Scholarships Happen: How Would 'Rumsfeld Fellow' Look on Your Resumé?

He's Back.

Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In Phase One, he sought to set the terrain with a folksy article in GQ about life on his ranch outside of Taos.

Phase Two was a verbal salvo during an interview on Fox News at MoveOn.org for its "General Betray Us" ad. Donald criticized moveon.org for criticizing General Petraeus, because he's afraid that this uncivil war of words discourages public service.

During this same interview, Donald laid out Phase Three: the creation of the Rumsfeld Foundation. The left flank of this good-deeds offensive will provide micro-loans to the Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Apparently, he feels he's already done enough for Afghanistan and Iraq.

The right flank will provide research fellowships to graduate students for the purpose of encouraging public service. Never mind how much better the world would have been if Rumsfeld's public service had been discouraged, just think of these two words on your resume: Rumsfeld Fellow. It would be like the D.C. equivalent of a Razzie Award.

As for whether Rumsfeld's media surge strategy will win the battle and restore his reputation that is a known unknowable. But as yo

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[dora rice]

Rumsfeld-Cheney. Now there is a ticket. A ticket from Hell. Add dumb Bush to it for flavor and you got potent poisenous brew.

[johnfrankweaver]

What's the phrase? "Better late to the party than never there at all"? Rumsfeld has hurt American interests domestically and internationally, but micro-investment is one of the best ways American money and influence can be used in other nations. Instead of giving money directly to foreign governments, we loan money to small businesses on the local level. We stimulate grass roots economies while at the same time establishing a reputation for honest business dealing in those countries. And we manage to do this without making those countries or people feel like they're receiving charity. It's a loan, a business transaction, and everyone at the table is a partner in the transaction.

Of course, I'm fully aware of Rumsfeld's ability to mess up this ideal, but I'm curious to see how he does.

[OrvilleHLarson]

Donald Rumsfeld--like his ex-boss, the Liar-in-Chief--is a thuggish, warmongering degenerate.

[emjay1954]

You could fill an entire university this way:

The Rumsfeld Fellow in Conflict Management
The Bush Professor of Public Speaking
The Gonzalez Scholar of Civil Liberties
The Vetter/Craig Department of Sexuality

[SamEllison]

And of course these schools will be located on the"Gitmo"campus.

[Colmore]

There is ALWAYS an ulterior motive when these neoCONS suggest anything. Wonder if Georgie will start a think tank in his name? If Rumsfeld Fellow sounds ludicrous, imagine how Bush Fellow would elicit guffaws. Why don't they just fade away, unless of course, there is taxpayer money to be squandered.

[peterg76]

Micro-loans? Why would oil producing countries need credit from the likes of Rumsfeld? It almost makes you wonder if there could be some ulterior motive....

[Henry]

Pete,
Micro loans finance economic activity at the local level. (Gramin Banks of Pakistan) Liberal in it's outreach, fundamental in it's intent, it is a more enlightened way than propping up corrupt regimes to fund the military industrial complex circuit of things.
It always seems that republicans "get religion" at a point when it is too late.

[Kansas Evans]

No. I CONVINCES me that there is some ulterior motive!