Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld together 4ever.
By on Nov 1st, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld together 4ever.
“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.”
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You can’t actually fire a VP, as much as I’d like to…
November 1st, 2006 at 4:10 pmGood.
We can’t impeach them if they’re out of office, and I don’t expect Rummy to last much longer past the November change in leadership.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:12 pmNow really, what good would Moe be without Larry and Curly?
November 1st, 2006 at 4:13 pmBush steered questions away from politics beyond saying he was confident that Republicans would defy the polls and hold control of the House and Senate. “I understand that the pundits have got the race over, but I don’t believe it’s over until everybody votes.”
To complete Bush’s statement: “I don’t believe it’s over until everybody votes, and Diebolds machines tell us we won”. Unfortunately, this confidence with the “defy the odds” statement could be tip off that he’s confident the fix is in.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:13 pmNo surprise to see these Asses of Evil go down shackled to S.S. Miserable Failure
November 1st, 2006 at 4:17 pmSo, I guess we are “staying the course”, aren’t we? Can these folks EVER admit that things need to change? Keeping shooter and rummy is kinda like Snow White keeping dopey and sleepy around (no disrespect to the real dopey and sleepy). We can expect more death, distruction, lying, cheating, hallibuton schemes, disrespect for the citizens and soldiers, contempt for the concept of democracy, ruining our global reputation even further and raiding our treasury. Why do you folks put up with this stuff? Why don’t I see marches and riots in the streets? How far down does this elevator need to go before you realize you have been had and duped? Please try and remember what we used to stand for.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:18 pmum, isn’t this coming from the guy who said he never said “stay the course?” this sounds like stay the course to me… no matter how bad someone screws up, keep them in and screwing up more… brilliant!
November 1st, 2006 at 4:19 pmThese Republicans are a real piece of work. Don’t these guys know that when the poles indicate signs of trouble, you’re supposed to waffle, flip-flop, turn your back and run. Loyalty and perserverance is a strategy for losers.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:25 pmHow is Bush supposed to convert the war on terror to the war on ideas if he doesn’t have Rummy and Cheney to help him?
November 1st, 2006 at 4:26 pmGet a room you creepy old bathhouse GrOPes!!
November 1st, 2006 at 4:29 pmI wouldn’t want any of them to get off the hook. This will make trying them simultaneously that much easier. The cable news outfits could thrive for years on those proceedings.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:30 pmSo much for NoMoJoe’s hopes of becoming SecDef.
Should just be one more clue for him that, even if he remains in the Senate, rethugs will be bitchslapping him and throwing him under the bus whenever necessary.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:30 pmWell, THAT’s a piece of comforting news! (Sarcasm off now)
November 1st, 2006 at 4:31 pmWe have at least two more years of the same crap to look forward to – no change of characters, no change in plans, no changes period.
26 months of Same Old S**t.
It looks like the Bush administration is a “until death do us part” arrangement. Maybe’ Cheney’s heart will rust. Or Rummy’s brain will disintegrate.
I think Joe likes having his salad tossed by the moral majority!
November 1st, 2006 at 4:36 pmCowardly, thieving, mass murdering basta*ds…
…should become…
…fertilizer together…
…a curse on ALL of their homes and families…
…like they’ve cursed the Iraqi people…
…and innocent Americans…
November 1st, 2006 at 4:37 pmHaven’t you learned by now it doesn’t matter what they say, it’s there actions. 6 weeks from now, after the initial hearings are set Rummy’s sent to pasture and Cheney will have a grabber. Bush will be all alone and the next generation of Republicans will be sharpening their knives.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:38 pmDo they make graves that go three deep?
November 1st, 2006 at 4:39 pmThese guys could spend eternity stacked up like cordwood.
The epitaph:
Here lies a shrub, a dick and a rummy. RIEHF
So much for ‘investing’ in Iraq eh RrEoGgOeRr? The free market truth detector?
November 1st, 2006 at 4:39 pmI guess when you have such a winning team, why change????
SAD.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:43 pmOr Rummy’s brain will disintegrate.
Comment by Marie — November 1, 2006 @ 4:31 pm
Excuse me?? Rummy’s brain??
November 1st, 2006 at 4:43 pmRumsfeld will offer his resignation in January 2007. The president will say, “Hekuva job, Rummy”, give a Medal of Freedom and Rummy will take over Halliburton until Cheney returns.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:45 pmOr Rummy’s brain will disintegrate.
When Rummy shakes his head people often run in fear for they think a rattlesnake is loose in the room.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:49 pmWell you know the saying: don’t change Horsemen in the middle of an Apocalypse
November 1st, 2006 at 4:57 pmEvery time Bush opens his mouth, he weakens the nation (with apologies to Moe Stooge). Telling the American voters that he plans on keeping Cheney and Rumsfeld for the next two years ought to seal the fate of the GOP in next week’s election, as if there was any doubt. From a Calkwalk to a Quagmire to a Meltdown in three short years: heck of a job, Bushie…
November 1st, 2006 at 5:00 pmCheers.
All they have left is each other, how romantic.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:02 pmWhy would Bush get rid of Rummy next year if he hadn’t already? The time to dump him would have been before the elections, as a way of showing the American people that he’s serious about correcting the mistakes of the past and getting Iraq right.
On the other hand, Rummy knows where the bodies are buried, and has the same sociopathic desire to attack Iran. Bush must be aware that he’ll never find anyone as likely to drink the Kool-Aid as Rumsfeld.
