Acting President Cheney.
By on Jul 20th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Acting President Cheney.
“President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.”
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So we can expect the nuking of Iran to commence about what time on Sat?
July 20th, 2007 at 12:56 pmon no – he’ll probably start another two wars with that much time
July 20th, 2007 at 12:57 pmBusiness as usual…
Move along folks…
Nothing to see here…
July 20th, 2007 at 12:57 pmNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 12:57 pmi hope the doctors recover the U.S. Constitution while they’re in there
July 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pmon the bright side, maybe they will finally locate Bush’s head
July 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pmRAT’s (Republican American Terrorists) 26% bemoan the vitriol, the mean words the majority of American people say about Bush and Cheney as if that equates to the Death, Destruction, and Demoralization this incompetent admin has wrought.
If I could ask the RAT’s one question is how painful is your dying idealogy? It has been excruciating to us, the U.S.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:59 pmBrain surgery? Wow, I hope the MD’s are also treasure hunters.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:00 pmI’m staying inside tomorrow…
July 20th, 2007 at 1:00 pmAny chance Cheney will have a heart attack while President?
Then Pelosi would become president!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pmProbably one of the scariest titles I’ve ever seen. TP, don’t do that…you might have shaved several years off my life with that headline. :P
July 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pmQuick! Pass HR 333!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pmHeterodoxy, colonoscopy is on the other end, unless you’re saying that ole Dubya sits on his brains on a regular basis. ;)
July 20th, 2007 at 1:02 pmCan we get President Cheney (ACK!) near a microwave Saturday?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:02 pmThen Pelosi would become president!
Comment by Eggreggious
Whoa… the mind boggles…
July 20th, 2007 at 1:02 pmHELP US ALL!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:03 pmWill there be a psychoproctologist present?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:03 pm#13 Jeremy – Did my sarcasm not transmit to your monitor?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:04 pmfrom an earlier post:
From: T r i p m a s t e r M o n k e y
To:
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:03:39 AM
Subject: Banned
Hey, BnF. I’ve just found myself silenced, and wanted to get the word out on the situation.
On the thinkfast thread this morning, a namejacker stole my name to make the following post:
Shockwave,
It¢s possible that the Raelians did it.
Are they Jews?
If so I can believe it!
The Jews are behind everything.
Muslims never do anything wrong as Islam is a peaceful religion.
(Obviously, this is not me.)
What’s interesting is that the content of this post CHANGED while I was looking at it…the original namejack post was only four lines long, and ended with “I wish Hitler had killed them all!”.
I’ve never seen a post alter in such a fashion. The only way for this to happen is if an admin did it.
When I attempted to declare that I had been namejacked, I found that none of my posts would go through.
So there you have it. I’ve been vilified and silenced. I’d appreciate it if you would inform the rest of the posters at TP of the situation.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:06 pmSo, beginning impreachment proceedings would have brought the Congress to a standstill for a year, huh? Looks like that happened anyway. So, now faced with this little headline, people start going, oh noooo. Well, guess some folks should have been doing something about it, hmmm Nanc or Harry? Just saying
July 20th, 2007 at 1:06 pmIf I was George, I would be wary of Dick granting
July 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pmrecess appointments
And the difference will be….? He has always been the Unelected Pres – you think Bush is smart enough to pull off the outrageous crap that he does?
IGNORE THE TROLLS – yesterday was ridiculous
July 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pmBAN Mr. Pr(ick) – CT_V1
I’m afraid this is as close as we’re going to come to the light at the end of the tunnel.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:08 pmI guess bombs start dropping over Iran Saturday evening. Lord help us all.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:08 pmBill Clinton should have gotten a vasectomy.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:09 pmI’m wondering if the anesthesiologist could do us all a little favor and use the fake stuff. That way, Bush gets to experience first-hand what he’s been doing to the country for six and a half years.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pmStop spamming, Briseadh na Faire.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pm“That way, Bush gets to experience first-hand what he’s been doing to the country for six and a half years.”
That 4.3% unemployment rate is just terrible.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pmDamn, I hope we don’t bomb Iran while Cheney is acting president.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:12 pmWho’s the lucky Doctor? I hope hes got both hands on Chimpette’s shoulders!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:12 pm“I guess bombs start dropping over Iran Saturday evening.”
All the Dems would do about it is write a letter.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:12 pmAs if anything will change.
