I'm Sorry!

Paul Wolfowitz says he's sorry, which is a good first step. A good second step would be resigning. He's not six years old and the World Bank isn't kindergarden playtime. I'm sure he is sorry. Still, "should you engage in corruption on behalf of your girlfriend while leading an international anti-corruption campaign?" isn't one of the world's more difficult questions. There are plenty of other people out there who could do the job and it would send a good message to get rid of him.

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Comments

Question: Is there anyone either currently or formerly with the Bush administration that isn't a common thief or scam artist?

Posted by: steve duncan on April 12, 2007 10:05 PM

Yes, but Al Sharpton is a race hustler. Try not to lose focus.

Posted by: Steve on April 12, 2007 10:05 PM

Can't put someone else in. After Wolfensohn and Wolfowitz, we've run out of people to put in at the end of the alphabetical order.

Posted by: Daniel on April 12, 2007 10:15 PM

Is there some small town in Alaska we can send him to where he'll finally be greeted as a liberator? I think that might finally keep him from doing so much harm to the world.

Posted by: Beau on April 12, 2007 10:24 PM

You know, I read the RSS summary of this post, and I thought that he'd apologized for Iraq. I'm far too much of an optimist, apparently.

Posted by: Minipundit on April 12, 2007 10:28 PM

After Wolfowitz goes, it'd be nice if every lobbyist who has a Congressman or Senator as an immediate family member could be forced to resign.

Posted by: Will Alen on April 12, 2007 10:30 PM

Frankly I don't see the big deal. It's not as though nepotism has ever resulted in catastrophe.

Posted by: Saul Bellow on April 12, 2007 10:32 PM

Can't put someone else in. After Wolfensohn and Wolfowitz, we've run out of people to put in at the end of the alphabetical order. -Daniel

"I'm Wolf Blitzer and this... is the World Bank."

Posted by: PK again on April 12, 2007 11:13 PM

Well I think it's romantic.

Posted by: aleks on April 12, 2007 11:21 PM

At least he didn't help start any more reckless wars.

Posted by: blah on April 12, 2007 11:55 PM

Any blue dresses involved?

Posted by: Ethel-to-Tilly on April 13, 2007 12:07 AM

^ If so, they sure as hell ain't from the Gap.

Posted by: PK again on April 13, 2007 12:12 AM

Come on, people. If we don't allow World Bank presidents to indulge in shameless corruption and hypocrisy, how will we ever lure top talent away from Wall Street?

Posted by: mattsteinglass on April 13, 2007 12:20 AM

If you can't use your position of power to send some extra money and a choice job in your girlfriend's direction, then what's the point? Isn't the entire reason straight men get into politics in the first place because it makes them more attractive to women?

Posted by: Constantine on April 13, 2007 12:55 AM

Isn't Bush looking for Czar to head up the war effort in EyeRack and AfghanHounds? Who could be more compatible with Bush/Cheney worldview than Wolfowitz? An no Senate confirmation required either, the WH sez. Rumsfeld could head up Wolfie's citizen advisory board.

Posted by: JimPortlandOR on April 13, 2007 01:07 AM

There's a special place in Hell reserved for Alfalfa W. General Zinni used to call him "The Little Weirdo". A mass-murdering little weirdo.

Posted by: Trevor on April 13, 2007 01:48 AM

That was a really bone-headed move by Paul Wolfowitz, but that sort of thing is par for the course in government and academia. For example, President Bush gave Max Cleland (yeah, that one: the triple-amputee Vietnam Vet and arch critic of Bush) a $136k sinecure at the Export-Import Bank, and the late U.C. Santa Cruz chancellor-designate Denise Denton created a $192k job for her lesbian partner at her university.

Posted by: Fred on April 13, 2007 01:57 AM

george bush is fucking max cleland?!

Posted by: belle waring on April 13, 2007 02:20 AM

Why did they hire his ass in the first place? The World Bank hasn't had a great PR situation these last 10 years as it is. Why would you double screw yourself by then hiring an actually identifying neoconservative Iraq war architect to run the thing?

