Comments on: Rummy Runs to Rush

By: KnotIookin

KnotIookin — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:07:45 +0000

I think the REASON RUMMY RUSHED TO RUSH is not because he wants a friendly interview to change opinion here in the ‘homeland’ BUT because RUSH is about the only radio talking head who is consistently heard IN ITAQ…he is on the air there for about 10-12 hours a day and RUmmy needs to counter the attacks on him there, not here…in Iraq..where our troops are…

rumsfeld could care less what WEA think of him but he cant afford our troops publically voicing out loud what many of them already think…rumsfeld should resign…

so rummy went to RUSH and RUSH will air that partisan interview over and over and over IN IRAQ.

for what its worth…thats what I think

By: chip

chip — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:00:41 +0000

i think we should start using “terrarists” to denote propaganda, and “terrorrists” to denote actual, factual threats to our freedom and well being.

unrelated: #34: my grandfather lived through prohibition, and is an Army vet. He said that in his (very conservative) opinion, they should legalize marijuana so that they can control it and of course tax it. he views it as very similar to alcohol in that regard.

By: Knut Wicksell

Knut Wicksell — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:59:48 +0000

I’m with RWCole. We are watching the disintegration of a Presidency. The SecDef on a reactionary talk show! It defies belief. It’s a little like the good general Lundendorf conscripting ‘drummer’ Adolf to warm up the crowd for his movement. Bad move, Ludie.

Assuming we don’t go nuclear with Iran, there will be at least some schadenfreude from watching the administration boil in its own stew like a kettle of reddening lobsters.

By: ccmask

ccmask — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:55:55 +0000

Thanks Taylor! Enjoy your posts.

And, I must say, it’s so good to have Billmon back! I’ve missed his writings.

By: ccmask

ccmask — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:53:40 +0000

It’s been a long hard slog…..are the last throes over yet?

By: Shell

Shell — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:50:48 +0000

I just have one complaint: Why did you use a picture of “normal sized Rush” (when he was strong on Oxycontin?) rather than one that shows how he really is — FAT?

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:40:57 +0000

massacio 60 “Colonel Sam Gardiner who adds to the growing pile of data that we have troops (as opposed to CIA people?) in Iran”

Rumsfeld prefers to use military for intelligence - they are unde his direct command and he can progandize their info to his heart’s content, without pesky things like independent analysts. Granted, with Goss at CIA, it is almost the same thing, but it’s like Coke and Pepsi - he can tell the difference and he knows which one he likes best.

Col. Gardiner, btw, did the report early on about planted propaganda stories in the US press in the lead up to Iraq. Someone should maybe tell the “decider” that if Rumsfeld has planted propganda in the US (in violation of US laws) authorized torture (in violation of US laws) engaged in illegal covert activities in Iraq, Iran, etc. (in violation of US laws)etc. etc. or just managed to royally piss off Congress, ALL civil officers can be impeached. Yep - CONGRESS is still a “double decider”

New Dem Strategy - encourage the use of the “oh no, they’ll impeach Bush!” ads — and respond with “PLUS they’ll take out Cheney & Rumsfeld too” and watch the votes come pouring in. ;-) OK, maybe not, but in the world we used to have, it would work out like that.

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:40:29 +0000

It’s time to crash through the barrier into a new thread.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:40:18 +0000

Make no mistake about it- the war on Rummy is a war on Clusterfuck- and Clusterfuck can’t afford to lose it.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:33:08 +0000

Rummy certainly didn’t help anything with his “lean” approach to Iraq- but looking back on it- it’s not clear that the situation could have been saved with more troops. The underlying divisions in the country were just much bigger and deeper than these cowboys understood. There was a reason for why it took a Saddam to keep the thing from spinning out of control- and now we know what it was.