And did you see this?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:12 pmCondi being honest for a change:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/015550.php
Sorry, Heterodoxy. It didn’t. My bad.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:13 pmComment by Briseadh na Faire — July 20, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
what’s going on here? williloman was banned as well. strange!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:13 pmOh man, we’re all gonna die aren’t we?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:13 pmAnd this is different from SOP…how?
The question is going to be when Cheney gets his pacemaker batteries replaced next month, will he transfer HIS power over to Dubya for the duration of the procedure? And what will Dubya do without the puppetmaster’s hand up his arse?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pmGod help us! I guess I had the wrong face pinned on my Voodo doll. I never thought I’d pray for Bush’s good health, but Cheney in charge!? God help us!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI just hope they hide the football.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pmAn excellent opportunity to carpet bomb Northern Pakistan, destroy Iran’s one and only gasoline refinery, execute all the prisoners at Gitmo and pardon the border guards who shot that Mexican drug dealer in the ass.
And if the doctor is really slow Cheney could really get some things done.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:15 pmMr. President, can you imagine the conniption fits Al Gore is having right now? The poor guy still hasn’t gotten over losing in 2000.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:15 pmAll the Dems would do about it is write a letter.
Comment by The Eck
Gosh, so flip about nuclear war… I’ll bet your mommie lets you wear her best dress whenever you want!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pmPresident Cheney..I like the sound of that.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pm“what’s going on here? williloman was banned as well.”
Yup. Another lib bites the dust.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pmGod Bless America!
Comment by Mr. President
Be careful or you’ll have to go change your pantyhose…
July 20th, 2007 at 1:17 pmMr President, how often do I have to tell you? Save your breath for your “girlfriend!”
July 20th, 2007 at 1:18 pm“That colon has some tales to tell.
Comment by Perry Logan — July 20, 2007″
duh, but he’s already been talking out of it for 6 years.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:19 pm“Impeach Cheney first!”
The Dems are ignoring you.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pmNow I understand why GDumbya commuted Scooter’s jail time . . . Darth was going to have a couple hours to take care of that matter anyway.
With that business taken care of, I do wonder what Darth will do with his “official” powers. After all, let’s not kid ourselves — he has been the president all along.
Personally, I think GDumbya’s colonoscopy is a waste of time. He’s had his head up his ass all his life and Darth has had his hand up there for the past six and a half years. If anything funny was growing in there, one of them would surely have noticed.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:22 pmSo does Pelosi become acting Vice-President?
Because that’s the office with all the power.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:23 pmLets hope there are severe complications
July 20th, 2007 at 1:26 pmDoes this mean that tomorrow the dreadful Lynne Cheney will be the first lady? and the U.S. will have a gay first daughter?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:26 pmYesssss!!! I have July 21 in our office Appocalypse pool.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:29 pmThe first time in the nation’s history it’ll have a demon-in-chief.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:33 pmWMD found at last?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pmCheney now can claim that he was president for several hours.
Cheney said later, if Bush had to do ‘braino scopy’ or something like that, I would be president for few weeks.
Can you imagine looking deep in all the brain cells that Bush has?!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:38 pmI’m actually OK with this. I can’t see this changing their S.O.P. one bit. Dick is Acting President already. I would figure that the R’s would be more afraid of something happening to Bush. If the “I’d like to have a beer with him” cover that Bush provides is removed, the evil that is Cheney will be exposed to the harsh light of day. Impeachment would be demanded forthwith.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:39 pmSo if several black SUV’s pull up to your house Saturday, run like hell!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:40 pmJohn G.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:47 pmWe lovingly refer to those as Barium Bombs…!
That’s a switch. Usually when Cheney acts like he’s the president, it’s the rest of us who get one up the….
July 20th, 2007 at 1:47 pmLets fit an impeachment hearing in those 2 1/2 hours before another war is started!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:49 pmDon’t forget Gannon’s watch while you are in there.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:50 pmHo, ho, ho!…Like Roger Hedgecock said this morn on the Limbaugh program: They probably announced Dick Cheney will be acting Prez tommarow just to get a dig in on the liberals…..looks like it worked…I can sense the fright from the Bushhaters from here. The only thing they fear more than President Bush is a President Cheney!!
Folks will be telephoning Cheney all day just so they can call him “Mr. President”…
Maybe we will finally get moving on that southern border fence that should have been up by now…
Think the President of Iran is nervous today??? I hope so…
July 20th, 2007 at 1:51 pmO. Bigfoot, what gives you pleasure about this? Besides your hatred for anyone that disagrees with this administration. What will Cheney do that would be a benificial to the right?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:56 pmThe most evil, disgusting, poor excuse for human life that is Dick Cheney becomes president .
