Biggest surprise yet!

[owlmoose]

Rumsfeld is stepping down!!!!

I... I don't really know what to say. (Beyond "Woo hoo!" and "About freakin' time!") Talk about shock and awe.

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[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Rumsfeld is stepping down!!!!

I guess the terrorists have already won. ;)

And Montana's been called for Tester!

I'm glad Bush didn't execute the following really sneaky plan: nominate Joe Lieberman for SecDef and let the Republican governor of CT appoint a replacement. Probably Joe wouldn't have gone for a 2-year job anyway.

[anzubird.livejournal.com]

and yes, it's about bloody time...

but too convenient a scapegoat...

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I have been following two lines of thought on this developement. One: it is an effort to get the Democratic victories off the front page and top of the new broadcasts and Two: it just proves that Beloved Leader has failed at every single job he has had and has needed his daddy to rescue him (Gates is one of Poppy's men.)

I tried to listen to the press conference but the sound of that man-ape standing there in front of g-d and everybody, opening his mouth and letting all those lies flow out turned my stomach. How about that comment about how he 'tried to change the tone in Washington'? Ach. Calling your political adversaries traitors really sets a new tone, doesn't it?

I truly wish he and his revolting cabal would just quietly go away. I hear Paraguay is lovely this time of year. ;)

[anzubird.livejournal.com]

Ted Koppel (on NPR) had a great line about Rumsfeld today, when the anchor asked him about how quickly Rumsfeld was tossed out(paraphrasing)- Not since Jonah was tossed off the ship (has a troublemaker been eliminated so quickly)

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

I'm so cynical that I'm just wondering what the next ploy is. Although getting Saddam sentenced two days before the election and Rumsfeld to play sacrificial goat right after is definitely a strange way of keeping the Democratic agenda out of the news.