[commonguymd]

Great!!! He needs to counter this vicious assault. The Republicans at times (in the senate and congress) don't seem to realize they won.

[Rummyfan]

Glad to hear this! McCain, Biden, Hagel, Lott and Collins need to remember who is the President of the United States and remember their roles as Senators. Bunch of mealy-mouthed media whores!

[Paul Atreides]

Nothing tells you that you are doing a good job more than having Trent Lott in opposition.

Will he ever pry his lips off of the DNC Donkey's backside?

[traviskicks]

http://www.neoperspectives.com/rumsfeld.htm

Rumsfeld Quotes for the Rumsfeld fans.

[rocksblues]

Rumsfeld got himself into trouble last week by appearing to brush off a soldier headed to Iraq who complained that military vehicles did not have sufficient armor and troops were having to piece together scraps of metal for extra protection.

This is an out an out lie. They left out about 2 minutes of his response and focused on his finishing sentence.

Counting up the Rino's jumping on the bandwagon makes the Republicans majority in the Senate only a simple one 51 to 49.

[G Larry]

Lott is upset because Rumsfeld didn't support more ship building in Miss.

[nightdriver]

"...amid growing criticism of him from members of President Bush's own Republican Party."

I'm sorry, but Collins, McCain, and Lott are NOT members of Bush's own Republican Party.

They're RINOs at best.

[GretchenM]

Nasty little hit piece.

Bush "told Rumsfeld he could stay on," comes to mind as an example.

[jeffie77]

I'm glad the president is a real man who defends his people and doesn't decide matters on the latest Washington poll! Also, the writer needs to review Sec. Rumsfeld's answer and not just the sound clip.

[xzins]

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time," Rumsfeld had told the soldier in Kuwait.

When the Germans attacked the Poles in 1939, Poland responded with its cavalry. Surely you mean, armored cav...right? Wrong.

Poland went to war "with the army it had, not with the army they might have wanted or wished to have..."

The assault by a Polish mounted brigade against a column of infantry and motors - only a fragment of the fight against the German invasion in 1939 - was executed in the glorious tradition of the horse cavalry's saber-wielding charge.

It wasn't long before the horse cavalry and the nation of Poland were probably asking themselves why their PREDECESSORS had retained a national defense force that used horses. Sometimes weak decisions aren't displayed until the bullets fly. This was one of those times.

What was Poland to do? Fight the war, of course, was the first step. To have outfitted the army overnight with armor would have been nice.

[harpo11]

I second that emotion!!!

In my view, when I listen to Rumsfeld, I hear a man of intense resolve and dedication to his service to our country.

When I hear Tom Daschle, Barbara Boxer, Susan Collins, Trent Lott and John McCain, I hear nothing.