Posted
11/08/2006 05:42:00 PM
by Douglas
I guess Bush has to eat a little crow and actually admit he's totally flubbed up Iraq by
firing Rummy the day after the election. Too bad this wasn't six weeks (or months [or years]) ago when it could have helped the Republicans.
After years of defending his secretary of defense, President Bush on Wednesday announced Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation within hours of the Democrats' triumph in congressional elections. Bush reached back to his father's administration to tap a former CIA director to run the Pentagon.
The Iraq war was the central issue of Rumsfeld's nearly six-year tenure, and unhappiness with the war was a major element of voter dissatisfaction Tuesday — and the main impetus for his departure. Even some GOP lawmakers became critical of the war's management, and growing numbers of politicians were urging Bush to replace Rumsfeld.
Politically convenient for Bush, but I know the real reason. Rumsfeld wanted to take more time off now that Britney's single again.