Cheney’s chief of staff more powerful than Bush’s.
By on Aug 14th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Cheney’s chief of staff more powerful than Bush’s.
In GQ magazine’s inaugural “50 Most Powerful People in D.C.” list, which hits newsstands later this month, Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, David Addington, is ranked higher at number seven than both the outgoing Karl Rove and current White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten, who are placed at nine and sixteen respectively. GQ associate editor Greg Veis explained Addington’s placement to the Reliable Source:
He has done more than anyone else in government to provide the administration with its (sometimes dubious) legal justifications for expanding executive authority.
UPDATE: Here’s GQ’s full list.
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The chief of staff for the shadow president is more powerful than the chief of staff for the ceremonial president? This isn’t surprising.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:50 amWhile it may (or may not) be correct, I would hardly quote GQ as a go-to source on power politics in Washington. What’s next – People rates Cheney as sexier than Bush?
August 14th, 2007 at 9:56 amso… this isn’t necessarily a list of GOOD people…
August 14th, 2007 at 9:56 am…
MissMolly beat me to it. :)
August 14th, 2007 at 9:57 amJust goes to show that Cheney has been the real president all along.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:00 amCondi Rice is listed as #1…..
(?????)
Must be her smile….
August 14th, 2007 at 10:02 amIs this one of those “mine’s bigger than your’s ” planted stories by the most evil.?..LOL the little boy’s in D.C like to play big boy game’s…Bet they all own big truck’s to….Blessings
August 14th, 2007 at 10:02 am“Just goes to show that Cheney has been the real president all along.”
Comment by Wayne
Correct, just don’t tell George W., OK?
August 14th, 2007 at 10:04 am“He has done more than anyone else in government to provide the administration with its (sometimes dubious) legal justifications for expanding executive authority.”
Just think — if Scooter Libby hadn’t gone down, we wouldn’t have had David Addington wouldn’t have stretched executive authority to dictatorial proportions.
Nah — probably would have happened anyway. This is, after all, Cheney we are talking about.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:04 amForgive the bad grammar in my last post — I’m not sufficiently caffeinated yet. It should have read:
Just think — if Scooter Libby hadn’t gone down, we wouldn’t have had David Addington around to stretch executive authority to dictatorial proportions.
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August 14th, 2007 at 10:08 amAnd how come neither Bush nor Cheney appears on the list? Were they exempt from consideration, or does GQ just consider them empty suits surrounded by powerful people?
You would think that if GQ looked on them as empty suits, they would at least have commented on the suits themselves…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:09 am“GQ is not a credible source, just like Jon Stewart is not a real journalist. Dumb libs.”
Comment by Dr. William Dog — August 14, 2007 @ 10:09 am
Of course GQ isn’t a credible source. It’s more along the lines of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People issue. That doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun with it. Lighten up.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:12 amJust what America needs – another “authority” on nothing.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:12 amStay tuned for the next GQ issue: Who Has The Broadest Shoulders? Who Has The Cutest Smile? Who Smells Good? Who Has The Best Looking Spouse?
Comment by missmolly — August 14, 2007 @ 10:09 am
OK, since they didn’t here goes:
Cheney ~ Armani hazmat suit
August 14th, 2007 at 10:12 amBush ~ Cheerleader’s Warehouse.
So this is why Rove is leaving? He is too ashamed to be seen around DC with only a #9 ranking.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:14 amDr. Dumb Dog thinks this post is supposed to tell us about some truth about who is powerful in DC. He is so caught up in being a dumb con that he can’t see that the post is intended to show just how stupid media is and how gullible americans are to read and believe this shiite. Dumb cons.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:18 amSo this is why Rove is leaving? He is too ashamed to be seen around DC with only a #9 ranking.
Comment by Menehune — August 14, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Yes, I guess when even an old fossil like Harry Reid charts higher than you, the shame is too much to bear…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:19 amGQ is not a credible source, just like Jon Stewart is not a real journalist. Dumb libs.
Comment by Dr. William Dog — August 14, 2007 @ 10:09 am
and George Bush isn’t a real president. Cowardly rightard idiot ball-licker.
