The Fat Man Sings

By Sniffles

Despite what Howard Kurtz says in The Washington Post today, we cats are not "hailing" former White House press secretary (and new author) Scott McClellan for his "belated truth telling."

We didn't like Mr. McClellan when he was working for Bush, and we don't like him now. (Although of course we're mightily enjoying this raging Republican cat fight, and we realize we have him to thank for it.)

It's just terribly dispiriting to read that "McClellan had deep qualms about Bush using propaganda to sell the Iraq war, about being misled on Valerie Plame, about the president being in denial on Hurricane Katrina," as Mr. Kurtz reports.

The destruction of a fine CIA officer's career was a disgraceful act of treason. But at least Ms. Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, are alive to tell the tale. The Iraq war and Katrina, on the other hand, have killed thousands — and their tolls are still mounting.

Now, we understand that Mr. Pudgy was just a White House communicator and not a policymaker. But when you think about all the people who have died since he first allegedly had his "qualms," we really don't feel like purring in his direction.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Mr. McClellan has managed to knock John McCain off message — and out of the headlines — for another week, we'd feel like GROWLING.