I’m fairly sure that at that time he will be:
The President of the United States with the lowest approval rating in history !
July 20th, 2007 at 1:58 pmWe most certainly DON’T claim O. Bigfoot.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:59 pmJimmy Carter (D), Richard Nixon(R) and Harry Truman (D) all had worse “approval ratings” . Are you one of those people who are constantly seeking approval?
July 20th, 2007 at 2:02 pmOh cool, now it’s official what we’ve known all along. cheney is really the president.
How about in celebration of this We The People ensure there is a wonderful state dinner just for cheney.
Make sure there is a big fat juicy STEAK … you know the one that will ensure my animal cow friends who are murdered but they get rid of cheney!
July 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pmThe President of Iran is nervous every day. Just look at him. He’s got a bubbling revolution just underneath the surface in his own country. Cheney has done nothing to increase this.
Iran and the US are having more talks on the situation in Iraq. Both countries understand the importance of a stable Iraq.
You’re an alarmist mr. foot and most likely scare easy.
Iran says Boo. Go bomb them. a$$
July 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pm“Maybe we will finally get moving on that southern border fence that should have been up by now…
Comment by O. Bigfoot — July 20, 2007″
didn’t the pres explain it to you? it’s a ‘virtual fence.’ it’s never ‘going up.’ you got taken. again.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:04 pmCHENEY 2008!!!
Comment by Mr. President †— July 20, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Yes please. I would love nothing more than to see Cheney up against any Democratic Presidential Nominee. Can you say Democratic Landslide? Not that I think any of the repug candidates will have a snowballs chance in hell of winning. Unfortunately for you trolls, most Americans have seen through the hypocricy of the so called family values that your party has come to represent. Those being Corruption, cronyism, obstructionism, sexual perversion, Kidnapping, torture, murder and corporate fascism just to name a few.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:09 pmBush has been without a brain and Darth without a heart…
July 20th, 2007 at 2:12 pmImpeach? Why?? On what grounds???
Comment by Mr. President
To learn the answers in absolute clarity, just watch the interview with Bruce Fein (a staunch conservative who WROTE the Articles of Impeachment for Clinton) discuss why they BOTH must be impeached and NOW before they leave office. The case for impeachment is compelling.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:13 pmPBS – Bill Moyers Journal discusses IMPEACHMENT.
One of Mitt Rommney’s staff has been making false police badges. They were used to bypass toll booths, harass reporters and basically violate the law.
Isn’t he the latest front runner of the GOP? Kucinich could kick his ass in substance. Unless of course we’re talking about the substances Mitt uses in his hair and face. Mitt = Girly man.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:20 pmGod help us all.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:22 pm“Impeach? Why?? On what grounds???”
High crimes and misdemeanors, of course. This isn’t rocket science, dear. Do try to keep up, won’t you?
July 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmThis is basically one of the very few types of announcements that will make even the most fervent Bush hater pray for his speedy return to office…
July 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmI don’t believe what was on C&L was the intire interview. It is about 40 minutes in length. Try watching the entire thing. My husband was not for impeaching either – until he sat down and watched this entire interview. Now he has started writing letters to our newspapers and legislators.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:24 pmIt is most compelling.
So, could Cheney issue pardons during those hrs, and keep them secret? I’m just asking because I could see cheney pardoning libby wolfie, rummie et al but not telling anyone until an actual indictment comes down.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:27 pmPresident’s low approval ratings.
Richard Nixon’s 24%
Jimmy Carter’s 28%
Truman’s 22%
Dick, soon to be president Cheney’s: 30%
But here’s the kicker:
July 20th, 2007 at 2:27 pmFor Cheney they were polling his own party !
I wrote to my Congressperson after viewing the program. It was the first time I had written to him in a long time, and the first time I encouraged him to pursue impeachment.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:28 pmresident Mr. President should look for Bruce Fein.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmSo, could Cheney issue pardons during those hrs, and keep them secret? I’m just asking because I could see cheney pardoning libby wolfie, rummie et al but not telling anyone until an actual indictment comes down.
Comment by bobwurst — July 20, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
Heck, he could pardon the Chimp!
July 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmIf Dick Cheney wants to hang out in the Post-Op with Bush, be sure to frisk him for hidden shotguns.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmThis White House is so secretive, but this we need to hear about?
July 20th, 2007 at 2:32 pmWatch your back Bush!
Would Darth Cheney evoke Martial Law???????
