Ted Kennedy to Rummy: "Isn’t it time for you to resign?"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Rumsfeld engaged in contentious exchanges with committee Democrats.

“Isn’t it time for you to resign?” Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., asked the defense secretary, citing what he called “gross errors and mistakes” in the U.S. military campaign in Iraq.

“I’ve offered my resignation to the president twice,” Rumsfeld shot back, saying that President Bush had decided not to accept it. “That’s his call,” he said.

“Those who say we are losing this war are wrong," he added. "We are not.”



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8330207/

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. If things are goin so well, why try to resign.. twice??

[JuniperLea]

4. exactly!

and why not just walk anyway?

[Sydnie]

20. It's a shame that he is not the one with the bum ticker

Horrible to say, but the stress surely would have sent him over the edge by now. Tried to resign twice? Get the feeling that blivet** couldn't find anyone else to take the job and that's why Rummy the Dummy is still there? Shades of Homeland Security, couldn't find anyone to take that job either, not without a past anyway.

[The_Casual_Observer]

For the same reason that the bigger the losses, the more this shows

we are "winning."

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. For the same reason that the bigger the losses, the more this shows

we are "winning."

[Goldeneye]

2. What's with the dems today?

They're kicking ass. If only it could last.

[elperromagico]

5. Somethin' in the water, maybe?

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. DSM has bolstered them.

[JuniperLea]

21. sadly

it may be because the repugs, with chests puffed out in pride at having pulled so much over the eyes of the public, have gotten cocky... and stupid.

i'm tired of clinging to tid bits of good news. we need something that will bring this teflon coated administration to its knees and beg for forgiveness.

[sendero]

24. I think it could..

... last that is.

I think we've crossed the tipping point. I think Dems realize that they will not be instantly vaporized by a space ray if they speak up.

I think the situation in Iraq has become so untenable, that the spin can no longer counter the reality. 60% of Americans think it is a mistake. That's really a big number.

I not only hope it will last, I actually beleive it will. It's coming a few months later than I thought, but the fact is that Bush** and his band of merry fuckups have lost the confidence, trust and imagination of the American public.

Now we (Dems) can step in with a better plan and take over the reins.

[Goldeneye]

26. I wonder what would happen

if the dems faught like they were republicans from now until 2006. I'd say, we'd take back the house and senate.

[sendero]

30. And i'd....

... agree with you :) It's is within the realm of possibility, I really believe. The "war" coupled with the very rel possibility of yet another impending recession - how much more can Americans take?

[elperromagico]

3. The people who say we are losing the war

can back it up with data, not rhetoric.

Can you, Rummy?

[bettyellen]

6. i thought his boss said the war was over 2 years ago?

[Doctor Panacea]

9. Try again, dimwit!

“I’ve offered my resignation to the president twice,” Rumsfeld shot back, saying that President Bush had decided not to accept it. “That’s his call,” he said.

Maybe the third time would be a charm. Heh. :evilgrin:

[Vinca]

10. Teddy actually said that?? Way to go! nt

[dbeach]

11. Go Teddy..

'Don't blame me I'm from Massachusetts.."

rummy is such a compulsive liar..when did he offer 2 resignations to der fuhrer..
bush criminals are notorious for keeping scapegoats around to lie for them..look at how powell reduced his reputation to garbage by lying to the UN...

rummy as scapegoat is a possibility

bet this poppy o will protect jr under any circumstances

[MrBenchley]

12. So now who'll ask the fuehrer why

he insisted on keeping an incompetent drone like Rumsfeld around when he's twice tried to resign...

[jaxx]

13. Probably a Brit reporter......

ours don't seem to have the balls to stand up to dubya & co.

[MrBenchley]

19. They've gotten bolder lately, but they're still weak sucks

Last week one asked Scott McClellan if there was any member of the Bush crime family in the military now...but they didn't follow up.

[CottonBear]

16. No one else wants the job so Rummy HAS to stay on.

WHo in their right mind would want that job now?

[MrBenchley]

17. Let's hear the White House admit THAT hahaha

[laugle]

32. Bush doesn't want any new people around,

as they would get hep to all his little secrets. It's sooooooo obvious how incompetant rumy is. Hopefully, if the soldiers start again asking for his resignation, something can be done. Although, it's doubtfull.

[Jacobin]

14. I know one thing. Kennedy will never apologize for asking

that question.

He is a mountain.

[Skidmore]

15. Someone once had a link to a website where a guy

had worked out all these hand gestures that Rummy uses and labeled them to match the messages he's trying to convey. It was a hoot. Does anyone remember that? I didn't book mark it but it would be a good reference now.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. Here's something similar:

http://www.pixlo.com/foreward/rumsfeld.html

:toast:

[Totally Committed]

22. I am proud Ted Kennedy is my Senator...

He says what he means, means what he says, and never makes me feel like I made a mistake voting for him.

Thank you, Teddie.

TC

[DoYouEverWonder]

23. Rummie tried to resign twice?

Please don't let the door hit you in the ass.

What an incompetent moran.

[samsingh]

25. so Rummy if you've offered to resign twice

you admit you've done a very poor job?

[Imagevision]

27. “Those who say we are losing this war are wrong," Dead, - wrong!!

[ProudDad]

29. Over 1700 of them are dead

really dead.

[ProudDad]

28. Oh yeah, * has such

f*ckin' good judgement.

I wouldn't take his inability to reason as as endorsement of your actions, rummy!

[Spazito]

31. This has hit the Canadian news, they showed a clip of

Kennedy saying Rumsfeld should resign and then Rumsfeld's response. It is very rare that clips from Congress are shown on our news so it is a recognition that this is big news.