I can hardly stand Rummy's ask his own question and answer it thing.

[roguevalley]

Is $87bn large a lot of money? You betcha.

What the *&^%$ is it with him? The drunk.

[FlashHarry]

1. My favorite, from MTP a while back.

"Are more people going to die? You bet!"

[BattyDem]

2. The follow up question was even better

"Can we afford it? Yes."

Oh really, Rummy? There's no money for education, no money for health care, no money for prescription drugs, no money for anything Amercians need and yet we can afford $87bn for Iraq. :mad:

[Swede]

3. Do I hate it? Yes

[cliss]

4. Rummy's next question

"Am I an ass?"

"Why am I asking myself this?"

"Am I the cleverest man running this country?"

"That's more like it".

[HEyHEY]

5. I'd like to ask why he acts like clint eastwood

[Djinn]

7. To paraphrase a cool protest poster

I'd like to ask him "who told you "Yee-haw" was a foreign policy?"

[Maddy McCall]

6. It is a brilliant form of mind control...

I'm no tin hatter, but when you frame your own rhetorical question and then answer it, you are subtly telling your audience that they question you asked is the most appropriate, and any other considerations are irrelevant.

When you ask, "Can we afford it?" you are blocking your audience from thinking about other important questions, like "Why are you spending so much money in Iraq we can't afford domestic programs like education and healthcare?"

[VOX]

8. Rumsfeld Orders Breakfast at Dennys. Prepare to bust a gut!!

http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?030609sh_shouts
The New Yorker/Issue of 2003-06-09
DONALD RUMSFELD ORDERS BREAKFAST AT DENNY’S
by Frank Gannon

That’s a good question. Am I ready to order? Let me answer it a little off to the side.

First of all, there are things that we know. I can look at this menu and see that. But there’s a danger there. Do I “know” that hash browns are not included in the Original Grand Slam Breakfast? It says that on the menu, which, by the way, is nicely laminated and we’re grateful to the laminator. But getting back to the hash-brown potatoes. I should “know” that they’re not included.

The real truth is, there are no “knowns.” This is a whole new menu. Are we in the past? No. Are we using the past’s menu? No. Are there things that we know we know? Not exactly...
<snip>

[Bunny]

9. I can't stand that coming from anybody.

People who ask and then answer their own questions. Does that bug the living shit outta me? Why, yes, yes it does!