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Posted by: Beau7890 2 years, 6 months agofter six weeks of combating efforts to oust him as president of the World Bank, Paul D. Wolfowitz began Wednesday to negotiate the terms under which he would resign, in return for the dropping or softening of the charge that he had engaged in misconduct, bank officials said.
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A chicken walks into a bar holding a violin case. He’s wearing a chrysanthemum in his lapel. He sits down at the mahogany bar ...
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alakazam
May 16, 2007, 11:50 p.m.You wanna know what I really think?
I think screw Wolfowitz, fire his arse.
No graceful standown for him! He has abused the authority of his post!
Fire Him! Send him Packing!
If you think I am saying this because I am angry and think we need to send a message. You would be 100% correct!
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Aidenag
May 16, 2007, 11:52 p.m.Wolfowitz is just looking to secure that $400k bonus he was due next month if he had a clean record while at the bank. It stipulates he has to have a clean record to get it, so he will be doin anything he can for it.
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ETproductions
May 17, 2007, 12:16 a.m.As a chief architect of the perfection of the Iraq Invasion and Pacification plan, how can you possibly question the depth and quality of Wolfie's planning and vision. Why he's almost as perfect as his only remaining supporter, George Bush. Almost... Not quite, but almost.
I would add his promoted girlfriend to the list of his supporters, but now he's dumped on her claiming it's all her fault that this whole scandal came up.
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texangelwings
May 17, 2007, 12:27 a.m.Wonder what Wolfowitz has on others and who?
I wonder if he thinks that this is going to provide him with a clean slate? The tarnish is there to stay.
How soon will he begin his auto biography?
Thanks Beau, for some reason this remind me of the movie, The Godfather, the scene with the yellow satan sheets & the horse's head, the message.
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trnscndr
May 17, 2007, 12:33 a.m.You guys are dead on. And if they give him anything other than the boot, there will be additional political blowback, that the RNC doesn't want to even think about.
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GregD
May 17, 2007, 9:28 a.m.*sigh*
I'm not even sure why this kind of stuff doesn't even surprise me anymore. Apathetic? Probably. Between Enron, Haliburton, this, who can keep up? It's to the point that I think all of these idiots vacation in the same spots every year, just so they can meet and plan their next assinine endeavor. And because they talk "business", they get to write the trip off on their taxes.
Whatever...
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Macondo
May 17, 2007, 10:38 a.m."President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney declared their confidence in his abilities."
This is pathetic! One more example of the kind of people favored by Bush-Cheney.
Alberto Gonzales is an other one.
Corruption all the way to the top!
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Amazing1
May 17, 2007, 11:11 a.m.Fire his butt! Negotiations for a clean record? Give me a break. Throw the bum out. He doesn't care about his "clean" record thing. He cares about the bonus. I hope they send him packing and let him know in no uncertain terms what a jerk he is.
And where are the Neocons when you need 'em. It would be a great laugh to see how they would spin this crapola!
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rightfromwrong
May 17, 2007, 11:12 a.m.just turf him out...he is just another parasite and a string puller of Bush
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quackpot
May 17, 2007, 11:21 a.m.Wolfowitz needs to clear out his desk and leave TODAY. And he needs to carry a mop when leaving so that he can erase the trail of slime.
The Board Memebers are afraid that Bush will be able to pull U.S. $$ out of the Bank in retaliation. The Board members need to stand up for what is right. Bush has enough troubles without mucking with the bank for petty retaliation. Bush won't stand by Wolfowitz once Wolfowitz is gone from the scene.
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crespi
May 17, 2007, 11:27 a.m.No golden parachute! A firing squad is the only answer.
I'm sorry, did I say firing squad? I meant firing...my bad.
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Radiofreeeuropa
May 17, 2007, 11:39 a.m.Obvious intentional violation of the World Bank Charter.
Where are those right wing hard cores who constantly bring up their continued outrage over The Clinton BJ?
I guess it's OK if you PAY someone with TAXPAYER money for the BJ.
That's just good ol' capitalism right?
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2sidestoeverything
May 17, 2007, 12:18 p.m.Beau, good submit and I also enjoyed many of the post above.
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WallyPoP
May 17, 2007, 12:24 p.m.Too much trouble to rate all your comments "bad". This is my first time on such a site. I can't believe the drivel. I don't know how you all find the time. Try thinking, instead.
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DrWatson
May 17, 2007, 12:24 p.m.If you've ever read the book.."THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND" you may come to the conclusion that we need to fire them all at the World Bank.
Pure and simple....we've been duped all along by the true intentions of this institution. Rather than help poor nations, they actually encourage famine and evil dictators. Wolfowitz is no more than a Neo-Con right wing ideolog, a Bush crony whose theories are as whacky as the chucklehead we have in the White House.
It's a wonder how we aren't all on the roadside living in cardboard boxes.
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vor
May 17, 2007, 3:05 p.m.see
newamericancentury.org
The true neo-con roster:
Elliott Abrams
Richard L. Armitage
Gary Bauer
William J. Bennett
John Bolton
Jeb Bush
Frank Carlucci
Dick Cheney
Eliot A. Cohen
Midge Decter
Paula Dobriansky
Steve Forbes
Aaron Friedberg
Francis Fukuyama
Frank Gaffney
Fred C. Ikle
Donald Kagan
Zalmay Khalilzad
William Kristol
I. Lewis Libby
Richard Perle
Norman Podhoretz
Dan Quayle
Peter W. Rodman
Stephen P. Rosen
Henry S. Rowen
Donald Rumsfeld
Vin Weber
George Weigel
Paul Wolfowitz
Some familiar names, some not so familiar. Note particularly that GW Bush is not on this list but there is Jeb. GW is a neo-con by proxy. Wolfie, Cheney, Rummy, they are all there, this is where the Iraq invasion idea was hatched. Yet they claim there were no plans for such an attack prior to 9/11. It especially cracks me up when Kristol appears on FoxNews as an "impartial observer" (LOL).
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WCFIELDS
May 17, 2007, 2:27 p.m."Wolf" and his "far-out chick" are said to be fighting over the large topped Mahogany desk in his office. Apparently this is where their relationship began.
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Gatsby
May 17, 2007, 2:55 p.m.Why deal with this a**hole. Fire his ass now. No pension, no severence pay. OUT THE DOOR. He's a crook. What part of dishonest do they not understand?
I'm just f***ing fed up with those greedy slime-balls feathering their nest through tactics that reek graft and corruption.
Bush wouldn't recognize an honest deal if he stumbled over one.
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Worldview
May 17, 2007, 2:57 p.m."I regret that it's come to this," Bush said. "All I can tell you is Paul Wolfowitz has an interest in what's best for the bank," he added, in a hint that was no longer willing to expend political capital to keep Wolfowitz in the job.
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Beau7890
May 17, 2007, 4:18 p.m.Could you please spell out for those of us who don't get the connection exactly what his religion has to do with his ethical lapses?
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hamy
May 17, 2007, 4:33 p.m.One of Bush's many crimes would be allowing this sorry sack of a man to get any bonus for his actions.
Why do we want to spare him any further embarrassment? I for one would be perfectly happy standing a few feet away from him in a park and screaming with laughter and pointing at him. He should be tarred and feathered along with Bush and the rest of his cronies.
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not2needy
May 17, 2007, 6:08 p.m.That man has a lot of nerve.
Let's see! I will resign if you drop the charges, but if the charges aren't dropped i will stay!! Where is the logic in that? He as much as admitted his guilt when he asked for softening of the charges.
Again, i never cease to be amazed.
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