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I must confess something, and I am wondering if anyone else feels the same way. I like Rumsfeld. Okay, there, I said it. He strikes me at a gut level of being a good guy, though seriously misguided and with strong ego problems like most men of power. I have been known to be gullible at times, though, and I recognize that. Still....he answers questions quickly and to the point. He obviously doesn't consider much the bad ramifications of what he says (judging by some of his answers), which implies to me that he is being truthful.
But...could he be part of the axis of evil in the administration? I don't think of him as an evil manipulator, as Bush, Cheney, and Wolfowitz obviously are. But...could he be? He should be fired, for sure, for doing such an incompetent job with Iraq. But when I see him in an interview (like the one of several months ago with Chris Matthews), I just get a gut level reaction that he is being forthright and honest, whether we like the answers or not. And at least Rumsfeld took responsibility for Abu Ghraib (although responsibility without accountability doesn't mean much). Still, it's more than Cheney or Bush or Wolfowitz have done.
So...is he a misguided good guy at heart? Or an evil manipulator, like Bush and the others? (If the latter, please pray for me!)
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