Posted on 11/08/2006 4:27:22 AM PST by tsmith130
Subtle gong alert, scrolled on the bottom of the screen.
I'm going to puke.
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Jeeze and Tester just won the Senate Seat. No wonder i'm feeling all discombobulated!
Almost seems like he is trying to drive the GOP away.
Exactly - Rumsfeld is just a bureaucrat - he enacts whatever policy Bush & Cheney & Rice tell him to enact.
Dubyah is the one who flinched, and decided not to visit Armageddon upon the Muslims, and the result is that the Muslims were emboldened and realized that they could "win" this thing at the ballot box, just like the Russkies & Chicoms & North Koreans did in the Korean "War" [really the Korean "Nation-Building Exercise"], and just like the Russkies & Chicoms & North Vietnamese did in the Vietnam "War" [really the Vietnamese "Nation-Building Exercise"].
The irony of all of this is that Dubyah forcefully renounced the whole idea of nation-building exercises during the 2000 debates with Al Gore, and if he had only stuck to those promises, then everything would be hunky-dory today.
Really! Why NOW?! Our poor troops....
This is unbelievable. If he was going to fall on his sword why didn't he do it months ago? I am pissed.
Hang in there. :)
The President suffers a humiliating defeat at the hands of anti-American nutjobs....and he throws them Rumsfeld? Has Bush lost his mind?!
This is all about a deal with the Dems. I willing to bet a lot of money Pelosi said, Rummy is out or we begin impeachment proceedings.
Why now and not two weeks ago? This is crap.
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Wasn't it within the last week or so that the President said he still had confidence in Mr. Rumsfield, blah-blah-blah...the usual BS?
I guess we should learn that when the President comes out with such huge amounts of praise for someone, that person's days are numbered.
How do you know it wasn't Rummy himself who wanted to get the Hell out of Dodge?
God! This is so disgusting!
Could it be that Rumsfeld has just had enough?
I agree. He picked a hell of a day to do it! Not that I would like it to happen to Rummy any day.
It's like when a coach gets the dreaded "vote of confidence" from the owner, you know he's doomed.
Can anyone tell me if this will be on C-Span and which one? I just got home and don't have time to scroll through this thread. Thanks.
It aint that. Rummy is gone.
| Rumsfeld Has No Plans to Step Down, Despite Democrat Gains, Official Says |
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| Posted by jmc1969 On 11/08/2006 11:48:21 AM CST · 30 replies · 500+ views AP ^ | November 8 2006 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, a key target of Iraq war critics, gave no indication Wednesday that he planned to step down in the wake of Democratic midterm election gains, his chief spokesman said. Eric Ruff, the Pentagon press secretary, said he participated in meetings with Rumsfeld on Wednesday morning and heard no talk of changing war strategies or of Rumsfeld leaving his post. |
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This is what I was thinking. He might have decided it was just better to get out now.
Let's make a pact to stay the heck out the Bushes! Let them sail away.
Damn! How does he explain this to his troops?!
I'm so angry I could just spit.
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