvo in their justification to prevent McClellan to testify, I'll bet. What a weasel!

[Donna Zen]

34. People like Lanny always provide cover

Then they can say, "Even Democrats....blah, blah, blah"

Joining Lanny in defending bush at that Town Hall was none other than Zoe Baird. She was sitting with him.

From Baird's wiki: "She has worked for General Electric and was general counsel of Aetna.<2>" She was also a Clinton nominee for Attorney General...hand picked by Hillary.

Machine politics is never good for America.

Yep, weasels every where ya look. Baird is now on the Board of Trustees at the Brookings. That would be a so-called Liberal think tank.

God, I'm sick of these people. Paying both sides is an old trick.

[autorank]

45. You speak for me!

How about some links. That's a fascinating bit of trash politics, turning the rock over,
so to speak;)

[AtomicKitten]

24. K&R

Not only is Lanny Davis an odious toad in his own right, he's just demonstrated why the Clintons can't be allowed anywhere near the White House as in crimes meet the underside of the carpet.

It's time to open up the blinds and let some sunlight in.

Oy.

:hi:

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30. How about that!

:sarcasm:
What integrity Lanny showed. Even though he's a loyal Democrat, he stood up
for President Bush and the administration - defended their right to privacy
while committing crimes. It's a hard job, a hard job, and Lanny is doing it,
not just for himself but for all of us. The right to criminal acts in the
privacy of the White House is, afterall, somewhere in the Constitution. I know
it is. I'll look it up right now!


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Whoa, this is beyond strange now, and I expect stuff like this. If you get
a chance watch it and see his "tell" - the face he makes before he delivers
the line. What a grotesque caricature ...

[AtomicKitten]

41. I think he's going for sincerity but looks like he sheepishly launched a stinkie

[mmonk]

25. Strange. Another Clinton supporter said the same thing

on Larry King Live last night (I tuned in to see Stephanie Miller since I got an email she would be on). As someone who has more difficulty trusting the Clintons than most here, I find that loyalty thing over truth problematic.

[seabeyond]

35. right there with you mmonk. and it is "strange". lol. i didnt hear that

hmmmm

[seemslikeadream]

27. ............

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33. Yeah, I know what you mean ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00475.htm

[seemslikeadream]

38. Have you seen Counter Punch today?

[autorank]

44. Well written, comprehensive. Lost history found... Thnx n/t

[bleever]

28. K5R, and "private" from whom? We the freakin' People?

Is the truth of government too precious to be revealed, let alone entrusted, to We the People?

Does Executive Privilege absolve crimes committed under the aegis of the White House?

No.

And apparently, Executive Privilege doesn't mean that you can use a decent guy to peddle lies, and expect that he'll let his decency be subsumed to a legacy of lies.

[autorank]

31. As a freakin' people, I agree

We pay for it, we elect it (well not rally, but that's the story line), we
suffer for it's mistakes - shouldn't we be the ones to say what an acceptable
level of privacy is for public "servants?"

[bleever]

36. Tell me if I'm crazy here, but even in corporate politics

you can't tell your shareholders that "Sorry, that part of our deliberations is private".

A public corporation shouldn't be more public than government, should it?

Maybe I just haven't learned the Fascism Tango, after all this opportunity to study it.

[malik flavors]

37. Lanny's just mad at the possibility that this could benefit the Obama campaign.

[AnotherGreenWorld]

40. Lanny...man, I hate that guy. Even his name is annoying.

[Dr Fate]

42. This is like when Carville defended Scooter Libby- Hillary people are always defending these guys.

n/t

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46. Selective civil liberties, advocated by one side for soundrels on the other

What a deal. You think that you or I could call on them for help if we were WRONGLY
accused of something?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

47. Lanny Davis needs to...

STFU!