Dole to McClellan: You’re a Miserable Creature

Published May 30, 2008 5:32pm ET



I guess Scott McClellan won’t be brunching with Bob and Liddy Dole this Sunday. Jonathan Martin at the Politico got a copy of an email the former Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate sent to McClellan yesterday. Dole does not skimp on his famous biting rhetoric when he smells disloyalty. Read Jonathan’s full story here. A couple of the money quotes from Senator Dole:

“There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don’t have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues,” Dole wrote in a message sent yesterday morning. “No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed, cashes in with a scathing critique.”

And there’s more….

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