I find YOU Ironic*
May. 7th, 2004 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saint_monkeyRumsfeld lays down the rules:
vector USA Today
1 Just FYI, USAtoday is technically incorrect here, and the story is pretty interesting: the DOD, which transcribes all pertinant press releases by DOD employees, including Rumsfeld, does not have a transcript of this compendium. Research shows that it was actually written for the Washingtonian in February, 1977, and revised and reposted to the WSJ in 2001. Further research shows that the "rules" have been intentionally removed from the DOD website. The WSJ does not release archival content to non-subscribers. Fortunately, planet pdf archived them. Also interesting is planetpdf's assertion that the document had last been modified by its creator on September 11th, ((scroll down to "wednesday"), a scant hour prior to the plane striking the pentagon.)
* the quote in the subject line is from President Bush, as recorded in Alexandra Pelosi's documentary, "Journeys With George:"
PELOSI: Okay, governor, let's talk about your diet.
BUSH: All right, baby. Spell it out.
PELOSI: It's rumored you like bologna sandwiches.
BUSH: I like a good bologna sandwich. I don't like to eat it every day, but I like a good bologna.
PELOSI: You don't find that ironic?
BUSH: I find you ironic. I'm gonna start dissing you on your own film. I've got a new strategy for your movie. It's gonna be diss the filmmaker.... Okay, let's be serious.
PELOSI: Okay, let's be serious. If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
BUSH: I'm not, I'm a Bush. See? I'm a little quicker than you think, ......
vector USA Today
These selections come from a compendium Rumsfeld wrote for The Wall Street Journal in 20011:
- If you foul up, tell the president and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
- The price of being close to the president is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth.
- Think of dealing with Congress as a ''revolving door.'' You'll be back to today's opponents for their help tomorrow.
- Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
- In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
- That which you require to be reported on to you will improve, if you are selective. How you fashion your reporting system announces your priorities and sets the institution's priorities.
- Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the president and do wonders for your performance.
1 Just FYI, USAtoday is technically incorrect here, and the story is pretty interesting: the DOD, which transcribes all pertinant press releases by DOD employees, including Rumsfeld, does not have a transcript of this compendium. Research shows that it was actually written for the Washingtonian in February, 1977, and revised and reposted to the WSJ in 2001. Further research shows that the "rules" have been intentionally removed from the DOD website. The WSJ does not release archival content to non-subscribers. Fortunately, planet pdf archived them. Also interesting is planetpdf's assertion that the document had last been modified by its creator on September 11th, ((scroll down to "wednesday"), a scant hour prior to the plane striking the pentagon.)
* the quote in the subject line is from President Bush, as recorded in Alexandra Pelosi's documentary, "Journeys With George:"
PELOSI: Okay, governor, let's talk about your diet.
BUSH: All right, baby. Spell it out.
PELOSI: It's rumored you like bologna sandwiches.
BUSH: I like a good bologna sandwich. I don't like to eat it every day, but I like a good bologna.
PELOSI: You don't find that ironic?
BUSH: I find you ironic. I'm gonna start dissing you on your own film. I've got a new strategy for your movie. It's gonna be diss the filmmaker.... Okay, let's be serious.
PELOSI: Okay, let's be serious. If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
BUSH: I'm not, I'm a Bush. See? I'm a little quicker than you think, ......
