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   From: htes@jawholenewaddy.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Tazmanian Devil  wrote:   
      
   > Scott McClellan Loses It in the Press Room   
   >   
   > "Scott McClellan finally lost it Friday, according to White House   
   > reporters... Facing perhaps his toughest week as press secretary,   
   > McClellan got testy Tuesday under questioning by CBS correspondent John   
   > Roberts during the televised briefing. He then blew up at old pro Helen   
   > Thomas during the private 'gaggle' for reporters on Friday. Thomas had   
   > gotten a tip that Bush might have been absent from duty in Alabama   
   > because he was performing court-ordered community service in Texas in   
   > 1972. She asked McClellan if that was accurate. According to reporters   
   > in the press room, McClellan got red-faced and became so angry, it   
   > looked to some as if he were ready to pounce... McClellan was expected   
   > to be a kinder, smoother Ari Fleischer. Where Fleischer was a product of   
   > the capital and knew how to use back channels to help reporters at major   
   > papers, McClellan is part of Bush's Texas entourage, worked with the   
   > President when he was governor, and is not playing by Washington rules."   
   > http://washingtonian.com/inwashington/buzz/mcclellan0204.html   
   >   
   > It's just too bad that Ari Fliescher didn't get a taste of it. Ari got   
   > nothing but softballs, as has Dubya. I hope the heat keeps rising on   
   > these lying bastards.   
      
   If the heat gets any higher, Bush will just kick back and say   
   "Ahhhhh......it feels like I'm back home in Hell again."   
      
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