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Entry: Is Bush Becoming Irrelevant? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/is_bush_becoming_irrelevant#28372 Post contents: McClellan was never (and clearly still isn't) enough of a big boy to be a true turncoat. And it is preposterous for the Right to denigrate McClellan's latest effort with much force, since it's obvious to anyone with a brain that he was always painfully out of of his league. The bullets he would sweat daily for the press corps had little to do with ideological differences he had with his employers. He was socially callow, not overly clever, and lacking intestinal fortitude. Tony Snow was of course a much better bastard than McClellan. Now if Snow wrote 'What Happened', that would be something for the Right to get worked up about. And contra Lefties who will coddle him for a bit as their latest convert, McClellan's quick reversal of allegiance is not indicative of a redeeming strength of character in the final act. He is perhaps something like an abused spouse, seeking seeking comfort in the arms of those who pegged him for a fool and pounded on him everyday. He could only be a first-class weasel if he weren't so pitiful. And Bush has been irrelevant for probably a couple of years now. And we can hope he will remain that way until after the term expires, and not make himself relevant again by getting in a final parting shot on Iran as his term ends, leaving the consequences to his successor. Which I suspect is the subtext of Pat's article, and what on some level he hopes somehow to discourage. Sent at: 2008 11 20