Why is everyone celebrating Rumsfeld? Gates is even worse!

[devilgrrl]

Another Iran/Contra asshole??? Things haven't changed for the better.

[endarkenment]

1. Because the criminals are now eating their own. nt.

[pissedoffprogressive]

2. He isn't confirmed yet

:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. True. He may not be there long

[gratuitous]

6. Yeah, let's wait for his confirmation hearing

It might be a tad more interesting with a Democratic chair of the committee.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. And we now have power

This is a whole new ballgame.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Ah the confirmation hearing might be fun

:popcorn:

[billybob537]

4. Rummy

Just trying to out run the subpoena!

[oc2002]

5. give it time, the Dems need to look like the responsible party.

unlike the republicans that look like a bunch of bumbling partisan fucktards they realy are.

[Beaverhausen]

8. No kidding! did you see Buzzflash today?

http://www.buzzflash.com

But hopefully he won't get confirmed.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Because we like to see the bright side once in awhile?

Rummy is an evil old cancer on our democracy, and this move weakens Cheney, another evil fuck, considerably. It is also a humiliating cashiering, forced upon the neo-cons by the public, much to their chagrin. This is all good stuff. We'll cross the Gates bridge when we get to it. I know it must be hard, and we've been down so long it looks like up to us, etc., but you have to learn how to CELEBRATE A FUCKING VICTORY!!!!!

[npincus]

11. I've heard he's less of an idealogue than Rumsfeld and more of a realist.

He's in tight with his Dad's circle who all think the war was idiotic. Sounds more hopeful than Rummy the Dummy.

[bananas]

16. A bunch of CIA analysts risked their careers testifying against Gates

at his confirmation hearings when Poppy appointed him DCIA.
It was televised public congressional hearings,
I hope those videos show up on the web soon.

[Jacobin]

20. I'll take a paleo-con on foreign policy any day over a neo con

neo-cons are not connected to reality in any way, shape or form

[H2O Man]

12. Correct.

This is hardly a "victory" for us.

[ThomWV]

13. Its A Scapegoat Job For Whoever Gets It

What, you think we're going to "win" in Iraq?

[seabeyond]

14. reinforcing once again how bad bush is. no one is going to work

in bush adm. no one is going to be good. and no one with charcter is going ot be hired. just a continual eample of failure and incompetence. hence why we needed kerry

[GumboYaYa]

15. Okay, do I need to put my tin foil hat and sit in the corner now, but

is it possible that Bush nominates someone he things the Dems will object to in hopes that the person gets rejected. Then Bush nominates Lieberman to show he is "reaching across party lines". Lieberman resigns his Senate seat and a new senator is appointed by the Republican governor. Voila, the Senate flips back to Republican.

[China_cat]

17. But the new cat is easier to bell than one

allowed to run free for so long.

[prairie populist]

Trying to ram him through the process before all the new Dems take office

[Jacobin]

18. I'll tell you why I think its good.

Poppy just booted Cheney from being puppetmaster for Shrub.

Poppy has James Baker and his cronies out to end the war. They KNOW its a lost cause and will never ever be anything but a big rat hole. Poppy said that in his book in the 1990's as to why he didn't try to conquer Iraq.

These goons of Poppy's....they're an evil, vile bunch, but they know how to get things done. They're the Don's Capo's.

The beginning of the end of Iraq has begun, although it may take a couple of years to play out. But it has STARTED and to me that's very very important.

[WilliamPitt]

19. I'm just a crazy person, I guess

I'm actually going to enjoy one of the largest electoral wipeouts in American history, the shattering of the neo-con's power, the humiliation of Bush and Rove, the salvaging of the Constitution, and the dismissal of Rumsfeld, who has so much blood on his hands that he makes Lady MacBeth look like a piker by comparison.

For a day, I am going to resist the General-Discussion phenomenon and not be permanently pissed off.

Call me crazy. We'll deal with Gates tomorrow.