Rumsfeld Stays

That's what the White House is telling us now in response to comments from many - the press points only to Democrats, but that's hardly true; only Tom DeLay and Rush Limbaugh think Abu Ghraib and beyond was less horrible than a fraternity initiation - calling for the consideration of Rumsfeld's resignation.

Personally, Rumsfeld doesn't operate in a vacuum of his own, although I'll freely say I think he operates within the overall vacuum that the entire Bush Administration seems to invoke. And Bush just now, in addressing the Rumsfeld issue, said, "he's been a really, really good secretary of defense." Boy, that's inspiring. Especially considering Rumsfeld's ass should have been grass when he just sat there and let a plane hit the Pentagon on 9/11/01.

But Rumsfeld isn't the only one who should resign over this. Culpability occurs both below and above Rumsfeld. And telling us Bush was really, really, really mad at Rumsfeld yesterday just sounded like teenage girls having a spat.