Whoa! Jonathan Alter on Al Franken just said that Bush had

[SeattleGirl]

already decided on Gates before the election!!!! :wow:

[tridim]

1. So it was just another lie when he said Rummy would stay.

[gfnrob]

2. That's correct..Bush ADMITTED to lying to reporters to" get them off that question."

[havocmom]

3. The 'Decider' decides nuttin! James Baker does.

Baker got back from Iraq. Negroponte had to go there again...

Rummy out. frat boy doesn't get a vote

[Tempest]

4. Bush lied when he said RumsFAILed would stay until the end of his term

From Atrios:

Bush just admitted that he lied to the media last week when he said that Rumsfeld was staying for 2 years. And get this, Bush claims he didn't mention Rumsfeld leaving last week because he didn't want to influence the election. Huh? Why wouldn't Bush try to influence the election? That's what he just spent the last several weeks doing? So he's lying again, about lying.