It appears that Rumsfeld is "on the ropes" with more coming out for his resignation, what say you ?
479106
The whole administration is on the ropes... but no one is going to do anything until the election... they are just going to drag the Republican party down so far that no one with a mind will vote for it...\nI don't think I've ever seen one administration do so much damage to a party in my lifetime...
25427
Nah......it's more like they are "hamming" it up.
942268
Many of us did have our eyes wide open all along. The longer it goes on the more that do wake up, and see what grave mistakes have been made. Finally, enough people decided they wanted a new direction, and voted for change. I'm just sorry it took six years for that to happen.\nThere is something much deeper going on than what now meets the eyes. The Iraqi leadership in place at the moment, Saddam's death sentence, and Rumsfeld's resignation, are all closely related. I don't know yet how it's all tied together. We will see how it comes out in the coming months.\nAdded November 9, 2006\noobily...What I mean by much deeper going on, is I have a feeling that something on the scale of Watergate is happening. Early and mid-seventies. Nixon resigned to avoid being impeached. Much of his staff was removed or resigned as well. I was too young at the time to know what it involved. Henry Kissinger was part of the Nixon team. The Bush Administration has been having private talks with Kissinger in the last few weeks. I wonder why. Damage control possibly. Advice on how to handle the fallout, which we have yet to see. Some of the same countries were involved back then that we are up against right now. I could be wrong, but it seems strangely similar.
578033
He´s a puppet, an evil one, btw. (cheney and co. are behind him) and bush Sr. is also pulling the strings.Needless to say he ain´t the puppet for free, of course!
770804
This is going to be a very dramatic shift in power and it has started with the resignation of Rumsfeld yesterday. Stay tuned as this develops over the future.
193511
I believe we are starting to see signs of a determined effort on the part of the US administration to give the fledgling Iraqi government a timetable to deal with, in terms of the US reducing its troop strength. This is happening for a number of reasons.  1) The American people have had quite enough of the pace of this war and our inability to stop the senseless killings of our troops, by these devil worshiping bastards the media calls, insurgents.\n2) We need to free ourselves up from this circle jerk before the next one starts.\nWe may not see a complete troop withdrawal for a long time, but we may be able to pull our guys back or out of harms way so they are no longer practice fodder for the bad guys.  Remember, the bad guys don't want to see us go, they want to keep us there putting out fires, but hopefully we can see that and not allow ourselves to play into it.
503111
I likely know about as much as you do, planksheer. As with all such scandals, more details will gradually trickle out and we'll slowly become better informed. But what we know already is pretty damning.\n\nI believe admiralbob's first paragraph will be proved correct and, if so, it is crystal clear why bush was compelled to throw goss overboard last Friday. It's bad enough that these ANP sleaze with their hypocritical self-righteous moralizing engage in sex scandals that make their Democratic rivals look like choir boys in comparison, but to have a top intelligence official compromise an ongoing national security investigation due to his immoral conduct?! Jesus tap-dancing Christ, we can't have this shit going on! We're a nation at war, aren't we? Fighting evil-doers, right? Anyway, that's what The Decider keeps telling us...
904992
Nouri al-Maliki should be very concerend. Not that long ago, Bush was saying Rumsfeld was the man for the job. When Bush pats you on the back, it seems like he is showing where the knife should go.
865915
I think - hooray - one more gone - hopefully more and more will be let go now that Bush is going to have to face scrutiny for his grossly illegal acts.\n\nFP
833338
Bush lie? Why, whatever do you mean? WHEN has he ever done THAT?\n\n;-)\n\nBy coincidence, I was on a blog and clicked a link, and here's a quote:\n\n"VIDEO: Bush Admits He Lied About Rumsfeld For Political Purposes\n\nLast week, President Bush unequivocally told a group of reporters that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney would “remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his administration.” Bush said, “Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them.”\n\nToday, he announced Rumsfeld is resigning and being replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates. At the press conference, Bush said that “the only way to answer that question, and get it on to another question, was to give you [the reporters] that answer.” Bush admitted that he had talked to Rumsfeld about resigning and was actively searching for his replacement at the time."
972414
Rumsfeld was fired by Bush this morning, it was evident at the press conference today. Bush is afraid of the trails that lead back to him from Rumsfelds failures in Iraq.
996361
Right on, bro! Keep speaking out. It amazes me how many people have been taken in by DUHbya and Co., I feel like we're under the Dark Empire or something with DUHbya as the mouthpiece and Darth Cheney as his evil influence. When will people sit up and see the corruption? Intelligence fights idiocy, the more we speak, the more even the most brainwashed conservative will have to hear. Use your brains, folks! Or am I asking too much? I'd much rather think for myself than partake in the meal of lies fed to us by this Administration. But for some reason, the conservs just keep grabbing spoons and digging in...the DUHbya followers have all become political zombies, moving arms and legs, mouths opening that aren't really saying anything and they're all really just looking for brains...but that's alright, I'm going to relax, drink some wine and wait for all of this to blow over...it has to eventually, right?
814771
I haven't heard that yet, but here's my thought on it.  Yes it's a flip flop to an extent.  But I'd guess that now that Democrats have won the house they would want to get Rumsfled as far away from any hearings that may be called.  Then of course blame the entire sinking ship on him.
793792
What I liked was the questions some of the press asked. There were the usual kiss-ups, but a couple asked questions like "You have been called a liar, a crook, a scum-bag, a puppet, a degenerate creep and a waste of protein. How will you form a working relationship with those people who called you those things?"\n\nOr even better, after saying that the Republican losses had been a surprise, "So are you saying that you are that out of touch with the citizens of the country that you couldn't see this coming?"\n\nBush did do us a favor though, it was obvious that the Rumsfeld "scape-goat" resignation caught him by surprise. It was several hours later that he had been given a cover story about why he said just a couple of days ago the Rummy would stay as long as he did.\n\nI've said for years that after seeing Clueless George it is easy to understand why his papa likes Dan Quayle.
809399
Because there will be investigations into the Bush Admin and Rumsfeld is trying to "Dodge the Bullet". All those scandals are about to come out and he's running scared!!
326030
I believe Rumsfield is thinking more about himself lately than anything. He has several High ranking officers who control the U.S. military that are against him, they may and could interpet his orders in their own way. It is also possible he could pull a big blunder which will oust him. With president Bush supporting him and 70+% of the nation not in favor of Bush I would say that is a big problem.
857394
Sorry, but Rumsfeld resigned Wednesday, after the elections. I seriously doubt his replacement, Robert Gates, is any better. After all, he was appointed by Bush too.\nFoley (FL) resigned from his post a couple weeks before elections. \nMakes you wonder, who's next. Cheney? Bush? \nMore to come in the next few months, if the Democrats have a backbone and push for invesigations.