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Fred Barnes: Precarious Rumsfeld
The Weekly Standard ^ | May 17, 2004 | Fred Barnes

Posted on 05/14/2004 5:11:53 PM PDT by RWR8189

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1 posted on 05/14/2004 5:11:53 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

If Rumsfeld goes, Bush is finished.


2 posted on 05/14/2004 5:15:17 PM PDT by ambrose (AP Headline: "Kerry Says His 'Family' Owns SUV, Not He")
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To: RWR8189

Rummy Salute! A man I really respect.


3 posted on 05/14/2004 5:17:11 PM PDT by Libertina (This Tagline contains adult content and has been relocated to the Smokey Back Room.)
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To: RWR8189

Get a clue, Fred.

We, the people, want Rumsfeld.

Enough said.


4 posted on 05/14/2004 5:22:14 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: ambrose

Rummy is sticking, like a fly on $hit.


5 posted on 05/14/2004 5:22:16 PM PDT by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: ambrose
If Rumsfeld goes, Bush is finished. Amen! Fred Barnes' political heart is in the right place, but sometimes the guy sounds like a total flake.
6 posted on 05/14/2004 5:22:55 PM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: RWR8189
And oh yea......

Barnes, eat $hit...... 90,000,000 flies can't be wrong!

7 posted on 05/14/2004 5:23:16 PM PDT by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: RWR8189

Fred's head is starting to look as inflated as buchanan's was before he disappeared from public view.


8 posted on 05/14/2004 5:23:56 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Right_in_Virginia
I want to know what the hell Rumsfeld was supposed to say? Hey boss, I hear there may be issues with the treatment of Iraqi prisoners.

GW's first response would be who, what, when, where and what is going to be done about it. The answers to those questions were being worked out at the appropriate organizational level. I sure wouldn't go to my Commander with a problem without answers to those type questions.

9 posted on 05/14/2004 5:27:07 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: ambrose
If Rumsfeld goes, Bush is finished.

And both of them know it.

10 posted on 05/14/2004 5:28:54 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: RWR8189

Fred's been spending too much time with that little weasel billie kristol.


11 posted on 05/14/2004 5:29:42 PM PDT by Endeavor (Don't count your Hatch before it chickens)
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Rum is our War Minister. If we are done, if we definitely aren't going to thrust into Syria, or Iran, if North Korea isn't going to go critical on us, if we definitely ain't gonna war no more, then sure, let Rum return to a well-heeled retirement. Replace him with someone the Dems and the French and the Muslims would be happier with, so that they can finally relax and stop worrying what America is going to do next.

But do we really want the French and the Arabs to be that sure of what we will and won't do? Do we really want Kim Jong Il to get his nerve back? Do we want Bashir and the mullahs to feel free to get back to business as usual?

If so, let the Starched Uniforms take over, put Clark in the Sec Def's chair, send the rangers to artillery school, and cross-train the Seals as mechanics mates.

I'll feel better, though, if we leave the warriors in charge for at least a couple more election cycles.


12 posted on 05/14/2004 5:31:23 PM PDT by marron
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To: gov_bean_ counter

'cuse me, should have said what the sam hill.


13 posted on 05/14/2004 5:31:31 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: pawdoggie
Fred Barnes' political heart is in the right place

That is HIS problem, he worries about the politcal fallout and how to minimize it. Most of us want the President to do the RIGHT thing for the country, and HE has and will continue to do so EVEN if it means he loses the election. Politicos suck but as X42 proved, STYLE over SUBSTANCE wins the day.

14 posted on 05/14/2004 5:33:51 PM PDT by PISANO (NEVER FORGET 911 !!!!)
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To: RWR8189

If Rumsfeld is sacrificed, our enemies all over the world will rejoice. Bush had better hang tough.


15 posted on 05/14/2004 5:36:51 PM PDT by hershey
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To: gov_bean_ counter

hey GW -- I've got some dirty pictures I want to show you that no-one outside of the investigators conducting the Abu Ghraib court-martials has seen -- including me.


16 posted on 05/14/2004 5:38:48 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: RWR8189
As much as I like Fred Barnes, he has really disappointed me with this editorial. Secretary Rumsfeld did not cause the "scandal" nor did President Bush. Don't jump on the negative speculation bandwagon, Fred. Are you thinking about switching places with Mort Kondracke on The Beltway Boys?
17 posted on 05/14/2004 5:38:56 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: vbmoneyspender

If you are old enough, do you recall anyone asking for the SecDef's head after My Lai?


18 posted on 05/14/2004 5:41:54 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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I pray that President would never dismiss Rumsfeld. The Rats hate Rumsfeld but they are insignificant. When people think of the President, then they think of Rumsfeld too. That is the way I hope it goes into the election and we will win by a landslide.


19 posted on 05/14/2004 5:50:17 PM PDT by cold_daknight
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To: gov_bean_ counter
not old enough -- but I suspect that the media wasn't as desperate back then as it is now.

Aside from the media and the Dems' being out and out fifth columnists - what really annoys me is these generals going on tv and saying that Rumsfeld should resign. I saw this McPeak guy (who I believe is a retired air force general) on John Gibson's show today saying that Rumsfeld should resign. When he said this, Gibson interrupted him and asked why Rumsfeld should resign for what these prison guards did. McPeak responded that Rumsfeld has said he is responsible so he has to go. I'll tell you, I wish I coulda been there to Q&A this guy cuz my next question would have been whether McPeak had ever had any enlisted guy under his command commit a crime. And if McPeak did have that happen did McPeak offer up his resignation? Somehow I suspect not.

20 posted on 05/14/2004 5:50:28 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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