Wolfowitz to resign this afternoon?
By on May 16th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Wolfowitz to resign this afternoon?
“World Bank officials say the bank’s board is completing an ‘exit strategy’ that will allow World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to resign this afternoon and ’still save some face’ over the issue of his efforts to seek a promotion and pay raise for his girlfriend at the bank.”
The officials say the bank’s board will accept Wolfowitz’s resignation but will also acknowledge that the World Bank’s Ethics Committee bears “some responsibility” for giving him bad advice on the issue of his girlfriend.
The decision is likely today, officials say, because Wolfowitz had been scheduled to leave tonight for a European trip.
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Wolfy should have resigned weeks or months ago.
He is a typical Repuke scumbag with no moral values and no shame.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:06 pmWoo Hoo! Another Bushie down!
May 16th, 2007 at 1:10 pmJohnny Drama: Victory!
May 16th, 2007 at 1:10 pmCan Wolfoshitz take Chimpy, Darth Cheney, Kinda-sleezy-lice, Turdblossom, Colon Bowel, Rummy, Goonzales with him?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:16 pmDoes Wolfie now walk away with a sweet severance deal?
Inquiring minds want to know.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:21 pmWho will be his replacement?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:23 pmGood riddance to bad rubbish.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:24 pmThe great “left-wing conspiracy” rolls on, eh Trolls?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:26 pmOh well. If Wolfowitz “resigns” (=is fired) we as a nation should resign, too.
No more US money for the World Bank.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:31 pmGuess his “f%#k em wasn’t as big as their f&*k him.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pmWhat right does Wolfowitz have to save face. He did something he knew was wrong and unethical and then threatened anyone who dared to bring the issue forward. So why would the bank go out of their way to help him “save face.” As far as i’m concerned Wolfowitz gave up that right the second he decided to put personal politics and favoritism ahead of doing his damn job. I don’t see why he should get to “save face” and then just move to another company where he will undoubtedly act in the exact same matter. After all, if he can act a certain way and not face any punishment or negative consequences, why wouldn’t he just do it again?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pmA bullS%#t mia culpa. The SOB should have hanged.
This is just like 1976 when Wolfoshitz got away with spying against the US. Back then he pulled out some dirty laundry to get off easy; I think he did the same again.
One day he will rot in hell
May 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pmDon’t give him no money, he didn’t earn what he got.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:36 pmand he will return the money, right?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:40 pmAn “exit strategy” for Wolfy. Irony.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:41 pmHe’s turning a corner in the WB.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:42 pmIs he in his last throes>?
May 16th, 2007 at 1:45 pmI wonder what kind of golden parachute they are throwing in recognition for all his hard work.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:50 pmHecka of a job, Wolfoshitz!
May 16th, 2007 at 2:06 pmWatch out now. This big news story might be used as a diversion to try to sneak something else on the news that won’t get so much attention. Timing is everything for these guys.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:17 pmHmmmm… Ms. (Mrs.) Reza is next?
May 16th, 2007 at 2:20 pmNa Na Na Na…. Na Na Na Na… HEYYY HEYYYY HEYYYYYY… GOODBYEEE!!!
May 16th, 2007 at 7:14 pmNotice how all the Republicans need to pay to get laid?
May 16th, 2007 at 7:49 pmWolfy, just STFU and leave, okay?
Same goes to Condi Rice and all the other administration shills who rushed to defend him. Wolfy helped screw us with Iraq, and now he’s helped screw up the World Bank.
I wonder what else this clueless, arrogant jackhole can do to make the world a worse place? :\
May 16th, 2007 at 8:03 pmWolfy, just STFU and leave, okay? o_0
May 16th, 2007 at 8:05 pmhe needs to crawl back into the israeli sewer he came from.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:05 pmAlll those sorry necons who the Bush dynasty fondled (also the Christian right trailer trash and other neanderthal consumer-level Americans) now will be crying for decades, if not generations on how the “liberals” were to blame for the great failure du jour- they blamed the Union in the Civil War, the New Deal during the fifties, the ungodly liberals for Vietnam – they are all in denial…
May 16th, 2007 at 8:05 pmGrow Up Wolfowitz!
What makes you think you deserve anything? Just like draft dodgers Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, you are all full of shit.
Peace.
9/11 was an inside job. The neocon regime included paul. He is in the pnac. Project for a new american century. They all feed off of each other like animals.
They are all very evil men.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:17 amIs the man really leaving!? I can’t believe it. All this hype of so long. This week has been crazy: this and Falwell’s death. What next?
Intrigued and want to know more? Read what Christopher Ruddy has to say.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:56 amwhen they came for Abramoff, I did nothing b/c I’m not a filthy slaving mob killer lobbyist.
when they came for Scooter Libby, I did nothing b/c I’m not a perjuring washington insider traitor
when they came for Rosen, I did nothing b/c I’m not an AIPAC conduit streaming secrets to Isreal.
when they came for Wolfowitz, I did nothing because I’m not a globalist war monger that can’t get laid unless it’s a honey pot floozy trap lubricated with US taxpayer sweat and blood.
when they came for Lord Black, I did nothing b/c i’m not an embezzling stuck-up ponce that can’t run newspaper honestly.
You see, Abramoff – Libby – Rosen – Black – and now Wolfowitz – are surely the true Victims in all this.
May 19th, 2007 at 9:00 am