It's no wonder these yes-men put their blind loyalty above what is good for our country. It's payback time for the schlock doctor. Instead of being charged for malpractice, insider trading, ethics violations etc this miserable waste of molecules jumps on the gravy train! There's not a moral bone in Mr Bush's body. But what does he care? He's been saved by his creator, which in his twisted mind gives him a lifelong free pass to screw the rest of us.

Where are you getting that? He was known universally at Vanderbilt Hospital as The Airhead Surgeon.

...would be another corrupt choice Bush and the Bushies would want to consider. He is another abstinence only piece of crap while HIV/AIDS spreads and kills. After all Scalia publicly advocates for the end of the rule of law and the end of democracy.

Surely there are many other merciless and sadistic religious cronies that would be to Mr. Booshs liking; such as Danforth and Ashcroft and their friends in the Council of Conservative Citizens(CofCC) or Bush could choose Paul Cameron. Exactly what is it with Pittsburgh as the home of so many republicans who hate like Melissa A Hart and Richard Mellon Scaife. I guess it's because they're republicans like Karl Rove, oh he the vicious one. I guess, here in Ohio we have our share of republicans who hate everyone, like Jean Schmidt, Mike DeWine, Deborah Pryce and John Boehner.

And then there is Rick Santorum, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck that Bush could select from. Wow,. the list of cronies is almost endless.

Bush the jerk, for once in his sorry life could just do the right thing and appoint someone like Nelson Mandela or Bishop Desmond Tutu or one of many other good to great people to do the job in the proper way. Are Wolfie or Frist financial experts. The World Bank has plenty of finance experts what it really needs is a great leader who has a conscious and some real religious values and some real social values.

Neither Bush nor any Republican would ever do the right thing but only what is politically useful. Hate and intolerance reign supreme among the religious right and the rethug party.

Karl Rove sure has done a lot to destroy the republican party.

resolved, that Bill Frist is a pathetic political pandering sycophant and hack who would, based on all those qualifications make him a perfect fit for an administration committed to incompetence, arrogance, and partisanship.

Now, let's get to the real question - the same question that one must ask about Alberto "fredo" Gonzales: where are the professional organizations to which these incompetents belong? Why is there no professional outrage as something as unfathomable as Frist's diagnosis of Terry Schiavo? Where is the American Medical Association? Where is the American Bar Association?

No one who has been following events in this country since the ascendency of George II can reasonably expect that the political system will hold him accountable. Nor can we count on media as populated by morons as is the Bush Administration. Are the professional associations crapping out to? Where is the outrage?

I admit that I don't know much about the World Bank but I would guess that the person running it should have some financial experience and management experience. Bill Frist doesn't fit that bill and he's proven himself to be an idealogue. How can anyone forget his shameful performance regarding Terri Schiavo.

and given his medical background, he will be in a perfect position to make the "call" that the "patient" is dead. Which is where the World bank is headed.

LOL!

Wolfie, while apparently blinded by ideology and none too modest about his own talents, is intelligent. Frist, on the other hand, probably should have had his medical license revoked after the pitiful Schaivo debacle.

My guess is that they may operate without a bank head for a while. The longer they wait, the weaker Bush becomes, and more likely the possibility of someone other than an American is nominated and approved against the U.S. wishes. As it is, they need wait only about six-months to figure out who the new Democratic president will be.

I was watching for all of 10 seconds to a report about Obama, some poor attack on him disguised as news which was terrible enough, but then they referred to Guilliani as "The Hero or 9-11" , priceless. Defiantly included in their "news" not a commentary.

Kimmitt and Zoellick are such good choices, among others like former Rep Jim Leach, that it amazes me Frist is even on, or near, this list. Surely it will embolden the Europeans to eliminate the courtesy that the US picks future World Bank presidents for future post-Frist presidents. The position is too important to risk the US will post a political hack. Bush would be shooting himself in the foot, and every US president to follow.

Maybe Frist is a better manager than Wolfowitz, who knows? Someone who goes in, pays attention to the existing culture, treads softly, changes minds gently (if necessary)-- respects others who know more, to put it simply. Maybe he is. But he's too much of a Bush ideologue to do well on the world stage.

So, what is this really about? Maybe getting rid of the world bank once and for all? Wouldn't we rather administer our own aid programs without having to consult those pesky...others? The Europeans as SUCH a pain in the ass, anyway. Not to mention that many of the Euros feel they're in a position they weren't in post-WWII, i.e. they can handle THEIR own aid programs, too.

Wolfie slipped the WB a mickey. Maybe Frist is intended to give it some...heh, heh...heart surgery. Of the terminal type.

Just like with Bolton, I don't think the question is "Who would be best for our policy?" or even "Who is loyal to me?" as much as it is "Who could I appoint who would be the biggest poke in the eye to these internationalist bastards?"

Frist is a pretty good choice in that case.