My name is Harley Meyer. It is very important that you take the time to read ALL of this, please. VERY IMPORTANT! I am running for US Congress out of Arizona and I am in Mexico and we are quietly organizing to change the way business is done so we can Bring Business Back to Main Street and get us out of our economic mess.
Like many other parts of the world, Mexico has middlemen that make 40% plus net profits on almost everything produced in Mexico. This explains a great deal about immigration, higher food costs, lost union jobs, the shrinking middle class, and more. The foundation for solving our serious economic problems is direct trade. Right now we are just beginning to inform people in the US. Later we will be starting the organizing process in the US. To learn about the details of what we have done so far follow the link (But first please finish reading this e-mail).
http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/gpMPL and read the blog or in MyObama do a people search for Harley Meyer and read the blog or you can go to www.harleymeyer.com enter the main web site and read Bringing Business Back to Main Street America. (http://www.harleymeyer.com/Public_Notice_Back_to_Main_Street.doc.)
As we go through this transition to Bringing Business Back to Main Street America, you need to understand that this is a process that begins at the grassroots level and moves up. Mr. Obama's own words for change. To be successful we need this information to reach many communities, including remote places, because we are one America.
I know that many are tired and have been knocked down or put on their knees economically, socially and at home. Joe Biden's father has a wonderful message for all of us. GET UP! Each and every one of us need to pick ourselves and to fight hard for direct trade. That is what is going to save America. Take the time to learn about Bringing Business Back to Main Street America through Direct Trade. And for now, spread the word.
I take great comfort to know that my friends and our neighbors on our southern border are coming to aid Americans in our time of need. Americans in America with help from Mexicans from Mexico are going to help bring Business Back to Main Street America. But my confort ends because of reality. You see, if we fall economically, so do they. So it is within both of our self interests to fight hard for direct trade with other nations. And this side of the border is almost ready. We now need to prepare the US for Direct Trade.
We are but a small group who now need your help by beginning to spread the word so that Americans can make this happen. The power to make real changes in this world is now in your hands. Direct Trade will allow the collective society to hold the economic and the democratic power. Society will hold its own destiny in those collective hands. Its Democracy.
I am going to close this e-mail with a simple idea, a rule, that as we move forward with this that no one is left behind. No one! This means that the lives of the people from rural Kansas, to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, to New Orleans, to the mountains of Kentucky, to the Louisiana bayou, to the suburbs and small communities, to the Inner City and to the American Family will all be made better and that no one gets left behind. It is a simple rule. Direct Trade is a practical solution that people can relate to.
Many are contributing to the Obama Campaign by their hard work and personal sacrifice of time and money. We must at the same time bring to the American people the message that they also need to deliver Main Street America as much if not more than the desire bring the Presidency to Barack Obama. We are all being given a great opportunity, but with it comes responsibility. America needs Mr. Obama to be the President; it also needs business back on Main Street. If America is to survive, we need to deliver both! They both go hand in hand for the good of the country.
YES WE CAN
Sincerely,
Harley Meyer
PS Don't forget to pass by and hit me up for a friends request on MyObama, Tagged or on MySpace.
For three years, LaVena's parents have been fighting for answers. At almost every turn, they've been met with closed doors or lies. They've appealed to Congress, the one body that can hold the military accountable. But, as in other cases where female soldiers have been raped and murdered and the Army has called it suicide, Congress has failed to act.
Will you join Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in calling on Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to mount a real investigation into LaVena Johnson's death and the Army's cover-up2? Will you ask your friends and family to do the same?
http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=2653-55021
From the beginning, LaVena's death made no sense as a suicide. She was happy and had been talking with friends and family regularly3--nothing indicated she could be suicidal. And when the Johnsons received her body, they noticed signs that she had been beaten.4 That was when they started asking questions.
