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Even after this, nothing will happen.

I always find it odd, but how can anything be "tainted" by "profit motive" in a capitalist society? Public displays of altruism would equally face scorn for McClellan, whether it was Arianna Huffington or Sean Hannity. What matters finally is the work, whether it has something that is historically sustainable. Work that is useful can be produced by scoundrels. Opera still performs Richard Wagner, does it not?

BeerDoctor, I still think McClellan was so dishonest and evasive as spokesman that his attempts to come clean here are not better late than never but tainted instead by profit motive.

If he really wanted to do good, he should donate 75% of the book’s proceeds to charity and erase the unseemliness of speaking out now to promote book sales.

Much of the complaints from the left about McClellan’s book seem to miss the main point. This is a memoir from a disillusioned true believer of George W Bush, who’s roots go all the way back to Texas. How strange that the White House and their minions speak of disloyalty, who they themselves  deliberately instructed McClellan to lie to the American people.
Whatever money is made from the book, that is a ridiculous attempt to discredit the content. The rants at Fox News claim McClellan was just in it for the money. That is truly rich, from a crowd that has made a thriving cottage industry marketing nonsense.

Due to the fact that everyone knows that Plame’s ID was leaked by Armitage, one has to wonder how much McClellan thinks he will make from this soon to be best seller. By the way, the only reason Armitage leaked her ID was because her hubby was running around telling everyone that they had to listen to him because "My wife works for the CIA."

A recording of this very conversation is on the net.

Thanks for posting. I think you are right. I’ll post a correction shortly. Thanks for pushing me to be clear on this!

Here’s the interview: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24870079#24870079

Watching that, I don’t think it is so clear that he’s saying Bush authorized the Plame leak.