My brother Richard from Connecticut dropped "Rummy Watch" a tad early, me thinks!

Yeh, I guess my sweet brother from Connecticut felt as though his "watch" (as in "watch Rumsfeld") was over. But now it is revealed that the man of the hour is Donald Rumsfeld (left) who correctly realized that Bush's policies were bunk and that the Democrats were right (although still "leftist") all the time. And he wrote a memo only a couple of days after Mr. Bush was interviewing his replacement (unbeknownst to Rummy, of course) to prove it.

Basically, his memo suggested that Bush's policies in Iraq weren't working and that it was time he (GWB) took a good hard look at what the Democrats (and Rummy ... in the memo) were suggesting. Redeploy in the manner suggested by Jack Murtha (and Rummy), draw down our forces in Iraq in the manner suggested by Howard Dean (and Rummy) with an eye to working with the rest of the world in the manner suggested by Nancy Pelosi (and Rummy) ... and then declare "victory."

Actually, his memo suggested couching his change in course in such a way that it was to only be a "trial" and thus, eliminate the possibility that, if things went wrong, it wouldn't be a total loss. And that, my blogging friends, is "victory" as seen and written in a memo only released today by Mr. Rumsfeld.

He even suggested that the US use some of Saddam Hussen's ideas, paying off opposition clerics, for example, to hold the country (and the oil cartel's interests) in one piece.

And no, the memo leaves no doubt that Rummy didn't suspect -- even in the least -- that his job in the Pentagon was already -- or soon to be -- toast. He wrote the memo only a day or two before the Midterm Elections.

Richard: you took your eye off the ball and "Rummy Watch" disappeared a mite too early.