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maddiemom

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36. I don't think Cheney was ever worried about his legacy,

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:47 PM

Dec 2014

in the sense that, say, Richard Nixon was. Either that, or he wants to be remembered as the sort of bad-ass that, in his twisted mind, is a GOOD thing.

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Cheney Throws Bush Under The Bus:"He Was In Fact An Integral Part Of The (Torture) Program" [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

This is Cheney's way of signalling . . . brush Dec 2014 #1

There's two ways to put the sarcasm tag in. jeff47 Dec 2014 #23

Thanks, Jeff. nt brush Dec 2014 #43

I find it hard to believe dubya WASN'T involved calimary Dec 2014 #44

Yep! They all knew. brush Dec 2014 #49

this could mean he knew nothing belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #2

exactly heaven05 Dec 2014 #4

yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2014 #8

Yeah I noticed that but that could just be the dickster trying to have it both ways. yellowcanine Dec 2014 #14

yea he's carefully parsing his words belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #18

Here's a word he isn't using... tecelote Dec 2014 #71

Or "I told him... Gman Dec 2014 #17

Poppie Bush did not know where he was on a certain day either. He only knew what he needed to. jwirr Dec 2014 #39

You are right, jwrr. Duval Dec 2014 #50

Yup, Bush was just a throwaway all along. R B Garr Dec 2014 #57

He was a figurehead, just like Reagan. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #66

... diabeticman Dec 2014 #3

Good one... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2014 #9

Criminals too. mariawr Dec 2014 #5

Awesome. Octafish Dec 2014 #6

On the Curious George Wikipedia page... jmowreader Dec 2014 #63

Golly, jmowreader, now I'm getting scared. Octafish Dec 2014 #68

Fine, Dick, you can take idiotboy down with you. tridim Dec 2014 #7

Take him down? What do you think this is, a nation with laws or something? Scootaloo Dec 2014 #13

The puppet-master blames the puppet. Adorable. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #10

In related news, Edgar Bergen calls Charlie McCarthy "rude", riqster Dec 2014 #40

LOL! Dick Cheney is an immoral, backstabbing, warmongering traitor!? Rex Dec 2014 #11

Well, that is putting it mildly. ImaPolitico Dec 2014 #64

Well on this one I think the dickster is correct. Bush had to know. yellowcanine Dec 2014 #12

That's how it is SUPPOSED to work ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #19

I am not saying Bush knew the finer details of what he signed off on. yellowcanine Dec 2014 #21

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #22

Not only is Cheney saying that Bush knew, the dang CIA is saying it too Number23 Dec 2014 #54

I suspect Bush heard a lot of it. tecelote Dec 2014 #72

+1 Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #20

Well, we can take 'loyalty' off the list of attributes for old Dick mountain grammy Dec 2014 #15

Dick Cheney is loyal . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #51

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2014 #16

And the back-stabbing begins....... hedgehog Dec 2014 #24

I don't think Cheney was ever worried about his legacy, maddiemom Dec 2014 #36

I never knew what hate was till Cheney came along olddots Dec 2014 #25

Same here. maddiemom Dec 2014 #37

kick 1million times samsingh Dec 2014 #26

if this went to trial i would bet one of them would cut a deal samsingh Dec 2014 #27

He just didn't want Jeb Bush to get the jump on him and point THAT finger first... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #28

Lying POS... SayitAintSo Dec 2014 #29

The whole BushCo. Regime was made up of liars. SoapBox Dec 2014 #30

I bet George W. wishes he'd given Scooter Libby a full pardon now! another_liberal Dec 2014 #31

cheney covered his ass with 911 too, but he didn't tell him the certainot Dec 2014 #32

That does sound just about right, in regard to 9/11 anyway . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #33

More fun than blowing up frogs? maddiemom Dec 2014 #38

Most kids quickly grow out of their enjoyment of cruelty . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #41

i wouldn't be surprised nt certainot Dec 2014 #58

No less than Gary Trudeau, creator of "Doonesbury" . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #67

ah yes, the good old days. before that he liked blowing frogs up. then they put him in the certainot Dec 2014 #69

An above OP by Judi Lynn presents an article about the CIA being involved in Latin America jwirr Dec 2014 #34

I'd expect no less - TBF Dec 2014 #35

No honor among theives (or some such) comes to mind here - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #42

Brennan has thrown both of them under the bus as well as Yoo, Gonzo et al malaise Dec 2014 #45

I'm listening to Brennan speak, and I think you are 100% correct. hedgehog Dec 2014 #47

Circling the wagons... kentuck Dec 2014 #46

now THAT is a great mixed metaphor! csziggy Dec 2014 #55

Good. Maybe it was the bus to the Hague. nt silvershadow Dec 2014 #48

Cheney rubs salt in the Bush-is-a-liar wound on Fox News JDDavis Dec 2014 #52

Another post that is able to stay focused and not automatically do the DU Pivot of "but HOW Number23 Dec 2014 #53

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #60

You ain't said NOTHING but the truth Number23 Dec 2014 #62

I remember when it was common knowledge around the whitehouse duhbyas pet goat Dec 2014 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #59

Send the both to The Hague for war crimes. roamer65 Dec 2014 #61

You can almost hear Cheney cocking his pump shotgun. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #65

Bush's "dumb guy" persona was no more than an ACT he put on in front of the camera. No one wanted to blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #70

When is the current administration going to start to prosecute and hold responsible LondonReign2 Dec 2014 #73

Cheney isn't "throwing him under the bus." True Blue Door Dec 2014 #74

break the hearts of Right wingers everywere! imthevicar Dec 2014 #75

Of course Bush knew about the torture. BlueMTexpat Dec 2014 #76