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Is it April 1st already?
If it’s not, well, uh oh:
WASHINGTON, March 1 - Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, is under serious consideration to become the next president of the World Bank, according to an official in the Bush administration.
Another candidate to emerge is Carleton S. Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard who was asked to resign two weeks ago, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
And now, the punchline:
The official familiar with the list would discuss the names only on background because of the administration’s disdain for any leaks of prospective candidates.
The article’s conclusion:
But neither Mr. Wolfowitz nor Ms. Fiorina is an expert in development.
Next thing you know they’ll be telling us Jonah Goldberg is not a Middle East expert.
Auguste said,
March 2, 2005 at 1:54
You know how sports guys complain that the same coaches and managers keep getting recycled from team to team no matter what kind of a losing record they amass?Well, this is like that, but with human lives.
Frederick said,
March 2, 2005 at 2:40
Surely the World Bank has inquired whether one or more of the geniuses who came up with the fabulously successful AOL/Time-Warner merger is available?
norbizness said,
March 2, 2005 at 5:29
Maybe Jonah’s no expert, but he once ate 11 Salisbury Steaks in his grade school cafeteria, and that’s gotta count for something.
Jackmormon said,
March 2, 2005 at 5:52
But there’s a fine tradition of kicking inconvenient SecDefs up to the World Bank! Maybe Wolfowitz can get some pointers from MacNamera…
FlipYrWhig said,
March 2, 2005 at 18:48
Maybe Jonah’s no expert, but he once ate 11 Salisbury Steaks in his grade school cafeteria, and that’s gotta count for something.
Aw, give Jonah a little credit, Norb. He does that every week.
robo said,
March 2, 2005 at 19:18
Maybe Carly can do for the World Bank what she did for HP.
Jesus. Doesn’t complete and total failure count for anything these days?
Ti-Guy said,
March 3, 2005 at 9:51
Is it just me or is Wolfowitz in serious need of rhinoplasty? And I mean a nose augmentation…that needle-nose is too scary by far to be on the face of a World Bank president.
Abigail said,
March 4, 2005 at 5:11
When a CEO does bad job, she’s rewarded with $21.4 million severance and a new job.
Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness said,
March 4, 2005 at 17:31
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