A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-14-04....The Many Faces of Donald Rumsfeld

dansangel

[dansangel]

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Illustrating the size of Kerry's intelligence, perhaps?

Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001. Before assuming his present post, the former Navy pilot had also served as the 13th Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, U.S. Congressman and chief executive officer of two Fortune 500 companies.
(From Defenselink Military Bios)

Standing proud with his boss.

During his business career, Mr. Rumsfeld continued his public service in a variety of Federal posts, including:

· Member of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control (1982 - 1986);
· Special Presidential Envoy on the Law of the Sea Treaty (1982 - 1983);
· Senior Advisor to the President's Panel on Strategic Systems (1983 - 1984);
· Member of the U.S. Joint Advisory Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1983 - 1984);
· Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East (1983 - 1984);
· Member of the National Commission on Public Service (1987 - 1990);
· Member of the National Economic Commission (1988 - 1989);
· Member of the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University (1988 - 1992);
· Member of the Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1989 - 1991); and
· Member of the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission (1999 - 2000).

(From Defenselink Military Bios)

Determined to make his point.

Did you know our Rummy is a poet?
(From Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld):

The Unknown

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don’t know
We don’t know.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

Or how about:

Happenings

You’re going to be told lots of things.
You get told things every day that don’t happen.

It doesn’t seem to bother people, they don’t —
It’s printed in the press.
The world thinks all these things happen.
They never happened.

Everyone’s so eager to get the story
Before in fact the story’s there
That the world is constantly being fed
Things that haven’t happened.

All I can tell you is,
It hasn’t happened.
It’s going to happen.

—Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing

Of course these are parodies of actual quotes, but sometimes when he speaks it has a bit of a poetic ring, no?

It's easy to see his passion when he speaks.

Donald Rumsfeld has served us well as Secretary of Defense. I can't think of anyone more deserving of the title.

Rummy - you are *truly* one of the Finest!

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Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

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[GailA]

Love your tag line.

Rocky is snoozing in my lap. We are going camping again..be back on Fri. afternoon.

[GailA]

I wish Rummy would run for president. We could use another straight shooter.

[FreeTheHostages]

"I wanna Rummy doll!"

www.talkingpresidents.com -- you can buy one there!!

[dansangel]

But have you ever noticed how his *compliments* are always followed with a "but".................? :)

Well, yeah, but today I turned over a new leaf and am trying the "Glass Half Full" vs the "Glass Half Empty" attitudinal thing.

OK, OK, so I lied.....

:-)

[dansangel]

wedgies to all of our elite press corps for badgering the President with their conceited stupidty and selfish agenda.

ROFL!!!! I nearly fell out of my chair here at work when I read that (((((jwfiv)))))))).

Thank you for being *you*!

:-)

[dansangel]

Have a wonderful time (((((Gail and Rocky)))))))

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for the ping......The Finest must have ESP.....what perfect timing of this thread. As usual the Freepers were right on this story......making among the first calls to the 'Gabber' and alerting the Media & FL GOP!

Here's the latest on the Ad & the publisher of the newspaper:

Ad Draws Big Notice To Little Newspaper

By WILLIAM MARCH
wmarch@tampatrib.com

GULFPORT - It's not often that The Gabber, a free, weekly, 13,000-circulation paper big on boccie tournaments and city council dispatches, makes national news. When it published Tuesday, however, the shock waves reverberated nationwide.

The Gabber carried an advertisement from the St. Petersburg Democratic Club, a small group of local Democrats, suggesting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be killed.

By noon it was on the Drudge Report. ``Campaign Rage: Florida Democrats Place Newspaper Ad Calling For Rumsfeld Hit,'' the Drudge Web site screamed in what newspaper editors call ``Second Coming type.''

By 1:20 p.m., The Gabber had 120 calls from reporters, ``everybody from CNN to The New York Times,'' Publisher Ken Reichart said ruefully.

The Florida Republican Party issued an outraged response, and the Defense Department was ``very familiar with it,'' a Pentagon spokesman said.

``We don't discuss security arrangements for the secretary,'' said the spokesman, Lt. Col. Barry Venable, when asked whether the matter was taken seriously or might be investigated.

The ad was a strenuous denunciation of President Bush over the war in Iraq.

``Bush doesn't even know who in the hell we're fighting,'' it states. ``How many more have to be killed before the Bush Bunch is satisfied?

