Rumsfeld Stepping Down

[Mamba]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush announced Wednesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down from his post.

"The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," Bush said at the White House Wednesday afternoon.

Rumsfeld has been heavily criticized for his policies in Iraq, and exit polls taken during Tuesday's midterm election showed strong voter dissatisfaction -- 57 percent -- with the Iraq war.

"I recognize that many Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the lack of progress being made" in Iraq, Bush said. (Bush discusses Rumsfeld's resignation -- 1:27)</div>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/rumsfeld/index.html

 

[Shapecity]

Beat me to it. It's about damn time he stepped down.

 

[Schaddy]

That's absolutely terrific news!

About time we start weeding out Bush's cronies.

But even as I type that, I know this is simply a token gesture. This is Bush taking note of all the people voting against him, taking note of the situation of change in the House and Senate, and this Rumsfeld resigning as a token gesture that change is upon us. You guys know as well as I do that Bush will just supplant him with another one of his Texan war/oil buddies and nothing, repeat, nothing will change. As long as Bush is still in office, no true progress will be made. This is just Bush throwing the rabid people of America a bone.

 

[deception]

he already did his damage- the people of afghanistan and iraq are witness to it, he just didn't get his chance to brake iran as well.

 

[Apollo]

Ken Mehlman is resigning in January too. Man, all the head honchos are stepping down now after the elections.

 

[I-Miss-MJ]

step down or get fired what would you do?