The Cheney Presidency

[Me.]

The headline at Huffpo:

The Cheney Presidency: Libby Trial Reveals "Total Involvement" Of VP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

with this article:

<<<>>>
“"What didn't he touch? It's almost like there was almost nothing too trivial for the vice president to handle," said New York University professor Paul Light, an expert in the bureaucracy of the executive branch.

"The details suggest Cheney was almost a deputy president with a shadow operation. He had his own source of advice. He had his own source of access. He was making his own decisions," Light said.” cont…

“Among those not informed about this Cheney maneuver, according to the Libby tapes, were then-White House chief of staff Andrew H. Card Jr., then-CIA Director George J. Tenet and then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

"What was interesting to me was what appears to be the total involvement of the vice president," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar who worked in the Eisenhower and Nixon White Houses. "If he's down to micromanaging news leaks and responses at that level, I found that quite astounding." Cont…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_go_pr_wh/libby_and_cheney_s_world

[Julius Civitatus]

1. I M P E A C H M E N T ! ! ! ! ! !

Now!!!!

[EFerrari]

2. Did anyone ever really believe Junior was pResident?

I find that quite amazing! :wow:

[Parisle]

3. Bush has never been the president

--- The PNAC has been the "Executive" and Cheney is the top PNAC'er.

[EFerrari]

4. Bush can't even talk to a roomful of random people.

He sure as hell can't run a government. He needs help falling off his bike. :scared:

[Me.]

5. We All Know Who The Big Dick In The WH Is

What's wrong with everybody else. How many other agents does he have to out before they get it?

[EFerrari]

6. I'll never forget The Dick striding with much fake purpose on 9/12.

And all the lapdogs panting.

What a long dark time this has been.

[Me.]

14. I Would've Never Guessed It Could Be So Bad

You couldn't write this, not and have it believed

[EFerrari]

16. Agreed. Rod Serling would have nixed the script in a heartbeat.

We've turned into one of our own third world clients. We're a really big Guatemala.

[Greybnk48]

7. They both have to go NOW.

I have avoided impeachment threads and discussions because I did not think it would happen and I wanted to keep from getting too upset over things I have no control over. But, god dammit, this has to end. They have to go. Both of them. NOW.

[EFerrari]

8. Welcome aboard, Greybnk48.

:)

[Greybnk48]

10. I can't fricking take it anymore

every day it's something new and awful. I lived through Nixon and it was NEVER this bad, believe me.

[EFerrari]

11. Oh, I did, too. It was NEVER this bad. It felt okay to have a child

during the Nixon nightmare. I don't know that I'd make the same choice today.

I can't take it, either. Enough. Enough.

[Imagevision]

9. If Cheney got the boot, Bush qwould return to Crawford for the remainder of his term...

[EFerrari]

12. pigs to pigs

I hope the Democrats are covering these bases. We're dealing with sociopaths here, not just political hacks. I hope SOMEONE knows that.

[Jackpine Radical]

15. If the entire Senate Dem caucus

(minus Lieberman, of course) doesn't know it by now, we might as well be electing hamsters.

[EFerrari]

17. I've never read you say something that potentially critical of them.

Oh, geeze. Who will rid us of this troublesome dim son?

[Me.]

19. !

How can they not know

[Me.]

13. Better Nothing

Than them, at least no more damage would be done

[EFerrari]

18. That's what I always thought. When people complain he's at the pig farm

I just think, cool -- less damage in the Capitol.

Better nothing, no kidding.

[Doondoo]

20. This guy is just beyond belief