Posted by: DRR on April 13, 2007 02:27 AM

"george bush is fucking max cleland?!
Posted by: belle waring on April 13, 2007 02:20 AM"

This goes down as my favorite comment ever. Bravo!

Posted by: Reality Man on April 13, 2007 02:29 AM

Hell, if they wanted a development-minded (former) neocon in the Bush administration to run the World Bank, they could have gone with Fukuyama.

Somewhat on topic, it's time to get over the whole WB prez has to be an American trend. Right off the top of my head I could think of Hernando de Soto and Amartya Sen as two people who are a hell lot more qualified to run the WB than Wolfowitz.

Posted by: Reality Man on April 13, 2007 02:31 AM

belle waring:

"george bush is fucking max cleland?!"

Only if by "fucking" you mean "paying him $136k to attend (or call in to) a board meeting about once a week". But your question does raise an interesting point: Unlike Wolfowitz or Denton, there really was nothing in it for Bush in the "job"-hookup he gave Cleland.

Posted by: Fred on April 13, 2007 02:32 AM

Steve Clemons says that he's hearing from insiders that Wofie's time left is numbered in hours.

Posted by: Keith M Ellis on April 13, 2007 02:46 AM

This is weird, because I know Wolfie has done way more harm than good in his public life, but I always had a soft spot for the dude. Yes, the results were disastrous, but for some reason I thought his motives were more pure (purer?) than the other Bushies. He always seemed to actually care about Iraqis and other trod-upon folks. That's why I'm more disappointed than I have any right to be.

Posted by: too many steves on April 13, 2007 04:12 AM

What is up with the dude, chrissake. These people are really bbeeyyoondd the understanding of ordinary commenters, no?

yeesh. what kind of hubris does this require?

sorry, i'm drunk, but really, what form of human is this?

Posted by: argh on April 13, 2007 04:25 AM

Why did they hire his ass in the first place?

I thought the consensus was that it was done to move him someplace where his stupidity could do little harm, while not firing him outright and thus admitting a mistake was made (re: the Iraqstrophe)

He always seemed to actually care about Iraqis and other trod-upon folks.

The road to hell and all that.

Posted by: josephdietrich on April 13, 2007 07:24 AM

The funniest thing about this is how in retrospect Bono may have actually been a better choice. Commentary coming soon at widosnewestblog.blogspot.com.

Posted by: Trolly McTroll on April 13, 2007 08:25 AM

I agree with Fred. If the late U.C. Santa Cruz chancellor-designate did the same thing, then this obviously happens all the time.

Jim McGreevey would have been a better example. He resigned, and he should have.

Posted by: Steve on April 13, 2007 09:34 AM

Did he ever say he was sorry for using spit to comb his hair with? First things first.

Posted by: Jeffrey Davis on April 13, 2007 09:42 AM

"Only if by "fucking" you mean "paying him $136k to attend (or call in to) a board meeting about once a week". But your question does raise an interesting point: Unlike Wolfowitz or Denton, there really was nothing in it for Bush in the "job"-hookup he gave Cleland."

Bush benefits because that means Cleland can't go on TV all the time to call Bush on his bullshit without getting called out on taking money from him. Cleland is a prime example of how Bush has no respect for veterans, which he followed up with the Swift Boats and Walter Reed. Having a disabled, respected veteran all over Americans' TV's pointing out how he doesn't actually respect our veterans or support our troops could be very useful for getting the message out there.

Posted by: Reality Man on April 13, 2007 11:07 AM

Oh, I hope the same World Bank executive board that hired him now fires him. Then we can ask those worthy folks why helping lead the US into one of its worst foreign policy disasters is not a disqualification for such a lofty position, but arranging a cushy position for your girlfriend is.

Gracious, but this kind of thing could make one into a cynic.

Posted by: santamonicamr on April 13, 2007 12:04 PM

I knew the lady they're talking about here, and she's always been a troublemaker with a chip on her shoulder. I think what this says about Wolfowitz is that he is a) no judge of character and b) a bit of a sucker.

Posted by: bjrk on April 13, 2007 01:38 PM

Good comment.Thanks admin.

Posted by: youtube on November 17, 2007 04:08 AM

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