Comments on: That’s Our Don“Slimy”

By: Mickey

Mickey — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:32:23 +0000

The whole comment section of that John Dean book salon [2] would make a great book in and of itself - Firedoglake Fireside Chats.

It was absolutely remarkable!

By: orangejumpsuit

orangejumpsuit — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:59:55 +0000

spiderpaws @
142

Henry Kissenger once called Rumsfeld “the coldest man alive”.

If the frigid Dr. K. thinks Rummy is the coldest man alive…..

By: HopeSpringsATurtle

HopeSpringsATurtle — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:10:19 +0000

Rummy is not just a dummy but a huge asshole.

By: spiderpaws

spiderpaws — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:03:49 +0000

Henry Kissenger once called Rumsfeld “the coldest man alive”.

By: A.Political

A.Political — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:59:18 +0000

lol, your update re the typo is ‘furher’ evidence of typos….good work.

By: egregious

egregious — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:52:27 +0000

pol @ 2

That was absolutely the best part of Mr. Dean’s commentary. I’ve passed it on…

Not to miss the part about Kennedy/Warren Commission, where Dean said there are still things we don’t realize.

By: pseudonymous in nc

pseudonymous in nc — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:46:07 +0000

EPUd, but that was a fine thread. I stopped refreshing at about 300 because I felt a bit bad about John Dean methodically replying to everyone in order, and feared he’d be around till tomorrow morning. What a guy.

By: Mary4

Mary4 — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:28:05 +0000

EPU’d – this log in sux
Siun – I have read it – Fisk is pretty amazing. It’s part of why I added “now.” I do think that Afghanisan is still a huge mess. Karzai has had to launch investigations into the US actions to get their attention. Karzai has had to launch investigations to get their attention to the fact that no govt can stand in Afghanistan and be aligned with the indiscriminate killing of its citizens by occupation troops. I’ve also read about how horrible the aid issues have been and the senseless idiocy of some of the military actions. But I do think, much more recently, it has begun to occur to some that Afghanistan actually could, while no one is paying attention, go into the loss category and NATO forces have picked up. So I do think there is a much overdue and possibly too little, too late focus on actually trying to figure it out and do it right. Now. I’m not a big believer that it is going to work or that you can “go back” after several years of casual indifference and civilian killings, but I do think that there has been a shift. I’m not going to hold out much hope though, but I have to hope somewhere for something and Afghanistan is all I see as having a toehold.

By: neurophius

neurophius — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:19:35 +0000

darkblack @ 81

‘My goodness!…I’m mellllttiiiinnng!‘

;>)

darkblack, that is perfect.

By: HotFlash

HotFlash — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:18:07 +0000

op99 @
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montag @ 80

Eli @ 66

Two words: Barbra Bush. Nixon didn’t like her either.

“That woman knows how to hate.”

Hmm, I didn’t take that remark of Nixon’s to be dislike. It was more along the lines of mutual admiration. After all, Nixon was the keeper of the political enemies list. I think he had some respect for her ability to hold a grudge–a personal quality inherited by her eldest son.

From Kitty Kelley’s The Family, pg. 493, Gore Vidal quotes Nixon describing George H.W. Bush:

“Total light-weight. Nothing there - sort of person you appoint to things - but now that Barbara, she’s something else again! She’s really vindictive!” Vidal characterized the comment as “the highest Nixonian compliment.”

IIRC, Janis Karpinski called the Bush administration ‘so vindictive.’ Guess he comes by it honestly.

Also, whilst googling that, I found this comment by a psychotherapist.