Sorry -- I Couldn't Help Myself. I Couldn't Leave Scott McClellan On Ignore (Mary Lyon)

The "I Didn't Do It" Letter

Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust

Scott McClellan's new confessional that's pointed the finger at Bush administration figures in the Valerie Plame scandal reminds me of something my husband got in the mail, in the autumn of 1983. We called it the "I Didn't Do It" letter.

It arrived unexpectedly one afternoon from the offices of gold trader Alan Saxon, the CEO of Bullion Reserve of North America. The letter notified all interested parties and investors (thank heavens that didn't include us) that the strange smell that was starting to emanate from his company was nothing to worry about. In effect -- "Everything's mellow." No problems. Nothing to see here. Move along. And whatever it was, rest assured, it wasn't my fault anyway, and I didn't do it." My husband puzzled over the curious letter and then set it aside. At the time, he said -- "hmmm... sounds like somebody's writing an 'I didn't do it' letter." Almost immediately afterwards, news broke of Saxon's sudden suicide, amidst a growing scandal surrounding his company. Seems some 30,000-35,000 customers were about to find out they'd been fleeced , after having invested in approximately 60-million dollars worth of alleged precious metal assets that never existed.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E5DE173BF936A35753C1A965948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all

I suspect we're going to see a mountain of "I didn't do it" letters, speeches, interviews, and books from any number of Bush-era refugees, penitents, former apologists, and various other cover-up artists and former cheerleaders, and probably a few Democrats who now feel it's safe to grow a spine -- in the months and years ahead.

It's already underway. We've already had a rather incredible one from Iraq War architect Douglas Feith, "War and Decision," in which he points the finger at everybody else around him for botching his fabulous, altruistic, high-minded plans for a new century American empire that delivers democracy at all costs, including at gunpoint if necessary.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802724.html

"It wasn't me! I'm not to blame! I didn't do it (well, okay, maybe not that much of it)! Go look at those guys OVER THERE!"

Hilarious indeed, if it weren't so damned infuriating.

more

http://www.worldnewstrust.com/wnt-reports/commentary/sorry-i-couldn-t-help-myself.-i-couldn-t-leave-scott-mcclellan-on-ignore-mary-lyon.html

It's also a way to sell books to the 70% majority who disapprove of Bush.

I am curious to find out why he got fired though.

He would be missed. Was an excellent Press Secretary. There is footage of Chucklenuts and Snotty Scotty on the White House lawn on his last day doing a "we're gonna miss, heck of a job Scotty" moment. Chucklenuts even wanted to sit on the porch in rocking chairs with Scotty after he left the WH. There is an abundance of footage of all the yakking heads that are now disavowing Snotty Scotty telling anyone who would listen what a fine job he did as Press Secretary. Either you were lying then or now. Which is it KKKarl, Dan, Dana, Chucklenuts, and Ari? They took that edict from Chucklenuts "You are either with us or against us" pretty seriously.

I got pretty fired up here.

But I'm just so disgusted with the mainstream media. Gross Dereliction of Duty. The GROSSEST imaginable.

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what a jagg-off

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952193,00.html