George W. Bush

Heckuva Job, Rummie!

President Bush today:

I thank members of the cabinet, members of the administration, and former members of the cabinet, especially the former secretary of defense, who did an outstanding job, Secretary Don Rumsfeld.

Yeah, he was pretty great, wasn't he? For instance:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because 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."

And...

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."

And...

"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. Stuff happens"

Outstanding job! Heckuva, in fact.