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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 12:33 PM
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“Potted Plant” Rumsfeld Cautions Against Speaking Out

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/11/20/potted-plant-rumsfeld-cautions-against-speaking-out/




Sec. Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was so adept at bobbing and weaving to avoid responsibility on ABC’s This Week that Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria later said he made it sound as if his role in Iraq up to now is like that of a “potted plant.”

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And on, and on. Rumsfeld played both sides of the net so exhaustively he was able to change the direction of the ball in midair, without it even touching the racket.

Rumsfeld just wants the questions to go away, even if it means making veiled threats, or as lapdog Jean Schmidt demonstrated, performing character assassination.

“We have to all have the willingness to have a free debate, but we also all have to have the willingness to understand what the effects of our words are,” he said.
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the "effects" of my words are to put Rummy into prison
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wtbymark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 12:48 PM
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1. how about the effects of our actions
and those consiquences we are dealing with now - jackass
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 12:52 PM
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2. Bombs and bullets may end my life but words can never harm me.
or something.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:25 PM
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3. Okay, can we officially declare the evil bastard senile and lock him up
now?
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 04:09 PM
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4. Thanks! That was one of the funniest and most accurate
labels for Rummy.

I couldn't remember who on the "panel" had come up with it.

Rummy is a potted plant! :rofl:

And he ain't flowering, and he never bore fruit or veggie.
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