Comments on: A Really Bad Month

by: Josh Narins

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

To suggest otherwise is unthinkable.

I’m glad patriotic Americans, such as yourself, realize what one bad month can do, and will understand if Bush looks past the last few weeks of less-than-complete-perfection and signs Rummy on, or replaces him with everyone’s darling, Wolfowitz.

Perhaps, as Silvio “Little Bennie” Berlusconi and Bush are so close, Bush will do as he has done, and name _himself_ Defense Secretary. After all, that is his job.

I can hear it now “The President keeps Americans safe, and that’s what I’ve done, will do.”

by: lovable liberal

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

If it’s unthinkable, the Bushies will try it.

by: Murray

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Bush doesn’t want to fire anyone because it means that he did a poor job of picking in the first place, and besides, the guy was just carrying out orders. Firing would be to admit a mistake. I’m curious as to whether W sticks to his beliefs or caves in to Republican nervousness of having to defend this seriously incompetent and arrogant boob.

by: Overland

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The solution for the Rummy problem is simple and proven over recent days; award him a medal and retain him in his position.

But so much Administration incompetence, so few medals.

by: Bob

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s completely understandable. Until a short time ago, all of these people were too busy not reading the omnibus budget bill to pay much attention to Rumsfeld.

by: tess

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

While we’re at it, can we get rid of Condoleeza? I’m getting tired of hearing about how great she’ll be as secretary of state when all anyone has to say is that she was a good concert pianist, an “excellent ice skater” and provost of Stanford with a Ph.D in Soviet/cold war strategy. I mean, if they can’t find something laudable about her tenure as security advisor . . .

by: Sharon

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I, too, was surprise that Rummy did not receive a Medal of Freedom this week. That was the first clue that something had gone horribly wrong. We have an expression for this in the world outside of government: “One ‘aw-shit’ wipes out 1000 ‘attaboy’s”. Rummy must have made one heck of an aw-shit this month. The question is, what was it?

Will W spend some of that “political capital” of his to retain this guy? Does Rummy have compromising photos or documentation on some member of the Bush family? Only time will tell.

by: Murray

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yup it sure is a bad month.

Now Rummy’s ass is in another sling. Seems the letters sent to the grieving families of the fallen soldiers were machine signed. Apparently he was too busy thinking up excuses as to why the troops don’t have proper armor to pen his name.

But no matter. Only disloyalty is punished with removal.

by: katie

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

On a totally unrelated issue….

It would appear that Adam is playing himself this week on WWDTM. I went to listen to this weeks’ show, and saw that the performers were: Adam, Roy, and Adam.

I wonder if this is because Adam has been on such a winning streak of late? Maybe they thought that he could defeat himself?

I wonder if one Adam is the Straight-line Adam and the other is the Zinger Adam?

I must go listen and see who wins…

by: Sue

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Katie,
As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, one was straight-line Adam and the other was Adam’s dead-on impersonation of Sue Ellicott.

And Roy beat him both.