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The only thing that could have made this better would've been if Rummy leaned across the table and bitch-slapped Russert. |
Posted on 02/06/2005 12:25:07 PM PST by wagglebee
God Bless Donald Rumsfeld ~ Bump!
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Leftist blood and teeth on the floor.....where they live, thats what we need
Senator Susan Collins, was Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld pointing a finger at her? Christian News in Maine.com staff report
Not long ago, a young soldier in Iraq asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld a question. His question dealt with what is called up-armoring of HumVees. Much has come out since then about the up-armoring of HumVees used in both Iraq and Afghanistan, not the least of which is that over 85% of all HumVees used in both theatres of operations had been up-armored at the time of the question.
What got our attention was not the question, but Secretary Rumsfeld’s answer. He replied to the soldier by saying "… You go war with the Army you have, not the Army you would like to have." That got us thinking and asking questions about what kind of Military President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld inherited from the impeached, disgraced, adulterous Clinton administration.
The more we looked at Secretary Rumsfeld answer, the less enchanted we became with Maine’s two senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Snowe has never portrayed herself as anything but a liberal, she has never tried to pass herself off as pro-life, pro-Christ, pro-Republic, pro-tax cuts or anything else that even comes close to sounding Conservative. But, Senator Susan ...
Here's the link to the transcript.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6923245/
...and this is why they all hate him. The man WILL NOT be intimidated, and he WILL NOT lay down and die when they tell him to.
Dan
RUMMY Bump !!!
I watched it this morning and I promise you will be glad to catch it. Russert potato really tries to shut Rumsfeld down and claims the excerpt is "representative" of the exchange and Rumsfeld correctly says it certainly is NOT. He pulls out the transcript with yellow highlighter and Russert keeps trying to stop him but Rumsfeld goes ahead and reads the whole thing.
Then Russert changes tacks and tries to get Rumsfeld to admit that the question helped bring a problem to their attention and Rumsfeld points out he fully supports the question being asked, however, going back to his full answer he points out they were already aware of the problem.
Russert was disgusting, IMO. Rumsfeld was da man.
It will be.
USA TODAY: RUMSFELD LOSES IT!
Washington Post: SEC. DEF. VERBALLY ASSAULTS RUSSERT
New York Times: UNBALANCED RUMSFELD CONCERNS ANALYSTS
Unfortunately,you are dead right !
I detest the big fat Russert, always have, always will.
I read a letter from a soldier written as of a week ago in Kuwait. His unit is dumpster diving for scraps. Problem unresolved. Rumsfeld is a great debater and misdirector. Before you go cheering his put down, ask yourself why only 500 medium trucks out of 4500 in Iraq have armor and we are making armored cabs at only 15 per day.
To the guardsmen and reservists that scrounged for what they could get, Rumsfelds debating skills protect him much better than them.
Both Hannity and Rush have had Russert on their shows, makes me sick. Hannity especially, he kisses Russert's arse.....
It sounds like Russert got senators confused up with states, if so, he should have asked himself when Alaska and Hawaii became states.
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Long ago the CBS-TV Media lies of RATHER & CRONKITE helped fool the American People into leaving the threatened Free People of South Vietnam behind to their fate at the hands of invading Communist bullies from the North.
Millions of poor S.E. Asian souls perished as a result.
Last year the mainstream news media tried to weaken California's 3 Strikes Law that keeps repeat violent offenders behind bars. Polls kept showing this voter proposition passing by a wide margin as a result of extensive TV Advertising. Turns out this expensive media misinformation campaign was being funded a California millionaire that wanted his jailed son released early.
Only the open check book of another California Millionaire brought last minute TV Commericals by Gov. "Keep them behind bars" ARNOLD that defeated this measure at the ballot box.
That's how strong a strangle hold the Media has on our ablility to make intelligent decisions on our own behalf.
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His "put down". We can all see where you are coming from with that ridiculous characterization.
Let me explain what it actually was: Russert took a part out of a loooooong answer (the same stunt the rest of the media has pulled) and Rumsfeld re-read his complete answer.
That is not a "put down". That is setting the record straight.
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I happened to see this and it was great. The funny thing is that Russert never really acknowledged and basically ignored Rumsfeld's well made point.
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