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Ex-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill blasts Bush (SOUR GRAPES ALERT!!!)
CBS MarketWatch.com ^
| 1/9/04
| Corbett B. Daly
Posted on 01/09/2004 8:32:20 AM PST by SierraWasp
11:21am 01/09/04
Ex-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill blasts Bush By Corbett B. Daly
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill blasted President Bush in a forthcoming book, charging that the president lacks curiosity and does not engage his aides in discussions about policy. In cabinet meetings, Bush is so disengaged that he is "like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people," O'Neill is quoted as saying in The Price of Loyalty, by Ron Suskind. Separately, O'Neill tells CBS News in an interview to be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday that his first meeting with Bush was "mostly a monologue." "I went in with a long list of things to talk about and,... I was surprised it turned out me talking and the president just listening," O'Neill said in the television interview. White House spokesman Scott McClellan declined to comment. "I don't do book reviews," McClellan told reporters at the White House.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: liar; pauloneill; sourgrapes
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How sour are his grapes of wrath!!!
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:34:34 AM PST
by
SierraWasp
(GovernMental EnvironMentalism has become totally counterproductive and everybody knows it !!!)
To: SierraWasp
Why would Bush surround himself with near geniouses only to turn around and ignore their input...perhaps O'Neil is just an utter idiot who Bush didnt trust or respect? Gotta earn it there pal.
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01/09/2004 8:35:02 AM PST
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To: SierraWasp
,... I was surprised it turned out (to be) me talking and the president just listening,That should help President Bush capture more of the women's vote...
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:36:06 AM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(www.firethebcs.com, www.weneedaplayoff.com, www.firemackbrown.com)
To: SierraWasp
This just in:
Dumped former employee gripes, "That guy who fired my ass is an idiot!"
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:37:11 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: SierraWasp
Listening skill is the most important skill to have. I suppose he would rather have someone like AlGore, who had such poor listening skills he couldn't even hear himself making an ass of himself during the debates.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:37:57 AM PST
by
MarkeyD
(Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.)
To: SierraWasp
O'Neill hard at work before getting canned:
Of course Dubya's no better as he met with that singer too. Why for the love of all that's holy does anyone in govt see the need to have anything to do with that guy? Not like there's a War on Terror or economic concerns going on.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:39:21 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: MarkeyD
I am reminded of all those texts in Proverbs saying that a wise man listens much and talks little.
To: SierraWasp
I was surprised it turned out me talking and the president just listening
No one ever learned anything by talking - only by listening can you learn.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Too funny! LOL!
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:41:25 AM PST
by
twigs
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: SierraWasp
I was surprised it turned out me talking and the president just listening," O'Neill said in the television interview. Well, is the president disengaged or a good listener? I wish this bitter a__hole would make up his mind, then STFU.
I'm off to find that picture of him and Bono touring Africa in their pajamas.
To: SierraWasp
Conservatives warned the President about O'Neil before he was appointed. Hard lesson learned.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:43:05 AM PST
by
CWW
(Dean has a maniacal smile because he is secretly wearing ladies underwear!!)
To: SierraWasp
He must have gotten a book from the 80's and did a search and replace from Reagan to Bush.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:44:49 AM PST
by
Lost Highway
(There's no stoppin the cretins from hoppin.)
To: SierraWasp
A little peek into a window on little Pauly's world, wouldn't you say?
What a little man...what a JERK!
NordP
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:46:45 AM PST
by
NordP
(Peace through Strength - W 2004 !!!)
To: Lost Highway
Yep...that was My thought.....they said the same thing about Reagan.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:48:38 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(The year 2004......It's gonna be a great one!)
To: SierraWasp
If the President ever made a mistake it was picking O'Neil and but it did prove that at some point people reach their level of incompetence...
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:50:15 AM PST
by
tubebender
(Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see...)
To: SierraWasp
The only people who will care about O'Neil's comments are the media.
President Bush made his intentions clear to the American people. He gave O'Neil an opportunity to join the team. Rather he chose to bash the idea of tax cuts.
Did O'Neil really think the President was going to embrace his ideas?
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:59:47 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: All
In several books I've read about the President, the O'Neil's are always listed as close friends of GWB and Laura. I think Laura even maybe went to school with Suzi? Sad he feels he has to trash the pres.
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posted on
01/09/2004 9:03:22 AM PST
by
homemom
(Watch and be ready.)
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