After two years of being denied answers and hearing explanations that made no sense, the Johnsons received a CD-ROM from someone on the inside. It contained pictures of the crime scene where LaVena died and an autopsy showing that she had suffered bruises, abrasions, a dislocated shoulder, broken teeth, and some type of sexual assault. Her body was partially burned; she had been doused in a flammable liquid, and someone had set her body on fire. A corrosive chemical had been poured in her genital area, perhaps to cover up evidence of rape.5
Still the Army sticks by their story. They refuse to explain the overwhelming physical evidence that LaVena was raped and murdered and continue to claim that she killed herself.
For many Black youth, and working class young people of every race, the military is seen as an option for securing a better future. LaVena came from a deeply supportive family, and while the military wasn't her only option, she was attracted by its promise to help her pay for a college education and the opportunity to travel around the world. She also thought that by joining she could continue her lifelong commitment to serving other people in need. She made a decision to serve in the military, with all its risks, and expected respect and dignity in return.
LaVena's death is part of a disturbing pattern of cases where female soldiers have been raped and killed, and where the military has hidden the truth and labeled the deaths suicides.6,7 In virtually all cases, Congress has been slow to investigate or hold the military accountable in any way. Unfortunately, most families simply don't have the resources, time, and psychological strength to push back.
We can help the Johnsons, and other families, by holding Congress accountable in the LaVena Johnson case and by demanding it investigate the pattern of cover-ups by the military.
Please take a moment to join those calling on Congressman Waxman to investigate the cover-up of LaVena Johnson's death:
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team July 28th, 2008
References:
1. "The cover-up of a soldier's death?" LavenaJohnson.com, March 6, 2007 http://www.lavenajohnson.com/2007/03/cover-up-of-soldiers-death.html
2. "Is There an Army Cover Up of Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers?" CommonDreams.org, April 28, 2008 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/28/8564/
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. "Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation," Democracy Now!, June 23, 2008. http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/23/suicide_or_murder_three_years_after
6. See reference 2.
7. "2 Years After Soldier's Death, Family's Battle Is With Army," New York Times, March 21, 2006. http://tinyurl.com/mzcvh
Other References:
"Justice for Pfc. LaVena Johnson," DailyKos, June 30, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5bh73v
"Rapists in the Ranks, Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/2z2c8l
Republicans Defeat Gas Price Relief BillDemocrats Claimed Releasing 70 Million Barrels Of Oil Would Loosen National Stockpile And Bring Down Prices
(AP) House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil - about a three-day supply - from the national stockpile. Democrats promised that the action would have produced immediate relief at the pump, as was the case with similar releases in 1991, 2000 and 2005. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve now holds about 700 million barrels. Despite winning a clear 268-157 majority, the measure still lost. Democratic leaders had brought the proposal up for debate under rules requiring a two-thirds vote to pass. But passing the bill by just a majority would have meant allowing Republicans to force a vote on new offshore drilling leases. "They're hiding from a vote," said GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio. "They're scared to death to allow us to ... force their members to vote on drilling." Democrats said the release from the oil reserve could provide relief at the pump within two weeks, though they would not say how much it would help $4-per-gallon gas. Earlier releases, such as a 34 million barrel drawdown in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, caused prices to fall. As debate began, the White House threatened a veto. "Rather than drawing down a strategic reserve intended to protect our nation's energy security from a severe supply disruption, Congress should pass legislation to increase domestic oil supply," the White House said in a statement. Across the Capitol, political squabbling promised to doom a Senate bill that would curb the kind of speculation in the oil markets that many people believe is partly responsible for the increases in oil prices. Republicans appeared unlikely to agree to cut off debate and move the measure to a final vote. They complained that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had blocked them from offering amendments. The result of all of the political maneuvering is that Congress will adjourn for a five-week vacation without having passed into law any response to high gas prices since legislation in May that required President Bush to suspend filling the reserve. Republicans believe they are gaining the political upper hand because of Democrats' refusal to allow new drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. Democrats said they have not seen any erosion in their standing with voters and say it allows them to cast Republicans as doing the bidding of big oil companies. "This is an issue that the Republicans have latched onto in the absence of any other issue they have to talk about," said the House's second-ranking Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. "Not the economy, not Iraq, not foreign policy ... it's the only issue they have."
