White House Rumor-Mongering: Waiting for the Other Shoe(s) To Drop
Yesterday, after Andrew Card's resignation was announced, we speculated that Treasury Secretary John W. Snow might be the next Administration official to step down. A reader offered this support for the gossip: "I live across the street from Sec'y Snow, and I never see him or his security detail anymore. The guy's fuckin' done."
But Snow's not the only one who may be on his way out. A Wonkette operative offers up two other names: White House counselor Dan Bartlett, and everyone's favorite press secretary, Scott McClellan. In terms of timing, look for them to be gone "by the summer." No word yet on possible replacements for Bartlett or McClellan; "Nicolle Wallace is likely to stay as communications director."
As for incoming chief of staff Josh Bolten, our source opines that he has his work cut out for him: "What Bolten will find -- and he probably already knows -- is that the WH is full of supremely talented people who are awful managers of other people."
We've said it before, we'll say it again (because it can't be said enough): Good luck, Yosh!
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the job should go to someone with a more charming, friendly, and open personality. someone who can engage the audience and convincingly sell the sincerity of their position. i'm thinking charles manson.
That Guckert boy could use a job, I'm sure, and like McClellan, he's a bottom.Or how about the Village People? A group that's been stuck with a three-song repertory since the seventies can stay on message. i think they've proven that.
Other possibilities: wingnut of the week! One week it's Krauthammer tweaked on ritalin, then the next week it's Coulter stoned on viagra. The best part it: the presscorps doesn't know who it's gonna be. Stanley Crouch! Midge Dector! Some fat guy you've never seen before in your entire life!
by Hugo de Naranja on 03/29/06 08:18 PM
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