TIME: Rummy: "They never say Colin Powell lied. They don't say Condi lied."

"They never say Colin Powell lied. They don't say Condi lied."

-- Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, quoted by Time, arguing that accusations that former President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction were unfair.

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TIME
Sunday, Jun. 21, 2009
Donald Rumsfeld in Repose
By Brad Graham

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Convinced that many of his critics didn't really know him, he believes he got along well with those with whom he spent the most time. "The people who I worked with for the most part, I think, were fairly comfortable working with me," he said. "It's the people three layers down who would get the ripple effect."

Told that even some senior officers who dealt closely with him found him difficult, Rumsfeld said it was the work itself that was difficult, and he defended his own manner as nothing the officers shouldn't have been able to tolerate. "The idea that guys with three and four stars on their shoulders can't take tough questions — well, then, they shouldn't have three or four stars on their shoulders."

Rumsfeld has ascribed much of the negative perception of him and the Bush administration to distorted media coverage. "The intellectual dishonesty on the part of the press is serious," he asserted. He groused about "a strong incentive to be negative and dramatic" that had infused much of the coverage. "It's a formula that works. It gets Pulitzers; it gets promotions; it gets name identification on the front page above the fold."

Part of the formula, Rumsfeld added, involved pillorying him along with Bush and Cheney but sparing Powell and Rice. As an example, he noted accusations that Bush and Cheney had lied about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction in making the case for the invasion of Iraq. "They never say Colin Powell lied," Rumsfeld asserted. "They don't say Condi lied."

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when we say "Bush lied" it means ALL of Team Bush did the lying. If you say that Condi lied, it might mean it doesn't go up the chain of command to Bush or to Cheney.

And that includes a few powerful and influential Dems who helped Bush lie to DC lawmakers and citizens who believed they were telling the truth about the intel they saw when THEY were in the WH.

You need to get out more, Mr. Rumsfeld.

He would have heard us call them all liars.

He is a deranged old sociopath.

Condi Lied, Powell lied-- hmmm -- is Rummy targeting them because they are black?

I thought he was the one smart enough to "get out of Dodge". Apparently not.

all agree THEY ALL LIED!!! I couldn't disagree with Rummy more, it has been said and repeated time & time again, they are all lying liars..."intellectual dishonesty" OTOH is something he knows intimately.

I look forward to the day when the liars are held accountable and do jail time for their treason.

CSpan 1 right now.

If not for lying, Condi would have nothing to say.

I guess he also paid no mind to reactions of Powell's presentation to the UN.

you just never pay attention.

It's that they never, ever told a complete truth.

Rummy needs to listen a bit more as to what the real world is saying about him and his cohorts.