Scott McClellan - The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour

Okay, imagine if every day it was your job to go out there, face a room of hungry reporters and defend the leader of the free world. Well, for three years that was Scott McClellan's life. So, how did he end up there? Well, in 1999, he started working for George Bush, when he was still governor of Texas. McClellan started as a spokesperson, then became Bush's traveling press secretary when he ran for president in 2000. In 2003, he was named White House press secretary - during a tumultuous time in U-S politics. There was the aftermath of September 11th, Osama, Katrina, Enron, Iraq, Saddam and McClellan dealt with it all. Now on the surface, it seemed McClellan was loyal to Bush and the Republicans. But it turns out, he disagreed with some major decisions made by the Bush government. He was unhappy with the leak of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity and how the war in Iraq was sold to the American people. So, what'd he do? He wrote a memoir called 'What Happened: Inside The Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.'

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[carmie1818]

The Hour is Canada's only late night talk show, hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. He has a knack for getting even the most media-shy celebrities to open up. George is very likable and intelligent, and he doesn't ask annoying celebrity gossip-style questions.

Cheers.

[flamablesteve]

What exactly is The Hour?

The host is too young to be a serious talk show host!

Canada is awesome...

[RealTime88]

@carmie1818 I'm American and I agree 100%. The Hour is one of the best shows in America.

[canadianmaple09]

George wearing a grey shirt over his usual black shirt? WHAT?!? The world is ending!

[willowbud]

Totally respect his coming out with the honest Truth, even though he was cuaght up in it, his rose colored glasses became blue. I'm really glad he wrote it

[willowbud]

LOL

[skchen831]

I just want to check: do you mean philosopher or prostitute?

[fridrike]

this aint like the daily show, its more like the morning show,,today show, and stuff like that. the u.s has nothing like this. jay leno,katie couric,bill maher and a greek prostitute in one person. thats what this guy is like. america is so doomed. not a single tv-personality that can match this guy. its fxxked.

[dex216sims]

He was on MuchMusic in the late 90s and early 2000s. I use to watch the channel all the time

[beatbrain]

"Bush has a lower apporval-rate than Herpes"

LMAO!

[RedToryProductions]

that's what a trial would discover : who knew what and when.

[mwaggoner87]

its canadas version of the daily show thats more serious