Rumsfeld twice offered to resign during Abu Ghraib scandal

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says he twice offered President Bush his resignation during the height of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, but the president refused to accept it.

In an interview to be aired Thursday night on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rumsfeld says: "I submitted my resignation to President Bush twice during that period and told him that ... I felt that he ought to make the decision as to whether or not I stayed on. And he made that decision and said he did want me to stay on."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/rumsfeld.resign/index.html

[notadmblnd]

1. Sure he did

and I danced with Barney the Purple dinosaur last night too.

[Solly Mack]

2. Color me skeptical

[0007]

3. Coming from CNN this is almost as funny as hearing junior tell us

what a great guy Donald Rumsfeld is after you get to know him.


Rumsfeld has a heart of gold and will stay war captain in my torture chambers....

[Nordmadr]

4. Get him to say that under oath.

Nevermind, it wouldn't matter.

[Hokie]

5. What a low life Rumsfeld is

He knew Chimpy wouldn't force him out. Instead of being a man and actually taking responsibility AND his punishment he concocted this way to appear to take some responsibility for Abu Ghraib. This personifies the Neocon (lack of)values exactly.

[FormerDittoHead]

6. I wonder who REALLY made the decision...

There's three lights facing Bush on his desk. Green, Red and White.

When someone asks him a question, the hidden mics and camera pick it up, and then a few minutes later a light goes on. FYI: White is "postpone the decision until we can run it past our focus group"

[underpants]

7. This is complete BS

I don't believe a word of it.

[Moderator]

8. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1209765