Last night, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Rumsfeld was on the show to promote his memoir, Known and Unknown.
After a discussion about mules, (yes, mules - the product of a donkey and a horse), Letterman talked to Rumsfeld about the "unrest" in Wisconsin.
Transcript
DAVID LETTERMAN: Help me out here. You're a smart guy, and we're seeing now... It started in, I forget where... Tunisia, the uprising in Tunisia. Then it went from there to Egypt, and then to, most recently, in Libya. We're seeing this now. And, coincidentally, we're seeing this unrest in Wisconsin.
(Laughter)
Is it crazy to think that they're hoping for the same results in Wisconsin that they got in Egypt?
(Laughter)
SEC. DONALD RUMSFELD: No, I doubt it. I doubt it. No, Wisconsin's about something, I guess, quite different.
LETTERMAN: It's putting an end to collective bargaining for unions and so on.
RUMSFELD: Exactly, and trying to balance the budget.
LETTERMAN: Right. And what do you see happening in Wisconsin?
RUMSFELD: Well, apparently the Governor - I don't know the Governor - but from everything I can understand he ran for public office on the platform that he was going to do exactly what he's doing. Unusual.
LETTERMAN: Right. Yes, you're right.
(Laughter and applause)
RUMSFELD: My attitude is God bless him. I hope he wins.
Although the comments about eliminating collective bargaining aren't entirely accurate, Rumsfeld made an excellent point about Walker. He's doing what he promised he would do if elected.
There's no arguing with that. That simple fact reveals the 14 Senate Democrats cowering in Illinois to be obstructionists and cowards, sore losers and ninnies.
Walker got a nice endorsement from Rumsfeld.
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Here's video of Sec. Rumsfeld reminiscing "about meeting and working with former U.S. presidents."
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In his monologue, Letterman made some lame jokes about the situation in Wisconsin.
LETTERMAN: Dictatorships could tumble in Libya, Yemen, Algeria, Wisconsin... (Repeating with a whiny, mocking midwestern accent) Wisconsin.
I'm worried about Wisconsin. If Governor Walker actually is driven out of power, there'll be a vacuum, and it could be filled by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The jokes bombed. Letterman got more laughs making fun of the failed jokes than with the jokes themselves.
Walker isn't going anywhere.
The Dems have left a vacuum by fleeing their responsibilities and running out of state. The Republicans in Madison are ready to fill that vacuum.
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