Now That He Is Out of Our Lives

Harrogate would like to honor the codger by recommending the above depicted literary bulwark, by far Rummy's greatest contribution to society: Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld, an awe-inspiring piece of literature compiled and edited by Hart Seely.

Here are a few samples of the bard Rummy, including citations for original utterance
and the page number. MLA style, kinda:


Needless to Say
Needless to say,
The President is correct.
Whatever it was he said.
Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense Briefing (page 3)

Polls
Opinion polls go up and down,
They spin like weather vanes.
They're interesting, I suppose.
I don't happen to look.
Sept 8, 2002, media stakeout following CBS's Face the Nation (page 5)


Clarity
I think what you'll find,
I think what you'll find is,
Whatever it is we do substantively,
There will be near-perfect clarity
As to what it is.

And it will be known,
And it will be known to the Congress,
And it will be known to you,
Probably before we decide it,
But it will be known.
Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing, (page 42)


Bye, Don. Don't let the door hit you on the ass, as they say. Harrogate would offer you good luck sleeping at night for the rest of your life having centrally participated in bringing about tens of thousands of needless deaths for no discernible purpose whatever and to the detriment of the safety stability prosperity and general integrity of not only this country but countries around the world but then you'd need a shred of decency to be able to feel it in the first place wouldn't you?