NYT: A Judgment on Cheney Is Still to Come

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON, March 6 — In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.

For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic.

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With Tuesday’s verdict on Mr. Libby — guilty on four of five counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice — Mr. Cheney’s critics, and even some of his supporters, said the vice president had been diminished.

“The trial has been death by 1,000 cuts for Cheney,” said Scott Reed, a Republican strategist. “It’s hurt him inside the administration. It’s hurt him with the Congress, and it’s hurt his stature around the world because it has shown a lot of the inner workings of the White House. It peeled the bark right off the way they operate.”

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Now, Mr. Cheney faces a civil suit from Mr. Wilson.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/washington/07cheney.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[napi21]

1. Netcha he resisgns (for health reasons) beforethe civil trial gets

really off the ground!

[pokercat999]

7. I'll cover that bet for any amount....he'll never resign.

Doesn't being President and Acting VP protect him from civil suits?

[truthisfreedom]

2. "Now, Mr. Cheney faces a civil suit from Mr. Wilson."

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ooh, I just never get tired of a line like that.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. I would have to agree.

It's just short of really good porn.

Not that I know *anything* about porn, it's just that I would imagine that if I did, it would...uhh...never mind.

[IDemo]

3. Cheney to rest of planet: Go fuck yourselves

This will piss off Rasputin, but he won't be leaving his puppet's side anytime soon.

[aquart]

5. Except to remove the occasional clot.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Do you use the word clot as we do ?

http://www.translatebritish.com/dictionary.php

We use it to mean idiot. :rofl:

[shanti]

8. or the rastafarian version

'blood clot' still applies ;)

[aquart]

9. Thank you!

Bookmarked the site to my Language folder.

[dipsydoodle]

10. What it is they say

two nations divided by a common language :rofl:

Yes - there are some goodies on that site which was news to me too. I found it whilst searching "clot" If Little Boots sat on his lap then he be bound to have a clot on his leg.

[goforit]

11. LOL!! How appropriate!!!

[yellowcanine]

12. Graham...went hunting with the vice president...and did not sense that the trial was bothering him.

Says all you need to know about Crashcart Dick right there. One of his closest friends is facing jail time as a result of his loyalty to him and he is not about to let it disturb his hunting trip.

[L. Coyote]

13. Mar. 10 Daily Impeachment News:

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