Posted on 04/01/2007 11:34:43 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
Making a Palm Sunday splash on the front page of the New York Times, Matthew Dowd, ex-aid to President Bush, says that because he has lost faith in Bush he must “speak out now.”
Dowd, a former Democrat turned Republican turned Democrat, says that Bush’s my-way-or-the-highway style of leadership has failed “not only the American people, but the Iraqi people and the diverse peoples of the world.”
Dowd, a self-described member of Bush’s inner circle, dismisses the suggestion that he has turned on the President because Karl Rove, and not Dowd, remains the president’s most trusted advisor. Rumors have circulated that tensions between the two began in 2004 over differing presidential campaign strategies in Ohio, which have since intensified.
According to one campaign insider who would only speak anonymously, Dowd wanted to pander to what he called the “marshmallow middle,” while Rove thought the best strategy was to rev up the “red-meat base.” Since that day, our source says, Rove has provocatively and repeatedly poked Dowd in the stomach -- often in front of the President -- and alternately called him “marshmallow man” or “Pillsbury dough boy,” which makes Dowd seethe.
What’s more, Dowd denies ever telling reporter Brandon Kirk of Roll Call that Rove should have been canned with Donald Rumsfeld, insisting that his lunchtime conversation with Kirk last November was “off the record.”
Kirk says otherwise. “I asked him flat out if I could quote [Dowd] on what he said about Rove, and he said ‘sh** yeah.’ I can’t help it if he had four martinis and can’t remember squat.”
Dowd, whose son is preparing for deployment in the Iraq War, has called for America’s immediate withdrawal from Iraq. In addition, the Times revealed today that Dowd penned a never-submitted “Kerry Was Right” op ed, which agreed with John Kerry’s call to unconditionally withdraw from Iraq.
Dowd bristled at his comparison with Judas as raised by Linda Tico, a FoxNews intern, during this morning’s short question-and-answer session at the Washington Press Club. Dowd admitted that “it never even occurred to me that this was Palm Sunday,” angrily adding, “I’m no more a Judas than Bush is a Jesus.”
Offers for interviews have poured in since Dowd’s announcement, jam-packing an already full itinerary. Besides interviews with CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS News, as well as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report, Harpers, The New Yorker, The Nation and The New Republic, he is scheduled to appear on next Sunday’s Sixty Minutes, as well as having a one-on-one sit-down with Barbara Walters that ABC has scheduled immediately following next Monday’s Dancing with the Stars.
In addition, Paramount Pictures announced yesterday that it has optioned Dowd’s story for a major motion picture in the fall of 2008, with Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and George Clooney as suggested leads.
It was also announced on Thursday that Dowd has been short-listed for a 2007 Peabody Award in the Public Service category.
A short statement from the President’s office wished Dowd well in all his future endeavors.
What a disgusting, self serving opus.
The man is simply looking for a new job and thinks he has to prove he's still a dem at heart.
At least the NYSlimes put in all the personal reasons that this jerk is whining. Sorry for his loss, but it's no surprise that he's divorced. Who wants to live with a whiner!
That'll teach Mr. Bush to consort with polecats...
Ex-Aide’s Loss of Faith in Bush Linked to the fact that the ex-aide is a freaking Democrat.
I gotta hunch this is an April Fool.
Do check post 5 -- and the calendar! :)
Infortunately, I would not be surprised to find this kind of story in the MSM.
Thankfully, today is APRIL FOOLS DAY!
**snicker**
Infortunately=Unfortunately. April Fool on me! Heh.
This story in on the front page of today's New York Times.
You can believe it or not, but reading this man's travails, it's clear he's on the verge of a personal meltdown that is, of course, Bush's fault.
Actually, this is a story from a humor site. Go to the source.
Yes, it is a satiric twist on the true rantings of poor Mr. Dowd, disillusioned by the president because he wasn't the savior he thought he was.
Gag.
This man needs to grow up already! Sheeesh.
Actually, the story is on the front page of the New York Times today.
Unless the entire rotten newspaper is an April Fools' Joke.....you are the one being fooled.
Makes one question Bush's judgement with regards to his inner circle. Plenty of ex Dems. First Miers, now this individual.
For some there is always reason to bash the President.
If he warrants criticism, it should be aired and addressed.
Things like this are why Bush's second term has turned into the worst one in living history, from a public relations standpoint anyway. Even Nixon was treated better it seems like sometimes.
Have you forgotton Ronald Reagan's second term? Ouch. Lefties are like the zombies in The Night of the Living Dead -- they have no soul, they never give up, and all they want to do is kill.
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