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Once again Jed Babbin hits the nail on the head. The growing chorus screaming for Rumsfeld's head tells us more about Trent Lott, John McCain, Dan Rather and the execrable Maureen Dowd than about Rummy.

"A prophet is without honor in his own country." It is ever so. David Steinberg had a comedy routine about critics: "Critics are like eunuchs at a gang-bang. They know what's going on; they can point it out, and they can comment on it, but they can't do it."

All I can say is "Hang in there, Rummy. You are obviously a person who is much more concerned with doing a good job than polishing your image, and such people are very, very rare in our government. Bush is fortunate to have you on his team, and we are fortunate that you have a boss who won't leave you hanging and twisting slowly in the wind."

p>Now, if Bush would just figure out how to ease Colin Powell "out to grass" as soon as possible, the prospects would certainly be looking up. The sooner we get Condi Rice at Foggy Bottom to work in tandem with Rummy at the Pentagon, the better for our country both here and abroad, and today and tomorrow. We're playing this game for keeps, people! br> -- Bob Johnson br> Bedford, Texas /p>

In the end, only three things matter. One, is Mr. Rumsfeld doing his job satisfactorily in the eyes of the president? Yes. Do President Bush and the troops like and trust Mr. Rumsfeld? They apparently do, regardless of those in the MSM, punditry, academia, Congress and elsewhere who don't.

p>The anti-Rumsfeld sentiment is not just the chattering of the cowardly and opportunistic, but also the whining of the embittered and irrelevant. Drive on, Mr. Secretary-and let the housecleaning of the stars begin! br> -- C. Kenna Amos Jr. br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

Did some fiendishly cunning Old EUnuch slip some crystal meth into Secretary Babbin's mulled wine over the festive period ('Let The Big Dog Run')?

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