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July 22, 2008 - 6:59 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-07-22 21:49:58

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There are issues that I disagreed with Donald Rumsfeld on. Certainly the initial invasion needed a larger footprint. Still there are two key reasons not to mention him as equivalent to B. Obama.

1. Rumsfeld has a record of serious accomplishment that make it hard to imagine Obama trying for any job that could interact with him. Obama would have been hard pressed to qualify as an intern for Rumsfeld. The thought of him being in a position to question Rumsfeld was ludicrous. As I have noted Obama is less qualified for high office than any candidate in a century, including Spiro Agnew. Rumsfeld is qualified for any senior government job you can think of.

2. Don Rumsfeld is really funny. The humorless Obama makes me yearn for Dr Sanity to explain him.