Posted on 06/07/2006 11:12:57 PM PDT by RWR8189
June 8, 2006 | Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. When seven retired generals who had been commanders in Iraq demanded Rumsfeld's resignation in April, the younger Bush leapt to his defense. "I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain," he said. His endorsement of Rumsfeld was a rebuke not only to the generals but also to his father.
The elder Bush's intervention was an extraordinary attempt to rescue simultaneously his son, the family legacy and the country. The current president had previously rejected entreaties from party establishment figures to revamp his administration with new appointments. There was no one left to approach him except his father. This effort to pluck George W. from his troubles is the latest episode in a recurrent drama -- from the drunken young man challenging his father to go "mano a mano" on the front lawn of the family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, to the father pulling strings to get the son into the Texas Air National Guard and helping salvage his finances from George W.'s mismanagement of Harken Energy. For the father, parental responsibility never ends. But for the son, rebellion continues. When journalist Bob Woodward asked George W. Bush if he had consulted his father before invading Iraq, he replied, "He is the wrong father to appeal to in terms of strength. There is a higher father that I appeal to."
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Bad timing with Zarqawi having been killed!!!
Serious question can it only be senior and junior in America then if all initials are the same?
We do not really use the term in England but if we did the fact the first name was the same would be enough.
Depends on what part of the country that one is from. In the south the son could be refered to as jr. even if only their last name is the same.
But, then again they could just be called bubba.
Haven't you heard? Bill Casey's tomb was exhumed and he said a few words... "Trust Wooodward, that dashing, dynamic speaker and pundit... But above all, trust Blumenthal.. that noble mahatna whose only struggle is to balance his great patriotism with his un swerving objectivity... Oh yes, and George W. Bush sucks!"
How does a guy as discredited as Blumenthal keep getting recycled by the MSM? Put all of his venomous invective aside--- his reporting still turns out wrong 99.9% of the time.
Sid and Cy Herish should write together.
LOL. Hey, it's Swamp Thing. Been wondering what he's been up...er, down to lately :)
Come now, you don't give Zarqawi enough credit. If he's given the chance, he'll be able to tell us plenty as to what a certain former archangel is thinking.
Both despicable characters in the most disgraceful episode in American elections.
All journalists should be aware of this, but alas, that's asking a lot from this group. I truly think they do it on purpose.
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