Who Knew Ken Duberstein Was Black?
You remember Ken Duberstein? He’s the member of the Off the Record Club who set up a meeting between Richard Armitage and Bob Novak so Novak could coax the Valerie Plame leak out of the loose-lipped Armitage. He’s your classical Washington Republican insider.
Back in the day, Duberstein was a political advisor to John McCain (more so in 2000 than this year). I last mentioned Duberstein when I outtamyarse speculated he might be one of the two sources–presumably Charlie Black was the other–using more leaks to Bob Novak to push McCain to name a VP back in July.
It didn’t happen.
Well, now Duberstein is joining the growing stampede away from John McCain–arguing that the selection of Sarah Palin proves that McCain has crappy judgment. I suspect with Duberstein–who cited Powell’s endorsement as one factor that influenced him–this stampede is going to get a lot bigger between now and Tuesday.
And the whole putting people together to leak information about an undercover CIA operative is NOT crappy judgement?
“Even McDonalds gives you more than one job interview before offering a job…”
Ouch!
An early OT: LA Times
“the judgment of John McCain”
Duberstein nailed the issue. It’s really heartening that 59% agree Palin isn’t qualified to be President. If McCain is sitting at 42% or so, then that means over 15% of voters feel she’s not qualified but still support McCain. I question their judgment. [Actually, I question the judgment of all 42% of them].
Studs Terkel dead at 96
What a human being in all of the best sense of the word.
LMAO.
Your titles are the best.
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What’s heartening about this is it means the Paleocons are going to join the fracas that’s going to break out right after the election.
The more REpublicans ripping each other to shreds, the merrier I figure.
I don’t think there’s gonna be enough popcorn.
Cool. I like pulled pork.
My, my. Ken Duberstein went on TV (MSNBC at that) to stick the shiv in John McCain before the election, but after it could have really affected anybody’s actions. I think we can safely deduce the following:
The self-anointed gods of the Republican party have decided that MENE, MENE McCain’s days are numbered, TEKEL he has been found wanting, and PARSIN the party will be divided between the racists and the rentiers.
such a cool comment – sent me googling.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia……;artid=459
marcy, you missed the very best part!
ken was president reagan’s chief of staff
that part is teh salt in the wound
So EW, when are you gonna be on Rachel Maddow’s show?
She has already “talked me down”, now you want her to do Rachel too? That’s a lotta talkin down for one day!
If Obama can go on Rachel’s, so can EW!
Oh we’re working on getting Spencer and Jane on there first–they’ve both done her show. And both of them will look great sitting next to Rachel.
I guess that will do…for now. *g*
I always feel better when MadDog agrees! Otherwise he will bite and give us all rabies….
Not true. No spreading the wealth here. I charge for ‘em.
Oh c’mon!
When Bush whips out the Pardon Pen for certain cronies before he leaves, you would be awesome to have on Rachel’s show.
Yeah, and it needs to be soon because Rachel is up for Obama’s Press Secretary. (I hope)
Or they could get Scottie to come back and make amends.
I’m dreaming perhaps, but why wouldn’t Obama want a brilliant Press Secretary? Someone who can contribute brilliant perspective during meetings, answer questions masterfully, and as a bonus, provide some diversity?
I too would appreciate a more intelligent, honest, forthcoming and ethical Press Secretary, but it might be all too much for the White House Press corps.
“I too would appreciate a more intelligent, honest, forthcoming and ethical Press Secretary, but it might be all too much for the White House Press corps.”
I think we are in for a major shake up in how the WH Press operation works. I think Obama is going to make them work for their stories — a little more access to the content of what is actually going on in policy discussions, but a hard taskmaster if they don’t actually report substance.
I’m smoking a Duberstein right now.
-G
Heh
I’m trying to figure how Mayer’s NYorker article about Palin could have characterized Rove as preferring MA’s erstwhile governor. This thesis would opt to conclude, with Republican archons shoving Rove away from the lucrative center of their post-election party. I.e., it seems too Rovish to try to continue to believe Mayer’s contention that KR was against adding the AK governor to the second spot on the Republican ticket. I searched her detailed article for any hint of Duberstein’s having joined one of the several cruises. I wonder how JBolton’s interaction with the AK govnr proceeded at one of those described meetings, if they all shout platitudes and agree upon the pithiness of each respective aphorism. Palin’s far east foreign policy, ellipsis…
Agreed! The MSM may find it again worthwhile to staff it with their best and brightest instead of mere stenographers.
As off topic a non sequitur as is reasonable around here. I was browsing at Bookslut, where Jessica Crispin notes
I immediately thought Marcy might be the person to answer Jessica’s quest, but some lonesome brain cell is whispering that she isn’t a fiction reader.
And on the same page, a link to an article where two handfuls of SanFran writers opine on the favourite books of McCain and Obama.
I didn’t even know ken was a duberstein
how could I know he was black
If one thing is true Bush proved that you don’t have to know anything at all about anything to be elected and this crowd amplifies that fact by a factor of 1000.The only thing you have to be good at is either rigging the election or manipulating the count
IIRC, it was Rep. Charles Rangel who, a few months back, said something to the effect that “George W. Bush has permanently disposed of the myth of white supremacy.”
The only reason to even have an election is to see if the polls are accurate
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