Comments on: Rumsfeld is gone http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom F http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178165 Tom F Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:26:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178165 Rid of K-Fed and D-Rum on the same day. What are the odds? Rid of K-Fed and D-Rum on the same day. What are the odds?

]]> By: Thompsaj http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178164 Thompsaj Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:57:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178164 "I was rather hoping he’d get embroiled in a rent-boy or handsome-young-male-intern scandal, so the papers could lead with Rum, Sodomy and the Backlash. But now that he’s going I guess that’s not to be." you go to press with the public figures you have, not the public figures you want... “I was rather hoping he’d get embroiled in a rent-boy or handsome-young-male-intern scandal, so the papers could lead with Rum, Sodomy and the Backlash. But now that he’s going I guess that’s not to be.”

you go to press with the public figures you have, not the public figures you want…

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178158 Barry Freed Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:54:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178158 Hey, I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Hey, I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

]]> By: Doctor Slack http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178143 Doctor Slack Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:30:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178143 <i>. . . forces me to wonder if he’s just getting out before questions can be asked?</i> "If"? . . . forces me to wonder if he’s just getting out before questions can be asked?

“If”?

]]> By: Wild Pegasus http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178142 Wild Pegasus Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:14:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178142 <i>I thought my “Rümmydammerung” rocked, but that’s so much better.</i> It would be if his name was Roomsfeld. - Josh I thought my “Rümmydammerung” rocked, but that’s so much better.

It would be if his name was Roomsfeld.

– Josh ]]> By: Adam Roberts http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178130 Adam Roberts Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:36:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178130 <i>I</i> think “Rümmydammerung” is Ace. I was rather hoping he'd get embroiled in a rent-boy or handsome-young-male-intern scandal, so the papers could lead with <i>Rum, Sodomy and the Backlash</i>. But now that he's going I guess that's not to be. I think “Rümmydammerung” is Ace.

I was rather hoping he’d get embroiled in a rent-boy or handsome-young-male-intern scandal, so the papers could lead with Rum, Sodomy and the Backlash. But now that he’s going I guess that’s not to be.

]]> By: JonCamfield http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178129 JonCamfield Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:35:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178129 <i>Cut and rummy</i> ...And in two months time, "Gin Rummy?" This is an odd flipflop for the day after the administration; it seems the GOP could have stemmed some of their losses had he resigned before the election; which, while I'm happy he's leaving, forces me to wonder if he's just getting out before questions can be asked? Cut and rummy

…And in two months time, “Gin Rummy?”

This is an odd flipflop for the day after the administration; it seems the GOP could have stemmed some of their losses had he resigned before the election; which, while I’m happy he’s leaving, forces me to wonder if he’s just getting out before questions can be asked?

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178128 sanbikinoraion Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:32:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178128 But <i>why</i> has the Rum gone? :P But why has the Rum gone?

:P

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178115 Anderson Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:20:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178115 Ding-dong, the witch is dead! <i>Cut and rummy</i> Damn. I thought my "Rümmydammerung" rocked, but that's so much better. Ding-dong, the witch is dead!

Cut and rummy

Damn. I thought my “Rümmydammerung” rocked, but that’s so much better.

]]> By: stuart http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178102 stuart Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:04:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178102 Diplomatically Rumsfeld was one of the worst aspects of the current administration, deliberately straining relations with Germany and France for temporary support at home, or when the looters in Baghdad are carting away the entire contents of hospitals, ministry buildings and museums, responding that "stuff happens". Such an attitude when speaking to the press is always going to make you one of the first to fall when the administration is starting to be called to account for its failures. Diplomatically Rumsfeld was one of the worst aspects of the current administration, deliberately straining relations with Germany and France for temporary support at home, or when the looters in Baghdad are carting away the entire contents of hospitals, ministry buildings and museums, responding that “stuff happens”. Such an attitude when speaking to the press is always going to make you one of the first to fall when the administration is starting to be called to account for its failures.

]]> By: Doctor Slack http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178098 Doctor Slack Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:44:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178098 Bets that he gets a medal as he's sent on his way? Bets that he gets a medal as he’s sent on his way?

]]> By: Wild Pegasus http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178097 Wild Pegasus Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:43:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178097 New York Post headline tomorrow: Cut 'N' Rummy - Josh New York Post headline tomorrow:

Cut ‘N’ Rummy

– Josh ]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178096 abb1 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:42:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178096 Yup, now we're really gonna turn the corner. Yup, now we’re really gonna turn the corner.

]]> By: Jim Henley http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178093 Jim Henley Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:35:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178093 Yay! We win the Iraq War now! Rumsfeld was the ONLY PROBLEM!!!! ZOMG r0xx0rz 133t! Yay! We win the Iraq War now! Rumsfeld was the ONLY PROBLEM! ZOMG r0xx0rz 133t!

]]> By: joe o http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-178089 joe o Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:01:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-is-gone/#comment-178089 Iraq is Bush's fault. This makes me happy anyway. Iraq is Bush’s fault. This makes me happy anyway.

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