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Originally posted by jyl
The timing was "brilliant" only by the standards of a dunce's academy.

Now, if Bush had fired Rumsfeld before the election, to take the momentum away from the liberals and remind everyone who is in charge and thwart the liberals etc etc - before he lost his party the House and the Senate - now that would have been kind of smart.

Removing Rumsfeld right before the election would not have changed a thing except to make the President appear weaker and grasping at straws....purely a political ploy and nothing more. The election was not about Rumsfeld....except for those residing at the dunce's academy.