Comments on: Petraeus and Rumsfeld: Awwwwwwwkward http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-36795 Spencer Ackerman Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:59:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-36795 You guys are all correct -- I messed up here, as a knowledgeable source pointed out to me this morning. For those wondering why I didn't update earlier, it was Yom Kippur yesterday and I'm just taking the time out now from the al-Qaeda conference I'm covering to update. Again, you're right, I'm wrong, and my apologies to you and to Rumsfeld. -- Spencer You guys are all correct — I messed up here, as a knowledgeable source pointed out to me this morning. For those wondering why I didn't update earlier, it was Yom Kippur yesterday and I'm just taking the time out now from the al-Qaeda conference I'm covering to update. Again, you're right, I'm wrong, and my apologies to you and to Rumsfeld. — Spencer

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-8563 Spencer Ackerman Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:59:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-8563 You guys are all correct -- I messed up here, as a knowledgeable source pointed out to me this morning. For those wondering why I didn't update earlier, it was Yom Kippur yesterday and I'm just taking the time out now from the al-Qaeda conference I'm covering to update. Again, you're right, I'm wrong, and my apologies to you and to Rumsfeld. -- Spencer You guys are all correct — I messed up here, as a knowledgeable source pointed out to me this morning. For those wondering why I didn't update earlier, it was Yom Kippur yesterday and I'm just taking the time out now from the al-Qaeda conference I'm covering to update. Again, you're right, I'm wrong, and my apologies to you and to Rumsfeld. — Spencer

]]> By: ufred http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-8466 ufred Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:28:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-8466 What do you expect from your sister and her cats? What do you expect from your sister and her cats?

]]> By: ufred http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-8465 ufred Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:23:17 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-8465 I'm no fan of Mr. McNamara, but this is undue bedevilment. I'm no fan of Mr. McNamara, but this is undue bedevilment.

]]> By: Blutarsky http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-230705 Blutarsky Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:03:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-230705 Wow...great reporting! What do you expect from a journalist wannabe who couldn't even keep a job at that perennial hack rag, The New Republic? Wow…great reporting! What do you expect from a journalist wannabe who couldn’t even keep a job at that perennial hack rag, The New Republic?

]]> By: Blutarsky http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-230706 Blutarsky Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:03:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-230706 Wow...great reporting! What do you expect from a journalist wannabe who couldn't even keep a job at that perennial hack rag, The New Republic? Wow…great reporting! What do you expect from a journalist wannabe who couldn’t even keep a job at that perennial hack rag, The New Republic?

]]> By: Anonymous http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-230702 Anonymous Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-230702 "But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand. Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness." Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment. You're right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to "STAND UP". Jerk. “But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand.

Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness.”

Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment.

You’re right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to “STAND UP”. Jerk.

]]> By: Anonymous http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-230703 Anonymous Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-230703 "But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand. Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness." Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment. You're right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to "STAND UP". Jerk. “But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand.

Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness.”

Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment.

You’re right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to “STAND UP”. Jerk.

]]> By: Anonymous http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-230704 Anonymous Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-230704 "But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand. Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness." Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment. You're right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to "STAND UP". Jerk. “But as Petraeus walked off stage, Rumseld responded with the oddest variation on a handshake I’ve ever seen, reaching over Petraeus’ arm to shake it with his left hand.

Whether he meant it as a signal of displeasure or a signal of dominance — Petraeus had little choice but to go along with the elaborate maneuver — it served as an appropriate signal of awkwardness.”

Mr. Rumsfeld just had shoulder surgery. He has limited use of his right hand and arm for the moment.

You’re right up there with Biden encouraging the gentleman in the wheel chair to “STAND UP”. Jerk.

]]> By: none http://washingtonindependent.com/11372/petraeus-and-rumsfeld-awwwwwwwkward/comment-page-1#comment-8289 none Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:52:01 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=11372#comment-8289 Spencer - A "signal of displeasure" or a "signal of dominance"? Are you the Dog Whisperer? How about the fact that Rumsfeld recently just had surgery on his right shoulder? <br><br>"His arm in a blue sling (the result of elective arm surgery, say aides), former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to the Pentagon today to help dedicate the nation's first major 9/11 memorial and deliver his first speech since leaving the secretary's job two years ago."<br><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/09/rumsfeld-chokes.html">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2...</a><br><br>Might that explain why he can't shake his hand, instead of some half-baked theory of "awkwardness"? Spencer – A “signal of displeasure” or a “signal of dominance”? Are you the Dog Whisperer? How about the fact that Rumsfeld recently just had surgery on his right shoulder?

“His arm in a blue sling (the result of elective arm surgery, say aides), former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to the Pentagon today to help dedicate the nation's first major 9/11 memorial and deliver his first speech since leaving the secretary's job two years ago.”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2…

Might that explain why he can't shake his hand, instead of some half-baked theory of “awkwardness”?

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