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May 07, 2004
Fire Rumsfeld
Now that Donald Rumsfeld has admitted to Congress that there will be even uglier disclosures about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal (including videos, ugh), it seems like a good time to resurrect a very different image - one that I hadn't thought about in years but that seems remarkably prescient these days. Sometime in November 2000, I got this fake Time Magazine cover in a mass email, one of those rapidly spreading emails that gets forwarded several times over. At the time it was just a pretty funny way of blowing off some post-election steam and coming to grips with the idea that George Bush was actually going to be President. Today it seems like a frighteningly accurate summation of the awful position in which Bush has put America with his disastrous foreign policy. I wish I could credit the Nostradamus who came up with this fake magazine cover but I have no idea who it was.
Anyway, I'm certainly not saying anything new here...just letting off some pre-election steam and thinking about how much can change in three and a half years. Heads need to roll and Donald Rumsfeld's should be the first on the chopping block. Even NYTimes columnist Thomas Friedman thinks so.
If you haven't already, sign the petition to fire Rumsfeld!!!
Posted by Tim at May 7, 2004 11:53 PM
Comments
Yeah, I remember this. I petitioned yesterday to fire Rummey. Did you get that newsletter about Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia of the Florida National Guard, the conscientious objector who is being punished?
Posted by: John loves "beerrr" at May 8, 2004 02:07 PM
Much as I think Rumsfeld ought to take a hike over this scandal, I'm perfectly happy if he doesn't.
It will make it all the easier to pin this garbage on the Commander in Chief, who thinks Rumsfeld "is doing a great job."
I say, keep it up George. You're doing a great job and hopefully voters will remember how much you improved their lives when they vote in November.
Posted by: Ruby at May 13, 2004 09:55 AM
You all suck im a huge fan of Rumsfeld
Posted by: Justin at June 7, 2005 10:59 AM