July 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pmExactly! Cheney’s one official act will be to write the pardon for Bush. Bush, of course, will pardon Cheney in Jan. 2009.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:35 pmI understood that, intrusive as it is, a colonoscopy required only local anaesthetic. Granted, in Shrub’s case that would be as effective as a general; come to think of it, he doesn’t need either to be consdidered incompetent. But the public, formalistic granting of authority to the guy who has it anyway comes right out of an episode of “24″. Mr. Bush should be afraid of more than that little camera. And so should we.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:36 pmGood Gawd – these guys are still trying to find WMDs!
July 20th, 2007 at 2:40 pm“So, could Cheney issue pardons during those hrs, and keep them secret?”
No. And even if he could, he couldn’t pardon two of those gentlemen since they haven’t been charged with any crimes in U.S. courts. Preemptive pardons are not provided for in the U.S. Constitution.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:42 pmMy first gut reaction on hearing that was that he would order whatever incident to take place to trigger the bombing of Iran. I don’t think that will happen though. For one, the American people would never stand for it. They have blown a LOT of smoke for the last 6 years, but his being in chanrge for a matter of hours and something that big happening wouldn’t fool ANYONE!
July 20th, 2007 at 2:46 pmSecondly, my son had a colonoscopy a couple of months ago at the hospital and he was only out for maybe 20 minutes. We were going home within an hour. This is not a long procedure. The anesthesia they use now is very fast acting.
….so Shrub is takin’ the pipe
***think exploding steam pipe****
July 20th, 2007 at 2:54 pmCheney’s one official act will be to write the pardon for Bush.
I can believe that.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI understood that, intrusive as it is, a colonoscopy required only local anaesthetic.
Comment by OutSourced
Nowadays, they really knock you out. I don’t know what they use, but it’s actually very pleasant. Left me feeling chipper for the rest of the day — and, of course, ravenous because I hadn’t had solid food for 24 hours.
Definitely not a local.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:00 pm#111 –
Preemptive pardons may not be provided for in the U.S. Constitution, but that doesn’t stop them. Gerald Ford “pardoned” Richard Nixon from any and all crimes he “may have committed” while president. Nixon had, at that point, never been formally charged with any crime, let alone convicted of any (although a good portion of the American populace believed he was guilty as sin of several).
July 20th, 2007 at 3:02 pmBush will be spending time on the thrown tonight. Just where he thinks he should be.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:03 pm“O. Bigfoot, what gives you pleasure about this? Besides your hatred for anyone that disagrees with this administration. What will Cheney do that would be a benificial to the right?
Comment by hellinabucket — July 20, 2007 @ 1:56 pm”
What gives me pleasure in this is the hysteria caused over a routine, completely Constitutional temporary transfer of power.
What most of you don’t understand about me is that I couldn’t give a flip less what Cheney does, or doesn’t do, for the “right”. To me, this has never been about “right” or “left”. I use those terms because they seem to be the national standard. What actually matters to me is what’s right and what’s wrong in governmental policy.
We’ve been attacked. We have the right to defend.
Iraq refused to follow UN policy right up to the coalition invasion. Ole’ Saddam could not be allowed to continue. Apparently either he did have something to hide, which he hid effectively, or he simply felt like calling the UN’s bluff. Too bad for him. We were right to invade, especially if it could be used to establish a base of operations in the middle east from which to ferret out and destroy muslim extremist terrorists. The long-term plan.
If Saddam had wanted to stay in power, all he would have had to do was open the doors to UN inspectors. And why not? A lot of you all seem to think he was merely a pawn of the United States. Do you actually think the hanging was a fake, and Saddam is living out his golden years at some retirement community in Florida?
“My hatred for anyone who disagrees with this administration”?? You’ve really got me all wrong there. I don’t hate anyone who disagrees with this administration, or who disagrees with me for that matter. I have many friends who are liberals. They have the right to believe what they want, just as you do, no matter how wrong I may think they may be.
I simply do not take a liberal’s opinion on political or social matters seriously enough to “hate”…and the wilder-eyed the liberal is, the wackier the ideas, the LESS I take them seriously, and the more humoured I am.
And that, my friends, is how I feel about all of this. If I wasn’t humoured, and having fun, with what’s being said here, and by replying, I simply wouldn’t be here.
What’s most lacking around here is a sense of humour. But maybe I’m wrong about that after reading some of the stuff here….
July 20th, 2007 at 3:04 pm“You’re an alarmist mr. foot and most likely scare easy.
