Rumsfeld theory - Am I Crazy??? [View All]

I have a theory about Donald Rumsfeld.

I think he may very well be the one holding the cards. Think about it, there are so many reasons that Bush*-Cheney could have scapegoated Rumsfeld and made a high profile position change. More than enough reasons, but - he stays. Why? Could it be that Rumsfeld knows too much?

I know that Rumsfeld is not exactly thought of fondly around here and for good reasons, but, I went to a town hall meeting and spoke with Maxine Waters. I respect her a lot and she really surprised me when I mentioned Rumsfeld. She put her finger up and interrupted me and said that she doesn't care for Rumsfeld, of course, but respects him more than maybe anyone else in the administration. I was shocked. She said she wasn't apologizing for the man, but that she respected the fact that he conducts his own press conferences and takes the heat "like a man unlike others we know all too well." I have thought about that ever since. I thought of it again today when he was getting a grilling about the prisoner being off the record during the Red Cross visits. He never tried to leave early and stood there and took it. Naturally, I thought of Maxine's comment. Also, what if the 9-11 commission is right and Bush* and Cheney *did* "go around" Rumsfeld on the shootdown orders and left him out of the loop. I remember the reporters being in shock at seeing an emotional Rumsfeld digging around in the fires of the Pentagon.

I don't know, something tells me that he is still there because he holds cards that trump a firing by Bush* and an easy out as a scapegoat. He may very well know too much. He also seems like a guy you wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of. Thus, all the praise all the time from *Bush.

Am I crazy? This is my first actual post that isn't a reply, so go easy on me. Is my tinfoil too much with this? Watching him today and remembering her saying that has added to my thinking on this which has been buzzing around for a few weeks.