[mrustow]

Please forgive me, RC, for the interruption and for the typeface, but we need all FReepers, their friends, lovers, enemies, relatives, spouses, exes, acquaintances, strangers, debtors, creditors, colleagues, bosses and subordinates to sign The Federalist's petition to save Don Rumsfeld! There are currently 73,387 signatures, but we need at least 250,000, and ideally one million more.

Thank you!

RUMMY Petition

We now return to the regularly scheduled, Rumsfeld thread.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

"At first, you're putting your hand on the back of the bicycle seat and you have your child up there trying to ride the bicycle, and you have to hold on to it for dear life so they don't fall," Rumsfeld said. Soon, he said, you use just four fingers, then eventually just one, before finally letting go.

"And they might wobble and fall. In which case, you pick them up, dust them off, put them back up," Rumsfeld said. "But if you don't take your finger off, you are going to end up with a 40-year-old who can't ride a bicycle."

The secretary said the Iraqis have proven that they have the guts and perseverance to succeed. Already, more than 300 Iraqi security force members have been killed. "Does that sound like they're hiding in their barracks or afraid?" he asked. "No. There are some darn good people out there."

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Rummy (adults in charge), ping!

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