Former Bushie: Rumsfeld tried to edit his own ‘Wika-wakka’ page, Rove spread rumors about a US sen.

[stevedeshazer]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/21/rumsfeld-wiki-wakka/

In the new book that is causing “nervousness” amongst Bush loyalists, former speechwriter Matt Latimer reveals some of the dysfunction and disagreements in the Bush administration. HuffPost’s Ryan Grim reports:

– Donald Rumsfeld had to be talked out of editing his own entry on Wikipedia, which he referred to as “Wika-wakka.” He was a Drudge Report reader and used to watch YouTube clips that made fun of his press conference performances.

– Bush, when told that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig had been the latest GOPer to be caught in a sex scandal involving boys or men: “What is up with all these Republicans?”

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– Bush on Jimmy Carter: “If I’m ever eighty-two years old and acting like that have someone put me away.”

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[hedgehog]

1. First Ridge, now this guy. I'm already getting tired of flunkies who

went along and kept their mouths shut for 8 years and who now are trying to cash in by dishing the dirt. No Profiles in Courage Awards for them!

What next ? Brownie's "I tried to tell them to get someone else for the job, but they insisted I take it"?

[surrealAmerican]

2. They're only in it for the money.

None of them have any loyalty or morals. If they had they would not have been working for the bush administration in the first place.

[emulatorloo]

4. Per his book, he is a Reagan Worshipper who thought Bush would be the new Reagan

Sadly he felt all disappointed in Bush after working there.

Well that is his story, anyway.

[UTUSN]

3. K&R #2 for what an insufferable insight-LESS fool Shrub is!1 If ONLY we could PUT HIM AWAY!1 n/t

[stevedeshazer]

5. The Ed Gillespie part was nice

– For a commencement address at Furman University in spring 2008, Ed Gillespie wanted to insert a few lines condemning gay marriage. Bush called the speech too “condemnatory” and said, “I’m not going to tell some gay kid in the audience that he can’t get married.” (Of course, Bush ran his 2004 campaign telling that kid just that.)