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 - What HappenedAn excellent read! Gives a great insight into the inner workings of the Bush Whitehouse as it participates in the "permanent campaign" of Washington. The great thing about this book it has the credibility of being written by a former Bush insider and loyalist. Rating:  - It is amazingly interesting!I am enjoying this book and am actually surprised how informative it is about our political system! Rating: - InsightsI found this book to be amazingly informative. Well written, concise and I am sure correctin detail. Reading this has confirmed my view that the Iraq war should never have happened, there was no reason for it, and too many lives have been lost. I hope there will never be an administratio like this again in the White House. It is incredible what deception there has been, and who can trust anybody? I would recommend it as good reading to anyone believing in the truth. Rating: - Interesting Take on the Bush YearsWe already know everything that Scott McClellan reveals and does not reveal in his book. In my opinion, the author is more of a Bush apologist, with an endearing fondness for Bush, although he does point out his human failings and admits that hindsight is better than foresight. There are intimations of Cheney's secret and paranoic personality and his large influence over Bush - and of Condie Rice's sycophantic attitude which helped to bring the Bush presidency down. McClellan does not even approach the corruption in the Bush administration in terms of payback to the special interests that elected this administration. He does admit he was not included in many of the meetings of Bush and his cabinet and Cheney, where I imagine their true agenda was being hashed out, and in my opinion, McClellan was used as an unwitting mouthpiece to coverup the Bush/Cheney lies. All in all, McClellan appears to be a reflective person who sees his own shortcomings and does know right from wrong, as opposed to his former boss. And he seems to have a balanced view of 'what happened' in hindsight, even offering some good suggestions on how to change the culture of deception in Washington. He also refers to the websight factcheck.org as a good source of revealing deceptive reporting and political ads. Rating: - Great insight from an inside man!I won't write a whole book review here, but this was an excellent read for someone on either side of the party line. I enjoy the fact that the book is written by Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary, who identifies himself and his up brining as relatively conservative. Then he goes on to describe the challenges in the White House (to put it lightly). I would consider myself a democrat, but after reading this book, changed my view regarding Bush. Not my party, just my view. Yes, Bush is probably not the smartest president (ever), but he does seem like a genuinely nice person surrounded by people with individual agendas that led him in the wrong direction. This is not to make an excuse for a President who should be able to make an intelligent final deicision. Overall, it's a great read that's difficult to put down and gives excellent insight as to what led up to some unintelligent decisions.
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