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2004-04-20 Home Front: WoT

Woodyâ ~~fishing expedition~~ Interview of Rummy - 23 Oct, 2003

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-20 12:27:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 At the very end it became apparent to me that Rumsfeld knew the Woodward was up to no good and was plying with Bob like he was a cat toy. Here is some of the tail end of their Q&A:

Q: Is the president a friend? Do you consider him a friend? I mean itâs one of the Greeks who always said there are three kinds of friends, the ones you have good time, enjoy things with; the other were useful, business, professional; and then the other one is one kind of a complete friendship and you get one or two of those in your life.

Rumsfeld: I donât think of it quite that way. I didnât know him as well at all when I came here. I briefed him a number of times during his presidential campaign but weâre you know, Iâm closer to his fatherâs generation than his.

He is a person that when you get home at night and Joyce says â well or Joyce is with him, we go to a movie with them at the White House and have dinner or something or a function and weâll come home and the two of us will look at each other and say isnât that just a delight to be working with a person who is that way, who is that straight forward, that open, that comfortable with himself, that rooted -- that has that confidence, courage I guess the words youâve used. And we smile to each other and say isnât that â

Donald also lets Bob know that Joyce and he saw Blackhawk Down and Chicago with the first couple at teh White House.

If there isn't already a Rummy Fan Club, then there ought to be one.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-20 1:19:29 AM|| 2004-04-20 1:19:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn. Woodward's gotta hate it when people release the raw material he ignores when he writes his books.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-20 8:23:55 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-04-20 8:23:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 RC - you mean someone actually reads his books?

Why?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-20 7:04:23 PM|| 2004-04-20 7:04:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 for Dem talking points....c'mon Barb - that was a softball

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-20 7:18:09 PM|| 2004-04-20 7:18:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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