Rummy fun

By Creature

As the woodwork begins to fill with more and more people calling for the removal of our whippersnapper of a defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, it's statements like this from the president's office that make me want to hurl:

"The president believes Secretary Rumsfeld is doing a very fine job during a challenging period in our nation's history," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said at a briefing.

It really is no wonder that most of the country has completely tuned out the president. To say Rumsfeld is doing a fine job is laughable. While I have called for the ouster of Rumsfeld many times (why they don't listen to me I'm still not sure), at this point I'm hanging with the who-gives-crap crowd. Does it really matter anymore if Rumsfeld stays or goes? I guess when we start bombing Iran, to help the presidents sagging poll numbers, it would be nice to have somebody else in there. But, isn't it all too little too late.

All this talk. All this wasted news print and pixels is just another exercise in futility. The Bushes will manage (as they always do) to stonewall and obfuscate through this latest round of removal gibberish. Eventually the media will move on, the public will tire, and we will be left with the tin ear government we have grown accustomed to. I'm with the whiskey drinking guy on this one:

The chances that Dick Cheney will fire his old boss and ideological comrade in crime are only slightly higher than the chances that Rumsfeld's removal would lead to even a minor improvement in the situation in Iraq. It's almost like asking Cheney to fire himself.

Plus, if Rumsfeld goes, sure a few soldiers lives may be saved, but who would we turn to for those now famous Rumsfeldisims.

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do no know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know”

I say Rummy should stay. This administration's accountability moment will come in November. So, let's have Rummy fun until then.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)