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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:00 AM

Cheney reportedly "furious" with Bush over Libby

The former vice president apparently made a last-minute push for a pardon for Scooter Libby, and is angry it was unsuccessful.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 02:41 PM

And this is newsworthy because????

Aside from a Cheney CYA are the American People really interested or is this more beltway chatter??

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 01:40 PM

But, but, but...why doesn't anyone listen to Chucky, er I mean Dickey any more?

Dick, sorry but the nation considers you to be evil. Please slink away to Dubai and hide under a rock.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 01:00 PM

THE IGNORANCE HERE IS BREATHTAKING!

I can't believe there are fools here who believe the MSM lies about Scooter Libby "outing" Valerie Plame. This is pure fantasy and nonsense. The slime-bag, Richard Armitage, outed Ms. Plame (after she had already outed herself about a dozen times.) The coward, Armitage, remained silent and Patrick Fitzgerald never brought up the fact that he KNEW Armitage was the "culprit." Scooter Libby didn't out anyone and should have been pardoned by George Bush.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:01 AM

Push the government to investigate Bush/Cheney

I've read that several of you think Bush and Cheney need to be investigated and that Obama wants to look forward to the future, which is what he needs to do, for the moment.

Go to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ and write Obama. This may be a case of "I agree with you, now Make Me Do It." There are people out there, even in Congress, calling for an investigation and it looks like at least we may get a committee to start looking into the trashing of our Constitution. We have to push and keep pushing to make it happen. Write your senators and representatives the same. Snail mail, not just email. And make phone calls.

Keep up the pressure.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 09:19 AM

They have principles? Since when?

A pardon might have allowed Libby to practice law again or get hired back by the Hudson Institute.

The Hudson Institute doesn't hire convicted felons? I'm shocked!!

I know most other wing-nut "think [sic] tanks" have no such scruples.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 08:30 AM

Cheney?? Mad?? Over Libby?? So what!!!

Cheney and Bush broke the international agreements re : Torture. Cheney will be lucky if HE doesnt see the inside of a jail, not only for the Palme affair but for the hideous way they broke the law to allow torture in the name of the United States of America. I know that Obama says he wants to look to the furture but the U.S. pushed for trails for the former Yugoslavia etc, their former President has been charged with war crimes JUST LIKE BUSH AND CHENEY SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES!! I wonder how they sleep at night with the deaths of over 4000 american men and woman on their respective conciouses just so Bush and Cheney can 'take over a country' with their friends the Blackhawk people and the Haliburton people. All of that NEEDS to be investigated with appropriate action taken. Unless the United States governement is willing to do this, they have no right to expect anyone else in the world to be jailed for these types of crimes. Also the rewarding of further contracts to contractors that are responsible for the electrocution deaths of several servicemen needs to be stopped. Why are we paying incompetants huge money to NOT do a job correctly?? ALL contracts involved in Iraq need to be reviewed with cancelation in mind.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 08:03 AM

If it says "Libby Libby Libby" on the label lable lable...

If it says "Libby Libby Libby" on the label lable lable

You will like it like it like it off your table table table

... otherwise it may come back to haunt you later-- or write a very revealing tell-all book... (but that doesn't rhyme and isn't as catchy)

Maybe Dick should just shoot him in the face. That would fix it.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 07:36 AM

Hee hee -- something Bush did bothers Cheney -- Hee Hee

Why should anybody give a rat's ass if something bothers Cheney?

I think I'm GLAD something bothers Cheney.

And I hope it KEEPS bothering Cheney.

I hope it drives him APOPLECTIC and he CHOKES ON IT.

"Fuck You" Cheney.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:04 PM

pure drabble

Who cares , shut up old hens !

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 09:35 PM

why?

For people like Cheney, government has very little to do with law and is entirely determined by personal relationships. Libby was his right-hand man and took the fall for him on the Plame matter (which, had justice prevailed, should have resulted in Cheney's indictment). So of course Cheney wants to get a get-out-of-jail card for Libby. It's more than jail time - he wants Bush to proclaim that Libby did the right thing.

Just like Cap Weinberger and Ollie North and Halderman, Ehrlichman, and G. Gordon Liddy, who all put party loyalty over the rule of law.

Bush doesn't care because he sees the entire episode as being Cheney's fault. Cheney's need to have petty revenge on Joe Wilson led to the embarrassing Plame affair. There is no doubt in my mind that the whole thing was a Cheney-directed job. (I mean, really. His Chief of Staff was behind it - do you think Libby broke the law in the execution of his duty not at Cheney's behest?)

In the big picture, the Plame affair is a small thing compared to the many things Cheney appears to be getting away with.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 05:40 PM

DICK very fitting

well Dick cheney your pissed off. Well G.W. has smelled your bull and he's not putting up with you DICK. As to what you said that, President Obama he'll open the door to more terrorist attacks on the u.s. humm well DICK I think that all you have done in your so call service to this conurty. you have insured that we'll be under terrorist attack you and BLACK WATER HALABIT HAVE MADE US MORE OF A TARGET THEN ANY OTHER THING THAT MR.OBAMA WILL DO? AND BUSH IS NOT PUTTING UP WITH YOU ANYMORE...YOU DICK ALL BY YOUR SELF HAVE MADE MORE ENERYS FOR US! you have done this with your GREED ...I HOPE THAT YOU BELVE in GOD WHAT WILL YOU SAY ABOUT YOU LIFE???

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 05:39 PM

DICK very fitting

well Dick cheney your pissed off. Well G.W. has smelled your bull and he's not putting up with you DICK. As to what you said that, President Obama he'll open the door to more terrorist attacks on the u.s. humm well DICK I think that all you have done in your so call service to this conurty. you have insured that we'll be under terrorist attack you and BLACK WATER HALABIT HAVE MADE US MORE OF A TARGET THEN ANY OTHER THING THAT MR.OBAMA WILL DO? AND BUSH IS NOT PUTTING UP WITH YOU ANYMORE...YOU DICK ALL BY YOUR SELF HAVE MADE MORE ENERYS FOR US! you have done this with your GREED ...I HOPE THAT YOU BELVE in GOD WHAT WILL YOU SAY ABOUT YOU LIFE???

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