Frist and McConnell leap to Rumsfeld's Defense

Somebody must have got on the phone.


Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist and Republican whip Mitch McConnell of Kentucky came out swinging for Rumsefeld, saying they expect him to be leading for some time.

I suppose Frist and McConnel can explain why their constituents in the Tennessee and Kentuck National Guards aren't home for Christmas this year because of Rumsfeld's Stop Loss programs. If so, they were talking about that yesterday, but that he is "fully capabale of leading the Department of Defense and our military forces to victory in Iraq and the war on terror" (Frist) and that he ''is an excellent secretary of defense, and we are fortunate to have a man of his courage and vision serving the president at this critical time." (McConnell).

Afterwards, Frist and McConnell did backflips for biscuits.