Friends,
Thanks to the hard work of patients and doctors across the country, both the U.S. Senate and House passed the bill to stop the 10 percent Medicare payment cuts that took effect on July 1—unfortunately, the President just vetoed this important legislation.Congress can override a veto—so call (888) 434-6200 today and tell your representative and senators to vote to override the President’s veto of H.R. 6331! Or use the link below to send an e-mail—either way, make your voice heard!
I'm concerned about the constant cycle of Medicare cuts to the doctors who treat senior citizens, like my parents. If these cuts go into effect, many doctors may be forced to stop seeing Medicare patients. All patients deserve access to health care, so I sent a message to Congress. You can do the same through the American Medical Association's Patients' Action Network website. Click on http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com to visit their site and send your own message to help preserve this country's health care system. It only takes a minute!
From the AMA/Patient's Action Network :
1776—One vote made America’s primary language English instead of German.
1845—Texas became a state by one vote.
1920—By one vote, Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to give voting rights to women.
2008—One vote in the U.S. Senate could have prevented the 10 percent Medicare payment cuts for physician services from taking effect on July 1.
Thirty-nine senators left town for their Fourth of July picnics knowing that the most vulnerable Americans are at risk because of the Senate's inability to act to stop drastic payment cuts for health care services.
See how your senators voted. When you see them this weekend during your local Fourth of July parades and picnics, thank those who stood up for physician and patients by voting “yes” on H.R. 6331. And if you see those who voted “no,” urge them to return to Washington, D.C., after the holiday and do the right thing—support H.R. 6331.
Use the Patients Action Network hotline at (800) 833-6354 and call their offices. Or you can send an e-mail.
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain's military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
Underscoring during a national television appearance a position he has been expressing for several weeks, Clark said performing heroic military service is not a substitute for gaining command experience.
"In the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "It's a matter of gauging your opponents and it's a matter of being held accountable. John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war.
"He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee and he has traveled all over the world, but he hasn't held executive responsibility," Clark said. "That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron."
Moderator Bob Schieffer, who raised the issue by citing similar remarks Clark has made previously, noted that Obama hadn't had those experiences nor had he ridden in a fighter plane and been shot down. "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark replied.
In a March conference call with reporters while he was still backing Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clark said: "Everybody admires John McCain's service as a fighter pilot, his courage as a prisoner of war. There's no issue there. He's a great man and an honorable man. But having served as a fighter pilot — and I know my experience as a company commander in Vietnam — that doesn't prepare you to be commander in chief in terms of dealing with the national strategic issues that are involved. It may give you a feeling for what the troops are going through in the process, but it doesn't give you the experience first hand of the national strategic issues."
He reiterated that position last week in an article on The Huffington Post Web site.
"If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said after Clark's appearance Sunday. "But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."
Like Jacqueline Kennedy a generation ago, Michelle Obama is causing a fashion sensation even before the election.
But this time it’s a metaphorical fashion statement made by her choice of a $148 black and white print dress carrying a label called White House/Black Market to wear on the popular TV show, “The View.”
The search is on among would-be fashionistas as well as savvy statement-makers for the sleeveless black and white tank dress that Michelle Obama wore onABC’s “The View” this week. Purchased from a retailer called “White House/Black Market,” the very affordable $148 dress has unleashed a mad scramble on both the store and the website of Donna Ricco, the NYC-based designer of the dress. According to The New York Daily News, thousands of orders for the frock have poured into both.
The White House/Black Market website this morning features what they’re calling their “Road to the White House” dress on their homepage. One hundred percent cotton, wash ‘n wear. Sold out, but available in mid-August.
Yes, we know Michelle Obama is a full-fledged, Harvard-educated Woman of Substance. But now we also know she can use fashion in a way that disarms, makes subtle statements and even shows off upper arms to die for.
White House/Black Market? It just says it all.
