Scott McClellan Testifies, Media Ignores It
 Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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"The White House promised or assured the American people that at some point when this was behind us they would talk publicly about it. And they have refused to." -Scott McClellan, June 20th

It's been a while since we checked on Rosie O'Donnell's blog, one of the sites we like to surf in our free time. Rosie's readers write in about nearly every significant current event going on, and our latest visit proved no different. We always find gems of information there.

"OMG!" a reader named Carol wrote in. "Are you watching Scott McClellan testifying?? This is fantastic!! All the networks should be carrying this - like Watergate!!"

"And they are not," Rosie replied.

Indeed - where has the press coverage been for McClellan's testimony before the House on Friday? We flipped on Larry King Live on Friday night, and there was not a word: instead, there was Vince Neil (who, by the way, has a completely different nose than the one we remember), Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars. It was an interview about Motley Crue reuniting. Yawn.

Anyhow (see how the networks distract?!), back to McClellan: Scott testified that former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told him that per President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, McClellan was to publicly say that Lewis "Scooter" Libby was not involved in the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Libby, of course, was involved, and was later convicted of perjury, obstruction, and lying to the FBI. Bush then commuted his sentence.

"The continuing cloud of suspicion over the White House is not something I can remove, because I know only one part of the story," McClellan said. "Only those who know the underlying truth can bring this to an end. Sadly, they remain silent." Exactly...so let's make the whole wall of them testify!

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