tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post7893651829455971995..comments2023-07-30T05:57:48.256-04:00Comments on Gospel of the Living Dead: Shocking Allegations!KPaffenrothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02323273575993522455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post-11061078527056713732008-05-28T17:59:00.000-04:002008-05-28T17:59:00.000-04:00I can easily see the "too little, too late" diagno...I can easily see the "too little, too late" diagnosis. But as you say, the guy was a pretty minor cog. I'm still more angry with Colin Powell than anyone, as he seemed the one voice of sanity, and when he said there were WMDs and Iraq was a threat, even I believed him.KPaffenrothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02323273575993522455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post-23276508132065711942008-05-28T17:38:00.000-04:002008-05-28T17:38:00.000-04:00I'm as glad as anyone that the GOP are eating thei...I'm as glad as anyone that the GOP are eating their own, but I'm afraid I can't be as generous to Mr. McClellan as you are. I don't necessarily doubt his sincerity or feelings of guilt--though as many famous actors have said about sincerity, "Once you can fake that, you've got it made"--but it just seems too little too late for me. Where was the integrity and moral compass when it actually could have made a difference, I ask? Why is it only cropping up now, in support of a book tour, no less?<BR/><BR/>Of course it could be argued that it would have <I>never</I> made a difference--that a resignation of a White House spokesperson in protest would have been news fodder for a day and then forgotten by the attention-deficient press corps--and maybe that's true. But the fact remains that McClellan aided and abetted the very deceptions and outright lies he now decries, that he was part of the machinery that created the current monster. Like Mercer Meyer's "Little Critter" once taught me, sometimes "I'm Sorry" just isn't good enough.<BR/><BR/>On the other (more generous) hand, maybe McClellan's change of heart and opening of mouth NOW <I>can</I> have some effect vis a vis the upcoming election. I think I read a quote that implied that was his hope. If that's the case, then maybe I'll be more charitable to him in the future.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thesonnetproject.blogspot.com/2007/01/264-january-12-2007.html" REL="nofollow">"We watch because of all that we've been through,<BR/>And wait because there's nothing else to do." </A><BR/><BR/>--Scott (aka The Vicar)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738870260010261143noreply@blogger.com