ok.......Cheney Has Resigned......

[rsmith6621]

Sorry......didnt meant to give you a heart attack or is a knee attack?


Let say this week Fitzgerald returns indictments on Rove,Libby a few other government officials and ole Pacemaker himself...Dick Cheney...

Now that would mean that the Shrubster would have to choose a new VP...

Whos he going to choose or would shrubby follow his puppetmasters lead and quit also?

[ecoflame]

1. Nooo...that's means Speaker of the House steps to the plate until

someone is chosen & ok'd

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. I don't think so. When Agnew resigned, we were Veepless for a few weeks

until Ford was approved. the Speaker didn't serve as VP then

[greekspeak]

10. A bit of trivia that will REALLY date me

32 years ago Tuesday I had my B-day, and there was NO VP just yet. We were technically between Agnew and Ford. How is that for a claim to fame?!?

[Catch22Dem]

39. Doesn't really date you all that well, though.

I mean, you didn't tell us WHICH b-day it was ;)

[El Supremo]

12. Right.

Then when Ford became pResident, there wasn't a VP until Nelson Rockefeller was approved. Ford later selected Bob Dole as his running mate in 1976.

[rsmith6621]

20. And No One

Picked Dole in 1996

[hang a left]

29. What does your sig line say? Is that a potty note?

[El Supremo]

37. "P.S. No more public scatology"

This was at the bottom of a long ago note from the Shrub to Harry that was released last week.

All I know is that it must be some sort of inside joke. But if he misspelled "eschatology", it becomes very scary.

There was a good thread on this last week. Do a search on "eschatology".

[mike_c]

19. yep-- the line of succession only comes into play...

...if the president AND vice president are removed from office. As long as Bush is in the seat, the VP slot can be unoccupied-- although he would obviously be under pressure to appoint someone to avoid the possibility of a line of succession replacement if anything were to happen to HIM.

[ecoflame]

57. Remember Al Haig was in charge - he said so! (n/t)

[El Supremo]

21. Maybe you thought that Ford was the Speaker.

I'm pretty sure he was the Minority Leader. Everybody in the House and Senate liked him. That is why he became VP without any opposition.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

42. The chair stays empty until the POTUS fills it

[Freddie Stubbs]

60. No, the Speaker only moves up if there is a vacany in Pres & VP

[tk2kewl]

2. gannon

[Catch22Dem]

3. I think he'd promote Condi to Veep...

Perhaps Hastert, Gonzalez, or someone else close to him.

[Skink]

6. This sets the stage for the Death match between Condi and Hillary.

Meow:wtf: .

[mike_c]

17. I agree-- this would be the neocon wet dream....

Keep the top posts in the hands of insiders, and groom a massively polarizing candidate for 2008. Bush is NOT going to go outside his inner circle for a new VP. Especially not with Rove on ice.

[hang a left]

28. that is a really good point.

who are the candidates besides Rice?

[mike_c]

32. Rumsfeld maybe, but I doubt it...

...Rummy is too larger than life for dubya. I dunno, maybe Andy Card or Scotty MacClellan.... :rofl:

[trogdor]

54. He's also too old.

If you gotta replace Biggus Dickus, you'd better pick someone electable in '08. Otherwise why bother?

[hang a left]

26. You think Condi is gonna come out of this unscathed? eom

[mike_c]

35. I think she will unless Bolton is drawn in....

Then I'll have to celebrate until I do some serious damage to my health....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. How about Condelezza Rice?

Rove in his perverted logic would think it's a way to score points with balcks and women.

[Ouabache]

48. Since it is close to Halloween maybe but isn't Lynne Cheney the real

wicked witch of the west?

[TheFarseer]

7. It will probably be someone you've never heard of

along the lines of Hariet Miers. And he will try to convince us that he/she got good grades in highschool and is the "right religion" to convince us he/she is a fine choice. He will add "trust me"

[AlGore-08.com]

51. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Who ever is chosen will be "cute" and "likable" like John Roberts, so he will be approved in a flash.

[cwydro]

8. oh, don't tease

like that! stop it!

[Gman]

9. Probably John Asscrack

Why not? This train wreck just keeps getting worse. Why not Asscrack?

[mike_c]

34. yeah, ashkkkroft would be one of the annointed...

...from the inner circle. I still think Condi, but AshKKKroft isn't beyond the pale. With Rove gone, I'll bet he picks someone close.

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. I don't think Asscrotch wants anything to do with these idiots anymore.

He couldn't run fast enough, once it was clear that Chimpy was going to get away with stealing the election.

I remember speculation that he was quitting in order to become a Supreme Court pick, but Junior's picked two now, and he wasn't either of them. And dare I say, better qualified than either. So I really think Crisco Johnny and his eagles are soaring as far away from the Bush Criminal Empire as they can. Maybe Asscrotch didn't truly recognize the depths of their evil when he signed on with them?

[Gman]

43. Asscrack ran away because the election was going to be stolen?

I don't think that would bother Asscrack in the least considering what happened to Mel Carnahan and what he and his people will do to win an election.

Of course, history recorded that Asscrack lost his election to a dead man.

[AntiCoup2K4]

45. No, that's not what I meant.....

I think Asscrotch, for what it's worth, really is a Christian (albeit a right wing Dominionist one) and believes he's going to be held accountable to God for the crimes committed by this Fraudministration, if he continues to be a part of them and at the very least an accomplice, if not a willing participant.

