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Proud wife turns 'axis of evil' speech into a resignation letter
Matthew Engel in Washington
Wednesday February 27, 2002
The Guardian
The public had a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the White House yesterday
when David Frum, the man said to have invented the phrase "axis of evil", resigned
from President George Bush's speechwriting team, causing a debate as to whether
he walked out or was pushed.
Mr Frum became well known after President Bush used the term in his state of the
union address. But his celebrity came about only because his wife, Danielle, emailed
friends with "wifely pride" to claim credit for her husband. The message was picked
up by the media.
This was considered an affront to the discreet and collegiate traditions of the
speechwriters' room, whose occupants are accustomed to having their precious
words appropriated by the president, rewritten or scrapped, but are expected to
remain stoically anonymous.
The Frumgate affair erupted when the commentator Robert Novak claimed on CNN
that the president was so infuriated by the emails that Mr Frum was fired. This was
denied by the White House and Mr Frum, who accused Mr Novak of "making stuff
up" and said he had given a month's notice on January 24, while the speech was
being written.
In her email to friends and family, Mrs Frum wrote: "I realise this is very
'Washington'
of me to mention but my husband is responsible for the axis of evil segment in
Tuesday's state of the union address. It's not often a phrase one writes gains
national notice... so I hope you'll indulge my wifely pride in seeing this one repeated
in headlines everywhere!"
Presidents have a core team of four or five writers working on their speeches. Like
most White House staffers, they rarely last through the length of a presidency,
although Mr Bush has only been in office 13 months and Mr Frum is one of the first
senior figures to go.
"What you get is the excitement of being at the centre," said a team member from a
past administration, who asked, in keeping with the tradition, for anonymity.
"You're playing with history. But the job really takes it out of you. You break a lot
of
promises to your kids.
"And there are a lot of frustrations. Once a speech is made, it's supposed to be the
president's, not yours.
"The current team does a lot of collegial writing, and they're very good at it. That
takes a strong bond and very special people."
Mr Frum intends to return to more conventional writing under his own name. He has
already published two critiques of conservative politics and a history of the 1970s.
His new-found fame is unlikely to do him any harm with publishers contemplating
contracts.
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