Comments on: A Rum(my) do

By: Bruce Moomaw

Bruce Moomaw — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:39:26 +0000

Actually, given the rapidly-expanding supply of military men who were already willing to say publicly that they think Rummy is an [expletive deleted], I’d say it was quite an acceptable gamble for Gannett to run it.

By: Mark Kleiman

Mark Kleiman — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:47:26 +0000

Brett, better cut down on that Kool-Aid. It’s starting to get to you. Do you really think Gannett would run an editorial like that if the management thought the customers (military personnel and their families) would strongly disagree?

By: Firebug

Firebug — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:27:39 +0000

During the early Clinton administration, the military did everything they could to undermine Clinton. Colin Powell committed gross insubordination with regards to Clinton’s attempts to fulfill his campaign promise on gays in the military. If there was a time to draw the line, that was it. I don’t see this as breaking new ground. That line was already crossed by Colin Powell a decade and a half ago.

By: Brett Bellmore

Brett Bellmore — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:08:04 +0000

This is a bit like thinking you know the politics of hotel guests from reading USA Today. Pretty good evidence of where the Gannett chain stands, though.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:56:10 +0000

I really don’t see how military personnel complaining about the incompetence of their appointed leader is a threat to the republic.

By: ROFLMLiberalAO

ROFLMLiberalAO — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:29:06 +0000

Didn’t those military guys vote for King George?
Say what?
They drank a little too much Rum before they went in and voted?
Well guess what?
Tough.
Rummy ain’t going anywhere.
You can bet King George’s entire realm on that one…
Sometimes… you get the kind of incompetency you voted for in an election.
Enjoy it.

By: Bruce Wilder

Bruce Wilder — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:55:08 +0000

Billmon has a useful warning: “That’s usually not a good sign for a republican government — and I’m not talking about the political party.”
http://billmon.org/archives/002925.html
This potshot at civilian authority, the day before an election, is not a good precedent, regardless of how deserving a target. Combined with the recent “repeal of the Bill of Rights” and other measures, this seems like a further ominous milestone in the breakdown of the Republic on the road to Empire.