administration. the first two, three years, george w. bush was tremendously popular. so was donald rumsfeld. the war in afghanistan was going extremely well. iraq. people supported the iraq war until we learned there were no weapons of mass destruction. so much of what donald rumsfeld did was widely supported. he would hold news conferences every afternoon during both wars. one day president bush was killing donald rumsfeld. he said you re so popular with these afternoon news conferences, you re an afternoon teen idol. everybody in the oval laughed. how could this old guy be a teen idol? the afternoon matinee teen idol. he was. people wanted to turn in and listen to his take what was happening in the war in afghanistan and the war in iraq. at the time they were largely successful military operations and largely supported by the american people. donald rumsfeld was highly