What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception (Audiobook)

from nmele

Reading the first hundred or so pages of this book, it's hard to see what the fuss was all about, but it is interesting to read McClellan building his case while trying hard not to step on any Republican or Bush Administration toes. The dance is interesting and at times bitterly funny black humor...

from JoeVaughan

Scott tells us how the White House screwed over him for years. Even though he has good words, mainly, to say about the Bush crew, he obviously has written this book to let us know that he was mislead and made to become a "throw-away" scapegoat. I'm glad that he has included an index so that I can...

from justindtapp

(The audio book is read by McClellan-- the best way to read/listen to a book).McClellan worked for Bush from his days as Texas' governor. He was White House Press Secretary from 2003-2006 and was fed to the wolves in the middle of the Valerie Plame scandal.McClellan reminds me of too many people ...

from

This is not the best book out there on the inner workings of the White House. Nor is it the best written autobiography that you'll ever read. However, it is an entertaining book, and does give a good sense of McLellan's point-of-view on Plamegate, the illegal outing of spy Valerie Plame. Despite ...

from Narboink

This is an mildly interesting memoir. There are some droll anecdotes and an undertone of regret and stuffy, upper-crust resentment. It should be acknowledged, however, that Scott McClellan is not a writer by trade, nor is he a particularly astute observer of government or politics. For a thorough...