[who_would_fardels_bear]

I thought it was David Frum (the stupid idiot) that came up with the inane "Axis of Evil" comment.

His wife was all proud of cute widdle David for coming up with this nonsense.

Why blame Scully for that crap?

[in hoc signo vinces]

What’s wrong with Axis of Evil? IMHO, it seems appropo...given the nation states it encompasses.

[hardback]

Scully recounts the story of the “axis of evil” phrase, which Bush used in his 2002 State of the Union to describe Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Scully notes that colleague David Frum originally came up with “axis of hatred,” as reported before. Scully says he suggested changing it to “evil.” He does not cite any examples of Gerson explicitly claiming the phrase as his own, pointing instead to news accounts attributing it to him that have gone uncorrected. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002403.html