I like Bob Dole

Bob Dole got fired up when he read about Scott McClellan’s tell-all book about the Bush White House and he Scott McClellan an email expressing his displeasure:

“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.”

“That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively,”

I have little doubt that McClellan’s book is generally correct. My complaint with McClellan is the same as Dole’s–if you have thse types of concerns, then stand up like a man, voice your concerns, and quit.