Reply #42: Yeah, I wondered that, too. Not necessarily about the condition of the

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housing market so much, but the AMAZING coincidence of buying this nice, big mansion in nice, nearby Maryland. Nearby to where? Washington DC. Why would he need a house near there, when he already has the Naval Observatory, and his slew of bunkers and other assorted "undisclosed locations"? Was he anticipating that he'd need a place to flop after he was indicted/resigned out of there but still wanted to be close enough to where the action is so he can still pull strings and manipulate the li'l puppet easily. I mean, if he wants a nice home, what's wrong with his allleged home state of Wyoming?

I think you're correct - probably was desperate to lock something in, quickly, so lynnie-baby could get it all decorated and ready for move-in day after his frog-march. Yeah. Just seemed funny to me, too. After all, if everything was on the up-n-up, why was he looking for a new house? Shouldn't he have been all nice and cozy and cocky in the Vice Presidential residence - I mean, he had another three years on his lease. One would think the time to go house-hunting for dick and lynne wouldn't be until late 2008, no?