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Rumsfeld Stepping Down

#1 Postby Stephanie » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:59 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15622266/
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#2 Postby Windswept » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:00 pm

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
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#3 Postby j » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:09 pm

before the lynching begins
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#4 Postby HurricaneGirl » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:12 pm

WoW!! just heard here at work.
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#5 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:13 pm

He needed to go.
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#6 Postby Stephanie » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:22 pm

Lindaloo wrote:He needed to go.


I agree. Let's finish what we've started and get our guys and gals back home. Let's also make sure they have the supplies that they need to get the rest of the job done. :wink:
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:28 pm

Everybody needs a scapegoat I guess.
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#8 Postby Pburgh » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:39 pm

Ok, again, I'm the odd person OUT (j, don't say a word).
I'm one of the few that actually liked the guy.
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#9 Postby j » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:42 pm

can I say a word if I agree with you??
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#10 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:05 pm

i also believe he had to go
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#11 Postby MiamiensisWx » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:05 pm

Ditto to Linda and fact789. I also believe he needed the boot.
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#12 Postby Regit » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:13 pm

MiamiensisWx wrote:Ditto to Linda and fact789. I also believe he needed the boot.


I agree too, mostly because it's nice to see the buck stop at the top. Too often in government, the lowest poor sap on the totem poll is the one who gets the heat.
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#13 Postby Tstormwatcher » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:15 pm

MiamiensisWx wrote:Ditto to Linda and fact789. I also believe he needed the boot.


Same here.
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#14 Postby george_r_1961 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:06 pm

Hes 74 years old. Not saying hes senile but I do not think he is thinking too clearly these days. Yes I agree its time for him to go and enjoy his retirement.
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#15 Postby Brent » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:08 pm

It was long past time for him to go. I'm a Republican and for the most part like the Bush Adminstration, but he made far too many mistakes in Iraq and I think if he had resigned a year ago or so, the outcome last night would have been different. I did like him personally however, but he was a liability to the party.
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#16 Postby george_r_1961 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:09 pm

Stephanie wrote:
Lindaloo wrote:He needed to go.


I agree. Let's finish what we've started and get our guys and gals back home. Let's also make sure they have the supplies that they need to get the rest of the job done. :wink:


Oh I agree there. Lets do what we have to do and get the hell out of there. Before this turns into another Vietnam.
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#17 Postby Stephanie » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:17 pm

Brent wrote:It was long past time for him to go. I'm a Republican and for the most part like the Bush Adminstration, but he made far too many mistakes in Iraq and I think if he had resigned a year ago or so, the outcome last night would have been different. I did like him personally however, but he was a liability to the party.


I was thinking the same thing. I think that he did offer his resignation twice and President Bush declined it both times.
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#18 Postby Stratosphere747 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:53 pm

Rums was nothing more than a scapegoat/talking head. Wolfowitz was the architect of the problems, though Paul was correct on some of the ideals.

Gets to political after that.
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#19 Postby JQ Public » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:24 pm

last week: Rummy you're doing one heck of a job. you're staying here.
post election day: Rummy bye bye!
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#20 Postby Regit » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:03 am

For those who follow politics, this is a bizarre story. It's almost as if the GOP threw the election on purpose.

The more I think about it, the more I wonder if it's true. A solid Republican majority would have looked increasingly corrupt to the public. Additionally, a divided Washington could create the next best thing to Laissez-faire, which helps the economy in the short term (though not in the long term as we learned in the 1920's). A President and his party always get credit for a booming economy.

Is it a total coincidence that the day that the focus should be on the Democrats, the news switches back to something extremely positive coming out of the White House?

If the GOP had stayed in power, the Democrats could possibly have won the White House in 2008 even if they'd run Saddam.

Could the "blue tidal wave" be Karl Rove's ultimate genius play? Something to ponder.
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