Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Source: Cheney stuck by Rumsfeld
MSNBC ^ | November 8, 2006

Posted on 11/08/2006 2:39:24 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

-SNIP-

But a source told NBC News’ military analyst Bill Arkin that prior to the election, Vice President Dick Cheney argued with other politicians over whether Rumsfeld should stay. White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and others said Rumsfeld should be removed, the source said. Both sides agreed the decision would be made after the election, when Bush would make the final call based on how Republicans did.

According to the source, Bush agreed Rumsfeld should be removed after seeing election results favoring Democrats. Cheney then lost another argument, protesting Gates’ nomination as Rumsfeld’s replacement.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; bushsfault; cheney; gates; rumsfeld; tossedunderbus; willmissrummy
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-108 next last
To: CFC__VRWC

It's a new...sponsorship deal, yeah, that's the ticket.


61 posted on 11/08/2006 3:36:47 PM PST by Loyolas Mattman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: mountainfolk

"Stuff is going on that we won't know about until some book comes out down the road."

If you watched that disastrous press conference today, it was hard not to wonder what had him rattled so badly.


62 posted on 11/08/2006 3:37:34 PM PST by mutley (The dems and the terrorists are celebrating the day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: West Coast Conservative

Why try to appease the Democrats? The party of Kennedy, Clinton, Kerry, Schumer. You can't make deals with people you can't trust.


63 posted on 11/08/2006 3:39:26 PM PST by popdonnelly
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TomGuy

He can quit if he wants......for health reasons if need be.


64 posted on 11/08/2006 3:40:43 PM PST by Loud Mime (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: Defiant
That would be very scary. Pelosi would be next in line until there was a replacement, and the Senate would have to confirm the replacement.
---
Read the amendment. The House has to vote too.
65 posted on 11/08/2006 3:40:48 PM PST by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: West Coast Conservative

We lost the election because we are perceived to be losing the war in Iraq - I stress perceived. So somebody responsible for the Iraq war had to resign - it couldn't be Bush or Cheney so the next obvious candidate is Rumsfeld. Unfair maybe, but there it is.


66 posted on 11/08/2006 3:41:04 PM PST by Argus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MizSterious
I'm very disappointed that he was thrown overboard. And for what? Does the President really think that appeasement will do him any favors?

I suspect he's done this in order to give the appearance of a 'fresh start' on Iraq with the voters - the dunces that didn't understand that the strategy was to constantly change strategy based on conditions on the ground, while keeping the goal of victory the same.

once again, I believe this is a move to appeal to the voting public, not Democrats.

Losing this election also gives the Republican nominee a better chance of winning in 2008. Democrats won't be able to deliver the miracles they been promising and hopefully their constant harping will tone down. Imagine if Republicans retained power, and this 6-year hatefest continued another 2 years. We'd have had this 2006 result in 2008, with the Republican presidential nominee losing.

67 posted on 11/08/2006 3:41:12 PM PST by Swordfished
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: West Coast Conservative

Throwing people overboard is not going to enhance party credibility.


68 posted on 11/08/2006 3:42:14 PM PST by popdonnelly
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: finnman69

Rove can't even read a poll on iraq. Of the 60% who say they "oppose the iraq war" - 20pts of those are disaffected republicans who "oppose" the war BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE US WINNING. they don't oppose the war, they want to win it. The other 40pts, are the Dems who want to cut and run.

to hold 60% on iraq, we needed to pursue more acute use of military force to close out iraq. we entered the nation building phase too quickly.


69 posted on 11/08/2006 3:42:40 PM PST by oceanview
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: Verginius Rufus
...but they would need a 2/3 vote for removal by the Senate, and they wouldn't be able to get that--there aren't enough RINOs to vote with them, and two or three of the Democrat senators would probably refuse to go along.

They know they'd never get a vote to remove Bush and Cheney from office - like you said, the numbers just aren't there.

What they would try to do is put huge political pressure on the GOP to convince Bush and Cheney to resign "for the good of the country", ala Nixon and Watergate. And that would entail an all-out media blitz, complete with loaded polls, to herd the public into approving of impeachment and convincing them that it is inevitable.

70 posted on 11/08/2006 3:44:06 PM PST by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: mutley

It was political. I wish that it had been done six months ago.
If he had to be sacrificed at least then it would have lessened the inroads made by the Dems in the last election.
This way it is a wasted gesture that serves no one.


71 posted on 11/08/2006 3:44:50 PM PST by thile44 (Simplicity is too complex.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: COEXERJ145

but how much can Cheney take? everyone has an "I'm fed up" point.


72 posted on 11/08/2006 3:45:40 PM PST by oceanview
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Loud Mime

I like Cheney.


73 posted on 11/08/2006 3:47:49 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: thile44

"This way it is a wasted gesture that serves no one."

I certainly agree, and it was just dumb this way, and on too many levels to enumerate. I am beside myself over all of this.


74 posted on 11/08/2006 3:48:11 PM PST by mutley (The dems and the terrorists are celebrating the day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: Soul Seeker
Cheney's a legit conservative

One of the things I like about him, he is what he is and he makes no appologies for it. I have a great deal of trust in him because he doesn't blow with the wind, but is the real deal.

75 posted on 11/08/2006 3:49:59 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Howlin

Not wasting any time to get that camera time, after all '08 looms large.


76 posted on 11/08/2006 3:51:43 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Loud Mime

Cabinet secretaries serve at the pleasure of the President, the Vice President is a constitutionally elected official.


77 posted on 11/08/2006 3:57:34 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: samtheman

The Senate confirms appointments, not the House and Bush might be able to push this through before the new Congress convenes.


78 posted on 11/08/2006 3:59:09 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: West Coast Conservative
And Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who had intervened in the past to shore up support for Rumsfeld, issued a statement saying, “Washington must now work together in a bipartisan way — Republicans and Democrats — to outline the path to success in Iraq.”

Great job, Bill. The dems are going to force us to quit in Iraq with disasterous consequences, one way or the other. Why don't you just give them bipartisan cover for cut-and-run?

Make them do it themselves, for God's sake. Why can't R's ever see that when you lay down in the gutter, you come up with fleas--and the gutter blames you. I hate our Washington leadership.

79 posted on 11/08/2006 4:04:09 PM PST by ModelBreaker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Soul Seeker
I feel bad for Rummy & Cheney.

I feel sorry for them too.

If President Bush thinks offering up Rumsfeld will satisfy the blood lust of the liberal Democrats and save his Presidency he is sadly mistaken. He had better be ready to offer up V.P. Cheney too and maybe more.

Yesterday we lost the House and before it is over with we may also lose the Senate. Today Rumsfeld resigns. Can't imagine how our brave troops feel right now. I know how I feel. Thanks voters for turning this country over to the Dims. Thanks for selling out our Military and our Country. For any of those that think we will turn this around in 2008, you are mistaken. The President will certainly get his amnesty now. The majority of those who become legal afterwards will become Dims because the Dims are now in a position to offer them whatever it takes to turn them to their side. Tuesday's results were not a spanking for the GOP. It was a complete A@@whipping. I suspect that anyone over 40 years old will not live to see the House back in Republican control.

80 posted on 11/08/2006 4:07:55 PM PST by jerry639
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-108 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson