Oliver Willis

Isn’t that basically what it should all boil down to? I think so.

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If Rahm Emanuel is going to push to defund Cheney’s office for him obstructing justice, then do it — but don’t just send out a trial balloon. Do it or shut up, because the reason the Dems in congress are sucking is because they’ve been too much talk not enough action so far.

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I’m sorry (not really) but the spectre of a sad sack of militarism like Dick Cheney lecturing China for appearing too militaristic is just laughable. This is akin to Britney Spears telling someone that they’re not doing such a great job parenting.

Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that China’s recent anti-satellite weapons test and a rapid military buildup were "not consistent" with its stated aim of a peaceful rise as a global power.

In a speech during a visit to Australia, Cheney praised China for playing an "especially important" role in six-nation negotiations that recently resulted in a deal with North Korea to eventually end its nuclear weapons programs.

"Other actions by the Chinese government send a different message," Cheney told the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue.

Yes, it’s a good thing Cheney is speaking from the moral authority of leadership that chose a voluntary war using trumped up evidence and denies that the execution of that policy has been an absolute mess. I guess Cheney’s already practicing for his post-vice presidency as a used car salesman.

Then again, that’s really unfair to used car salesmen. They have souls and consciences.

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In an otherwise unsurprising article about how the Bush administration’s only tactic left is to get the same con rubes who voted for them in ‘00, ‘02, and ‘04 to show up at the polls for them (that he is the President of the entire United States is a foreign concept to Bush, and why his poor showing with independents will keep his presidency in the dog house for the remainder of its existence), the worst vice president in American history - Dick Cheney (there is legitimitate competition for Bush being the worst ever - Cheney is in a low class of his own) - he says this:

“Nancy is not in sync with the vast majority of the American people,” Cheney said, referring to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who would become speaker if Democrats took over the House.

I would like to note for the record that the creepy veep has a net approval rating in all 50 states of a whopping -27%.

That’s about as out of “sync” as you can possibly get.

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Why should I believe a single word from Dick “Buckshot” Cheney about Iran? These are the same people that claimed Iraq was minutes away from launching a nuke, and royally screwed up in planning for the Iraq war (leading to the deaths of thousands of Americans). Why would you believe a single word these jackals say?

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The vice president shoots someone, and they don’t tell anyone? Something smells like a cover-up.

The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday. E&P has learned that the official confirmation of the shooting came about only after a local reporter in Corpus Christi, Texas, received a tip from the owner of the property where the shooting occured and called Vice President Cheney’s office for confirmation.

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As Sam Beckett used to say, “oh boy”.

Cheney Told Aide of C.I.A. Officer, Notes Show

I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney s chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003, lawyers involved in the case said Monday.

Speculation: Cheney told Libby/Rove about Plame, Libby/Rove leak it to the press (Novak, etc.) then when the investigation gets instigated they freak, start lying to keep their stories straight and conspire to keep it quiet. But then the notes unravel the whole thing for Fitzgerald.

Or not.

Addendum: Even if no specific law was broken, shouldn’t it be cause for removal or resignation if the vice president used the power of his office to uncover classified data as fuel for a political vendetta? Spiro Agnew, anyone?

Questions
Have the president or the vice-president been aware that either they or their top staff were the leakers of Mrs. Wilson’s identity, yet have claimed otherwise for two years?

Are the vice president and his subordinates in the business of using classified data to fuel personal attacks on citizens? Is the president aware of this practice and does he condone it? If the president is unaware, why and for how long?

Of the following people and their families, have any of them been investigated by the president and vice president using national security assets to fuel political attacks - John Kerry, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean…?

Which other journalists and pundits have been the recepients of classified leaks from the president’s or vice-president’s office?

Since January 21, 2001, please detail each and every instance of the president, vice president or other White House staff that has given out data gleaned from classified sources to attack political opponents.

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