Everyone is talking about this Michelle Obama look, and with good reason -- it's chic, classic, and super flattering. Some folks are also giving her grief for wearing that belt -- which we think is fab-u-lous, by the way -- with multiple outfits. We say we admire the fact that she knows how to take one great piece and make it work for a number of outfits -- it is a budget fashionsta trait, after all. As is getting the look for less. Our picks:Sleeveless Faux Wrap Knit Dress in Orchid, $59.50-$65, Amazon.comMichael Kors Astor Patchwork Belt, $99, Zappos.com (or a more budget friendly studded belt, this Fashion Focus Patent Belt, $26.10, Bluefly.com)Bead Necklace, $38, Banana Republic
(NEW YORK) Michelle Obama made as much a fashion statement as she did a political impression Tuesday night, when she arrived at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in Chelsea for a special Obama for America fundraiser.
The 44-year old mother of two, whose husband Senator Barack Obama you already know well, arrived on the cool summer's night clad in a black front-wrapped cigar rolled jersey tunic and palazzo pants designed by none other than Isabel Toledo, which she paired with a statement Tom Binns necklace. Isabel, who attended the event with husband Ruben Toledo, was over the moon. "We almost fainted," said Ruben. "We knew that she was one of our clients that buys Isabel at Ikram in Chicago, but we never imaged she would wear it for a professional appearance. Most women wear their Isabel at home!"
Ruben had his own thoughts as to why perhaps Obama donned his wife's label for the occasion. "We love to think that Michelle chose to wear Isabel because she is still a small family-owned business and not a corporation--maybe it was a political statement," he added. "But maybe she wore it just because she looked so good in it! It's totally regal and White House worthy!" Even Thakoon Panichgul was bowled over. "It was totally surprising but totally appropriate at the same time!" he exclaimed in sheer awe.
Michelle was scheduled to host The View this morning. For the record, Senator Obama was at a speaking engagement in Taylor, Michigan, and thus unable to join his wife last night.Organized by Vogue's Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley, as well as Shelby Bryan and Calvin Klein, the sold-out affair afforded attendees the opportunity to contribute anywhere from $1,000 (as an attendee) to $10,000 (for a Democratic White House Victory Fund dinner at Klein's West Village home afterward). At the festive cocktail reception, guests did their part to wear their support on their sleeves--literally. Lauren Santo Domingo affixed a specially made Obama pin to her floral Oscar de la Renta dress and clutch, while Zac Posen sported a "Yes We Can, Obama 08" T-shirt underneath his blazer.
After Talley, who sported another signature turban, introduced his friend Michelle, he promptly scooted off stage--inadvertently taking the mic with him. "André, I need the mic," Obama said, gesturing with her hands.
Following an upstairs meet and greet, where she posed for photos with her adoring fans (only water and wine were served), including Tory Burch, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Grace Hightower, Deeda Blair, Eva Amurri, Cynthia Rowley, Julie Gilhart, Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, Katie Ford, Amanda Brooks, Katie Lee Joel, Cynthia Nixon and Linda Fargo, Obama ventured downstairs at about 6:30 p.m. to speak.
In her speech, she spoke of her and Barack's belief that individuals can create change and, in fact, are the only real impetus for change. She spoke of the choices facing the public as a whole, as Americans, face today--the world as it is and the world as it should be. "I knew I would like her, I just didn't realize how much," said Lela Rose, family friends with the Republican Bush family, having recently designed bridesmaid dresses for Barbara Bush's nuptials. Obama's points hit home with much of the family-oriented crowd gathered, most of whom could identify with her words of wisdom in their own daily lives, from banning water bottles to bringing lunch to work. She instilled in her guests the reality that real change will likely take generations to materialize, but that the country's future will benefit greatly from efforts made today.Obama also managed to inject some humor into the electric evening, joking that Barack, out of a deep love for New York, had wanted to take a "quiet: trip to the Big Apple and walk around with the kids and go shopping and just have a great day in the city.
"Her elegance and ease are what hit me first. She is so inspiring and empowering," said Rose. "I keep thinking of JFK's challenge: 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.'"
