Wolfowitz Scandal

[Pilgrim]

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...name_page.html

Yet another Bu[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color]e caught in scandal and yet again President Bush simply says we fully support him. Come on, just once, just once, call a spade a spade and hold one of your own accountable. If there was any party that did that, it would get my vote hands down.

[Jimmy Higgins]

Maybe I'm missing the big bad here. Granted, not ethical (but is it uncommon) behavior shown in this instance?

[Pilgrim]

Maybe I'm missing the big bad here. Granted, not ethical (but is it uncommon) behavior shown in this instance?

Oh, ok, as long as enough people do the same unethical thing it's ok. Right.

He promoted his own girlfriend, and if you believe her statements he forced her to take positions in the word band that she didn't want. He used is position to force her into something she didn't want. That's bad enough in itself. Then you add into it the fact that he has positioned himself as the "anti corruption" head of the World Bank and you get a whole different issue.

[Jimmy Higgins]

Oh, ok, as long as enough people do the same unethical thing it's ok. Right.

Yes, Pilgrim, that's what I meant. I think as long as everyone does it, it's ethical. *rolling the eyes*

I'm saying that the uniqueness of this case is hardly anything special. It happens everywhere and that it happens with a Neocon Republican, I'm hardly surprised. But what makes this such particularly big news?

Then you add into it the fact that he has positioned himself as the "anti corruption" head of the World Bank and you get a whole different issue.

That point does give the issue some ironic flavor, indeed.

[Pilgrim]

Yes, Pilgrim, that's what I meant. I think as long as everyone does it, it's ethical. *rolling the eyes*

I'm saying that the uniqueness of this case is hardly anything special. It happens everywhere and that it happens with a Neocon Republican, I'm hardly surprised. But what makes this such particularly big news?

That point does give the issue some ironic flavor, indeed.

What about the fact that she says she was forced into the job transfer by him? Is it ok for the boss to do that to the young women who catch his fancy?

[Jimmy Higgins]

What about the fact that she says she was forced into the job transfer by him? Is it ok for the boss to do that to the young women who catch his fancy?

No... it isn't. Wolfowitz will get his... and he'll get back in the game, as all those Neocons do.

Personally for me, 3 MPs getting killed in Iraq and an unprescedented unitary Executive branch just seems to be more important to me.

[Pilgrim]

No... it isn't. Wolfowitz will get his... and he'll get back in the game, as all those Neocons do.

Personally for me, 3 MPs getting killed in Iraq and an unprescedented unitary Executive branch just seems to be more important to me.

I guess I can agree with that. But does that mean that the exploitation of this woman should be ignored then?

I only present it as yet another case of a Bush croney in scandal. It's just illustrative is all.

[decoski]

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[spiritmech]

What a weenie.
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[Conductor42]

Somehow I really doubt that Bush has anything to do with this, and somehow I think this is just an excuse for an anti-bush rant.

[Pilgrim]

Somehow I really doubt that Bush has anything to do with this, and somehow I think this is just an excuse for an anti-bush rant.

I never said that President Bush had anything to do with it. Except for the fact that the White House released a statement in full support of Wolf saying the stand firmly behind him. Given the recent statements regarding Gonzalez that are identical it sort of caught my attention.

Perhaps I am making too much of it, it was just one of those, "Geesh, another one?" moments.

[Conductor42]

Things like this happen with all government administrations. There's a reason govt. is considered a 'neccessary evil'.

[Ryokan]

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...name_page.html

Yet another Bu[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color]e caught in scandal and yet again President Bush simply says we fully support him. Come on, just once, just once, call a spade a spade and hold one of your own accountable. If there was any party that did that, it would get my vote hands down.

I support Wolfowitz. The World Bankers hate him and that is the real reason he is being forced out. Yeah, he screwed up Iraq royally, and was the wrong man for that job, but he is the right man for this job, and I like to give him a second chance. I am all about the admin having some accountability, but I'd like to see this thing play out. Any party that decide to call a spade a spade at the cost of effectiveness will never get my vote and will never govern successful. It'll be Jimmy Carter after Jimmy Carter.

[Pilgrim]

I support Wolfowitz. The World Bankers hate him and that is the real reason he is being forced out. Yeah, he screwed up Iraq royally, and was the wrong man for that job, but he is the right man for this job, and I like to give him a second chance. I am all about the admin having some accountability, but I'd like to see this thing play out. Any party that decide to call a spade a spade at the cost of effectiveness will never get my vote and will never govern successful. It'll be Jimmy Carter after Jimmy Carter.

So forget Iraq for a moment, he fact that he used his position to coerce a female subordinate into a specific job so he could have a dalliance with her? That's ok?

[Conductor42]

Um, when did this change from anything but a man paying a woman he liked more into forcing her to do things?