Daily Show profiles Wolfowitz World Bank scandal

David Edwards and Nick Juliano

Published: Wednesday May 2, 2007 Print This Email This

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to task last night for the convoluted explanation he has given for securing perks for his girlfriend. Stewart compared Wolfowitz's bumbling in this current controversy to his role as an architect of the war in Iraq.

"When someone has been completely wrong about everything, you've got to put him where he can't do any harm, like in charge of the world's poor," Stewart said, guessing at the president's justification for appointing Wolfowitz to head the World Bank.

Stewart outlined the steps Wolfowitz followed to "avoid" a conflict-of-interest in working with his girlfriend, Shaha Riza.

"To comply with the bank's conflict of interest policy, Wolfowitz had Riza transferred to the State Department, given a $60,000 raise, a promotion and guaranteed positive performance reviews ... to avoid conflict of interest," Stewart said. "What's next? bombing the s--t out of a country in order to save it?

"Actually, Wolfowitz has published a book of his counterintuitive hints, here's one: To get red wine stains out of a tablecloth, rub dog s--t on it."