``And then there's Rumsfeld, who said of Iraq, `We have our good days and our bad days.' We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say, `This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger.''

The ad sought contributions to the campaign of presidential challenger John Kerry, offering phone numbers for club President Ken Steinke and Vice President Edna McCall.

There may have been more response than expected. Neither number was being answered Tuesday afternoon.

Kevin Jensen, the Pinellas County Democratic Party chairman, said he was trying to reach Steinke or McCall to find out who wrote and placed the ad.

``We don't stand by this type of mischief. It's a bad thing,'' Jensen said.

McCall, 88, is a member of the Democratic Executive Committee, the county's official party organization, Jensen said, but Steinke, 75, was removed from the committee two or three years ago.

Their club is a group of about 40 Democrats with a charter from the party as a social organization, Jensen said.

He predicted the party would retract the club charter.

``We realize the seriousness of this,'' he said. ``A person can have their own opinion but not attach it to the club.''

State Republican Party Chairwoman Carole Jean Jordan said the ad was ``a direct reflection'' of criticism of Bush by Democratic leaders, including Kerry. ``Despicable,'' Jordan declared in a statement headlined: ``The Democrats Have Finally Gone Too Far.''

State Democratic Chairman Scott Maddox issued a statement calling the ad ``reprehensible and in poor taste,'' saying it was the work of a ``misguided individual.''

Reichart said he regretted publishing the ad.

``It was about halfway between accidental and bad judgment,'' he said, meaning he read the ad but didn't think carefully enough about impact before publishing it.

``Tonight I'm going to take a deep breath and figure out how to handle this,'' he said when asked whether he intended to print a retraction or other statement. ``We're going to have to do something.''



Reporter William March can be reached at (813) 259-7761.

This story can be found at: http://news.tbo.com/news/MGALA0QS0TD.html

[dansangel]

Just had to show you my little tuxedo kitty. :-)

[dixie sass]

Hello jwfiv and everyone. Just passing through -got to go and sit with the aunt tonight and part of tomorrow. Will catch up with everyone then.

GOD bless and take care - LadyX and WVNan - y'all stay outta trouble, ya hear!

[Pippin]

Thanks, (((FREEZIE)))!

But I'll have to fit it in my budget, :O)

[Donaeus]

Love this thread! It's a much needed break from the day. I've been completely caught up in the threads about the ad by the St. Petersburg Democrat Club and getting Jamie Gorelick off the 9/11 Commission. I have fire coming out of my eyes over these events.

[dansangel]

I have fire coming out of my eyes over these events.

You and me, both (((((Donaeus)))))) I have that ad hanging up on my monitor at work where it can't be missed. I have the offending passage highlighted and "WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE??!!?" penned in bold purple at the bottom. Not one of the dimrats I work with commented. Thank you for the kind words and try to put out some of that fire - LOL!!

[dansangel]

I'm fading fast. Thanks to everyone who participated today at the Finest. Have a great evening!

[Billie]

God bless America and death to all Her enemies ... and, wedgies to all of our elite press corps for badgering the President with their conceited stupidty and selfish agenda.

LOL! You're too funny! What a picture this is. :)

[Pippin]

Good night Dansy!

[Billie]

Just once - well, maybe a lot of times, I'd like to hear a reporter say something like...

"Mr. President. Reports have been coming in to the news desks throughout America that the American People whole-heartedly support the War on Terrorism." "How do you respond to such and attack on the credibility of the news media?"

Of course, we won't be holding our breath, will we? I don't understand why it's too much to ask that a reporter be fair and balanced. Their own politics should NOT color the way they 'report'. We know it does, but it shouldn't. :(

[Billie]

I wish Rummy would run for president. We could use another straight shooter.

And Condi for VP! What a ticket!

[Pippin]

Hi, Billie!

I'm finding out today just how dangerous politics is getting to be! PHEW!

[Billie]

I've been completely caught up in the threads about the ad by the St. Petersburg Democrat Club and getting Jamie Gorelick off the 9/11 Commission. I have fire coming out of my eyes over these events.

Amen, Donnie! And thanks, Julie, for keeping me on your mailing list - sometimes your little nudge is all it takes to get us on the ball. I hope they are flooded with emails about Gorelick!

[Billie]

I'm finding out today just how dangerous politics is getting to be! PHEW!

It seems to get uglier and uglier, doesn't it?