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Rummy: If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life.
from Press Conference on March 23, 2006 Q: Mr. Secretary, I'm just curious. Do you feel at all embattled at this point in your tenure -- SEC. RUMSFELD: No. Q: -- given the fact that -- SEC. RUMSFELD: No. Q: -- aside from the retired two-star general calling you incompetent and asking you to step down in an op ed over the weekend, we also had a column from Maureen Dowd in which she quoted an unnamed administration official saying that you don't hold the same sway in meetings and that you're treated as, quote, "an eccentric old uncle who's ignored." SEC. RUMSFELD: You like to repeat all that stuff, don't you? (Laughter.) On camera? Did you -- did you get that? (Laughter.) Let's make sure he got it. He loves that stuff. It's a sure way to get on camera! You'll be on the evening news. Q: I know that you like to have the facts in the premise of the question. SEC. RUMSFELD: Yes, I do, and you did it very well. (Laughter.) No -- Q: You can do one-arm push-ups and put all this to rest. SEC. RUMSFELD: No. The answer is no. Q: Do you hold the same sway in meetings? SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, come on. I'm not going to get into that. Pam. Q: Sir, in your opening statement, you said -- SEC. RUMSFELD: If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life. (Laughter.) Q: I'll take that as a sound bite. (Laughter.) Posted by: Sherry 2006-03-25 |
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