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Aug. 3rd, 2006 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sisyphusshruggedDonald Rumsfeld, getting his ass handed to him by Sen. Clinton today
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Hell, the queen even has some odd ideas about what the little people eat.
Well metaphored, Mr. Rumsfeld.
Testifying before the Senate today, Donald Rumsfeld told Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) that he has “never painted a rosy picture” about Iraq. Rumsfeld insisted that he has been “very measured” and told Clinton “you would have a dickens of a time trying to find instances where I have been overly optimistic.”and you know, much as I hate to admit it, the man has a point.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Hell, the queen even has some odd ideas about what the little people eat.
Well metaphored, Mr. Rumsfeld.
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Bravo.
Date: 2006-08-04 01:20 am (UTC)By the way, how did Charles Dickens foresee the existence of Donald Rumsfeld so many years before the birth of Rumsfeld?
Thanks, Julia,
Tom Burka
Re: Bravo.
Date: 2006-08-04 01:23 am (UTC)Re: Bravo.
Date: 2006-08-04 08:42 am (UTC)But if Rumsfeld starts talking about deleting his opponents, start worrying.
Re: Bravo.
Date: 2006-08-04 04:05 pm (UTC)Have I mentioned lately that you rock?
Date: 2006-08-04 02:30 am (UTC)-- Kuff
PS: The funniest thing I ever read in "Sports Illustrated" was an article about the guys who wield the stopwatches at track-and-field qualifying meets. It was headlined "These are the souls that time men's tries."
(sorry about that)
Re: Have I mentioned lately that you rock?
Date: 2006-08-04 02:46 am (UTC)and also oof.
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Date: 2006-08-04 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 02:47 am (UTC)er.
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Date: 2006-08-04 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 04:03 am (UTC)Plenty of poetry too, though.
If they contradict themselves? Very well, they contradict themselves. And they embrace multitudes in a deathlike grip.
Don't forget the Freedom Fowl!
Date: 2006-08-05 01:25 am (UTC)TurkeyFreedom Fowl Recipe! (http://www.whitehouse.org/firstlady/recipebox.asp) Including:TurkeyFreedom Fowl (can substitute Oscar Mayer ballpark franks)Re: Don't forget the Freedom Fowl!
Date: 2006-08-05 01:34 am (UTC)Wow
Date: 2006-08-09 01:31 am (UTC)