First Iraq…now I wanna roll
Some critics of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld allege that he helped the Bush administration launch the war in Iraq as way to secure more oilfields for America.
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If that really was the case, then Rummy’s latest effort may reveal the folly of that effort: As gas prices continue to climb, Rummy has purchased one of those remarkably fuel efficient Vespas.
That’s right: Rummy’s got a scooter.
Yeas & Nays has learned that Mr. Macho recently stopped by the Vespa dealership in Glover Parkand took home a LXV 150 scooter, which can reach speeds of up to 60 miles per hour (and get 60 miles per gallon to boot). It’s hardly a Hummer, but with $4/gallon gas, sacrifices have to be made.
When Yeas & Nays asked him about his purchase last week at the Bradley Prizes ceremony at the Kennedy Center, a cane-wielding Rumsfeld declined to comment, chalking his grumpiness up to the fact that he “just got surgery on my hip.” (Rummy’s hip surgery, of course, makes it all the more curious why he’s opted for a vehicle that offers hardly any protection in the case of an accident.)
“He’ll love it out on the Eastern Shore,” said Glover Park Vespa store manager Gerry Helfgott, referring to Rumsfeld’s home in St. Michaels, Md. “It’s flat as a pancake out there.” Perhaps after January 2009, Rumsfeld will get a motorcycle gang together out on the Shore that’s filled with the Bush administration alumni who also live there (Tony Snow, Dick Cheney).
If you — like us — think that perhaps Rummy could have opted for a more manly vehicle, Harley Davidson would like to agree. Bob Klein, a spokesman for the motorcycle company, told Yeas & Nays: “Bottom line, we think everyone on two wheels and an engine should be on a Harley.”