The next two years could be a most dangerous time for this country, because Bush won’t have any constraints on him in the way of elections. I hope I’m wrong, but I think we’re in for a bumpy ride.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:11 pmWhoops – there goes the Mark Kleiman idea, which went like this. Lieberman wins in CT with the Dems/Independents have 51 seats assuming Lieberman keeps his word. Then Rummie resigns, Bush picks Lieberman to run DoD and the GOP governor of CT picks a GOP person so Cheney becomes the swing vote. Of course, Mark posted that to show why a Lamont win is so important. I smell a Karl Rove headfake!
November 1st, 2006 at 5:11 pmThe problem with the idea that Bush knows he’s getting rid of Rummy but is prentending to stand by him, is that Bush doesn’t “flip flop”. He’s the total opposite of what might be called fluid. Once he makes up his mind, he refuses to budge. He thinks flexibility is weakness.
Besides, why would Lieberman give up his seat in the Senate for a two year job at DOD? There can’t be a worse job in the world right now.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:23 pmFreaks of a fascist feather flock together!
November 1st, 2006 at 5:23 pmSo the three of them will be around another 4 or 5 months, tops. Get to know the word IMPEACH, guys.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:31 pmThis may guarantee that the end of his presidency is somewhat earlier than he (they) anticipate.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:35 pmCheney will not step down? Fine. I want the son of a bitch impeached anyway.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:46 pmGeorge W. Bush just gave the most powerful reason for voting Democratic next Tuesday. He has reiterated unconditional support for the two architects for the chaos in Iraq, Cheney and Rumsfeld. he intends to keep Rumsfeld in his job until 2008! Why not a medal of freedom while he’s at it?
The president has just proved that he is utterly unhinged from reality, in a state of denial truly dangerous for the world. He needs an intervention. Think of this election as an intervention against a government in complete denial and capable of driving the West off a cliff. You can’t merely abstain now. Bush just raised the stakes. And he must be stopped.
November 1st, 2006 at 5:47 pm“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.
Umm… good for who?
November 1st, 2006 at 5:47 pmNazi Germany had its triumverette too.
Hitler = Shrub
Reich Furher Himler = Vice President Darth Cheney
Feldmarshal Goering = Herr Feldmarshal von Rumsfeldt
See how perfectly it fits.
I wonder if they will all be in the bunker in the last days taking suicide pills with Ann “Eva Braun” Coulter?
November 1st, 2006 at 5:53 pmThis is the logical result of the faith based, apocolyptic, messianic/evangelical style of government that Bush rules with.
November 1st, 2006 at 6:07 pmNo changes can be made without some tacit admission of failure. Since he is infallible in his own mind, to change is to have the entire house of sugar coated cards crumble.
Three peas in a pod. These goons were made for each other.
November 1st, 2006 at 6:31 pmAmerica’s Least Wanted
They know where the bodies are buried.
November 1st, 2006 at 7:20 pmAnd here I thought same sex marriages were outlawed. Silly me.
November 1st, 2006 at 7:20 pm#20 and #22
November 1st, 2006 at 7:57 pmYou’re right — I gave Rummy too much credit in assuming there is a functioning brain between his ears.
And don’t forget Rove. Don’t fire the jugglers.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:09 pmCheney and Rumsfeld seem to be very entrenched in “things” and have been for decades. I would be very surprised if they leave quietly.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:13 pmThank you George Bush for giving even more help to Democrats.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:20 pm#35
coultergeist is facing criminal charges for purposfully voting out of precinct. just heard it on the news. we’ll see.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:31 pmYeah, because that’s all the can get away with! HAhahaha! Not like anyone will want you around because you’ve done a good job!
November 1st, 2006 at 8:59 pmKerry should have said if you don’t study hard and get smart you might wind up in the oval office like the present occupent.
November 1st, 2006 at 10:33 pmI think Bush is keeping them until 2008 just to piss us, the intelligent members of the public, off. Seriously. There’s no other reason Bush the douche would do it. He likes being an ass.
November 1st, 2006 at 11:29 pmLIPS HAS NEVER MET A “FAT DICK” THAT HE DIDN’T LIKE. George–letting go of a fat dick? Are you kidding.
The Kerry flap is a complete non-issue. So Kerry misspoke. Big deal! George W. Bush has made BUMBLING COMMENTS for years! Apologies? No! Sorry? No! Kind of sorry? Are you kidding!
George Bush has yet to apologize to our country for his incompetence yet alone to the American troops in Iraq. John Kerry isn’t president, but George W. Bush is.
GEORGE, LET’S HERE AN APOLOGY FROM YOU. What’s so ironic is that George W. Bush didn’t go to Vietnam, but he’s got the balls to ask for an apology from Kerry. Sure, LIPS.
I want to hear an apology from you for having a male prostitute sleep at the White House numerous times.
Bush and DIck ‘Together Forever.’ I bet when Mr. Male Prostitute ( aka fabulous Mr. Stud Muffin ) sleeps at the White House Rick Astley’s song, ‘Together Forever’ is playing. Maybe k. d. lang’s song is, too ‘Constant Craving.’
John
November 2nd, 2006 at 1:00 amBechtel Corporation is attempting to take its stolen Iraqi booty and RUN for the Iraqi border…
…we must NOT allow them to get away with stealing over $2.5 billion dollars…
…their corporate heads’ personal assets should be frozen (like we do all terrorists’)…
…the Bechtel people are TRAITORous economic terrorists…
…they must be held ACCOUNTABLE!
November 2nd, 2006 at 7:54 amSuits just fine as long as Bush is made to resign by xmas.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:09 am