Bob Dole Tells McClellan: You're A "Miserable Creature...Spurred On By Greed"

Politico:

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.

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Comments

[xargaw]

Would someone please put together a video of Dole's greatest hits from the Senate and his Presidential race. As I recall, he was mean, vindictive and solidly partisian. I don't think he is the one to be talking about decency.

[J.J. Hunsecker]

Wow. It's probably a good thing ole Bob never got to be president. He woulda made Nixon look like Mr. Rogers.

[TJoad]

Dole is still alive? I thought he died of a 4 hour Viagra erection.

[pilgrim7]

No, he's just going blind and deaf.

[zippywpinhead]

and if your character assassination lasts for more than 4 hours, please see a doctor...

[whatsmyname]

Excellent.­..rofl....­.but Dole let Walter Reed Hospital and all the other VA Hospitals get dangerously under staffed and in total disrepair. Now, who is greedy? And, do you think america has forgot about you never taking or returning phone calls from vets and what about agent Orange? The RedCross scandal when your wife was at the helm? Marshall, how much does your law firm collect from Dole? I mean, we are paying his health care & retirement crap, you know?

[LPK]

No, he didn't die but he still has that erection. Now it is growng out of his nose.

[KOisGod]

LMAO

[Spanky]

In Light of the Truth:

There's an old saying from Republican Teddy Roosevelt:

"To announce that there should be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only Unpatriotic and Servile, but it is MORALLY TREASONABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC"

I don't know where Bob Dole gets his ethics and Americanism. Seems like the Truth to this guy must be subverted to protect what we now know are War Criminals and a heck of a lot more. Protect 'The Old Boys' club in Washington.

This guy lost what respect I had for him. His rant is un-american

[researcher]

unchecked capitalism is about greed the repubs have proved that with deregulation.

reagan gave it a big boost and others have followed his lead.

the end result: the elimination of most of the middle class.

could not have happened to a nicer group of people.

super power status equals super fast economic decline.

it is called karma and not the kind stone talks about

the declining dollar is the first big taste of this decline.

notice the media is not focusing on that decline

they focus on what pastors say.

bye bye middle class nice knowing ya

you want deregulated capitalism now pay the price while the have mores smile all the way to the bank.

and dont forget to look for that socialist under your bed tonight like your parents looked for that commie. the capitalist's have mores gotcha good and now you become thier cheap labor so they can have more.

it is called capitalism. read some books then you will figure what happened to your middle class status.

[BlackWidowPilot]

"you want deregulated capitalism now pay the price while the have mores smile all the way to the bank."

How is it that you, 'researcher," presume to speak for so many of us in the middle class? What makes you think *we* wanted this mess, or wanted deregulation?

I though tarring an entire group with the same brush was a "Gang of Pedophiles" trait?

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[marijam]

Has anyone besides me noticed that when a Republican writes an expose on another Republican, that person is always "disgruntled" or "traitorous", but when a Democrat writes an expose on another Democrat, the Republicans always support that person as having "finally come out with the facts and the truth?"

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

Exactly, but also they're accused of having as there only motivation, greed, in other words, you know, they're Republicans. Strange, I thought greed was the Republican mantra, or perhaps it's the only thing they can understand people being motivated by.

[econdr]

that guys been irrelevant for a LONG LONG Time.

i'm glad hes coming back into the spotlight to remind republicans of the ass whooping they face this year, kind of like 1996

[auntiecairo]

Spoken by a man who left his family at Christmastime. . amazing how outraged the Republicans are over someone just telling the truth --

[letsmakesense]

Dole says "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."
First had fame not power.
Second he did not quit, he was shown the door.
Third he would have made more money if he had kepy his mouth shut.
Forth Viaga is bad for you.

[gusvidal]

WHY WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO VIAGRA'S SPOKE PERSON?

[LoRiseAntlers]

Thus spake dole,as sponsored by Viagra.

[owiseone]

Bob Dole possesses such dignity that he would never soil himself over money. Wait a minute--didn't he get over the dignity part and do all those Viagra commercials?

Perhaps he's used so much Viagra that he's stroked out a few times and can no longer connect the dots. Why else would a US Senator be so upset about TRUTH coming out?

[pilgrim7]

"Miserable Creature..­.Spurred On By Greed"

I thought this article was about Bush!!!

[uclafan]

I'd like to see someone in the Republican party respond about the issues in the book rather than attack his motives. We'll decide who the miserable creature is after that

[incontempt]

I still don't like or trust Mclellan, but

This is truely delicious irony that he is the one to set fire to the republican pyre. I was expecting it to be Rove.