Wolfowitz promises to ‘rely less’ on Bush advisers.
“Late in the day on Tuesday,” World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz “made a personal and impassioned appeal to the bank board at a private meeting, seeking to stave off what some said was an inevitable rebuke. … He promised to change his management approach by relying less on advisers from the Bush administration, restructuring his office, delegating more to managers and placing ‘more trust in the staff,’ according to the text.”
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Fire Wolfowitz > PERIOD. He will say anything to try to keep his position, but he is a lying snake in the grass.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:16 amBullshit.
Hey Wolfie, they’re f*cking with ya, show us what you’ve got.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:19 amNo need to back down, Wolfowitz. The U.S. maintains a veto-proof position in the World Bank.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:19 amPlease do something honorable for once, leave.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:23 amLeave Wofie, aber sofort!
May 16th, 2007 at 12:24 amIf Wolfowitz is not fired, then some nations might tell the World Bank to screw off and get lost. The bank board must fire him > PERIOD.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:26 amJust can’t give up that government teat, can you Wolfie?
Tell you what, you tell us everything you know about Bush, Cheney and Rove’s march toward war and then we’ll consider your compromises.
Plus let us know if your just departed aide Kevin Kellems is the little freak that his reputation makes him out to be.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:27 amLOL — last time I checked, the United States held 16.4% of total votes in the World Bank — Japan 7.9%, Germany 4.5%, and the United Kingdom and France each held 4.3% — since any major decisions require an 85% super-majority, the U.S. can block any such major change.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:29 amGod, that whiney pleading was SO amusing, in a major Schadenfreude way, to see coming from Wolfie
Beg and cry some more Wolfowitz, bad times for warmongering neocons always makes me laugh
May 16th, 2007 at 12:30 amJake > did Karl Rove force you to take the late night shift on TP or did you volunteer for graveyard shift?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:39 amNah, just waiting for the results of “Dancing with the Stars” Jay.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:42 amOK Jake LOL.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:44 amWolf will rely less on advisors (re: handlers) from the Bush admin.
Why should he get paid if he needs advisors?
Good-bye Paul.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:49 amSomething stinks of desperation…
May 16th, 2007 at 12:49 amNah, just waiting for the results of “Dancing with the Stars†Jay.
Comment by Jake — May 16, 2007 @ 12:42 am
And you wonder why people point out that you’re a repressed homosexual…
May 16th, 2007 at 12:57 amsince any major decisions require an 85% super-majority, the U.S. can block any such major change.
Comment by Jake
And China can make two World Banks tomorrow if they want.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:15 amThe US has 16% of the vote.
Constitutional changes for the World Bank/IMF require 85% of the vote, so therefore the US does has a veto, but not in the case against Wolfowitz.
The Wolfowitz saga will be decided by the bank’s 24-member board who will decide what action should be taken, if any. A decision is expected soon.
A range of disciplinary options has been discussed. The board could fire Wolfowitz, ask him to resign, signal that it lacks confidence in his leadership, reprimand him or take no action. Some believed that prospects were fading for a compromise under which Wolfowitz would avoid a harsh reprimand but would resign anyway.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:29 amCan him. His promises aren’t credible. Ask his wife. He could no more operate without his Bush advisers, some of whom have already jumped ship, than Bush could operate without Gonzo or Rove. His desperation to hang on - like an HP or Home Depot CEO hoping to bought off for big bucks - is no reason for the Bank to discredit itself by keeping him or paying him. He deserves to be dismissed for cause without compensation.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:33 amOh, he wants to rely less on Dumbas$’ cronies, say Dawwww!
Hey Valiant Douche Bad Scum Sucking Subhuman Knuckle Dragging Bottom Feeding Idiot you are more stupid than yesterday and the day before that.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:37 am“You should tell your friends to stop it,†Mr. Wolfowitz added, using expletives and threatening retaliation, according to the memo.
Amazing how the ACTUAL quote ” If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to fuck them too.” came to be parsed by the NYTiimes…
One might get the impresion Wolfie was a reasonable man in the face of losing his job.
Can his ass.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:08 amIf the World Bank board is blackmailed to keep Wolfowitz, then the bank will fall apart worldwide. Nobody will do business with a bank whose president is criminal slime.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:27 amLike any sane human being is going to believe this lying sack of Cheney at this point.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:35 amFirst time I saw “f*ck” spelled as “r-e-l-y”….
Cheers,
May 16th, 2007 at 2:52 amThey should slit his throat. PERIOD!
May 16th, 2007 at 3:43 amIf you know what is good for you, don’t trust him.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:57 amChrist could this take any longer? The GOP would have fired a liberal in two days. This is like slowly pulling off a band-aid, then asking Wolfowitz if he wouldn’t mide terribly would he leave, pretty please?
May 16th, 2007 at 5:34 amThink about it.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:00 amThe U.S. got rid of many assistant attorney generals that were only doing their jobs, and doing them well for the most part, this based on a whim by gonzalez and rove.
