Bush: Rumsfeld, Cheney must stay til end

[truthpusher]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_13

Bush: Rumsfeld, Cheney must stay til end

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent

President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain in his administration until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most criticized members of his team.

(snip)

And Bush said he did not foresee a change in the immediate future in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. "They've got what they can live with," Bush said.

The president spoke in the Oval Office, seated in a wing chair in front of a table with a bowl of roses. Six days before midterm elections, Bush steered questions away from politics beyond saying he was confident that Republicans would defy the odds and hold control of the House and Senate. He refused to even say whether he could work effectively with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid if Democrats won either the House or Senate, or both.

Bush took the opportunity to take another poke at Sen. John Kerry, in political hot water for a remark that has been criticized as a slam on U.S. troops in Iraq. Kerry has apologized and said it was a botched joke.

"It didn't sound like a joke to me," the president said. "More important, it didn't sound like a joke to the troops.

(snip)

He said he valued Cheney's advice and judgment. "The good thing about Vice President Cheney's advice is, you don't read about it in the newspaper after he gives it," the president said.

Bush credited Rumsfeld with overseeing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while overhauling the military. "I'm pleased with the progress we're making," the president said. He replied in the affirmative if he wanted Rumsfeld and Cheney to stay with him until the end.

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_13

[closeupready]

1. LOL

Someone please help me here, the quote about not reading Cheney's advice in the newspaper... :D ("...or so Condi has told me" "for those of you who read" etc.)

[wakeme2008]

2. that ends the posts of Rummy quitting after the mid-terms

:shrug:

[MidwestTransplant]

3. "they've got what they can live with"...don't you mean die with?

[Indiana_Dem]

4. well now....that ought to put a boost in the Rs-ratings!! lol

:sarcasm:

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. What end? Annihilation? Multiple genocides until only White Oil People

rule the Earth? :grr:


Idiots! THEY are the terrorists

[Kagemusha]

6. So Bush is happy with no progress at all.

Because there is none. Yet he is pleased.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. They've made great progress

They control the Iraqi oil fields and they've bankrupted the US economy in 6 short years. They've succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

[Efilroft Sul]

7. Hitler: Goebbels and Himmler must stay until the end.

I'm sure there's some documentation out there that says this.

[lovuian]

9. Stay the Course one Senile Old man and the other on his

last battery... How pathetic...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. "...or else I won't know what to do."

The fact is, impeaching Dumbyass would be meaningless without prosecuting those two as well.

[olshak]

12. International Tribunal

I am all for impeaching him, then having him, Dick and Rummy all arrested and delivered for a war crimes tribunal.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. I could go for that.

I won't hold my breath waiting for it to happen, though.

[dogfacedboy]

11. Cheney and Rumsfeld are the puppet masters

that pull the strings that make Bush dance like the little monkey that he is. They send him out there and tell him what to say.

[superconnected]

13. homocidal maniacs unite.

[Lindacooks]

14. That'll be convenient.

Then they can all get arrested and hauled off to the Hague at the same time.

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Bush looks a bit terrified today

I guess he knows they'll all hang together.

[dbt]

17. Yo, Georgie, I got your END right here:

The killer awoke before dawn.
He put his boots on.
He took a face from the Ancient Gallery and he
Walked on down the hall...

That's YOU that The Doors are singing about, Worthless Motherfucker.

:grr:
dbt
Remember New Orleans

[Solly Mack]

18. Is that anything like saying "heck of a job"?

kinda odd Bush saying that...it has a different feel to it ..at least to me it does.

could be nothing

[jacksonian]

19. weird lumping them together

Rumsfeld is Bush's hireling, Cheney is the elected VP.

Bush can fire Rumsfeld, but Cheney, like Bush, can only resign. Which, BTW, is an excellent idea.

[twaddler01]

20. No surprise here....nt

[MasonJar]

21. Good! They can all be impeached or investigated or charged

at one time!

[truthisfreedom]

22. "They've got what they can live with," but not what they can win with.

time for the Democratic leadership to jump all over this.

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. What a callous thing to say! Or is it just me?

They've got what they can live with. :wtf: Is that the same thing as You go to war with the military you have, not the military you want?

[VegasWolf]

23. Heck'va job Rummy! nt

[nealmhughes]

24. Can't have Gotterdammerung without all the gods present.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

25. That explains the Paraguay land deal.

:think:

[Olney Blue]

26. A pundit said this statement makes it hard for the GOP candidates

who have called for Rummy's resignation. A politically stupid move by the chimp, they said.....

[Anakin Skywalker]

27. Ooh. Sounds Cultish. Must Be Some Armageddon Plan.

[David Zephyr]

28. This signals (to me) that they are both going to resign.

Bush says right before the election that he needs them.

They turn in their resignation immediately after the election in spite of Bush's support.

Rummy's gone within 30 days. I'm confident of this.

Cheney's gone by January 1. I'm pretty confident of this, but not as much.

[sweetheart]

29. The 9/11 mastermind must stay

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7143212690219513043&q=911+Mysteries+-+Demolitions

[leesa]

30. They should have to remain chained together until the last one dies.

Just think, they'd have to lug Cheney's carcass around for years

[Lisa]

31. scared they're going to run away and leave you holding the bag, Georgie?

That's what he would do if he were in that position!

[Arkana]

32. You know, George, people are fast growing sick of you poking Senator Kerry

like that--keep doing it, and the GOP will sink even lower than it already has. Go ahead.

[vixengrl]

33. Sheesh--what, you mean somebody could resign this thing?

They're all in too deep, now. They made their bones and they're in until the ride is over.

But what is this about the troop count? "They've got what they can live with," Bush said.

Who is "they" and just what are they "living with"? Is it like they did some kind of cost-benefit analysis and determined that the percentage of loss with the current number would be somehow more acceptable than more or fewer troops--or is there some conscious opinion of the manpower needed to accomplish certain (success-oriented--since we're *all about* the victory, Mr. Bush) goals in winning the war? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Az_lefty]

34. I didn't realize Cheney was in question...

this is getting really interesting.
:shrug:

[Dulcinea]

35. Rummy tried to resign at least once.

Boy George refused to accept it. I doubt he will in the next 2 years.

Cheney's the real president, so he's not going anywhere.

[Tellurian]

38. Right, Cheney IS the real president!

And he is busy backing his play!

The shredder truck was called to his home to get rid of sensitive documents that might implicate
him for HC&M at some later date. Also, the offshore accounts are getting moved around redistributing
the wealth from lopsided bank accounts to other methods of storage (underground treasurys) for future
distribution.

[shadowknows69]

36. Fine with me

There won't be any question who the main collaborators of this gigunda mess have been when it comes time for the trials. Dreaming again I know.

[Eurobabe]

37. till the BushCo-induced RAPTURE?? WTF

Sounds like a smarmy old song, Till The End of Time.

[Matilda]

40. He made it clear who's to blame for the mess in Iraq

and Afghanistan.

"Bush credited Rumsfeld with overseeing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
while overhauling the military."

But is credit the right word?

[CJCRANE]

41. Rummy & Cheney call the shots anyway.

More likely they allowed * to be their puppet for another two years because no one else is stupid enough to want the job.