While Obama's office did not release the guest list, Fashion Week Daily has learned that among the 55 dinner guests were Iman, Tonya Lewis Lee and Spike Lee, Isaac Mizrahi, Marci Klein, Samantha Boardman and Aby Rosen, André Balazs, Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman, Monique Lhuillier and Tom Bugbee, LL Cool J, Nicole Miller and LeBron James, the basketball star who graced the April cover of Vogue alongside Gisele Bündchen. Guests sat with platefuls of food on their laps as they listened to Obama speak. "Are you taller than Barack in heels?" Mizrahi asked. Lhuillier, however, bit her lip at not having had the opportunity to ask Obama her question. "What would the administration do to keep apparel manufacturers in the U.S.?" she pondered.
I wish the same thing, although I doubt my grandma and granddaddy would've believed it even if they'd seen it.
Mr. Mask would have believed it, though.
A.G. Mask Sr. of Hamlet spent nearly five decades educating children in Richmond County and registering them to vote when they got old enough, so you just know he would've been tickled pink to see how well Barack Obama did in our primary election.
Mask died a couple of weeks before the election at age 93, so he didn't get to play a celebratory jazz tune on his piano after Obama's victory. Heck, I don't even know whether he was an Obama supporter.
Doesn't matter. A man who spent 50 years driving around Hamlet and Rockingham with voter and NAACP registration signs and a card table in his car to place them on, encouraging people to vote for somebody, anybody -- why, I suspect he would've been glad just to see so many people vote. For anybody.
CNN reported turnout among the state's black voters at about 33 percent, nothing to jump up and down with glee about, but a far sight better than the anemic, "y'all need-to-be-whipped" showings in the teens of some recent elections.
Some people delight in pointing out that 60 percent of white voters didn't pull the lever for Obama; I prefer to say that nearly 40 percent of them and 91 percent of blacks did.
You know that old saying "We ain't what we ought to be, and we ain't what we're gonna be, but thank God we ain't what we used to be"?
That's goes for states, too, and a big reason North Carolina is not what it used to be -- a place to split from as soon as you got your high school diploma -- is because of the tireless struggles of people like Mask, irrepressible people whose contributions often go unacknowledged.
The main thing you should know about Mr. Mask was that he was a one-man get-out-the-vote campaign for more than 40 years. He was a community activist who led the battle in Hamlet to get that Imperial Chicken plant razed after 25 people died in a fire there in 1991 -- and he was married to the same woman for 56 years.
(Me? I'd have given him an award just for that.)
He also raised three children who are all decent and successful human beings. His son Dr. Allen Mask Jr. is the health reporter on WRAL-TV.
When I first started as a journalist -- if you call writing unpaid-for editorials in my local newspaper being a journalist -- I wrote something that, believe it or not, made lots of people angry. Of the scores of letters and calls that came in, the only one I remember 30 years later was from Mask. He wasn't a doctor then, but a journalist. He told me in an unimaginably nice way that I was full of hooey and kindly suggested that I read Alex Haley's recently released book, "Roots" to gain some perspective: I did, and I did.
So when he called me last week and asked whether I could write something about his dad -- "this prince of a man," he called him -- I felt it was important that the elder Mask's death not go unremarked upon.
As I wrote this, I received one of those automated e-mail messages from Obama's campaign thanking me for my support.
Don't thank me. He should be thanking people like Mr. Mask.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney should testify before Congress about his role in the leaking of a CIA agent's identity, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.
Former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan prepares to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Friday.
"The vice president has information that has not been shared publicly," McClellan said in response to a question from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, about whom Congress should question in connection with the leaking of Valerie Plame Wilson's name to the media.
"You could go down the list: Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer ..." McClellan added, referring to President Bush's former political adviser and first White House spokesman.
McClellan said he does not think the president knew in advance about the Plame Wilson leak.
Earlier, he told the committee that suspicion still surrounds Cheney's office because of unanswered questions about the leak.
