Spokesman for Bush, "James Baker can go back to his day job."

[Lex]

Ouch.

"It has to be hard-nosed, it has to be determined," Baker said in a television interview in October. "You don't give away anything, but in my view, it's not appeasement to talk to your enemies."

But this president may not be in much of a hurry to accept Baker's ideas about that — or much else. Asked if Baker would help implement the {Iraq Study Group's} report, a spokesman for Mr. Bush said, "Jim Baker can go back to his day job."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/05/eveningnews/main2232203.shtml

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. LOL

Still eating their own. Fantastic.

[grasswire]

2. and what is his day job?

I think it's covering up for Bushies.

[Lex]

4. Exactly.

They only listen when it's what they want to hear. That is a recipe for catastrophe, as we all know.

[eleny]

13. Defending the Saudis against the 9/11 widows

:shrug:

[Saboburns]

24. True Dat

Cleaning up George Bush's (All of 'em) messes IS Jim Baker's Day Job.

[radfringe]

3. thanks but no thanks, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out

I guess this puts to rest any doubts that bush will actually implement anything in the report...

[Catherine Vincent]

5. This thing will be a whitewash just like the 9/11 commission.

Any commission that has Alan Simpson and James Baker on it would be useless.

[Virginia Dare]

6. No, that's Robert Gates' job....

getting him in as SecDef was the first step in implementing the ISG plan.

[bluestateguy]

7. Jimmy Baker's principal loyalty has always been to the Sr. Bush

Yes, I know that he helped Bush get "elected" in 2000, but Baby Bush has his people and Bush Sr. has his people. They often do not see eye to eye.

[onehandle]

8. Cheating elections? Servicing Satan? nt

[Lex]

9. LOL!

Yes, that's correct.

[Cass]

10. Holy cow. That's one big FU to Baker.

If that is indeed the feeling in the Administration about the ISG and its recommendations then I fear this Administration is completely and totally unhinged. Its like they are driving the speeding train right off the cliff and don't give a damn. I really wonder how anyone is going to be able to talk some sense in Bush and his thugs. I thought for sure he would listen to the ISG ideas.

[DemoTex]

11. "Jim Baker can go back to his day job" translated into Cheney-ese:

Jim Baker can go fuck himself.

[johnfunk]

17. Bush can go back to his day job: flinging his own feces around the Oval Office

That's what Quagmire Monkeys do when they're angry at being exposed...

[Wiley50]

20. A Big FU To Poppy Too n/t

[Mark E. Smith]

12. Withhold Funding

Georgie doesn't want to listen to the adults Congress can always hold back his allowance.

[Lex]

15. How about

putting him in time-out for 2 years. On a remote island somewhere might work.

[cwydro]

14. Pathetic. nt

[Bake]

16. Tom Friedman may have been right this morning on Imus ...

It's going to take the Republicans in Congress, coming to the White House en masse, to tell Junior that, "it's over."

Either that, or enough of them making a deal with the Democratic majority to impeach his impudent ass.

Bake

[Lex]

18. Wait until ol' Jim Baker finds out Junior has 'dismissed him.'

I suspect Jim Baker is the wrong one to tell to "go back to your day job."

[Bake]

23. You can bet Baker knows where the bodies are buried ...

Hell, he probably put 'em there himself. Junior's being a wee bit sassy to the wrong person, I'd say.

Bake

(No relation to James Baker III, by the way ...)

[Jacobin]

19. So, Fredo's not going to listen to the consigliore?

ruh roh......

[Lex]

22. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.

nt

[Riddler]

21. 6 years ago this month, Baker's "day job" was making sure the votes weren't counted in Florida

so the little shit-head could be appointed to the office he couldn't win.

[WI_DEM]

25. That's gratitude! after all he did to get W in the WH

but I'll bet Baker is kicking himself since the kid has turned out to be such a disaster.