Posted on 05/30/2008 10:43:58 AM PDT by NCDragon
Bob Dole says Bob Dole is mad at Scott McClellan.
The former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential candidate sent a nasty e-mail to McClellan calling him a "miserable creature" for his latest book blasting the Bush administration, FOX News has learned.
In the e-mail, Dole basically describes the former White House press secretary as a traitor looking to cash in on the "liberal" media's distaste for President Bush.
"There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don't have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues," the five-term Kansas senator wrote to McClellan. "No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed, cashes in with a scathing critique."
He continues: "When the money starts rolling in you should donate it to a worthy cause, something like, 'Biting The Hand That Fed Me.' Another thought is to weasel your way back into the White House if a Democrat is elected. That would provide a good set up for a second book deal in a few years."
White House officials have sharply decried McClellan's book — "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," which criticizes the administration's handling of the Iraq war.
Dole wrote that if McClellan had misgivings about the president's foreign policy, he should have spoken up long ago "like a man," or quit his job.
"That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively. You're a hot ticket now but dont you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"
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With that scathing of a critique, I think Bob Dole must be a Freeper.
Gotta love Bob Dole!
Bush needs to kick his ass with FACTS.
Agreed: whether you agree with his conclusions (Bush sold the war in faulty intel, Rove outed Plame, etc., or whatever) or not, the fact he was silent while he was getting a paycheck from the Bush Admin and only now “comes clean” to hype his tell-all book is awful
Bravo, Bob!
Who’da thought you had it in you?
“Bob Dole is still alive?
who knew?”
Even more alive than Fred Thompson!
I liked Mary Maitlins line two days ago. What will Scott tell his kids and grandkids he did for a living? He will say I was a Liar, I lied for a living.
I think Cindy Sheehan could use a new campaign manager for her congressional run.
BTW, I hear Dean is peddling a book. Did he ever get a job? Now of all people, Toe-tapping Senator Craig has announced he is writing a book, mainly about energy. The Bobble Foot Criag doll is hilarious.
That is John Dean of the Watergate scandal.
Wow, this is a b*tch slap of epic proportions coming from Bob Dole.
A miserable creature.....could not have said it better myself. Love that Bob Dole!
Your trashing Bob Dole ? Your pathetic.
HONOR is a concept people don’t talk about much any more. Probaby is dying out with Dole’s generation.
I wish Dole had had this much backbone when he ran for president in 1988.
Go Bob go.
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