Townsend’s goodbye to Bush: ‘You are such a man.’

[CatWoman]

Homeland Security Adviser Frances Fragos Townsend today sent President Bush a three-page handwritten letter announcing her resignation. A highlight from the letter:

In 1937, the playwright Maxwell Anderson wrote of President George Washington: There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, til all men walk on higher ground in their lifetime.

Mr. President, you are such a man.

See a full-size version of the letter HERE: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/19/townsends-goodbye-to-bush-you-are-such-a-man/.

[KamaAina]

1. Ooooh, Condi's gonna be jealous!

:P

[Captain Hilts]

12. Cat fight! Pull off your earrings, ladies and let's get down to it! nt

[rodeodance]

2. oh my, Harriet Miers Reincarnated!!

[derby378]

3. Speaking of "that giant sucking sound..."

:evilgrin: :rofl:

[Bucky]

26. *!!!*

bravissimo

[tavalon]

66. Well done sir!

I thought it, you wrote it. It's still funny, even outside my own head. Thanks! And thanks for remaining in Texas to help stabilize that hell hole. I gave it 20+ years and I never, ever want to see the place again.

[whistle]

4. Do you think she had a peek at his package?

[Peregrine Took]

9. A peek may have occurred but the larder was empty (!) n/t

[WinkyDink]

17. You mean his cod-piece?

[monmouth]

5. Well, my lunch has just come back to me....Dear gawd..

[MrCoffee]

6. anyone know a good way to clean vomit out of a keyboard?

i'm gonna need to know that.

[tularetom]

7. You forgot an alert for this

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[rurallib]

8. Ever get the feeling that Bush is screwing everyone in the whitehouse?

I mean literally?
Condi, Jeffy, Karl, Frances, Harriet, John Roberts, "Hands" Bolton .......

[aquart]

10. Well, I don't know what he's doing it with.

Because I'd bet money that even Viagra won't work on that thing.

[rurallib]

13. Spose the alcohol, coke and other drugs have had an effect?

[aquart]

36. IMHO, oh, yes.

[rateyes]

46. Well, he does wear that great big belt buckle....

which is a tombstone for a dead dick.

[Cha]

62. A tombstone, eh!?

:rofl:

[Bucky]

11. I can't believe Bill Clinton gave that woman a job.

She's still far from the worst of the lot.

[applegrove]

14. yuck. This will make Bush even more nuts.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Oh, gag me.

:puke:

[blogslut]

16. Any word on why she's quitting?

Gotta spend more time with Karl Rove's family?

[CatWoman]

18. DUNNO

But there's a thread someone around here about it.

[blogslut]

19. Did you folks see her letter?

Oh sure, it's three-pages long but that's because she writes real big. The whole thing is six paragraphs and 144 words.

[Imagevision]

25. Fran like Rove & Tenet wants to spend more time with her family

[yardwork]

20. How old is Fran Townsend?

That letter reads like a 4th grader thanking the mayor for visiting the classroom.

[Bucky]

24. 45. By Republican standards a mere youth--perhaps still prone to youthful indescretion.

This is why they always nominate old dudes. Before 50 most Republicans are still sowing their wild oats off daddy's trust fund.

[yardwork]

27. Well, she writes like a five year old.

[Richard Steele]

29. Be fair- she wrote that -TO- a five year old. nm

[DeSwiss]

21. Lift the age?

It seems to me that the whole purpose of BushCo was to take us back down to ancient biblical times as fast as possible.

- K&R

[Bucky]

22. In a way she's right. With Dubya around, don't we all look a little better by comparison?

Here's a few George Washington quotes, in case you want to explore further comparisons with Mr. Bush.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.


Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.


Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.


It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.


It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

and the most important Washington quote of them all...


Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

[Imagevision]

23. Porter Goss, no explanation in announcing his resignation from the CIA in May of 06 - that

even surprised Bush! No warning except, "I'm outta here"

[cascadiance]

39. I think the warning was hookergate...

And I don't think we still know what all went on behind the scenes with that. When you folks like Thomas Kontogiannis with a guilty plea and no passport waiting for sentencing, taking a "vacation" in Greece unbeknownst to the judge working under the guidance of some "government agency" over there. He was laundering money to help folks like Cunningham out, but where that all went with the CIA (Dusty Foggo, Porter Goss, etc.) is still anyone's guess.

[DefenseLawyer]

28. Sometimes, there's a man...

Sometimes, there's a man... Well, I lost my train of thought here.

[RufusTFirefly]

42. Hahaha. He may be able to out-drink the Dude, but

... I doubt that Bush is a better bowler.

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[DefenseLawyer]

50. I was hoping someone would appreciate the reference

Ever thus to deadbeats, GW

[RufusTFirefly]

52. Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man

"Careful, Angela! There's a beverage here!"

[DefenseLawyer]

53. You might fool the fucks in the Repulican Party...

but you don't fool Jesus. This is bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man

[spanone]

30. her penmanship is as obnoxious as her personal demeanor

[Bluebear]

31. "Take me, cowboy!"

