Breaking on CNN.com: A federal judge has ordered Dick Cheney to preserve

[dogindia]

a wide range of records from his time as vice president.

I guess we will hear more soon. No text yet.

Here is the follow up text

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/20/cheney.lawsuit.ap/index.html

[Newsjock]

1. Ordered Dick Cheney to be preserved?

Break out the formaldehyde.

[Bluebear]

9. too late.

[cliffordu]

2. Someone should lock them down right now.

Cheney has complete and utter contempt for the law and the American people.

I'll do a little happy dance when he's finally off the planet.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. A giggling Cheney probably used the judge's order to wipe his butt this morning

And then he made a phone call to Scalia to organize another hunting trip, just in case the issue over the claim of executive privilege should go up the court system to the Supremes.

[Wapsie B]

4. Fat chance of that happening.

The shredders have been working overtime since he took office.

[smoogatz]

5. Like Cheney gives a shit what a lousy federal judge says.

Pfffft. He's above the law and he knows it. Literally no one can touch him.

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. Except for the hackers who figure out how to get into his pacemaker.

:evilgrin:

[CitizenPatriot]

6. I confess to being confused

when he claimed executive privilege since he had earlier claimed he was not part of the executive branch...

on an unrelated note, I woke up this morning from a horrible nightmare; I dreamed some horrid brunette woman had been named VP candidate and that before she was in office, she had initiated war with Russia and Iran. Was I ever glad when I woke up....

[bsdetector]

8. Could you please go back to sleep? We want to know how it turns out!

:-)
:silly:

[CitizenPatriot]

11. Ha! I will try to have a good resolution dream tonight

but I am seriously hung over from that dream. it haunted me all night, her utter recklessness. She should be in a tower somewhere. Away from all media and all leaders of other countries...Please.

[H2O Man]

10. Cheney has no respect

for the Constitution. For over 200 years, there has been no question about which branch of the federal government the Constitution places the OVP in. And there is no mention of executive privilege in the Constitution.

[CitizenPatriot]

12. It is an OUTRAGE

and he's still walking around...Unbelievable. I weep for our country, the constitution and the checks and balances we used to have. Now Palin is already claiming executive privilege. Where did this come from and what is it supposed to cover? Apparently on Fox they must be telling their viewers that executive privilege is their right, because I got into an argument with an old friend over this the other day.

Hard to believe we've had our expectations whittled down to the point where I have to defend being upset that an elected official is claiming executive privilege when they swore to be transparent and accountable and furthermore, these emails were cc'd to her husband, who is not a government official.

[asdjrocky]

13. So what.

He won't do it. This man has done nothing but show contempt for the rule of law. He'll walk away from this a very very rich man and have a great rest of his life. Not for one second will he have second thoughts and not for a nanosecond will his conscience bother him.

Suck on that America.

[kenny blankenship]

14. I'm sure he'll get right on the job

--the job of forgetting exactly how many months ago it was that those records inexplicably abducted themselves from his secure servers' raid arrays and his walk-in office safe. It was all so many months ago now, and who can remember trivial details of paperwork like that when TERRORISTS ARE THREATENING TO KILL AMERICANS AT ANY MOMENT. In closing, may I add: 911, never again. Thank You and may God Continue To Rain His Blessings Down On America.

P.S. please delete all address book information for Vice President Richard B. Cheney that you may still have in your files following January 20th 2009. Correspondence to the Vice President may be addressed to Lewis I. Libbey, Esq. at the Watergate, Washington, D.C. Do not attempt to contact the Vice President at his mail drops or possible residences in Paraguay, Dubai, Singapore or the Turks and Caicos Islands, your envelopes will be discarded. Thank You.

[bluesmail]

15. A DUer posted a picture many years ago of a truck

"shredding" truck entering the VP's Palace. So yes it's too late. Darth has no intention of ANYONE seeing what he's up to. Dam You Dick.

[leeroysphitz]

16. So what? He'll ignore the order. Brazenly refuse to comply and...

nothing will ever happen to him as a result. This IS the Bush admin after all.

[Gman]

17. LOL! Fat chance of that!

Cheney sneers. He doesn't think he's subject to any court order.

[mzmolly]

18. I'm sure he'll comply!

:sarcasm:

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Okay, so if someone is known to be a flight risk, we make sure their

bail is set so high, that they can't get out of jail. And in Cheney's case, he hasn't been honest about anything and we're expecting him to obey this request?

[elizfeelinggreat]

20. k & r

we need to remember this
!

[rzemanfl]

21. Big fucking deal, they own the Supreme Court. The Court must

be packed as a priority when Obama wins.

[brettdale]

22. hehehehe

Good news, but Im guessing there is a shredder working overtime.

[jimshoes]

23. Breaking.... dick cheney hurt his side today

after falling down laughing after having received an order to preserve his papers from Judge etc, etc,....

[lonestarnot]

24. Get the tasers and crashcarts and cameras ready!

[magellan]

25. Or what?

He'll subpoena him? I'll bet Darth's quaking in his jackboots.

[suede1]

28. He's ready to shoot this judge in the face.

[Telly Savalas]

26. It's appalling that there's not more of an effort to put an end to his bullshit.

When's the last time a politician included in a stump speech biting criticism of transparent government and accountability?

Never?

Perhaps that's because almost everybody supports transparent government and accountability. It's not a liberal vs. conservative issue. This sort of thing is the low hanging fruit for the Democrats. They should be able to muster bi-partisan support to keep Cheney in check, but if Congressional Republicans and McCain/Palin don't wish to play ball then they've given easy fodder for a few more campaign ads for the Democrats.

[BlooInBloo]

27. (shrug) Or else what?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

29. Right!

Like that little fire in his office was an accident,
like shooting his friend in the face.