The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History (Dick Cheney)
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
It now seems clear why the staff to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't want anyone to bring recording devices or cell phones to her speech Friday night. Even Republican-friendly news outlets like Politico -- which have often featured Dick Cheney's terror jeremiads -- would have been likely to rebuke her. But the ban on recording devices [...]
Why? What Have You Heard? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congressman John Carter of Texas' 31st District has me on his mailing list. I don't know why. I don't live in Texas, and to be brutally honest I can't think of a single issue that he's dropped in my in box that I agree with him on. That by itself is hardly unique. After all there are at least two legislators from North Carolina (where I do live) that can claim the same distinction. Normally I don't...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Talk about an odd couple! Former Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be joining U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, the longest serving openly LGBT member of Congress, as headliners for the Gridiron Club winter dinner . No word on whether they'll sing a version of "Endless Love" together. The Gridiron Club's winter dinner is one of those inside-the-Beltway events where...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Cheney-Rumsfeld Replay by digby Edward Harrison at Naked Capitalism offers up a convincing look at the dynamics that led Obama to choose the path he's chosen in dealing with the financial sector. Here's the conclusion: When historians look back at the Bush 42 presidency, it will be defined by 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. While George W. Bush was politically pre-disposed to the Neo-con...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Ever since they were released last Friday, I’ve been meaning to write about the FBI notes of Dick Cheney’s interview with Plamemania special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. As is her wont, Emptywheel has already critiqued Cheney’s non-answers from a variety of angles, and multiple media reports have commented on the ex-Veep’s nearly all-encompassing amnesia, best summarized by...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, warning hesitation would embolden U.S. foes and devastate its allies.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The one thing I love about liberal columnists is how they complain about people spewing invective as they spew invective. Such was deliciously the case in New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's offering Wednesday when she went after Rush Limbaugh: Years ago, when I dubbed Dubya “The Boy Emperor,” Limbaugh spewed a stream of personal invective about me that embarrassed even my mother,...
2parse/blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Charles Krauthammer , and other right wingers have begun to converge on a unified theory of Obama – a systematic critique of who he is, what he stands for, and what he is trying to do. Part of this theory – one of the core themes being developed – is that Obama is the most far left American leader ever. Rush Limbaugh expresses...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents, squandering diplomatic, international and economic assets that were bequeathed to him. As a result of the perfidy of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, Obama inherited a great deal of low-hanging foreign policy fruit that he has been slow and even hesitant to pick. read more...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Like a horror movie monster, the former vice-president keeps coming back to sink his teeth into Obama's foreign policy In response to Dick Cheney's idiotic attack on Barack Obama's Afghanistan policy, newly-minted progressive hero Alan Grayson said what many of us have often thought: "When he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" If only it were so easy to get...
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Frothy shoutmonger Joe Wilson is a man of few words — as in, he only knows a few words in the entire English language. But he’s working on it! You know, I’m really disappointed, and I actually agree with Vice President Cheney that the President is dithering. And I actually had to look up what [...] Joe Wilson - Dick Cheney - English language - Center for American Progress - United...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart finds it "very sad" that Vice President Dick Cheney seems to be suffering from signs of premature senility. When Cheney was interviewed by the FBI in 2004 about his role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, he responded 72 different times that he could not recall details of events [...]
PollingReport.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Joe Biden vs. Dick Cheney
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The leaders of Argentina's horrible junta from the 1970s and 80s are finally facing trial : The trial has begun of Argentina's last military ruler, Reynaldo Bignone, and five other retired generals. The men are charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping, torture and disappearance of 56 opponents of the military government in the late 1970s. ... Mr Bignone, 81, appeared frail and rocked back...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There is "a lot of evidence" that Vice President Dick Cheney gave false statements to the FBI during its investigation of the Valerie Plame leak affair, says former White House attorney John Dean. Dean told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann that Cheney attained "something of a record" by refusing to answer or claiming to not recall the answer [...]
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