Bush is losing a valued minder

[Rose Siding]

White House Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett calls Gottesman "a walking mood ring," the unquestioned authority on whom the President wants in his limo, what member of Congress he may accept in his office on Air Force One and whether it is wise for a top aide to bring up a particular topic at a particular time. "Blake is so humble and professional that advisers much older than he rely on his advice instead of resenting him," says Reed Dickens, 28, who has filled in for Gottesman.

Time's article ("Who Knows Bush's Mind Best?...It's a 26-year-old whiz with no college degree") made me curious about Jenna's ex, this whiz who Preznit Fumbles is so dependent upon.



There must be some bargain with the photogs -I didn't find many shots with him in them. Doesn't it sound like he works with a race horse?:

"If the aide looks nervous, the President will think there's something to be nervous about," Gottesman, who is intensely private even for a Bushie, tells TIME in a rare interview. "So you look calm even when everything is going wrong."

Psst....over here, Trigger. Ohmmmm.


If he's primarily there to clean up little messes (toss liquor bottles, vacuum pretzels) he must be exhausted.

The President occasionally calls Gottesman "Soldier," needling him for the earpiece he wears to stay in contact with other staff members during presidential events.......The President sometimes barks at him just because he's there and can take it.

Here, Soldier. Woof
http://static.flickr.com.nyud.net:8090/49/165507417_e5a8884362.jpg

Rove says: "The President and he think alike so much that he can literally go through and underline a new draft of the President's speech to hit the emphasis points in the way that the President would."

Sure seems like a lot of authority for someone we know so little about.

[louis-t]

1. Did he wipe georgie's ass too?

[gaspee]

2. Hmmmm

What would everyone be saying if his little soldier was female... I'm thinking it anyway.

[patricia92243]

3. Say he is Jenna's ex? Maybe Bush is still hoping he will be his son-in-law