Iran says Boo. Go bomb them. a$$
Comment by hellinabucket — July 20, 2007 @ 2:03 pm”
Nope, wrong again, hellina…I’m no alarmist, and I don’t scare at all. But then, I’m better prepared than most.
I also trust our military to be able to handle their jobs as long as the politicians don’t get in their way. And if the Democrats have their way, and we pull our troops out of Iraq, then the Democrats will bear the consequences of getting exactly what they deserve for playing politics with American lives.
No brag, just fact….
July 20th, 2007 at 3:13 pmYES!!! YES!!! YES!!!
MORE WAR PROFITS FOR MY COMPANY HALLIBURTON!!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 3:17 pmMr. O. Bigfoot. You assume you are the only one that doesn’t adhere to the labels of the day.
Yes we were attacked and Yes Saddam ignored the UN inspectors up until the end. He did allow them in and this administration said “too late” so that will be left for history.
How do you feel about the way in which this adminstration has handled the invasion of Iraq? Do you blindly believe all of the intelligence sorrounding the need to invade? How about the way the military has been stretched? Denied the needed armor and supplies.
Where do you stand on the continual supplemental spending on a conflict (never been declared a war) that is taking longer than WWII.
This temporary transfer of power will be forgotten within the next 10 days unless Mr. Cheney decides to abuse it. There is no vast outrage or alarmist view of this transfer. The very thread you are posting to only has one sentence. There is more info about Sen. Byrd’s dog than this so you may be the one blowing it up.
I’d love to see your answers to my questions as well as rebuttal questions. Discussion bridges gaps.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:19 pmO. Bigfoot
You’re doing a fine job all by yourself, but I’d be happy to oblige you any time.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:26 pmPerhaps this is really surgery to remove Dick Cheney’s arm at the shoulder. That would give him and Bush more room to move their, brains.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:29 pm“Mr. President ®”
I could almost believe that your moniker is trademarked by the RNC; however in this case, I believe it is more likely and acronym for “Retard.” Thanks for alerting those of us who think for ourselves.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:31 pmCheney’s second official act will be quietly issuing an executive order that countermands today’s Bush executive order on the Geneva convention.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:36 pmOh, I know. Once Bush is under, Cheney will order his oxygen turned off. Second order will be to make him (Cheney) the President, and then he will fire Bush.. (Yes, I do know he can’t do that). ;-)
July 20th, 2007 at 3:55 pmThat was dumb of me. If Bush isn’t breathing, Cheney wouldn’t need to fire him..
July 20th, 2007 at 3:58 pmMr. Bigfoot hasn’t answered any questions.
I like all of the butt jokes and JG’s vision of Cheney’s plan.
I get chills when I start to think what would Cheney think.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:04 pmI’m really enjoying this thread!
July 20th, 2007 at 4:04 pmso while dubya is blasting the room with impacted $hit, cheney will be blasting iran.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pmthat was a good one. Maybe they will find WMD’s hidden up there. He’s got a big enough one.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:23 pmPerhaps they might finds those WMD’s while looking inside Bush’s
July 20th, 2007 at 4:38 pmbehind.
Moore: Yes, excuse me. Yes, of course, Dr. Frist. There’s another doctor. He then presented this list of, you know — here’s all the colonoscopies that we’ve been doing, you know. And, of course, the first thing I thought when I heard that, I thought, “Colonoscopies? Hey, most of these detainees are, you know, in their twenties and thirties. You know, you’re not really — you don’t necessarily have a colonoscopy ’til you’re fifty.” So that should have been your first clue right there something was amiss at Gitmo. But he has this whole list
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=108&ItemID=13136
July 20th, 2007 at 4:57 pmThis is when Scooter Libby gets his presidential pardon.
July 20th, 2007 at 5:09 pmThis is when Scooter Libby gets his presidential pardon.
Comment by Art —
Then he would get his immunity and could be called in front of congress with no taking the5th!!!! Now THAT would make for great C-Span!!
July 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pmWhy Impeach?
“Americans think their danger is terrorists,” said Roberts. “They don’t understand the terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution. … The terrorists are not anything like the threat that we face to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution from our own government in the name of fighting terrorism. Americans just aren’t able to perceive that.”
Roberts pointed out that it’s old-line Republicans like himself, former Reagan associate deputy attorney general Bruce Fein, and Pat Buchanan who are the diehards in warning of the danger. “It’s so obvious to people like us who have long been associated in the corridors of power,” he said. “There’s no belief in the people or anything like that. They have agendas. The people are in the way. The Constitution is in the way. … Americans need to comprehend and look at how ruthless Cheney is. … A person like that would do anything.”