:puke:

[demigoddess]

32. EEWWW

sucking up should be done in private.
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[lpbk2713]

33. Holy Golden Parachute, Batman!!

She must have made out like a fox to say that garbage without choking on her words.

[progressoid]

34. Ain't she special...

[YOY]

35. Bwahahahaahaha That's pure comedy gold: "lifth the age..." priceless

Oh sh*t...she's serious??? :wow:

[cascadiance]

37. Woah, at first I thought you were talking about Pete!

The Who had always been my favorite. It disheartened me when I heard reports that Pete supported the war earlier pretty heavily. But if you read these comments, it sounds like he's changed his tune recently. I was worried that he went back to the darkside with this subject line...

http://tomwatson.typepad.com/tom_watson/2006/06/the_man_who_hea.html

Sometimes it pays to watch the icons - especially those who prefer life off the pedestal. Oh, and something else. You may recall that Townshend supported the invasion of Iraq, and Britain's involvement. Well, he's changed his position a bit - and painfully - with an openness and honesty that's missing in Whitehall and Washington:

At first, personally knowing one of his torture victims, I wanted Sadam Hussein removed at any price. I also wanted to send a message to the Islamic world (again, a place full of many of my friends) that the West was run by dangerous men with powerful weapons and our going into Iraq to ‘tidy up’ was a better option for sending that message than dropping nuclear warheads on Afghanistan or Pakistan which has such deep and tenuous links with Britain. It is too easy to sanction war when you don’t know what is actually happening to the soldiers and civilians in the conflict, and pretty much all British newspapers have kept everyone abreast of the true horrors. The Independent through Robert Fisk has been a leader in speaking of the reality of the conflict in Iraq, and the real ‘price’ of removing Sadam. I won’t go back on my initial support for the invasion, but I feel blooded and humbled, deeply, deeply ashamed at the way things have turned out.

[CatWoman]

40. Poor Pete

:-(

[snappyturtle]

38. Gag me. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

41. What? Are they burying the casualties above the ground these days like

the Indians use to? That's the only way her comments make sense.

[indepat]

43. How great and magnificent thou art, how great thou art!

[librechik]

44. "BTW, you have a shmutz..."

[rateyes]

45. That line would gag a freaking maggot,

feasting on a pile of shit.

[RufusTFirefly]

47. Hmmm.... I wonder who's REALLY been writing all these fan letters...

"Master Bush is ze greatest of them all."

[sss1977]

48. Oh is that what he's doing? Lifting the age?

And here I thought he was dismantling the fabric of our country...

Maybe the ground we walk on only appears higher, because our faces are pressed against it.

[donkeyotay]

57. I am going to enjoy the brief interlude before they grind our faces into it

and laugh my arse off at these delusional neocons. Gotta enjoy it before Jane Harmon makes it a crime. Welcome, sss1977!

People, people, this thread is a hoot. Recommended.

[DFW]

49. Well, she got the beginning right:

I'm with her as far as "You are such a......"

My own text diverges from hers at this stage............

(You may all use your imaginations here)

[SpiralHawk]

51. Real Men don't desert their National Guard unit to snort coke

And then lie about it.

republicon homelander chickenhawks -- and there is a Vast Flock of them -- are, like Bush's official White House male prostitute chickenhawk, Jeff Gannon -- altogether lacking in the honor, courage and dignity that mark a Real Man.

[rug]

54. "O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!"

Hamlet (I, v, 106)



You are such a man.

[Faygo Kid]

55. Why do these women want to be Eva Braun to Der Fuehrer?

Hell, my girlfriend and daughter get physically ill looking at Bush or listening to his illiterate voice. I know of others who are like that, too - yet women like Townsend or Harriet Miers live to worship him - and you can throw Condi into that mix, too. I don't get it, but the look in their eyes is frightening and reminiscent of the brainwashing of another era (or of certain FReepers today).

[SalmonChantedEvening]

56. That's becase the ground underneath them is FUCKING EXPLODING, Fran

Mr. President, you are nothing at all like a man.

[lonestarnot]

58. OMG and this thing was in charge of counterintelligence for "homeland security."

:puke:

[Virginia Dare]

59. G.W. Bush wouldn't be fit to wipe George Washington's ass..

George Washington didn't suffer silver-spooned idiots lightly. I can only imagine what his thoughts about him would be.

Fran is definitely in contention for the Harriet Miers award this year.

[Olney Blue]

60. How will we ever survive without Fran and Karen?

[Cha]

61. Is that to assure the little

jerk-off that she doesn't think of him in the simian way?

[Enrique]

63. why did she put a question mark after her signature?

she writes, "Regards, Fran Townsend?"

[windoe]

64. Another Bible college alumni?

Common religious ideologies/delusions could explain the 'manly' reference. Gag.
We have got to do some housecleaning in the executive branch...these people are truly scary.

[tavalon]

65. It should have read

You are such an asshole. But, Frannie has been drinking the kool aide.