ok...
Even in spite of the fact that Trent Lott has weighed in against rummy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/12/16/national1256EST0541.DTL
and...
We have one of the senior contributors for the American Enterprise institute weighing in:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2280&ncid=742&e=4&u=/weeklystandard/
20041216/cm_weeklystandard/rumsfeldswar
but wait, theres more! All of this from the leaders of the Republican party:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/rumsfeld.senators/
I still think that ol' bushie et al will still keep rummy and keep on praisin' him for a job well done???
There is no substitute for arrogant incompetence...plus it is well known that sh*t floats to the top.