WP: Bartlett's wife, Allyson, had joked that they should name their newborn "Exit Strategy."

[BurtWorm]

I think that is the detail that speaks the loudest and truest among all of the bullshit surrounding it.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060100626.html?nav=rss_politics

Bolten said Bartlett's resignation, effective around July 4, did not signal a new round of changes as Bush moves into the final 600 days of his presidency.

With twin, 3-year-old boys and another son born in January, Bartlett said it was time to pursue a new chapter of his life and "reacquaint myself with my family." His wife, Allyson, had joked that they should name their newborn "Exit Strategy."

Bartlett said he was open to job opportunities and had retained Washington attorney Bob Barnett to help him in the search.

It is a point of pride with Bartlett that he is Bush's longest serving staffer _ longer than even political strategist Karl Rove, another Bush confidant whose tenure was interrupted by work as a political consultant. Before teaming up with Bush, Bartlett worked for Rove's Austin-based consulting firm.

Bartlett said he would not write a book about his experiences, would not seek a political career in Texas and would not align himself with any Republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election.

"It's been a roller coaster that seems always to go up," Bartlett said of his White House years. "There have been extremely proud moments to see our country rise up during a time of national challenge."

[shain from kane]

1. Should have pulled out nine months earlier.

[RevCheesehead]

2. At least SOMEONE has an exit strategy. n/t

[tanyev]

3. How very droll.

Was the last one named "Weapons of Mass Destruction"? Maybe that's who Dubya was looking for in the Oval Office.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. By all accounts a very successful counselor who guided this wartime President toward sound decisions

NOT

[yardwork]

5. I feel nauseated. They joke about hundreds of thousands killed and maimed

Children tortured. Babies torn to pieces. Millions of people who will hate the United States forever. And they think it's funny.

Monsters.

[libnnc]

6. How heart warming

NOT

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

7. Allyson Bartlett should be ashamed of herself,

but being a typical Bushbot, she wouldn't know what shame was. :puke:

[jojo54]

8. OMG, this is going to be the longest 600 days of my life!! n/t