Bush Does It Again: Lies About Rumsfeld's So-Called "Resignation" Right After He Says Rummy Will Stay To The Bitter End

Did you catch Bush's post-Rumsfeld resignation (er...) announcement press conference?

After less than a week ago insisting that he would NOT solicit the Defense Secretary's resignation and that Rummy had a "no cut" contract through the end of the Bush Administration (the polite title for a group that makes Tony Soprano's "waste management organization" seem ethical and progressive by comparison), Bush completely lied again today.

Bush today insisted that reporters had "misconstrued" (no, Bush could not pronounce it, this is my wording) his statement last week that he would keep Rummy and VP Dick Cheney through the end of his term. Jon Ponder at Pensito Review indicates that Bush inadvertently admitted that he lied to reporters, but I think that may be a step beyond what Bush did today; I believe he put the onus on the reporters since, of course, King Boy George never takes responsibility for anything.

And - of course - the White House press corps let him get away with it then AND now. I went back over a report of last week's "stay the course with Rummy and Cheney" comments by Bush and I don't see any "wiggle" room for how he phrased his statement. Does the press hold him accountable for anything?

Read Jon's take on it here. It's well worth the read.

I think Rumsfeld got fired either late last night or today. By heaving him off the side of the Titanic, Bush can claim to be charting a whole new course when all he did was make Rummy the scapegoat.

Your take on this?

Interestingly, the NPR bit I heard in the car coming back from Burlington called it "Rumsfeld's dismissal" which I happen to believe is far closer to the truth.

Don't cheer yet. Bob Evans, the man Bush has nominated to replace Rumsfeld, is a long time Bush loyalist and has worked with scum-sucking Bushie James Bakker on the whole Iraq matter. This is NOT a fresh face or change.