Huh.

Not that it's a bad thing. The 2 comedians hosting news shows today have been extremely solid.

I mean, on the one hand, yeah for another Obama vote. On the other, it's Scott McClellan, and he's kind of an assferret.

and I wouldn't be surprised if Laura just lied and voted for Obama without telling George.

You haven't quite redeemed yourself for your crimes IMHO, but thanks anyway.

of a merry go round with all these faces on it

...to be a Barackroll!

"Active-duty generals, especially those leading missions in critical parts of the world like Afghanistan, should not be making political endorsements."

kudos to Karateexplosions

but I'll take it.  Also, the endorsement in and of itself doesn't necessarily do much for us, since it is Scott McClellan, but it does indicate the position we're in.  Giggity giggity goo....

I like this for the simple reason that it's an embarrassment for Republicans in general and for Bush in particular.

But I, for one, won't be clamoring for a signed copy of this liar-for-hire's book anytime soon. Guilty as the rest of them, maybe. Complicit, absolutely.

Thanks for your support, Scott.  You pathetic man.

someone "voting for" Obama and someone "endorsing"??

Do you have to hold a certain office at one point?

Just wondering...

This doesn't magically turn him into a net benefit to the country, nor does it absolve him of his sins and mistakes.  But we'd be fools to turn down help, any help, from any fellow citizen.

We need votes.  He's more than welcome.

that's good. The pundits won't be able to resist talking about it.

Another nail in McPalin.

i do think he was lied to a lot.  At least he quit and wrote a book about it, unlike Powell.  

too late. I hope Barack was taking names during the last 8 years - plenty of people to be held accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Not 51% or 49%

become a pundit? Anyway, great news.

Pile it on, Ex-Rethugs!!!!

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama

By DAVID BAUDER – 44 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary, says he is backing Barack Obama for president.

McClellan made the endorsement during a taping of Comedian D.L. Hughley's new show that is premiering on CNN this weekend. The former Bush administration official said he wanted to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done.

He's the second former Bush administration figure this week to publicly back Obama, following former Secretary of State Colin Powell. McClellan caused bitterness among his former co-workers with a tell-all book that criticized Bush.

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If this keeps up my prediction of 1980 will be wrong, it will be 1984!

True, it's probably not all that important.

But we've got to get over this thing of dissing people who are coming over to our side.

You can say "where were you before?" or you can be glad we've got another supporter.

I vote for the latter.

I had a feeling. I just read his book and it's amazing what he saw and heard. I've actually met him before, as well as his mother (Carole Keeton Strayhorn - the woman who ran for Governor here in TX in 06 as "One Tough Grandma"). He really isn't a bad guy.

but more for the video that Scotty.

a little.  Good.

The guy spewed crap for years, and after Larry Johnson I'm pretty wary of people I distrust saying things I agree with, because eventually they may revert to form.

Hassle-face from The View is now "hitting the road" for her candidate (just reported on CNN).

My aren't we surprised?

Scott McClellan is voting for Obama because they are both black too (just like he said about Powell).  LOL.  :)

I tell you, the list of Republicans endorsing Obama is so AWESOME and getting too big to list!  As a Moderate Republican until this election myself, it is great seeing that so-o-o-o many other high profile Moderate Reps are jumping on the Obama train.  I personally have supported Obama since last year (in late 2007).

Between Susan Eisenhower, the Goldwater clan, Collin Powell, Scott McClellan, Hagel's wife (I think Chuck Hagel will be next), Christopher Buckley, Lincoln Chaffee, and a boatload of other Reps, it is like at least 1/2 the Republican Party is voting for Obama + all of the Democratic Party and most of the Indies.

We have to work our tail off for Obama still, but I am starting to think that McPalin will win only a handful of states.  The morale for the McPalin tix must be super low, which probably means lower turnout on the McPalin tix because no one likes to vote for a loser (esp someone that they KNOW is going to lose, and even McCrazy is pretty much acknowledging that he will lose by not attending an election party the night the returns come in when he is the Presidential nominee).

I hope the sane, Moderate Reps rebuild the party after the election, but instead I think the wingnuts are going to blame McCrazy's landslide loss on not being conservative enough (yeah, right...but the only people left in the Rep Party are wingnuts and logic is not in their vocabulary), the financial crisis (which while it has helped Obama, it has done so largely because while Obama has remained calm and reasonable through it, McCain's true temperament of a gambler came out with this 3am economic crisis call...and McCain has acted like a bouncy ball with erratic moves all over the chessboard), and Bush's low approval rating (also something that they will blame on Bush not being conservative enough).

I kind of get their thinking because my mom and brother are staunch wingnut Reps still (so I talk with them about this a bit, until I lose my cool and just can't fathom to talk politics with them anymore), and they think that McCain is a Dem with an R next to his name and that Bush just hasn't been conservative enough (and that is why he has done a bad job).  They are crazy (as are all "Conservative Wingnuts" when it comes to politics), but what can I say...maybe a landslide will show them how wrong they are...but I doubt it.  Here's to hoping for a viable 2 party system...until then, it will be the sane party and the wingnuts!

announced today that they are voting for Obama.

I think we have a shot at creating a real Union, folks.

Actually, I'm kind afraid of the results

now McCain has bagged Al Qaida nod, Obama has Scott McLellan.

I guess we'll call it even?

Seriously.  Scott McClellan can take his endorsement and shove it up his bare, pink, fat ass.

that this is another "death by 1,000 cuts" strategy similar to the end of the primary campaign. Obama was dribbling those super delegate endorsements out in batches of 5-6 every day. Like a slow motion tsunami.

Now we're seeing Chris Buckley, Powell, McClellan et al spaced out a couple of days apart. I think it's called orchestrating the end game. These guys are pros I tell ya!

don't care too much who it's from. the fact that he's been saying since his book came out that he's undecided, pretty much indicated that he wasn't going to vote for mccain.

as for DL i'll probably check out his show, he's hilarious and pretty insightful when discussing his views, he's going to have to watch his language though. wish it wasn't on cnn, they should have put him on comedy central instead of that new show "chocolate news."

Maybe his guilty conscience finally got the better of him.

Their support does serve a purpose. Now I'm not saying we should all run over and give these people big hugs and act like we're the best of friends, but I do strongly agree with the idea that the only way this nation can move in a better direction is to start at least trying to heal some of the wounds of the past.

Now you could also look at this from a purely political perspective and celebrate these Republican turncoats for the fact that it's heralding the slow disintegration of the modern GOP. If things go as they seem they might, and McCain and the House/Senate Republicans go down in flames, there's going to be a fascinating bloodbath within the party.

Will the "intellectual conservatives" wrest control? Or will the Sarah Palin's of the party come out on top? I wouldn't be half surprised to see a total split, with one side ending up forming a 3rd party, which would doom both to minority party status.

Now can we have GA, ND, TX, and AZ

60 seats

and a 100+ seat majority!

Ron Howard, Andy Griffith & Henry Winkler made this endorse Obama video:

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