Bush to visit Pentagon, back Rumsfeld

[maddezmom]

May 10, 2004, 6:04 AM EDT


WASHINGTON -- Even as new photographic evidence of Iraqi prisoner abuse surfaced yesterday, the Bush administration signaled strong support for its embattled defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, suggesting that his job was secure for now. The president is scheduled to meet with officials at the Pentagon today.

~snip~

After several days of conflicting signals - during which White House officials let it be known that President George W. Bush was unhappy with some aspects of Rumsfeld's handling of the affair, even as Bush expressed public support for him - Vice President Dick Cheney weighed in strongly on Rumsfeld's side.

"Don Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had," Cheney said in a statement late Saturday. "People ought to get off his case and let him do his job."

Bush is expected to reiterate his support for Rumsfeld when he visits the Pentagon today for a briefing on the Iraqi conflict and other military matters.
~snip~
more: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uspris103795052may10,0,112830.story?coll=nyc-nationhome-headlines

Guess bush is going to view the photos and videos...wonder if he'll bring his pretzels.

[JaySherman]

1. Isn't this the first time Bush has visited the Pentagon?

I don't recall him ever going there, not counting post-911 photo-ops at the crash site. I certainly don't remember him ever going there on official business.

[maddezmom]

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[Submariner]

2. Bush has to go there

so he can intimidate the careers of the military staff through looks, body language, and innuendo.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Good, maybe we can save of the cost of shovels

we're going to need a lot of them, so these tyrants can did their own graves even deeper. Keep up the good work W. The more you continue to support your man Rummie, the more you implicate yourself with your support of a known war criminal.

[acmavm]

5. When people we speculating last night that he would be asking

rummy to step down, I said 'never happen'. Sometimes you just know when people are going to do things that are stupid. This one was obvious.

By the way, is rummy is the best secretary of defense we've ever had, who the hell could qualify for the worst????????/

[maddezmom]

6. Dick Cheney????

just a thought :)

[underpants]

7. No they STILL won't admit a mistake (show weakness)

It is some kind of fixation with these nuts.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. What do you expect from Bu$h and his Outlaws?

this is how Outlaws react. They hunker down with their arms and ammunition and stick together until the end, when they all get it in the big shotout.

They're all in it together, and they're all going to go down together too.

[LeftHander]

9. BUsh going to threaten dissenting military

That is what he does best. Sneer at then and say, get in line or your career will dissapear. Maybe even some drug problems will crop up...or he will offer soem free small airplane rides...

[markus]

11. Big mistake if he does

Oh, yeah, the Deserter-in-Chief telling senior, career military officers that they're giving aid and comfort to the enemy if they keep this up.

Boy, this administration really does know how to win hearts and minds. How could we have ever doubted them?

[keithyboy]

10. Going to the Pentagon? Why not got Iraq?

Chickenhawks at it again. It's the troops in the field that need the moral support, not the people at the Pentagon.

[maddezmom]

12. CNNI on live now at Pentagon!!!

praising rummy :puke:

[LizW]

13. Bush's minder, Cheney at Pentagon with him

Big surprise there.

[The Stranger]

14. Waterloo

Bush is making a mistake sticking with his Secretary of Defense. The blood is already in the water. If he were worth his weight in dogshit, Rove would have told Bush to cut Rumsfeld loose.

[maddezmom]

15. bush* is the one that needs to resign

and his support of rummy just proves to me, this torture was approved and known by bush*.

[The Stranger]

21. First things first.

Rumsfeld is wounded politically. Let's take him down while we can. That, in itself, will be egg on Bush's face in the runup to November.

[Cocoa]

16. the magic of polling

Bush didn't know if Rumsfeld should be held accountable for the torture, but the 70% number told him to back him up big time.

[maddezmom]

17. there he goes...if you doubt the mission in Iraq

you're unpatriotic...paraphrased of course, but that was the gist. What an asshole.

[maddezmom]

18. AP- President praises Rumsfeld in meeting at Pentagon

President Bush issued a strong endorsement of embattled Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday, telling him after a meeting at the Pentagon, "You are doing a superb job."

With Rumsfeld at his side, Bush said his Cabinet officer was "courageously leading our nation in our war against terror...You are a strong secretary of defense and our nation owes you a debt of gratitude."

~snip~
Bush's voice was still a little hoarse from three days of barnstorming last week by bus. The president ignored a question of whether more images should be released.

Also attending the war council session were Secretary of State Colin Powell; CIA Director George Tenet; Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Gen. John Abizaid, top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East.

~snip~
moe: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/10/national1202EDT0554.DTL

[maddezmom]

19. Reuters :Bush Says U.S. Owes Rumsfeld 'Debt of Gratitude'

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5093537

[markus]

20. This is great news about Rumsfeld*

Notice I have granted Mr. Rumsfeld is own asterisk.

To me, this implies, *) "Rumsfeld, who has been widely criticized for his condcuct of the war and the prisoner abuse scandal."

I say let's keep Rumsfield* in the public eye as long as possible.