Rumsfeld: "We saw a similar rush to judgment w/o facts in Dallas in 1963."

[sabra]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/11/5814689-rumsfeld-similar-rush-to-judgment-in-1963

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tweeted this message today comparing Tucson's events and the mood around the JFK assassination:

"Joyce & I are praying for all those felled by evil in Tucson. We saw a similar rush to judgment w/o facts in Dallas in 1963."

[villager]

1. Yes, we saw a "rush to judgment" Mr. Rumsfeld -- that would be the cover-up your side

...engaged in.

[SharonAnn]

23. The right-wing in TX, especially Dallas, got that assassination done.

Don't tell me for a minute that they didn't.

They were behind that, completely.

[villager]

24. with help from elements in the police dept., to boot

n/t

[hlthe2b]

2. Speaking of clueless and evil...

:eyes:

[uppityperson]

3. Except this time the caught the guy in the act.

I do find how the papers are all saying "alleged shooter". I know, until he is proven guilty, legally he is "alleged" even if all those people saw him and jumped him while he was shooting.

Bit different from Oswald.

[eleny]

4. That takes gall

[bluestateguy]

5. And a similar rush to judgement about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq

nt

[yellowcanine]

17. Direct howitzer hit alert. Damage Report to follow.

[Ikonoklast]

That would have been the mad scramble on the Right to silence Oswald.

Mission Accomplished.

[EFerrari]

6. Was he at home on Mt. Misery when he tweeted? n/t

[tridim]

7. Is this his first public statement since his firing?

I don't listen to psychopaths.

[bdamomma]

8. crawling from under his rock, who's next Cheney?

[upi402]

9. Still hoping there rally IS a hell

Unless Obama's DOJ investigates the war criminals... meh

[Uzybone]

10. can any of these scum act like humans for even a second?

Thou protest too much Rummy

[spanone]

11. rummy appears, leaves slime trail, retreats

[Gman]

12. Funny how no one in the southern half of Texas was a bit surprised

when JFK was shot in Dallas. They also knew of the hate going around in the north of Texas. Everyone knew of the hate for JFK in Dallas.

[bobthedrummer]

13. Hey RUMSFELD! Who's your NAZI? (Octafish thread started 9-2-06)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2039009

[Waiting For Everyman]

14. Except that in 1963 it was the PTB rushing to blame the wrong guy.

The usual suspects are turning up to deflect blame for this as if they were popping out of a clown car.

How many more will get in on this act, I wonder? Next should be Cheney, or at least his daughter.

It's interesting that they're thinking about 1963 though. Too bad for them that this sheriff isn't a RWer like they had in Dallas... to see that there's no defendant to reach trial. I'll bet they're thinking about that bigtime.

[Peace Patriot]

20. You nailed it!

"It's interesting that they're thinking about 1963 though."

:thumbsup:

[RKP5637]

15. No respect for the man and his twits, I mean tweets. n/t

[paparush]

16. We saw the same kind of rhetoric back then too...JFK Wanted for Treason

[Supersedeas]

18. and there is the Irony of Donald's knee-jerk reaction

[NYC Liberal]

27. "marraige" - and they still couldn't spell then either

:rofl:

[Carolina]

19. how ironic coming from Rumsfeld

Saddam's friend and hand-shaking purveyor of WMDs to him in 1988
And then among those fueling the rush to judgment about war against Saddam in 2002 and 2003.

JFK's assassination remains unsettled after all these years precisely because Rumsfeld's right wing ilk wanted the truth of THEIR dastardly deed obfuscated!

[Fleshdancer]

21. When I think of a horrible rush to judgement, I just think about the Iraq War

Funny that Rumsfeld of all people would take issue with other people rushing to judgment given his lovely track record.

[Brother Buzz]

22. Donny, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.

[mzmolly]

25. Did we see similar rhetoric from the right wing at that time?

n/t

[Canuckistanian]

26. Rumsfeld? Rush to judgement?

. . . at 2:40 p.m., the notes quote Rumsfeld as saying he wanted "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H." – meaning Saddam Hussein – "at same time. Not only UBL" – the initials used to identify Osama bin Laden . . . "Go massive," the notes quote him as saying. "Sweep it all up. Things related and not."

http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/cbs-report-on-rumsfelds-911-notes/

[walldude]

28. Yeah because after all the smoke cleared

Kennedy was assassinated by a lone gunman and all that speculation went away when it was "solved" :eyes: