Culture of Deception - washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052901727_2.html?sid=ST2008052901920

i believe this is the better of the in-depth articles on Scott McClellan's statements in his recent book: Culture of Deception. I doubt this article or the book will not be read by the general public as they are now being told by the media spin doctors what it say's and how he got it all wrong. So why bother just trust big brother. What his explanation of how he came to see his five or six years with Bush differently is interesting. And for me i was truly reminded of the long interview on video with Hitler's secretary...Blind Spot, i believe was the title of the documentary. I am not comparing Bush to Hitler though the issue of distancing himself from events and having Martin Gorman screen the daily reports before he viewed them is similar to how Bush deals with incoming information. He wants reading summaries from which he can quickly form a conclusion. Hitler's secretary was actually his personal secretary and not a Nazi party member. She was also very young, technically skilled and it seems in 2002 when the film was made had matured and become contemplative and articulate. She started by seeing Hitler as a kind father figure who loved his dogs. Though she soon learned he considered himself to be a genius with a destiny to fulfill. And it was apparently only later or so she states that the horror of what the Nazi's where doing to the Jews, Roma's, gays and physically handicapped and of course the union leaders and the communist that she became aware of all of this. Here is one of the major monster of the twenty century who she worked for as his personal secretary and for a few years and she was hoodwinked by his personal charm and charisma. She never saw the administrative or war related documents as this was completely under Gorman and Himmler's control. The point being McClellan now having put some distance between the President and himself and seeing the implication of the deceit which he experienced could make an intelligent person of courage and morality able to speak out. And i don't think most Americans will be able to comprehend the implication of what this all means for some time. As it's far more than the 4000 dead U.S. Military and 30,000 wounded. We'll their are the civilians which is estimated at 250,000. But no bombs are falling on our heads if we don't count the current price of gas at the pump. Yes, the American flags and ribbons on the vehicles here at home are not as plentiful. But then again I'm not seeing black bands on peoples sleeves appearing either. So if the pain of violent death and suffering is being actually personally felt then the U.S. public is keeping it to them selves. We just had Memorial Day (Decoration Day) which is primarily a remembrance day of military personal killed in all wars. Folks didn't seem to be saying we've been had and bring them home or we will hang you high from a lamp post. But what may bring it home for all of us is the coming collapse of the national economy. This is going to be far more than a lull in the tail gate party. This one is going to hurt big time. And will the spin doctors on the corporate media be able to convince us it is just a cycle or better yet.... our fault? Don't doubt for a moment that they won't try but those new folks soon sleeping under freeway over passes maybe a hard audience for the neo cons to reach. Though maybe they will be handing out battery powered TeeVee's so they can... keep in touch.