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Did Donald Rumsfeld Give Questioner ‘The Bird’ at Kansas State?
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| November 10, 2006
| Noel Sheppard
Posted on 11/10/2006 11:18:10 AM PST by lowbridge
Did Donald Rumsfeld Give Questioner ‘The Bird’ at Kansas State?
Posted by Noel Sheppard on November 10, 2006 - 09:48.
Was it an innocent scratching of the nose, or a classic Goose moment right out of the movie “Top Gun?” I report, you decide.
In a question and answer session at Kansas State University on Thursday, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was posed the following: “If you were going to give yourself a letter grade for your performance as Secretary of Defense, what grade would that be?”
As he answered, "Oh, I'd let history worry about that," Rumsfeld used his middle finger to scratch his nose. Coincidence, Freudian slip, or something much, much more? And, did CNN intentionally show this clip on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to discredit the former Secretary? Regardless, I hate it when it does that.
For your analysis and viewing pleasure, the incident in question is at the tail-end of the following video.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donaldrumsfeld; rumsfeld
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:18:11 AM PST
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
They're lucky, if it was me I'd have shown up with a flamethrower.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:19:45 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: lowbridge
"I know the finger, Goose"
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:20:16 AM PST
by
fhlh
(Since 11/7/06, The MSM has failed to inform me about any of our soldiers dying in Iraq)
To: lowbridge
Hopefully- it was a well deserved figner if he infact did do so- I'm sure the MSM will be all over this for months- fingergate they'll dub it. He shoulda bent over & said "Kiss this!"
Christian news and commentary at: sacredscoop.com ...
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:20:20 AM PST
by
CottShop
(http://sacredscoop.com)
To: lowbridge
5
posted on
11/10/2006 11:21:02 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(Libertarian = Scapegoat)
To: CottShop
Well that's it. Rummy must go!!! (Oh wait, nevermind.)
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:22:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: lowbridge
I wish it was Jim Miklaszewski who asked that question.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:23:36 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: lowbridge
I certainly hope with all my heart it was "The Finger".
I wish it were me up there. Then there would be no question at all.
Think Rockefeller.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:25:40 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(The US Media...Where you get Million Dollar Words From people with a Ten Cent Fart for a brain.)
To: lowbridge
LOL! Kidding aside, I think Donald Rumsfeld is too classy a man to give anyone the old one-finger salute!
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:27:41 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
They're lucky, if it was me I'd have shown up with a flamethrower. The finger is being polite I have seen pictures of him shooting lightning bolts!
To: lowbridge
He probably did; I noticed the same move a few months ago; an interviewer basically said "some people say .....blah blah blah.. what do you say to them?" he scratched his forehead with "that" finger, I spit beer 20 ft across the room. Good lord, I am going to miss him.
To: lowbridge
Did Donald Rumsfeld Give Questioner ‘The Bird’ at Kansas State? I don't know about that, but I heard he routinely abuses his (gasp!) goldfish when it gets outta hand...
Oh yeah, and he burps after he eats, too. Positively scandalous.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:33:55 AM PST
by
liberty_lvr
(Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.)
To: lowbridge
Hey, MSM: ‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:35:19 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Got my own set of keys to the Rovian Weather and Earthquake Machine.)
To: Echo Talon
He is a KungFu master you know?
To: lowbridge
Good ol one fingered victory salute!
To: PissAndVinegar
lol good post man- you should send that in to Fox- they run a funny section at the end of the show with Brit Humes- that would be perfect- they've done other rummy poses like that before.
Christian news and commentary at: sacredscoop.com ...
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:49:29 AM PST
by
CottShop
(http://sacredscoop.com)
To: lowbridge
I love that man. And I'm glad he did it. What an inane question, coming from an aging, leftover hippie.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:50:33 AM PST
by
SueRae
To: PissAndVinegar
I'm gonna miss him... but, he has put in MORE than enough time to his country.
(And he has been tortured enough by the MSM, NOBODY should have to take that abuse day after day) I wish him and his wife well.
To: lowbridge
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:53:14 AM PST
by
Maceman
(This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
To: lowbridge
I thought that was what I saw, but then I thought perhaps it is true, my eyes do lie to me.
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:55:19 AM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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