Hitchens: GOP "dropping their most intelligent people"

Somehow I missed this until now, but Wolfowitz allegedly threatened investigators by saying: "If they f*** with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*** them too." [Guardian] Wolfowitz hasn't said what he's doing next, but across town, I've heard that Georgetown's School of Disgraced Bush Administration Officials is hiring. [Washington Post]

Mr. Wolfowitz still has one true believer: devout atheist Christopher Hitchens, who is claiming that the Republican Party is "dropping their most intelligent people over the side . . ." [London Times] Could someone please explain to me why this guy still considered relevant in intellectual circles? Sometimes it seems like Hitchens' recent American citizenship must have been granted on the condition that he promote the neocon agenda until the bitter end. I'm about as interested in reading God is Not Great, Hitchens' self-righteous attack on religion in general, as I am the inevitable self-serving Wolfowitz apologia, which we can expect by this time next year. Maybe Wolfowitz will title his book The Ten Percent Rule.