You know a ventriloquist act is in trouble when the dummy quits

So Scott McClellan has given up his post as the Press Secretary. Speculation has been swirling for some time now but the ouster of Andy Card and subsequent replacement by Josh Bolten pushed the rumor into reality. The Administration is searching for ways to deflect criticism and distract the press from their plummeting poll numbers. And obviously, McClellan was the problem and he had to be run through. Iraq, Katrina, Social Security Reform (destruction), the Immigration disaster, the Harriet Myers debacle, the Intel and corruption scandals, Rumsfeld, and a nation giving Bush a 60% disapproval rating, that is all on McClellan. It had to be his fault for not conveying the message properly. Yeah - that's the ticket. But now that Scottie is on the way out, we can start over. It is morning in America and all of Chimpy's trespasses are washed away.

Well give me a break. The face of this crowd is more Cheney, Rove, and Delay rather than McClellan, Brown, or Powell. Ditching the spokesman does not improve a crap product. Scandal does not disappear with a new countenance.

I have to admit a certain grudging respect for 'ol Scottie. Despite the cascade of horrible news, he stuck it out for as long as he could. He carried Bush's water until he could do it no more. Think Sisyphus. It takes incredible fortitude and sheer will to wake up every day and know that you are going to get bitch slapped first thing in the morning by a 246 year old Helen Thomas. Helen has been doing this gig since the Kennedy administration. She has seen every trick in the book and is too old to give shit what the administration thinks of her. There is no change up that can get past her. And yet, he faced the gauntlet every day. Tilting a windmill once is noble. A second time is foolish. But to do it for three years, toting the same irredeemable bullshit, in service of a loser...
God bless him - he is loyalty personified. I may not like his politics or choice of friends but if I were in a foxhole with Scott McClellan, I would not worry about who has my back.


So to Mr. Spokesman - get some rest. You have earned it.