Scott McClellan Quotes
born 1968 United States
Scott McClellan (born 14 February 1968) was the White House Press Secretary to President George W. Bush.
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No, you don't want the American people to hear what the facts are, Helen, and I'm going to tell them the facts.
If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration.
Isn't it my right to talk and say what I want to?
In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.
I was part of this propaganda campaign, absolutely.
As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve. In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.
The President is a very straightforward and plainspoken person, and I'm someone who believes in dealing in a very straightforward way with you all, as well, and that's what I've worked to do.
...I could not say honestly today that this administration does not believe in torture, does not engage in torture.
I think I previously indicated that he attended three Hanukkah receptions at the White House. It is actually only two Hanukkah receptions that he attended. [...] I don't get into discussing staff-level meetings.
This relationship is built on trust, and you know very well that I have worked hard to earn the trust of the people in this room, and I think I've earned it -- and I think I've earned it with the American people.