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Inside the Beltway: D.H. Rumsfeld
Washington Times ^
| Tuesday, June 24, 2003
| By John McCaslin
Posted on 06/23/2003 10:48:50 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
[history]
Listen closely. What you hear coming from the mouth of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is actually an "art form." Call it "literary intelligence."
The Pentagon's top dog, it turns out, has an unsung gift for free verse, haiku and sonnets.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rumsfeld
To: JohnHuang2
OHH John that is cool about Rummy so this dude put book together on Rummy one liner made him A POET
That cool
Well I think I could tell Rummy is read about guy way he run smack chat on press and EU and Axis of Evil nations I think Rummy has background in world history and politics
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posted on
06/23/2003 10:59:50 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in it for truth, justice, and the American way=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
Have you ever tried poetry?
3
posted on
06/23/2003 11:12:04 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
LOLOL!
OHHH no I can't LOLOLOL!!! actually I could imagine Rummy try get Mrs Rummy into move with this LOL!
YEAH Rummy is poet imagine that
We thought he was just adorable Secretary of Defense here
Surprise suprise
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:18:08 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in it for truth, justice, and the American way=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: JohnHuang2
I saw the book's author reciting some of the poetry on CNBC. It was amazing, the gems he found. He deadpanned the lines like a beat poet. Very funny.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:35:40 PM PDT
by
jennyp
(http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
To: JohnHuang2
I don't know if it's in the book.... but here:
Senior regime people
... Are moving
......Out of Iraq into Syria
And Syria
...Is continuing
......To send things into Iraq
We find it
...notably
...... unhelpful
- Rumsfeld said Wednesday, April 9, 2003.
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posted on
06/24/2003 1:13:52 AM PDT
by
piasa
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