"Those that are helpful are helpful."
     "Those that are not are not."
This explanation Rumsfeld offered the nation
   describing who he thought we fought.
That he knows what he knows unfortunately shows
   how he's gotten us where we have got.

     "Things are going as they're going."
     "The situation is as it is."
Who can blame correspondents for being despondent?
   Was he making light of their quiz?
What a way for a boss to be coming across –
   Must troops die while he gives us the biz?

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
4/8/04