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On the recordMay 28, 2008
If I were sitting in the White House worrying about what Jay Rockefeller may say and Scott McClellan came out with this book on the edge of that, I might want to carpet bomb Scott McClellan to drown him out.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen speculates on the White House's motivations for attacking McClellan's credibility.

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