"Even Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be profoundly disturbed by Rumsfeld's treatment."

[Sapphire Blue]

Rumsfeld Sacking Causes Waves

The latest Evans-Novak Political Report suggests the way President Bush fired Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused considerable friction in the White House. "Even Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be profoundly disturbed by Rumsfeld's treatment."

Key points:

"On the day after the election, Rumsfeld had seemed devastated -- the familiar confident grin gone and his voice breaking. According to Bush Administration officials, only three or four people knew he would be fired -- and Rumsfeld was not one of them."

Novak also suggests Bush's "shrouded decision" came after he declared Rumsfeld would serve out the second term. "It fits a pattern of a President who is secretive and impersonal."

"Bush had likewise sacked two other appointees, both of whom were the last to know of their demise. Economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey had been assured in 2002 that he would be retained as the President's national economic adviser, but received word at around 5 p.m. that he would be fired the next day. Before Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill embarked on a dangerous mission to Afghanistan, he requested and received assurances that he would still have a job when he returned. Instead, he was dismissed in tandem with Lindsey."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/11/22/rumsfeld_sacking_causes_waves.html

[stepnw1f]

1. "Treatment"? Awwwww.... How about the Hague, you Dirtbag?

"Treatment"? Hmmmm... Abu Ghraib comes to mind when I hear that word....

[IndyOp]

2. Bushes' impersonal style = Psychopathic inability to feel empathy (n/t)

:(

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be profoundly disturbed

Can we just leave it at that?

[peekaloo]

4. that headline should have ended after disturbed.

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Since Bu$h assured us both Rumsfeld AND Cheney would serve out his term I'm betting the defibrillator has been working OT.

[drb]

5. Awww! Poor liddle Rummy! He's aw sad!!!! Maybe a liddle....

....waterboarding before breakfast would cheer his ass up!!!

[Toots]

6. "It fits a pattern of a President who is secretive and impersonal."

No it fits a pattern of a Lying SOB

Before Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill embarked on a dangerous mission to Afghanistan, he requested and received assurances that he would still have a job when he returned. Instead, he was dismissed in tandem with Lindsey."

Economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey had been assured in 2002 that he would be retained as the President's national economic adviser, but received word at around 5 p.m. that he would be fired the next day.

The man just can not be trusted PERIOD

[Drum]

7. Bush should be worried about comparisons to Nixon, not just 'Nam. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Wait till he sees what the democratic congress does to Halliburton

He'll be Ole Broke Dick, if there's any real justice.

[seemslikeadream]

9. Bush Administration officials, only three or four people knew he would be fired

Think about that, dick. Maybe you can't be fired, but...........

[Buzz Clik]

10. Cheney was Rumsfeld's biggest supporter. He's hardly objective about this.

In actuality, Cheney is probably upset that Bush showed some stones.

[Mist]

13. Bush showed some stones? I assumed it was POPPY who did the firing. nt

[madokie]

11. A fitting end to all this would be the congress going to the whitehouse with US Marshals in tow

and arrest the whole lot of them. methinks

[Lexingtonian]

12. Cheney expects honor among thieves?

Where does he think he is- living in a den of social workers and humanitarians?

I thought Republicans consider getting all selfpitying and pathos-ridden for losers.
Oh, wait....

[dansolo]

14. Cheney doesn't give a shit about the treatment of Rumsfeld

Let's be real here. Cheney only cares about one thing - power. With Rumsfeld gone, and Poppy Bush's hand picked successor waiting in the wings, he knows that he no longer has free reign to do whatever he likes. That's what is really bothering him.