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MSNBC/AP Bulletin: Rumsfeld Steps Down
MSNBC/AP | 11.8.06

Posted on 11/08/2006 9:51:57 AM PST by mhking

This is just crossing my desk now; nothing follows yet. According to some sources this is the subject of the noon presser.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: buhbyerummy; freepersactinglikedu; lameduckprez; rumsfeld; yikes
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To: tomnbeverly

This does indeed look like an act of defeat on behalf of the White House. Either Rumsfeld should have goen months ago, or he should have waited until some time in 2007.

Maybe GWB wants to appoint a new sec. now though while the Repubs are still in control because when Dems have their Senate majority he probably wont be able to get any nominees through.


141 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:37 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: mhking

They got Delay, Weldon, Allen, and now Rummy. And Hillary says she wants to end the politics of personal destruction. The GOP made a fatal mistake by allow 100 pages of the Barrett Report to remain sealed.


142 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:39 AM PST by doug from upland
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To: mhking
I hate to say this, and it makes me ill, but......everyone reading this should be psychologically prepared for the President to be a cut-and-run Republican, also.

Jump on me now, but check with me later.

Leni

143 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:41 AM PST by MinuteGal (Florida Freepers, keep up with FL politics & freeps on our state forum. To access it, freepmail me.)
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To: mhking

This will make Bush a lame duck for sure - two-three months to get a replacement Secretary, approved by Dems.

This is going to get ugly.


144 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:45 AM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: Question_Assumptions

Bingo.


145 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:54 AM PST by flintsilver7
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To: relee
Who is the governor in CT?

Rell, I believe. A Republican...in so far as one in CT is allowed to be one.

Regards, Ivan

146 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:54 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: devnull

That's what I was thinking.

It's not like Rick is going away for good anyway. He'll be around somehow.


147 posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:58 AM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: Caesar Soze
who's the next SecDef going to be?

Who needs a SecDef; we'll simply eliminate the military and use those funds to support our new immigrants.

148 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:06 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: All
ZELL MILLER for Secretary of Defense!
149 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:06 AM PST by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
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To: newconhere

To hell with it all.. if I knew this BS I WOULD have stayed home tomorrow.

God help them if they nominate McStain... I was prepared to give it to him for the party, but after this... to hell with THEM ALL.


150 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:09 AM PST by FreedomNeocon (Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
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To: mhking

p.s., I am digging a bomb shelter nuclear fallout shelter in my yard as I type...Thank a stay at home Conservative.


151 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:10 AM PST by tomnbeverly ("Harsh criticism is not a plan for victory. Second guessing is not a strategy.")
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To: KsSunflower
You didn't mean Kerry did you?? :0)

No!

152 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:10 AM PST by relee
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To: Mo1

Why do this NOW...and give the DEMS ANOTHER GIFT????


I just wanna scream!


153 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:14 AM PST by Txsleuth (EVERYONE VOTE---AND VOTE REPUBLICAN,...even if you have to hold your nose!)
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To: mhking
Whoever decided to throw Rumsfeld under the bus is an utter fool.
154 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:25 AM PST by TChris (We scoff at honor and are shocked to find traitors among us. - C.S. Lewis)
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To: relee
Joe Lieberman?

Please ... not. It's a demanding executive job and a Senator gets zero exec experience.

155 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:26 AM PST by aculeus
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To: soccermom

I think it would. The moderates and conservatives out there that didn't vote or voted the other way did so solely because Bush refused to admit that they screwed up. Why do we want a leader that turns a blind eye to obvious mismanagement?

Had he resigned before the election then those would have voted R like usual because they didn't feel the need to send Bush a message to change up the leadership who didn't send in enough soldiers.


156 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:28 AM PST by Texaggie79 (www.cannonblodder.com)
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To: Caesar Soze
Now the question is, who's the next SecDef going to be?

Chuck Norris?

157 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: mystery-ak

Sad by true and it's only going to get worse


158 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:36 AM PST by Mo1 (Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is 2 heart beats away from the Presidency)
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To: Echo Talon

"Start buying lots of Duct Tape, Ammo, Canned food and Water"

Agreed, and I am furious about it.

I actually thought about the stocking up first thing this morning when I learned of the election results.


159 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:36 AM PST by mutley (The dems and the terrorists are celebrating the day.)
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To: Mo1

It's going to get worse before it gets better.


160 posted on 11/08/2006 9:59:38 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper
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