Wolfowitz should have learned from the GOP, nothing ruins a political career like a sex scandal
posted by
Wally
12:41 PM
After all the different ways that Wolfie has royally screwed up over the years, and has gotten away with it, it looks like he's going to finally be taken down - by of all things, a sex scandal.
Now that he's in the hot seat, it's fun to watch him squirm and wriggle and try to worm his way out of it. Hell, he even looks like a weasel. First he said it was an honest mistake. Then he apologized, as if that would make it all better. Then he tried the excuse that he was operating "in new territory" and was trying to "do the right thing" for the World Bank - as if anyone could ever believe that pulling strings and calling in favors to have your friends hire your girlfriend for a $200,000 a year taxpayer paid job was anything but cronyism, and certainly not "doing the right thing".
Now, in typical Neo-con style, he's offering to fire other people to make up for his blunder.Fighting to keep his job, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is offering to make management changes at the institution, officials close to the situation said Thursday.
The overture - which came during a meeting of bank vice presidents on Wednesday - was made as Wolfowitz is facing mounting calls for his resignation. The controversy is over Wolfowitz's role in arranging a high-paying job for Shaha Riza, a bank employee who he has dated.
Wolfowitz spoke in general terms for the need to improve the bank's management, including that of his inner office. This administration is truly amazing. Every time I think they've hit rock bottom and can't possibly sink any lower, they manage to prove me wrong. This is typical of them though. Get caught red handed doing something blatantly unethical, and offer someone else's head on a block. How soon until they run out of willing necks, and have to stand and face up for their own behavior? Not soon enough if you ask me.
The Buck Stops Over There
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