Posted on 05/30/2008 9:14:07 AM PDT by Dan Nunn
Bob Dole unloads on McClellan
Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.
In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan as a classic Washington opportunist.
"There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don’t have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues," Dole wrote in a message sent yesterday morning. "No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed, cashes in with a scathing critique."
Michael Marshall, Dole's spokesman and colleague at the Alston Bird law firm, confirms the message came from the former senator and presidential candidate. "Yes, it is authentic," Marshall wrote in an email.
"In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you," Dole writes, recounting his years representing Kansas in the House and Senate. "No doubt you will 'clean up' as the liberal anti-Bush press will promote your belated concerns with wild enthusiasm. When the money starts rolling in you should donate it to a worthy cause, something like, 'Biting The Hand That Fed Me.' Another thought is to weasel your way back into the White House if a Democrat is elected. That would provide a good set up for a second book deal in a few years"
Dole assures McClellan that he won't read the book -- "because if all these awful things were happening, and perhaps some may have been, you should have spoken up publicly like a man, or quit your cushy, high profile job"
"That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively," Dole concludes. "You’re a hot ticket now but don’t you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"
He signs the email simply: "BOB DOLE"
Actually, Bob Dole was always a pretty good guy—except when he ran for president.
I have always suspected that maybe it was a Bob Dole clone who ran, and not the real man. Or maybe his political handlers were putting something in his food. Because he straightened out again as soon as he quit that miserable campaign.
Ouch! That left several marks on Scotty’s skull.
Wow! Good for him!
not surprising, ari fleischer was elizabeth dole’s spokesman from very early on in her failed 2000 presidential bid
anyone know ole Scott’s email add ? Tried to locate but wasn’t successful.
And hard on his staff
>>Brilliant response by Bob Dole.
Wait until Ann Coulter lets loose. I would advise evacuating the women and children.
Do NOT miss this letter from Bob Dole to that POS McClellan. Rush lead off today’s show by reading Dole’s letter...
Wow. Bob was all out of bubble-gum. I love it.
Whoa Bob, tell us how you REALLY feel! Rock on Bob!
She was on one of the Fox New shows last night and her tounge was definitely set on "high venom".
Bob Dole? Did someone put Viagra in his ink? Good on yer, mate! Ah, if only you put your wife on the ticket way back when. When the Clintons were touting their “two for one” deal, you might just have taken them down with a real two-fer choice.
You have to admit, for an older guy with the use of only one hand, he still manages to hold his own.
scottymcweasel@ingrate.com?
Another thought is to weasel your way back into the White House if a Democrat is elected. That would provide a good set up for a second book deal in a few years.
Now that's good...
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