![kenyatta: Former Press Sec McClellan whacks Bush, White House - Politico.com • McClellan charges that Bush relied on “propaganda” to sell the war. • He says the White House press corps was too easy on the administration during the run-up to the war. • He admits that some of his own assertions from the briefing room podium turned out to be “badly misguided.” • The longtime Bush loyalist also suggests that two top aides [Karl Rove and Lewis “Scooter” Libby] held a secret West Wing meeting to get their story straight about the CIA leak case at a time when federal prosecutors were after them. • After Hurricane Katrina, the White House “spent most of the first week in a state of denial,” and he blames Rove for suggesting the photo of the president comfortably observing the disaster during an Air Force One flyover. Go to Politico for the rest of the read.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/EA9aGG6zh9j26csxjVaZgtCG_400.jpg)
Former Press Sec McClellan whacks Bush, White House - Politico.com
• McClellan charges that Bush relied on “propaganda” to sell the war.
• He says the White House press corps was too easy on the administration during the run-up to the war.
• He admits that some of his own assertions from the briefing room podium turned out to be “badly misguided.”
• The longtime Bush loyalist also suggests that two top aides [Karl Rove and Lewis “Scooter” Libby] held a secret West Wing meeting to get their story straight about the CIA leak case at a time when federal prosecutors were after them.• After Hurricane Katrina, the White House “spent most of the first week in a state of denial,” and he blames Rove for suggesting the photo of the president comfortably observing the disaster during an Air Force One flyover.
Go to Politico for the rest of the read.
