Too many quislings on the Right undermining the base of support for the President -- the libertarians, the Al Rantels, the Joe Scarboroughs, Wm Buckleys, Pat Buchanans, the VERY arrogant GOP senators -- made it all come crashing down. Then Bush got wobbly and fired Rumsfeld --total weakness. The USA is just a paper tiger.
Bush should have quit before he fired Rumsfeld.
"Then Bush got wobbly and fired Rumsfeld --total weakness. The USA is just a paper tiger.
Bush should have quit before he fired Rumsfeld."
Rumsfeld is still doing the job of Secretary of Defense. No one has replaced him yet. He will be the Secretary of Defense until next Monday.
When a person is fired, they are not allowed to continue in the same position for a month. They are removed from the property if they do not go willingly. That is not the case with Rumsfeld. He is still the Secretary of Defense and that is not scheduled to change until Monday of next week. He resigned, he was not fired. We can tell that because he is still in the position.
Secretary Rumsfeld was just on Hannity and said that when he delivered his resignation this time that President Bush said, "well, you've been sending out signals for a while now." Rummy said it was time and gave a few reasons why, none of which were the President's fault.
"Bush should have quit before he fired Rumsfeld."
Perhaps you should give Bush credit for hiring him in the first place and standing by him for years and years when a separation and scapegoating would have been the easy way out.