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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-11 08:32 AM
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Grampy McBush: Donald Rumsfeld, GET OFF MY LAWN!
John McCain Counters Donald Rumsfeld: 'Thank God He Was Relieved of His Duties' (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/john-mccain-donald-rumsfeld-book_n_817982.html



Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) gave a curt response Thursday to reports that former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld had some unkind things to say about him in his new book, Known and Unknown.

"Thank God he was relieved of his duties," McCain said on ABC's "Good Morning America," after admitting that the two had had a contentious working relationship that often caused them to butt heads over Iraq war policy. Most notably, McCain was an avid proponent of increasing troop levels in the country, while Rumsfeld appeared to be resistant to a surge.

Advance excerpts from Rumsfeld's book show that the former defense secretary's opinion toward McCain may have been equally as terse, as he depicted the Arizona senator as having a "hairtrigger temper and a propensity to shift positions to appeal to the media."

McCain hasn't been shy in his public criticisms of the former Defense Department leader, and his Thursday comments reflect longstanding tensions. "We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war," he said while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in 2007. "I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of Defense in history."


WATCH: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/john-mccain-donald-rumsfeld-book_n_817982.html
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-11 08:33 AM
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1. Leave that old man's age out of this
Edited on Fri Feb-04-11 08:34 AM by malaise
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-11 08:47 AM
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2. That's some funny stuff...
...but he's buttered the toast, you know?

:rofl:

:toast:
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-11 08:49 AM
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3. Strangely, I agree with both of them
with what they have to say about each other.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-11 08:55 AM
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4. Heh. How about you guys settle it in a cage fight?
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