Wolfowitz has done a terrible job at world bank, yet all of his friends and higher ups continue to support to the end.
Looks like they’re afraid of losing their own advantages and privileges.
If we’re lucky, they’ll all go down together in the same sinking, stinking ship.
Bye bye, good riddance.
and did he agree to pay back (out of his own pocket) the amount he gave his girlfriend? no one’s talking about this; it should be a prerequisite for whatever course they take with Wolfie…
May 16th, 2007 at 7:10 amGood idea, really. Up to now he’s been putting his staff in the trust.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:11 am—-
He promised to change his management approach by relying less on advisers from the Bush administration, restructuring his office, delegating more to managers and placing ‘more trust in the staff,’
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Wolfowitz should have been doing this from the start. The fact that he didn’t have the sense to do so in the first place is all the reason necessary for him to be banished from this powerful position.
- Tom
May 16th, 2007 at 7:26 amSo ask for Wolfowitz’s resignation within 5 days or so with severance pay. Otherwise he’s fired and gets nothing! What’s so difficult about that?
May 16th, 2007 at 8:01 amGee, get the sense that Wolfie is desperate for work or something??
May 16th, 2007 at 8:05 amI thought the U.S. was able to veto Bank President changes too. Maybe not. Even better for the plan to dismantle it. Can we pull out of the UN as well?
May 16th, 2007 at 8:26 amWolfie — you are such a pathetic whiner. I can’t tolerate whiners. For once in your miserable life, suck it up and be a man — if that is possible.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:41 amJake,
Go play shuffleboard and boss old women around, America doesn’t need your senile perspective. Time to fade away old man.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:49 amIf Wolfie doesn’t step down, the rest of the Word Bank should simply stop working in protest and refuse to do anything until he leaves.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:50 amyippe skippy. Years into the gig, Wolfie is now saying he’ll lead the World Bank like he should have from the start. Can someone please give him a pink slip.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:29 am“He promised to change his management approach by relying less on advisers from the Bush administration, ”
This alone is grounds for his dismissal. Wolf was not made President of the World Bank to make it into another subsidiary of the Republic party by following Bush’s directions. If the World Bank allows the current President to appoint another President, all I can say is “you get what you pay for”.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:37 am“And China can make two World Banks tomorrow if they want.”
And, China can bring this country to it’s knees if it wants by calling in all our debt we owe them.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:41 amDon’t believe him. Lying (see Leo Strauss) is a way of life for Wolfowitz and his neo-con ilk. Fire him — quickly.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:53 amJake re #8 above….I know you are a dumb republithug troll but, even those who deny reality and lie for a living must abide by the rules of MATHEMATICS ! (I know, your NaziDolt Paymaster KKKRove has his own math…and he doesn’t believe he has to abide by any rules or laws) BUT:
How a 16+ percentage of the WB voting held by the USofAmerika adds up to a “supermajority” just doesnt add up. I was not very good in math at school and did not take any in college besides Statistics but, please explain Your Rovian Math to me….I believe it has been the “tradition” to let the U.S. pick the WB Pres BUT, it is obvious to most of the world that this practice does not assure good governance…particularly from an arrogant NeoConman who, like the rest of the BushJunta General Staff does not believe that rules and laws apply to him…So, give me your math formula for your US rules the world math.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:20 amJake apparently lifted his stats and conclusions from a poorly informed Wikipedia article. For the FACTS (we liberals like to stick to those, as opposed to the irrational fantasists of the repugnant perversion) I refer you to the breakdown of shareholders and voting rights from the WorldBank site:
http://web.worldbank.org/ WBSITE/ EXTERNAL/ EXTABOUTUS/ ORGANIZATION/ BODEXT/ 0,,contentMDK:20124831~menuPK:64020035~pagePK:64020054~piPK:64020408~theSitePK:278036,00.html
May 16th, 2007 at 10:35 amAnd if you believe that one…..
May 16th, 2007 at 10:43 amRE Jake #8 Further Data on WB voting shares….the US has a 16.38 % of shares….Japan, Germany, UK and France jointly would top that. Other countries as likely to want to get rid of the WolfCon and which jointly would also top the US share are: Argentina,Belgium,Brazil,China,Italy, Iran, Netherlands,Russian Federation and Spain, with atotal of 17.48%….
So, to the USA Imperialists I say….your calculations are as faulty as Rove’s pre 2006 election math.
I wonder if Wolf is expecting a carpet of rose petals to show him the way out the door…?
May 16th, 2007 at 11:17 amSorry, he can plead all he wants to keep his cushy job, but he is a weasel, first and foremost.
He should have entered his position with the intentions he now expresses - he didn’t - he was ill-fit for this position in the first place - and who believes he would ever change at this point?
This is only a last ditch desperation move on his part — put him out of his misery and get him out of there.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:51 am