The Rumsfeld Mystique: Understanding His Popularity

GOPUSA ^ | January 7, 2002 | Carol Devine-Molin

[gopusa.com]

I noticed that the ground was beginning to shift last summer with the re-emergence of machismo males, or truly masculine men if you will, embracing their testosterone-driven behaviors, and coming back into style. In a scene reminiscent of the movie "Jaws", eight- year old Jessie Arbogast lost his arm stemming from an attack by a 7-foot bull shark on July 6th of last year in Florida. The young victim's uncle, Vance Flosenzier, was there to intervene in a spectacular manner at the onset. In an amazing accomplishment, Flosenzier proceeded to drag that dastardly shark, that carnivorous sea beast, to the shore with only his bare hands and brute force, for the purpose of extracting the boy's arm from the shark's gut. In our collective memory, none of us had ever heard of such a thing being done before. And everyone loved it!

And the "Day of Infamy" only generated more respect for the intrepid "manly men" of the working class, the firefighters, policemen and emergency workers who braved life and limb to rescue those at the World Trade Center. As President Bush has indicated, the tragic circumstances of 9/11 have caused us to re-evaluate our priorities, and to sort out that which is truly important in life. And, clearly, a dauntless spirit and selflessness are not only salient human attributes, but deeply attractive ones as well.

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[OldFriend]

WITH INTEGRITY.............kind of shocking after the past eight years and the continuing bullship emanating from the commie/libs in the media!

[biblewonk]

People have always admired people who don't take any sh*t from anyone.

[ffrancone]

As opposed to WJC--"Would you guys stop bothering me about this perjery and obstruction of justice stuff so I can just do my job?"