Best.Rumsfeld quote.Ever

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Speaking on the looting now going on in free Iraq:

"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things," Rumsfeld said. "They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things."


Ain't it the truth.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/04/11/sprj.irq.pentagon/index.html

 

[AnklePocket]

That guy's good.

 

[Blackhawk]

I saw the whole press conference. Rummy was at the top of his game!

 

[Nightfall]

Somebody tell this to the Liberals!

 

[OF]

Rummy's about to start throttling reporters. He's had it.



- Gabe

 

[Waitone]

Maybe its my wishful thinking, but didn't the questions cease being vapid, boring, stupid, inane, and outright insulting right after Arnett was canned?

I've always said it is quite therapeutic to step over a body on the way to the parking lot.

 

[Standing Wolf]

That's well said. Thanks for sharing it with us, eh?

 

[Roadkill Coyote]

I rather liked

"stuff happens"

 

[Greybeard]

Yep, Rummy did have another field day. Ripped 'em up, made 'em look like what they are - highly biased journalist morons. Too many of 'em anyway.

 

[Dannyboy]

Did anyone hear Dick Cheney's comment about retired military personnel "embedded in television studios?" That was a good one, too.

 

[Prodigalshooter]

I wanted to cheer for Rumsfeld today when I heard about his " sky is falling" comment.
First the naysayers said " OH, war is taking more than 2 days, not enough troops", now , it's " OH, looting and anarchy and lawlesness, oh my". You have a nation here who's people have been under an iron thumb for 25 years or so, no wonder they go a little nuts when let loose! Why are the combat troops expected to direct traffic and arrest looters? The media is not doing much better than the Arabs who claim they are glad Iraq is free but still blame us for the present "free-for-all".
I've heard and read that a lot of people in the Arab world are embarrassed by the behaviour of the looters in Iraq, but I'm not that surprised. Things will quiet down soon. The demand for "instant" results is just plain dumb.
My .02, IMHO etc.

 

[Beorn]

I've always said it is quite therapeutic to step over a body on the way to the parking lot.

You've always said this? Where do you park?

 

[Schuey2002]

I liked his little "It's chaos!!" spiel as well.

Is it just me or am I the only one who can't get enough of his "one ought not this or one ought not that" lines that he throws into his comments.. He's definitely OLD SCHOOL !

 

[OF]

It is unbelieveably refreshing. The stark contrast between this administration and the spineless sniveling poll-watchers of the last administration could not be more welcome.

It's fantastic!

- Gabe

 

[Bulldozer]

Gotta love the blunt common-sense of Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney, and company. Such a refreshing and vibrant change from the previous weasels.

I'd love for them to keep schooling the liberal media pukes. It's great entertainment.

 

[CZ 75 BD]

We're indeed fortunate Rummy answered the call once again. He sure didn't need the work, and of course no one could predicted the events he would preside over. Hooray for our President and his cabinet. Our nation would have already surrendered under a Gore administration.

 

[pittspilot]

Sign me up as a Rumsfeld admirer.

 

[dinosaur]

This is one reason why Jack Anderson keeps saying Rummy`s on his way out. He keeps saying it, and saying it, and saying it.....

 

[publius]

I've forgotten where, but I saw one that I liked better. Asked by a reporter if he was doing the right thing by dropping cluster bombs near civilians in Afghanistan, he said, "We're dropping them on front line Taliban troops in an effort to kill them."

 

[Leatherneck]

Mr. Rumsfeld's a good boss.

TC
TFL Survivor

 

[D_Burchfield]

"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things," Rumsfeld said. "They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things."

AMEN, BROTHER!!!

Doug

 

[gburner]

When I grow up, I wanna be Don Rumsfeld.

When asked by a reporter recently why we weren't following the 'war plan', Rummy
curtly stated, 'let me recalibrate a sec...you don't have the warplan, do you, a fact which gives me no small pleasure.'

BTW...major arab news outlets are now putting out the story that the looting is being staged by coaltion forces as a pretext to institute marshall law. These guys wouldn't recognize the truth if it crawled into their trousers and bit their privates.

 

[Don Gwinn]

You can always sense the unspoken "you blithering idiot" at the tail end of a Rumsfeld quote.

 

[tyme]

Sounds like we need to start a Rumsfeld quote page.

 

[DonQatU]

This is the best!

"As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know." - Rumsfeld

I'm not kidding...... he really said that! Don