Congrats from Australia! "Mr Flip-Flop deserts buddies"

[babylonsister]

I just rec'd this from a friend in AUS; he's giddy with happiness at our win and sends congratulations!

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20732255-601,00.html

Mr Flip-Flop deserts buddies
Geoff Elliott, Washington correspondent
November 10, 2006
PRESIDENT George W. Bush, desperate to save his legacy, is now ready to throw even his closest allies in front of a train.

He's dumping his mates. Mr Bush stood by defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for years despite the criticism. Good on him, the Republican narrative went, the conviction politician; waging the war on terror; just the kind of tough leader you could sell to the electorate in the aftermath of 9/11.

Now he's just a flip-flopper.

In April, Rumsfeld, under intense pressure to step down, was doing "a fine job".

"I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation," Bush said angrily at the White House.

"But I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defence."

And last week -- Rumsfeld was doing a "fantastic job". Bush confirmed he wanted him to stay until the end of his term.

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