McClellan also also said he could not rule out that Cheney had ordered his former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to leak Plame Wilson's identity. A later investigation showed that Libby, in fact, had been involved in the leaking of the CIA operative's name.
The FBI and a federal grand jury later investigated the leaking of Plame Wilson's identity. No one was convicted for the actual leak, but Libby was later convicted of perjury, lying to federal investigators and obstruction of justice in 2007.
"I think that [special prosecutor] Patrick Fitzgerald stated it well when he talked about the cloud that was remaining over the vice president's office because of Scooter Libby's actions that led to his conviction on four counts, I guess," McClellan said Friday.
"But there's a lot of suspicion there because there are questions that have never been answered, despite the fact that we said at some point we would address these issues," he said.
"I do not think the president had any knowledge" of the revelation of Plame Wilson's identity, McClellan said. "In terms of the vice president, I do not know."
McClellan also testified that he was asked at the behest of Bush and Cheney to provide assurances to the media that Libby was not involved in the leak of Plame Wilson's identity.
"I was reluctant to do it, but ... I talked with [former White House chief of staff] Andy Card," McClellan said. He also talked to Libby.
Libby "assured me in unequivocal terms that he was not, meaning the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity to any reporters, and then I contacted reporters to let them know about that information," McClellan said. "But it was Andy Card that had directed me to do that, at the request of the president and vice president."
McClellan said the White House is still concealing information about its role in the CIA leak affair.
"This matter continues to be investigated by Congress because of what the White House has chosen to conceal from the public," McClellan said. "Despite assurances that the administration would discuss the matter once the special counsel had completed his work, the White House has sought to avoid public scrutiny and accountability.
"I do not know whether a crime was committed by any of the administration officials who revealed Valerie Plame's identity to reporters," he said. "Nor do I know if there was an attempt by any person or persons to engage in a cover-up during the investigation. I do know that it was wrong to reveal her identity, because it compromised the effectiveness of a covert official for political reasons."
Two senior administration officials say the White House decided not to invoke executive privilege to stop McClellan's testimony because "there's nothing new."
Members of the House Judiciary Committee believe that McClellan, who was the president's press secretary before leaving the White House in 2006, would be able to provide valuable insight into the leaking of Plame Wilson's name as well as a number of issues that the committee is investigating.
In his book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," McClellan said he was specifically lied to about White House staff members' involvement in the leaking of Plame Wilson's identity -- including Rove and Libby -- in 2003.
"When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House."
Libby was convicted of lying to investigators and a grand jury about his involvement in the CIA leak case. Bush commuted his sentence.
"I'm glad to share my views," McClellan said. "I think I've made them very clear in the book. ... Essentially, everything I know on that leak episode is written in the book -- what I was told by Karl Rove and Scooter Libby."
The committee is also looking into the use of prewar intelligence and whether politics was behind the firing of eight U.S. attorneys in 2006.
As White House spokesman, McClellan defended Bush's policies during much of the war in Iraq, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the scandal that followed the leak of Plame Wilson's identity.
He said that the latter episode was a "defining moment that caused me to become dismayed and disillusioned with the way things were going in Washington, D.C."
McClellan's critics say he was not in a position to know details of the innermost workings of the White House, particularly as he was deputy press secretary for domestic affairs in the time before the Iraq war.
In his memoir, McClellan says the administration became mired in "propaganda" and political spin and played loose with the truth at times.
Dear Republican Supporter,
I have a real fear of waking up to this headline after the elections this fall.
In key states, news accounts indicate Democrats are outpacing Republicans registering voters. We also know Barack Obama's campaign is utilizing the Internet to raise record amounts of money to support his campaign and Democrats nationally ... all in the hope that new voters and record resources will produce a Democrat landslide victory this fall.
There's so much at risk, and conservatives I talk with from all across the country are feeling the rumblings of "what could be."
I ask for your immediate help in supporting Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate by making a contribution of $10, $25, $50 or even $100 to the NRSC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you didn't see this when it aired originally, here's your chance.
Keith Olbermann from MSNBC to Hillary Clinton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF14V3px5hs
