Rumsfeld resigned before election?
...and Bush kept quiet about it to help the Democrats. What a guy! This orta piss off at least two of the last three people who support him.
From The Washington Post: "Donald H. Rumsfeld, who came to symbolize the Bush administration’s problems in the war in Iraq, resigned as secretary of defense one day before last fall’s elections, although President Bush did not announce the move until the day after the elections.
The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Rumsfeld’s letter of resignation was dated Nov. 6, 2006, the day before voters — many of them furious about the war in Iraq — evicted Republicans from the leadership of the House and Senate.[..]"
Now let me get this straight -- Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the screwed up mess they call the Iraq war, resigned as defense secretary before last year's November election .. but his decision was not announced until after the voting?
Boy, I can just see all those Republicans who lost seats, frothing at the mouth, because Bush kept insisting he was keeping Rummy on until the end of his presidency.
If Republican voters had known about that resignation letter, they may not have stayed home on election day. Bush has always lived in denial, but this time his party paid the price as a result.
OR -- maybe it was Karl Rove who recommended hiding Rumsfeld’s resignation .. he sure didn't expect them to get "skunked."
Anyway, something tells me that Rummy would still be holding press conferences as Sec/Def had Congress not turned.
Donald Rumsfeld is the biggest failure as Sec/Def that we've ever had! He based his entire strategy of conquering Iraq on the fact that everyone would lay down their weapons -- like in the first Gulf war -- do the hokey pokey and turn themselves about.
Sadly, for our kids under his command, no one in the War Room asked -- "Hey, what if these a**holes fight back?"
"Just days before the election, Bush told reporters he would like Rumsfeld to stay on for the rest of his presidency ..."
Bush said that knowing that Rummy's four page resignation letter would soon be on his desk .. but he denied rumors of Rummy's departure three times before the cock crowed.
Finally, a Bush lie that actually helped America ....
