Bush: Rumsfeld doing "heck of a job" as SecDef

[stevedeshazer]

Bush backs Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rove

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush offered strong endorsements on Wednesday to two architects of the Iraq war, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, and said he was as close as ever to top political adviser Karl Rove despite his role in the CIA leak case.

Rebuffing Democratic calls for a shake-up over Iraq war strategy and speculation about rifts within the White House, Bush said he had no intention of removing Rumsfeld as defense secretary, crediting him with doing a "heck of a job." Rumsfeld and the vice president, Cheney, have been frequently accused by critics of pushing the war on false pretenses.

In an interview with Fox News, Bush said his relationship with Cheney had "only gotten better," and he remained "very close" to Rove, who could face charges in the criminal investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

"We're still as close as we've ever been," Bush said of Rove, brushing aside reports he was angry at his deputy chief of staff, who initially denied any role in the Plame leak. "We've been through a lot. You know, when we look back at the presidency and my time in politics, no question that Karl had a lot to do with me getting here, and I value his friendship."

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2005-12-15T010438Z_01_SPI503786_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH.xml
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Can he get more stupider?

[New Earth]

1. I think everyone should lay off B*sh

I mean come on. He's doing a heck of a job! Isn't he? :shrug:


:sarcasm:

[stevedeshazer]

2. Plus this little gem at the end of the article

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Bush said he was not that familiar with the federal investigation into the dealings of Jack Abramoff, a once-powerful lobbyist who also had links to DeLay.

"But it seems like to me that he was an equal money dispenser, that he was giving money to people in both political parties," Bush said.
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So there's the GOP spin. Abramoff gave caish to Democraps, too. :eyes:

[pinto]

7. That's almost funny. "Everybody does it" is not an answer 'less your 12.

[ikojo]

3. Must be on his way out....

Days after Bush said "Brownie" was doing heck of a job he was out as head of FEMA.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Kiss of death

New SecDef? Say it ain't Joe!

[0007]

9. .....and on Harriet Mires, junior said, "once you know her heart,

you'll know what a strong choice I made." She will not withdraw her name.

[Faygo Kid]

5. "Rummy, you're doin' a heck of a job." No disconnect there.

These guys are overconfident. They must know they have no accountability to worry about, because they are insane. Or not. They now have not just the Limbaughs of the world, but the cowardly mass media on their side. And the Dems, thanks to $$. I don't know where we go. I hope for a good roommate in the camps. "Heck of a job, Heinrich."

[ginnyinWI]

6. this sort of proves * doesn't read the news

If he did, he'd have avoided that "heck-of-a-job" phrase, seeing as how much it reminds everyone of Brownie/Fema/Katrina failures.

[lvx35]

8. Did you see that movie where he is drunk

and talking about all these different people saying the exact same phrase, something like "only in america could x exist." It reminds me of that, where he just recites the same phrase for all these people.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Yup, here's the link

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/bush/bush.html

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Just what I thought

I strongly suspect his minions never told him how much that was criticised, and just fed him some crap about Brown having done something after Bush praised him, that forced them to sack him for appearance's sake.

[oppositionmember]

Wasn't "Brownie" doing a...

"heck of a job" too?

[oppositionmember]

11. Wasn't "Brownie" doing a...

"heck of a job" too?

[Deja Q]

12. The same man who shook hands with Saddam and sold him some weapons?

Cool.