Rumsfeld memoir to be published in 2010

[NJSecularist]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK - Donald H. Rumsfeld, the powerful defense secretary and architect of the Iraq War who left office two years ago as he faced ever-rising criticism, is working on a memoir to be published by Penguin Group (USA) in 2010.

"This will be a story that will span my lifetime," Rumsfeld, 75, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday from his office in Washington, D.C. "It will be something that I will try hard to have be very fair and honest and useful. I hope it adds to people's information about these times."

Books by such former Bush administration officials as treasury secretary Paul O'Neill and CIA director George Tenet have come out, but Rumsfeld's take is closer. A longtime friend and close ally of Vice President Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld was among the most influential defense secretaries ever and the most visible and controversial since Robert McNamara in the 1960s.

Rumsfeld met with several publishers and received "big bids" for his book, according to a publishing official who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations. But Rumsfeld decided to accept no advance, only money for expenses. Any profits will be donated to a foundation he established recently to fund such projects as grants for "promising young individuals" interested in public service.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_en_bu/books_rumsfeld

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Hopefully he finishes up the book in jail.

[EVDebs]

1. Ghost written by Robert MacNamara ? nt

[kevinmc]

2. After his death? ,,, oh that was cruel ..... n/t

[ToughLuck]

3. ROT in you know where Rumsfeld, and plan a trip soon abroad so they can try you for war crimes

[sofa king]

4. Titled, "Failed Apocalypse."

The blub: As Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld did his best to bring forth the end of the world as described in the Bible. He dove out of the way of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. He cut benefits across the board for the soldiers he kept in near-continuous battle. He stole $2.3 trillion dollars from the federal treasury and likely murdered the only people who could track the theft. In this tell-none memoir, Donald Rumsfeld paints a rosy picture of feigned competence and success while the world at large still rebuilds in the wake of the Worst Presidency Ever....

[Bush_MUST_Go]

5. I wonder what he'll say about his buddy Saddam & arming Iraq.

[truthisfreedom]

6. This thread needs pictures.

[UTUSN]

7. Autobiography of a FLUNKY. Think about it. He & CHEENEE were the

quintessential flunkies, doing all the peon labor starting under NIXON, learning ALL of the ins-&-outs of BEAUROCRACY, then *finally* TAKING power with a useful-tool (Shrub).

Taint no conspiracy!1

[guyanakoolaid]

8. Working title: "How To Kill Thousands Of People and Look Good Doing It"

or even better - "How I Ended up In The Slammer Getting Raped Every Night"

[WritersBlock]

9. 2010? Didn't know war crimes had a statute of limitations. n/t

[cliffordu]

10. I'd buy and read his trial transcripts, but I've had over

4 THOUSAND lives worth of his bullshit, and that's enough.


:patriot:

[LeftishBrit]

11. What will he call it - "The Things I Don't Know"?

That would be quite a big book, come to think of it!

I hope that his sales don't even cover the cost of publication.

[Jacobin]

12. Subtitled

"How to make cute remarks and be popular with the press while committing mayhem against a country"

[dger11]

13. Good potty paper, as long as I can get one for free (n/t)

[OKthatsIT]

14. hmmmm...must mean he expects people to be around till then

What an ass. He thinks people will have the money to buy his book, then. He's an idiot.

[LeftHander]

15. It will be about how he vaquished He-Man after years of battle...

How he went from third rate cartoon villain to head of the world's most powerful army.

[tanyev]

16. AP made a serious typo in that title.

I'm sure the word memoir should have quotes around it.