Does Cheney Have A Death Wish?.......

[global1]

Today he's blamed Richard Clarke for 9/11 and he's blamed George Tenet for Saddam not having WMD. Come on - these are people that worked within BushCo that can turn on him. Why is he doing this? Why is he leading with his chin?

I can't wait for the interviews of Clarke and Tenet to discuss this. I hope Rachel or Keith book these guys.

[aquart]

1. He can't die. His agreement with Satan spelled that out in blood.

[wroberts189]

9. Well that answers the "why doesn't he just retire?" question. :) nt

[knowbody0]

2. he maybe said 800 words publicly while in office

why so chatty now? clearly a guy off his nut

[BuyingThyme]

3. It's driving me crazy trying to figure him out.

He has to know that everybody knows he was calling ALL the shots. Does he think he can change that?

[wroberts189]

6. I know.. Only thing that makes sense is what his daughter said...

He is terrified of war crimes prosecution.

Too the point of way over doing the CYA I would add.

[BuyingThyme]

8. Oh, thanks. I missed that. Liz, I assume?

[wroberts189]

10. Yes.. link...

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/22/cheney-fear-prosecution/


L. CHENEY: I don’t think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January. But I think, as it became clear that President Obama was not only going to be stopping some of these policies, that he was going to be doing things like releasing the — the techniques themselves, so that the terrorists could now train to them, that he was suggesting that perhaps we would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration.

[MrMickeysMom]

13. Then may he live long...

...and hug his pillow from the bottom cot of a high security prison with the guy above who wants his bitch.

[global1]

18. Could It Be That This Is Just The Sign Of A Person With A Guilty Conscious......

I'm thinking he's running real scared. He knows he & BushCo are prosecutable and should wind up in prison and is just terrified of the prospect.

[bemildred]

4. When did he ever show a lick of sense? nt

[wroberts189]

17. Good point..but when does pure evil ever make sense? nt

[wroberts189]

5. A strange man indeed. You would think he would shut up and go undisclosed. nt

[RagAss]

7. I love this. The devil has turned on his ass kissing minions.

[dgibby]

11. Well, he also said that there was no connection between Sadam and 9/11,

and that he supports gay marriage.

If I didn't know better, I'd suspect he's laying the groundwork for an insanity defense.

[lpbk2713]

12. Finger pointing -- a uniquely GOP trait.

"He did it. And him. And him too."

[bertman]

14. What do you mean "Clarke might turn on him"? Clarke already labeled him a liar and an

incompetent, if not criminal, ignorer of the numerous warnings leading up to 911. Everything Clarke has said about 9/11 has pointed to downright negligence on BushCo's part.

And Clarke's been saying this for at least five years.

[vixengrl]

15. It seems like such a case of "projection"--Clarke said that the

Bushies dropped the ball and weren't prepared for 9/11 in his Washington Post op-ed, so Cheney has to go--"No, you're to blame." Evidence can show that Gitmo & Abu Ghraib are like a gift to al-Qaeda recruiters, so Cheney has to say--"Oh no, it's people who are against those things who are making us less safe."

I had a dreadful thought lately about his health, and not in that "wishing ill on someone I don't like way"--he's been in "undisclosed locations" off and on throughout his term as VP. He's been known to repeat already de-bunked stuff in interviews as if no one ever pointed out where the stuff he was bringing was weak. And he's got his daughter making the rounds on these shows--

My thought--we know he's had bad cardiovascular health. Lately, he's seemed to have labored breathing, and I know people have discussed the possibility that he could be in heart failure here before (and I wouldn't wish that on anyone--I understand that the labored breathing is because one feels like one is drowning.) One of the side-effects of bad arterial health can be a form of dementia. If it's something like that, I wish for his and his family's sake they get the man to stop making these rounds before he really kills his reputation.

Or he could just be a jerk. Hard call.

[csziggy]

16. Gary Trudeau had a great set of quotes on his page

SAY WHAT
"You know, Dick Clarke. Dick Clarke, who was the head of the counterrorism program in the run-up to 9/11. He obviously missed it."
-- Dick Cheney, on Richard Clarke

"Bin Ladin Public Profile May Presage Attack" (5/3/01)

"Bin Ladin's Networks' Plans Advancing" (5/26/01)

"Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent" (6/23/01)

"Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats" (6/25/01)

"Bin Ladin Planning High-Profile Attacks" (6/30/01)

"Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delays" (7/02/01)
-- Subject lines of Richard Clarke emails to Bush Administration prior to 9/11/01
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html


Dick Cheney is pulling shit out of his ass and flinging it at the wall to see what sticks.