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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:34 AM
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White House: Rumsfeld replacement 'not going to happen'

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=03414904-F0C6-4458-A99F-339008A9DFA0

White House: Rumsfeld replacement 'not going to happen'

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - While the White House says it's made significant progress in the war on terror, Democrats are demanding that the architect of the war strategy step down.

But the White House says that's "not going to happen." And spokesman Tony Snow says administration critics are playing politics by trying to turn Defense Secretary Rumsfeld into a "bogeyman."

Leading Democrats have written to President Bush demanding changes in "the current civilian leadership." House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, her Senate counterpart Harry Reid and ten others say it's time to reject a "stay the course" policy.

But Snow says Rumsfeld's departure would be "lousy strategy."


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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:35 AM
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1. Stay the Couse stay with the chump
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:46 AM
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6. Stay the course, and march right off the cliff
Splat!

Most Americans already know Rummy is bat-shit crazy.
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stubtoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:37 AM
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2. On the positive side:
Keep this albatross around the admin's neck till the midterms.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:12 PM
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12. yea, just shows how incompetent and negligent they are
they are just putting the noose around their own necks.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:44 AM
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3. Great - keep Rummy. All the better for the Democrats.
As a bonus, it shows how pig headed Dear Leader is.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:45 AM
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4. He is part of the PNAC
He is key player in the insane regime.
No chance he will go anywhere.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:45 AM
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5. No problem. A Democratic Congress will castrate you all.
I don't want Rumsfeld to be allowed to "resign".

I want a Democratic Congress to run him through a shredder next year.

Stick around, Rummy.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:47 AM
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7. That means Joementum is in
if he pulls off an upset in November ... especially if the Governorship goes Repuke, too ...
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The Brethren Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:49 AM
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8. Damn!
can't the repugs do anything right? rumie is not the bogeyman....he's worse then that; he's a body snatcher that needs to be kicked out of office.
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:49 AM
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9. Rumsfeld is chief neocon how could they get rid of him?
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:54 AM
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10. "You don't change jackasses mid-stream."
:rofl:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:11 PM
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11. well if rummy doesn't go they all should go
stay the course, and have your butt on a platter.
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BigDDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:23 PM
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13. Rummy, you're doing a heck of a job...
Here's your Medal of Freedom.
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reprobate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:27 PM
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14. Perfect! Dems set the trap and the repugs got caught in it.


Rumsfailed is the rock around the repug neck and chimpy refuses to let go of the rope. It'll pull them right off the cliff.
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:58 PM
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15. That means he's leaving!!!
Anything the White House says, count on it being the exact opposite.

That means the Old Boy is finally finished...
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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:14 PM
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16. Rummy & Bush seem to be the only ones who understand that when you're
getting your ass kicked in two wars already, you attack someone else. Rummy laughs in the face of danger and understands that the 25,000 casualties we've already suffered are nothing compared to the results we're getting. A US General said it would be 18 more months before the Iraq army is prepared. I guess we're training them to be brain surgeons also.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:19 PM
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17. Cheney and Rummy go way back, together.
Cheney is the one in control, and no way in hell is Cheney going to cut his soulmate loose. I doubt if bush has any say in this matter at all, but he postures as if he does.

Rummy's ties and loyalty are to Cheney, not to Little Boots.
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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:30 PM
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18. Hang onto Rummy and lose Congress
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 01:31 PM by lebkuchen
That's the deal.

Rummy telling the 172nd Stryker Brigade that he's not Santa Claus was worse than his calling you or me Nazi sympathizers.

Rummy is the deal breaker as far as voters are concerned. Keep him, and you lose a branch of govt. in return.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:45 PM
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19. rummy can't go - he's one of the co-chairs
rummy & darth cheney have been the power twins since nixon's resignation. Don't see one w/ power w/o the other in the background.
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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 05:50 AM
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22. A principal in the troika and 911 co-conspirator he's locked in...
...for life. The third party is the bush family. Dear old dad is hanging in there. The current scandal and lawsuit exposing Barrick Gold and Morgan conspiracy to illegally manipulate gold markets indicates the bushes are still very much in power.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 10:05 PM
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20. Just like they will have their war of choice no matter what, they
won't kick this gunrunner to the curb.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 10:50 PM
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21. Excellent! Go down with the ship!
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