Dowd: "Checks, balances, warrants, civil liberties - they're all so 20th

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... century. Historians must now regard the light transitional tenure of Gerald Ford as the petri dish of this darkly transformational presidency.

Consider this: when Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, supported by President Ford, pushed a plan to have the government help develop alternative sources of energy and reduce our dependence on oil and Saudi Arabia, guess who helped scotch it?

Dick Cheney. Then and now, the man is a menace.

From Vice Axes That 70's Show by Maureen Dowd on December 28, 2005

Link:

http://select.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/opinion/28dowd.html?hp

As soon as I can find a link to the full Op-Ed, I'll post it. She out does herself with this one.


Peace.