DU Pool Poll - How Long Will Rummy Last as SecDef?

NashVegas

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Fri May-07-04 03:37 PM
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Poll question: DU Pool Poll - How Long Will Rummy Last as SecDef?

I admit, I didn't think he was touchable, but after readin Talking Points Memo's last 48 hours of posts, reconsider.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

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robbedvoter

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Fri May-07-04 03:39 PM
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1. Josh marshall explained: if removed, a bit of good press will be

replaced by hearings to approve a new one - a new opportunity for bad publicity. Considering the way they think, this is crucial.

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NashVegas

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Fri May-07-04 03:40 PM
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3. and he's probably right, but

Edited on Fri May-07-04 03:44 PM by Crisco

something tells me Rummy's gotta be in an underground bunker come Memorial Day. * cannot afford to have him presiding over any of the grand ceremonies.

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pscot

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Fri May-07-04 03:49 PM
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5. Imagine trying to get Wolfowitz of Arabia

confirmed, or Doug Feith, as a run-up to the election. Carl Rove's worst nightmare.

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 03:40 PM
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2. I don't know how long

Edited on Fri May-07-04 03:43 PM by Kellanved

But each second is one too many : his reputation here was bad before all this (old Europe, axis of :shrug:, ...) but now it is subterranean.
As an foreigner I can assure you: the damage Rummy is doing right now to the image of the USA far outweights any previous blunder by the *Administration.
I can not fathom how much worse it must be in the Arab world.

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Dookus

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Fri May-07-04 03:42 PM
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4. I think he's out in the next week

and election day is the first tuesday after the first Monday in November. This year that means it's the first Tuesday.

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lastknowngood

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Fri May-07-04 03:49 PM
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6. at least until november 2008

n/t

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Alpharetta

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Fri May-07-04 03:50 PM
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7. longer than any category you put there

Option 1)
long enough to get a promotion but still be in charge of the military. How would that happen, you ask? Easy: if the U.S. is subjected to a horrible attack which craters multiple cities, we will refuse to surrender. The plan is to dissolve the Constitution and set up independent military districts. ("We can't surrender because we're not the U.S. any more")

Option 2)
If Bush wins again, he will do what's needed to get Jeb elected next. Take more control of the media, the voting methods, etc.) Rumsfeld can stay in office until he croaks, if that's the way it goes.

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Jacobin

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Fri May-07-04 03:52 PM
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8. He's not going anywhere

He's the only PNACer who has the balls to tell congress to get fucked and get away with it. They LOVE him. He's perfect to be master of the war machine. He will finish conquering the M.E. in the next four years, if Kerry doesn't light a fire and get his act in gear.

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NashVegas

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Fri May-07-04 03:56 PM
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9. oh, I don't know anymore

You should see that part of the Nelson Report TPM carried. I think Rummy's fucked. And I think Bush is fucked, too.

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Jacobin

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Fri May-07-04 04:11 PM
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11. Murkins just love brutal warmongers

Have you seen todays polls?

Or, more appropriatley, today's headlines: "Rumsfeld apologizes, takes responsibility".

So its all just a big "oops" and all is well.

Who are they gonna appoint in his place? Wolfowitz???? He would fucking melt from the heat.

They need a true denizen of hades like Rumsfeld to take point on their conquest of the M.E., with enablers like Lieberman to help him along.

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never_get_over_it

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Fri May-07-04 04:01 PM
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10. Election Day

is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November - this year it happens to be the first Tuesday November 2nd....but in 2005 if you have an election every year like we do in VA it will be the second Tuesday or November 8 because the first Monday in November is November 7th....so have I confused you yet...

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