Cheney: Rumsfeld Is The Best Ever

IOL ^ | 5-9-2004 | Randall Mikkelsen

[anniegetyourgun]

sceptical

Was this really written by a "journalist" and reviewed by an "editor?" No wonder journo schools are the laughing stock....

[Bringbackthedraft]

"Rumsfeld is the best ever."

Can't argue against that. Been here since Simpson, and I have to agree with the man.

[anniegetyourgun]

Well, I see that it is an alternative spelling. Of course, no one with a brain would use it. I guess any language construct is as good as another in this relativistic world we live in!

[conservative in nyc]

It's an article from Al Reuters. The article on Reuters' own site has a different title "Cheney Defends Rumsfeld, Says 'Get Off His Case'"

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=D0ZYGBRZMQA2OCRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=5081753

I'm a big Rummy supporter, but does it really serve the President's interests to use such hyperbole -- "the best ever!" It seems to invite the Dems to argue otherwise.

[Semper Paratus]

Good for Cheney but where are the other Republicans?

[kdot]

It's good for the Republicans to stick together and make these types of supportive statements. The dems do it all the time and their icons seem less than stellar.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Well, I see that it is an alternative spelling.

Right. Just like nucular is an acceptable variant of nuclear.

This from the Merriam-Webster online:

"Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in \-ky&-l&r\ have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president. While most common in the U.S., these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers. "

In other words, if enough people are too lazy to perfect their diction, it becomes ok to mis-pronounce words now and again. Relativistic indeed.

[Archangelsk]

Really? Better than George C. Marshall? I kinda effing doubt that.

[rodguy911]

"Where are the other republicans"great question? We need much stronger leaders in both houses.

[barker]

including some digital video files, depicted "live-action abuse."

Are these the videos from the adult website (porn site) that shut down because there videos and pictures were being represented as real soldiers abusing the prisoners in Iraq. They were paid porn actors dressed as soldiers.

There was a thread on FR about it. Jim Angle briefly mentioned it on Fox the other night. Some Iraqi official said some of the pictures weren't taken at the prison the abuse supposedly took place.

[oyez]

"Rumsfeld is the best ever."

Have you ever noticed that Democrats have a problem with exelence?

[yoe]

Here! (hand up). We also need to judge the actions of the Senators and Congressmen and women. They need know what our judgments are, that playing politics on these committees will not be tolerated. I smell a rat in this Abu Gharib prison pileup.

[Archangelsk]

exelence

Please apply the spell check or a sarcasm tag before posting.

[oyez]

I did.

[The_Englishman]

It's the English spelling of the word.

[RobbyS]

Who else did you have in mind? MacNamarra?

[FreeAtlanta]

It does seem that the Dims hate strongly spoken conservatives. If you are willing to stand up, garner public support for justice and the American way, you are a target of the hate-America-first crowd.

[conservative in nyc]

Who else did you have in mind? MacNamarra?

No one in particular. Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense himself. Did he really mean to say that Rummy's a better SoD than he was?

I just think it wasn't necessary to phrase it that way. It can be used as an easy soundbite by the Dems if things go wrong.

[bvw]

If you are good at what you do, the praise you give someone else for being better at it not only makes him look good, but you too.