Now that he resigned...should Rumsfeld change his name to Rumsfailed?
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LOL, one week after Dumbya's "Dumsfeld will serve until my term is up" the inane, inept and (possibly) insane Sec of Defense resigns.  I agree with irish_american_psycho who thinks this whole thing was a bet:  Dumsfeld betting his resignation that Republican keep control....and he lost.  Either way, with Dumsfeld out, the US Armed forces can now really win the Bush War in Iraq and begin a true War on Terror.
1055190
I think they need to CREATE a new name!
755522
Liar liar liar..... AGAIN. Now he can "change policy" and blame all the failed stuff on Rummy.
698760
Neither. The only thing that will happen is bush will put another person who thinks like Rumsfeld in his place. There will be no change in that aspect. However, the person taking his place has to deal with a Democratic Congress, so now he needs to come up with an exit strategy. Rumsfeld didn't feel like dealing with it. That's why he "cut and ran"...
914674
Rumsfeld was a highly divisive figure. It's likely that a democratic legislature would have found a way to force him out of office. Rather than open himself up for that kind of fight (and, by extension, open the white house up to the fight), he resigned.\n\nI disagree with the prior poster saying leaving earlier would have hurt the Republican party. I think leaving earlier would have helped the GOP. A lot of people, not just Democrats, wanted Rumsfeld gone. If he had left prior to elections, it would have shown a white house willingness to adapt and respond to criticism -- something that it's thus far been fairly slow and unwilling to do.
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This is a man who oversaw the failure of a number of very substantial businesses, and now of a government.  Do you think he knows how to be "embarrased"?  Three days before he said "staying the course" meant making adjustments & replacing Rummy, he said that "staying the course" meant Rummy was there for the "duration"...
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It's acceptable, but I don't really see how life will change much without Rumsfeld. Politics in Washington DC will remain corrupt as usual. Life goes on.\n\nHowever, I agree that Rumsfeld took too much of the blame. The blame extends to the Bush Administration and Congress, both Democrat and Republican politicians alike... and it also extends to the Perfumed Princes and "yes-men" Generals in control of our military. The Bush Administration should be faulted for the bad policies they decide to carry out. The Congress, Democrats and Republicans, need to quit fighting each other and worrying about their own parties (and re-elections) and for once do what's best for the Country and the People. Democrat politicians need to stop complaining about why we're in Iraq and start finding solutions. Yes-Men in the Joint Chiefs and Pentagon and wherever they are need to be weeded out immediately, replaced by combat-vets who can say "No." and know the situation on the ground (probably by being in Iraq where the action is instead of an air-conditioned office in the E-Ring) And finally, Americans need to stop being polarized in politics and abandon the corrupt party platforms and start working together to find solutions.\n\nI would speculate that Rumsfeld was an easy target to become a scrapegoat. He was probably the only one to take the fall of Iraq because of the corrupt politics that goes on in our Country, but later on probably won't be the last one.
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Not unless \n1. He hasn't given his children a legal name yet. \n2. His children chose to legally change thier names to thier fathers new name.
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Not bad.  Not bad at all.  \n\nBut consider adding something that adds a little pizazz to the name, like Derek Fitzhugh Lamont IV. \n\nOn second thought, Derek Lamont sounds just fine.
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Yes, but he won't. \n\nRumsfeld is the President's agent, as long as GWB needs him to take some of the heat Rummy will do it. If Rumsfeld left the buck would stop at George's desk.  Remember Dubya "makes decisions", and if the decision is nuts, let someone else deal with it.
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.
706240
I suppose he would if he did.\n\nI haven't seen anything about that, but I did see that FOX will be showing an interview in which he tells how he would have done the murders - if he had done it. :P\n\nIf the conversion story is true, he'll likely announce his new name there. Tune in!
294728
To the INFAMY of his name!\n\nSorry, too much Spartacus...
1164702
Maybe you need to change your user name to "Hot AND stinky Guy"...
922916
Murtha exposed facts that people don't like to accept.\nWhen Rumsfeld resigned there was a sigh of relief heard within ten mile radius of PENTAGON.\nDubya Lied.\nRumsfeld Lied.\nMurtha threw out some unpleasant truths.
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No, so long as you don't do it to defraud people. (That is, change from "Carol" to "Karul" and tell the court that all those unpaid parking tickets are not yours.)\n\nWomen change their last names all the time without a court. Virginia Smith marries Homer Hamm and becomes, (cringe) Virginia Hamm. This is called name change "by use" in some circles.\n\nJust start doing it. After a while, send away for a new Social Security card, driver's license, etc. If anyone asks, tell them yes, it was a legal name change.
749774
A better question is:  why didn't Rumsfeld resign earlier?