Bob Dole unloads on Scott McClellan

[BobbyVan]

Bob Dole unloads on McClellan

Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.

In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan as a classic Washington opportunist.

"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," Dole wrote in a message sent yesterday morning. "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."

Michael Marshall, Dole's spokesman and colleague at the Alston Bird law firm, confirms the message came from the former senator and presidential candidate. "Yes, it is authentic," Marshall wrote in an email.

"In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you," Dole writes, recounting his years representing Kansas in the House and Senate. "No doubt you will 'clean up' as the liberal anti-Bush press will promote your belated concerns with wild enthusiasm. 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"

Dole assures McClellan that he won't read the book -- "because if all these awful things were happening, and perhaps some may have been, you should have spoken up publicly like a man, or quit your cushy, high profile job"

"That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively," Dole concludes. "You’re a hot ticket now but don’t you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"

He signs the email simply: "BOB DOLE"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/Bob_Dole_unloads_on_McClellan.html

[Hissyspit]

1. Who gives a shit what Bob Dole thinks?

[madokie]

5. exactly, screw him and the viagra he rode in on

the limpdicked old bastard anyway

[tridim]

11. Bob Dole gives a shit what Bob Dole thinks. Bob Dole loves Bob Dole.

Bob Dole. Bob Dole.

[gatorboy]

2. With all that Viagra Dole consumes, I'm sure that got nasty.

[TheDebbieDee]

20. Bob Dole unloads? I thought the same thing, but I have a dirty mind!

:evilgrin:

[gatorboy]

22. I guess I do too!

And that climax face of his. Eww!

[Bob Dobbs]

3. In reality, Scotty HAS NOT made a huge ammount of $$$ for this book.

He obviously needed to get the guilt off his chest.

Scotty is still a reprehensible slime ball for doing the job in the first place, but nice that he's coming clean now.

[wtmusic]

17. How do you know? nt

[riverdeep]

24. There are several places reporting it.

From at least two original sources. One, a writer with the same publishing house talked to SM's editor since he had the same editor, and she wouldn't say what it was exactly, just that it was 'under $100,000.' Another, unnamed, source said it was $75,000. Compare this to 4 million for George 'I swear it wasn't me' Tenet. Or Karl 'I'm still a free man motherfucker!' Rove who got 1.5 million.

Full story with heavy snark here:

"Loser Advance For Sad Scott McClellan

...Heck, doughy little McClellan couldn't even get "mid-to-high six figures" like Bush counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke. It turns out the Bush mouthpiece took in less than $100,000 up-front on his book"

http://gawker.com/tag/struggling-writers/?i=5011792&t=loser-advance-for-sad-scott-mcclellan

Snark aside, I think it indicates either that SM's fortunes have turned very meager, or that the money wasn't a primary motivation.

[wtmusic]

26. thx. nt

[EstimatedProphet]

29. If that's true, it's because he couldn't

It isn't because he's trying to do the right thing. No way.

[Bob Dobbs]

30. Not to do the right thing,

but crushed by guilt.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. I'm sorry, but I just can't buy the change of heart thing, not with him

I think what is really going on is that he wanted to cash in, and found out to late that he was cashing in for little bucks. I expect he was committed before he found out he wouldn't make that much.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. And once again, another personal attack. They don't attack the substance.

[Vickers]

6. "Dole assures McClellan that he won't read the book "

Do *ANY* of these fucking repukes ever read a goddam book, or do they just dismiss them out of hand?

[ProfessorGAC]

23. I Can Assure Bob Dole That Lots of People Will

Idiot! He is as crooked as the rest of 'em.
The Professor

[Canuckistanian]

7. AGAIN, no discussion of the SUBSTANCE of what McClellan said

If Dole has some evidence that Scotty is lying now, let's see it.

These people are pathetic.

[Greybnk48]

8. Hey Bob! Did Scotty Lie?

We don't care what you think unless you can show that what he says is not true.

[Maine-i-acs]

9. Dole unloaded on Kerry's three purple hearts too. "He didn't even bleed,"

Dole snarked, "as far as I know".

Bob dole, formerly a Repub I could respect, jumped the shark that day. His sellout was probably linked to RNC support of his wife's Senate campaign. They both need to retreat from the public eye as soon as possible.

[kentuck]

10. Bob Dole has exposed himself as part of the conspiracy to betray America...

He has little regard for the truth.

[DS1]

12. I wonder if he's replaced his pen prop with a flaming pitchfork, too.

[leftofthedial]

13. Whoa, Bobdole

Dial back the Viagra dose a bit.

[Frustratedlady]

14. He probably did that in support of Sr. and Babs...

I rather imagine Sr. is bawling about how awful Scotty was to his little boy... reminiscent of Georgie's childhood...which was the foundation for what we're putting up with today.

"Mommy...Scotty isn't being nice to me. Make him go away."

[Virginia Dare]

15. Bob "I'm not a lobbyist, I'm an advocate" Dole..

has no credibility whatsoever. None. Hey, Bob take your plastic sugar magnolia trophy princess bride and disappear.

[hadrons]

16. Dole is an autobot GOP shill, always was ....

He was shilling so hard for Nixon during Watergate that Republican leaders themselves told him to knock it off because it was embarrassing them and it was actually counter-productive to old Tricky Dick.

Nothing new here except the stiffy he's sporting

[wtmusic]

18. Memo to Bob: McClellan DID QUIT HIS CUSHY HIGH-PROFILE JOB

Dole = pathetic loser

[Marr]

19. Of course Dole's description of McClellan's low character is completely accurate.

It's also completely irrelevant. Dole and people like him would very much like to talk about Scott McClellan, rather than *what Scott McClellan said*.

[Ganja Ninja]

21. Low character is what drew him to the GOP in the first place.

It seems to be a common personalty trait with conservatives.

[riverdeep]

25. Who still uses the word "ingrate"?

I only hear that on Three Stooges shorts.

[malaise]

27. Bob Dole thuoght Nixon was a great man

Fuck that stupid asshole.

[EstimatedProphet]

28. Takes one to know one, asshole.

I agree with the character assessment. McClellan was and still is a toady who is rolling over because it's comfortable and will make him some money. But Dole's implication that he should be loyal to Bush is sickening, and is typical of a Dole repub, who puts party loyalty over loyalty to country, or even to humanity.