By now, every one knows that the first casualty of the Democratic takeover of the Congress is Donald Rumsfield. I say good riddance. His stay as Secretary of Defense was about 5.9 years too long.
Bush has named his replacement: former CIA director Robert Gates. The only question is whether Bush will try to push thru this confirmation before the 109th Congress finishes its work.
Since he will need to work with the new Congress, I think it is only fair for the administration to allow his confirmation hearings to be held by the new Congress. Of course, this president has not been too keen on doing what’s fair.
Did anyone else think it was funny that Bush was calling for bipartisan efforts now? I guess when your party takes a “thumping,” it finally becomes clear that the American public is tired of your way of doing business.
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Hey, keep the whiney, petty, back and forth crap over at VBDems. You guys are all just going back and forth with “Told you so” junk.
Jeez. This site is about orignial ideas, not talking points. Like I said, iof you are going to do that, go over and do it with Dave and Eileen… They are pros.
Thank you for your helpful input and guidance, Squeak.
I’ll add my 2cents worth to that! You guys can argue from now till dooms day, but you will never find a meeting ground. Also, there seems some resentment that quite possibly some sort of meeting half-way will now occur in our leadership and there will be a show of bipartisanship to get things accomplished. Apparently, there are those who would rather see our country go down the tube than to see the two parties work together toward a solution that works! You know who you are…. right???