Comments on: Rumsfeld Walks Out on Congress

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:37:27 +0000

Limbaugh played a clip today of some congresswoman asking Rumsfeld a question about Iraqi army troop strengths, and claiming his numbers were inflated. He said, "my numbers are from Feb. 14, when are yours from?" She said Dec. 20. "Well, it's no wonder that you have different numbers, then," Rumsfeld said. Such is the nature of the "hard questions" raised by congress.

By: Digger

Digger — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:01:22 +0000

Congressmen have big egos and Senators bigger ones still.

So he was being smart dumping the Congressmen to be on time for the Senators!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:53:25 +0000

Actually Dr. Joyner, we were taught in my journalism department that you give the benefit of the doubt to speakers. The notable exception was when someone of high profile made such mistakes. The thinking being that the SecDef is used to speeches, pressers, etc where my neighbor doesn't do that stuff a lot. Its a nit to pick, but something that got mentioned when I was in school.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:59:06 +0000

Regardless, this isn't a helpful stance for Rumsfeld to take. Congressmen have big egos and Senators bigger ones still. It doesn't pay to annoy them. But it's so much fun!

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:24:13 +0000

Do we really need to nitpick every syllable from extemporaneous speeches?

After Bill Clinton, I suppose they've gotten into the habit.