July 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pmOops sorry no link
http://www.archive.org/details/71907ThomHartmannInterviewsPaulCraigRoberts
July 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pmupside00
Scooter Libby would never get to testify. Anything he has to say would fall under executive privelege.
July 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pmSo says President 4-a-day Cheney.
hellinabucket:
O Bigfoot, Mr. President ®etard, and CT_V1 are very probably paid by the RNC or some other syphilitic neocon front to disrupt this type of discourse. In that capacity, they have to jump from thread to thread in order to spread their chaos while on the clock.
Not to sound paranoid, but knowing that AT&T allowed the NSA to secretly build and have solitary access to a room in the control center of one of their massive landline, cell phone, and internet hubs here in SF, and knowing the RNC’s history of disruptive phone bank behavior in the last election. this hardly seems far-fetched. I hate to give these guys any more credit than they are due for the limited intelligence they exhibit — especially knowing they are probably no more than glorified (more like gloryholed) telemarketers reading from a list of talking points — but they seem too patternistic to simply be rightwing lunkheads with a passion for spreading their thoughts.
Signal to noise is their mantra; the more noise they broadcast, the less signal there is to receive.
July 20th, 2007 at 5:21 pmWhy isn’t Bush having this done while he is on vacation in two weeks?
July 20th, 2007 at 5:23 pmHe’d rather take time away from his official duties than take time away from brush clearing?
Bush’s head is so far up his ass, he needs a plexiglas window in his window in his navel to see where he’s going. Perhaps that will be part of the procedsure tomorrow.
July 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pmMr. Cheney, please pardon Libby and those border patrol agents!
July 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pmtwo and a half hours of pure, concentrated evil
July 20th, 2007 at 5:43 pmhaven’t read these comments…
any bets or such about whether darth just happens
to become the “real” president tomorrow?
i fear for dumby’s chances of coming out of anesthesia…
happens, ya know…
i told my mom – you heard it from me, cheney’s gonna
off the prez somehow…
i just heard he’s goning to be holed up at his
July 20th, 2007 at 6:22 pmmaryland seaside compound for the duration…
you know, the one neighboring rummy…
gawd the things they could kick up from there…
…
Aren’t these the same guys who tried to off Reagan 69 days into his term? They were afraid the shadow government wouldn’t get it’s way without George in office. How wrong they were.
July 20th, 2007 at 6:25 pmO Bigfoot, Mr. President ®etard, and CT_V1 =
CHIMPY LEG-HUMPING RNC FLUFFERS
July 20th, 2007 at 6:54 pmhopefully, the surgeon remembers the chain saw.
July 20th, 2007 at 8:31 pmI just want to go on record somewhere saying don’t be wholly surprised if Mr Bush has “complications” and expires from a “routine” colonoscopy” and oila! President Cheney. It’s not like Cheney hasn’t bamboozled and used the chimp before.
I’m just sayin’.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:03 pm“i hope the doctors recover the U.S. Constitution while they’re in there
Comment by pgw — July 20, 2007 @ 12:58 pm”
nice!!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 11:06 pmThose are polyps up Bush’s wazoo. What they will find is Lott, McConnell, Thune, Boehner and half the senate.
July 21st, 2007 at 1:05 amThose are NOT polyps. Sorry about the typo.
July 21st, 2007 at 1:08 amYeah, I wouldn’t put it past Cheney to “arrange” for a little something extra to be added to Bush’s I.V. while he gets his colon stretched. This would be an easy and expedient way for him to seize the mantle for so many nefarious reasons, the least of which would be nuking Iran
July 21st, 2007 at 1:54 am#140 Yeah, I wouldn’t put it past Cheney to “arrange†for a little something extra to be added to Bush’s I.V. while he gets his colon stretched. This would be an easy and expedient way for him to seize the mantle for so many nefarious reasons, the least of which would be nuking Iran
Comment by W.Clements — July 21, 2007 @ 1:54 am
When hasn’t Puppet Master Cheney not had the mantle?
July 21st, 2007 at 2:03 pmSorry double negative, and I’m not talking this administration.
July 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pmThis came a little more than 5 years since the last time the same thing occurred (June 29, 2002). Too bad Cheney didn’t have a massive coronary while Shrub was ‘accidentally’ given just a ‘little’ too much sedative. President Pelosi has a nice ring to it.
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:28 am