I'm guessing Johnny bought the Kool Aid of 9-11 and therefore believed in his own way that the Patriot Act was neccessary. I'm not defending his viewpoint here, but rather guessing at what his perspective was.

Once the truth came out about Iraq being all bullshit, Abu Ghraib, etc. Asscrotch probably figured that the voters would bring an end to this and let him off the hook. He did, as you say, lose his own last election to a dead man, after all.

So when Ohio (and once again Florida) were blatantly manipulated into a Bush "win", Crisco Boy knew he had to bail before Satan showed up with the calico cat brigades to claim his soul :evilgrin:

[longship]

11. If Crashcart crashes, it will not be Condi.

I predict that Condi is going to be damaged goods after GJ revelations.

Anyway, these guys do not want a woman pres, or a woman veep.

They'd appoint somebody from Congress or Senate who is in a safe seat in a state with a neocon governor.

[tulsakatz]

13. as bill maher says.......

......Bush needs to meet more than 3 people!!!

He always chooses someone from the same old crowd! Someone he's known for 40 or so yrs and is just as corrupt as the rest of them!

It won't be an improvement, just another face.

[autorank]

14. April 14, 2005...my "vision"

EndGame, Is this the end of little Rico?

[Name removed]

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[UrbScotty]

16. Why not handsome George Allen?

He's your stereotypical Repub neocon.

Except Mark Warner would appoint his succeessor as he still has three months to go.

[ellenfl]

18. how about the 'greatest mind of the 13th century'? eom

[Independent_Liberal]

22. If Cheney goes, I think they'll install McCain as VP.

That's how I think it will go. Vice President McCain, then President McCain.

[AlGore-08.com]

52. If Smirk's approval ratings were higher, that would be a lock, however

McCain must know that right now, Smirk is polling in the toilet, but other Republicans (especially McCain) are polling to wipe the floor with the Dems in 2008. McCain agreeing to be Smirk's VP might destroy his chances to run in 2008... or... it might get Smirk's poll numbers back to "reasonable" or even "positive", at least for awhile.

Since the far right is hacked at Smirk over Miers, I'm not sure there's any pluses for McCain other than the supposed plus of running as the sitting VP, which is actually a minus...

Interesting question (the same way a train wreck is interesting)...

[MichiganVote]

23. Probably an old evangelical, drinkin' buddy who was his lawyer

Well slap my mouth, did I say that?

[elfin]

24. Andrew Card would be my guess

Wouldn't want the spotlight on Allen or especially on McCain.

[bhuddaboy]

25. Yet Another Crony

The president obviously is sensitive to all the talk about selecting too many of his friends and associates to positions of power. So he would do what he always does - stubbornly and irrationally commit to more of the same. It will either be his brother Marvin or Jeb.:crazy:

[ncteechur]

27. That's easy--the FIRST person he sees obviously.

[prescole]

30. How about Paris Hitler (aka Ann Coulter)

He likes never-been-married women who may or may not be lesbians...

[pcboss49]

31. I hear that "Brownie" is looking for work.....

[indie_voter]

33. McCain n/t

[El Supremo]

38. Tom Delay

He's going to be out of a job soon.

[OzarkDem]

40. John Snow

Corporate hard ass. Fears no one, will do whatever he's told and capable of lying with impunity.

[mmonk]

41. a stealth candidate

[Yupster]

44. Kay Bailey Hutchison

That's my guess anyway.

[Ouabache]

47. Veep can't be from the same state as the prez, unless Kay has moved

to Wyoming in the last few weeks.

[ISUGRADIA]

49. Veep can be from same state; electoral college members cannot

vote from the state for both candidates. I.e. in January 04 if this had been a ticket, Texas could not have cast 32 votes for Bush and Hutchison, members could only pick one.

He could appoint her now if he wished to.

[Yupster]

50. Correct ISU grad

I thought it might be a nice way to set up another friend for a presidential run and take all the publicity off the bad news by having the first woman vp. Then Perry could name Sott McClellan's mom as senator and clear his own way to reelection.

[ISUGRADIA]

55. The way this White House is run your analysis is a credible possibility

There's always an angle and cronys figure in somehow.

[onenote]

46. john kerry

Crazy? Sure. But no more crazy than thinkning Cheney is going to be indicted. Not gonna happen.

onenote

[ikri]

53. Probably won't be any currently elected politician

If he gave the job to Jeb there's a very good chance that they'd lose Florida in a special election to replace him.

Same goes for any Republican politician currently in office. Move one of them up to VP and risk losing a senate/congress seat or state Governor.

Their best option would probably be to pick Lieberman. The Republicans stand virtually no chance of winning a race in Connecticut with *'s approval there down at 36% so they lose nothing by appointing him.

They could gain a lot though. With Lieberman as VP * is able to appear to be a uniter whilst at the same time they can attach blame for any number of future problems at his doorstep and use it against the whole party in 2008.

[Kingshakabobo]

56. Babs Bush will pick Jeb and tell the rest of the country to fuck off. n/t

[Ishoutandscream2]

59. LOL! Why is it I can really picture this?

They are so damned arrogant!

[xyboymil]

58. It'll be Harriet Miers.

I mean hey, if she doesnt get this SC Justice gig, why not?

:sarcasm: