Wolfowitz
By on Apr 12th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Wolfowitz
to resign from the World Bank over his girlfriend scandal?
UPDATE: The World Bank Staff Association called for his resignation at a press conference today, and Wolfowitz made an unexpected impromptu appearance.
UPDATE II: The Treasury Department’s “top international policy adviser had kind words for embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz but deflected questions on whether the Bush administration continues to support him.”
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April 12th, 2007 at 7:02 pmROCK’N'F’IN’ROLL neocons KO’d in the seventh round like drowned rats. they’re goin down like punctured fish (thanks HST).
April 12th, 2007 at 7:06 pmHeck, he can live off his girlfriend; I hear she’s loaded!
April 12th, 2007 at 7:08 pmNow he’ll have more time to spend with his family — and his girlfriend.
Awkward….
April 12th, 2007 at 7:10 pmHeck, he can live off his girlfriend; I hear she’s loaded!
Comment by Princess Sparkle Pony
I know I’d have to be loaded to be Wolfie Spit Comb’s special girl. :P
April 12th, 2007 at 7:11 pmMore scummy, crooked, NeoCON _scum_.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:22 pmWhat will Wolfie do without his lips on the public teat?
He’ll starve I say, starve.
-GSD
April 12th, 2007 at 7:22 pmmaybe she can buy him some new socks
April 12th, 2007 at 7:22 pmBut who will lick his combs for him? Oh, right, he does that himself.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:26 pmWolfowitz: Another Bushie PNAC 911 mastermind who will be sitting in jail someday.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:29 pmSelf serving and egotistic beyond belief. It’s time to sweep them all out!
April 12th, 2007 at 7:33 pmThis is why Wolfowitz tops the latest list of right-wing wrong-doers.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:52 pmI wonder if bull shit bush is going to give Wolfie the war zhar job? After all he is one of the original designers..hummmm….Blessings
April 12th, 2007 at 7:56 pmGiven the importance of his role with the World Bank, he should absolutely be removed from office. This kind of behavior is indefensible, and very possibly illegal.
And here we are with yet another instance of abuse of power.
Good riddance.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:59 pmIt’s unfortunate that the rocket grenade didn’t land closer to this slime just before he left Iraq. Justice delayed.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:15 pmThey should call it the World Sperm Bank.
The important question? Does she keep HER job and does he still get some of that good lovin’ because of it?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:17 pmHave you seen this guy? What kind of person would have an affair with him? He is a neocon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s ugly. He is a slob. What is there to like? Much less sleep with. OMG! ugh!
April 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pmWolfowitz should take a job as a bomb sniffing dog in Falluja. That punishment sounds about right for his gross inaccuracies about the Iraq war. He can use his comb to sweep the roadside for IEDs.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:50 pmJust as well.
That way, he will have more spare time to spend in hearings and investigations on his role in getting the US into Iraq.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pmHey, Wolf would be Bush’s pick for war Czar. This sucker LOVES war.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:29 pm…confiscate his passport…
…’til we get our money back…
April 12th, 2007 at 11:10 pmFrom the Washington Post:
“World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz addressed staffers until they began to chant for him to resign.”
Wonder if Wolfie saw the film, Marie Antionette?
April 12th, 2007 at 11:47 pmThe woman having an affair with Wolfowitz must have no self-respect, because who would want to date and sleep with an ugly guy who combs his hair with spittle.
April 13th, 2007 at 12:26 amYou’d think with all that extra money, the least she could do was buy him some socks without holes in them…
April 13th, 2007 at 3:25 amHe went to the world bank after serving as one of the architects of the Iraq war. I actually got to revisit a little sound bite where he said that he was very confident we would be received as liberators. Oops another necon with emphasis on con wrong again. Arrogance.
Dubya in his finite wisdom decided that Paul had done such a good job with the war that he needed to go to the world bank and stamp out corruption.
Oops assigning a corrupt person to stamp out corruption apparently doesn’t work so well. Arrogance
April 13th, 2007 at 8:48 amAfter World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz is summarily booted from his position maybe he can be considered for the Bush Administration position “Neocon Czar” to oversee the neocon failures as they increase in number and intensity. His new love interest can be his “super special” assistant in charge of keeping all the cash they rob from the US Treasury piled neatly.
April 13th, 2007 at 8:59 amThis from Raw Story: Given his (Wolfie’s) romantic involvement with her, he faced a “painful personal dilemma when I was new to the institution” but had made a “good-faith effort to promote my understanding of that advice” of the ethics committee.
Was the “painful personal dilemma” the fact that he was told he’d never be laid again if he didn’t give his gal-pal a raise?
Whatever the case, I say we make him pay the overage (however much he added to her salary) back to the bank out of his own funds. Then fire him.
April 13th, 2007 at 9:33 amAnd the WB is the institution supposed to give advice to empoverished countries to thrive out of the economic hole…
April 13th, 2007 at 3:12 pmAll those unbelievable bushies and neo-cons do really think that the world is their oyster…..!
April 15th, 2007 at 9:53 amWolfowitz’s girl friend scandal has damaged the World Bank image. It has come to light that he had personally arranged a Bank salary and promotions for his partner in a temporary U.S. State Department post, with the salary exceeding that of the Secretary of State. It is reported that the Board is deeply disappointed that he misled them on his role in directing his girl friend’s compensation and there was a clear conflict of of interest under the Bank’s personnel rules. His behavior seems indefensible. Given this situation, can he continue to fulfil his duties as President of the Bank in a credible manner? Most probably not.
Comment by Friend of the Bank, April 15, 11.02 pm
April 15th, 2007 at 10:58 pmBased on the type of Moral Character it would take
April 19th, 2007 at 12:29 pmto plan and execute this process, should the World
Bank, trust this man with anything more than that
which exists in a lavatory closet. Would you trust
him with your money?