Jon Stewart destroyed Bill Kristol last night, though, he’s much more of a journalist than any of the Bush-fellating corporate whores in the MSM. GQ has a lot more credibility than FOX Traitors as well. You’re weak today, dog, go sniff some repig butts.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:21 amHe has done more than anyone else in government to provide the administration with its (sometimes dubious) legal justifications for expanding executive authority. -veis
Just think — if Scooter Libby hadn’t gone down, we wouldn’t have had David Addington around to stretch executive authority to dictatorial proportions.
Comment by missmolly — August 14, 2007 @ 10:05 am
does this mean more influence than gonzo???
i’m confused about what addington could have done without gonzo…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:22 amor was gonzo just carrying out the orders?…
…
Hillary is going to be the Democrat nominee, old hack. And she’s going to go down in flames to either Giuliani or Thompson. She’s going to drag down congressional dems with her.
Comment by Dr. William Dog — August 14, 2007 @ 10:11 am
thanks for ‘06. giuliani/Thompson are already dead in the water. one’s a cross-dressing Nazi, one’s a lazy-ass pedophile. good luck with that, although I can see their appeal to an America-hater like you.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:23 amManlicker, I TOLD you not to post until I gave you express permission. Stop immediately.
Now get back under the sink and shut up!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:23 amYou people want real change?
You’re a bunch of partisan hacks. just playing in the mud. You don’t care at all about saving our democracy
all the top tier democrats voted for FISA for the patriot act for the WAR IN IRAQ
WAKE UP!!!
bunch of trolls sitting under the bridge. unless you fight for gravel you will lose everything and you will only have yourselves to blame
August 14th, 2007 at 10:23 ambunch of trolls sitting under the bridge. unless you fight for gravel you will lose everything and you will only have yourselves to blame
Im voting against his rival, Patricia Pearock.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:24 amust what America needs – another “authority†on nothing.
Stay tuned for the next GQ issue: Who Has The Broadest Shoulders? Who Has The Cutest Smile? Who Smells Good? Who Has The Best Looking Spouse?
Comment by celtic cynic — August 14, 2007 @ 10:12 am
GQ is far more relevant than the NAZI FOX propaganda channel you idiots get your disinformation from, and that’s a fact.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:25 ampretty birdbrain is taking a break from downloading kiddy porn. back to your cell, pervert!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:26 amtry a little sugar, old hack… your attitude could backfire…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:26 amjust sayin’…
Come on manlicker, you havent even figured out how to eat with utensils, much less turn on the tv. So sit down and shup yer yap. Buckethead.
Now get back under the sink!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:27 amJust think — if Scooter Libby hadn’t gone down, we wouldn’t have had David Addington around to stretch executive authority to dictatorial proportions.
Comment by missmolly — August 14, 2007 @ 10:05 am
going down on each other is the repig way. They can’t help their perversions. They’re just sick haters.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:27 amAddington is also a big proponent of torture. He is truly a bad person. But you would have to be a bad person to work for Dick Cheney.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:27 amold hack
He is advocating a change in tax system just when America’s debt position has never been worse.
Arguments over “fair” taxes aside, you change tax systems when you have enough money to last through the highly confused changeover period, not when you are deeply in debt.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:29 amRonboy, poster child for impotence and hysterical ranting. When he isnt stalking an elementary school, that is.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:29 amwhatsamatter, birdbrain, did your PO erase your porn sites URLs? go back to trying to find you microdick with a magnifying glass. You’re not wanted or needed here, this is for people who can think for themselves; no Republican tools necessary. Weaker and weaker you get.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:29 am“does this mean more influence than gonzo???”
Comment by katy — August 14, 2007 @ 10:22 am
Must be — Gonzo didn’t even make the list. Hmmm…GQ may think he’s toast, but he’s going to be running the newly expanded FISA. We should probably be worried.
As far as whether or not Gonzo was just following orders — when you saw the video of him testifying before the Senate, did this look like a man who thought for himself, or like a man who was following orders (and afraid of the order-givers)?
August 14th, 2007 at 10:29 amManlicker, you havent put in a form to allow posting. Please do so before posting any more rants.
Now get back under the sink. Twat head.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:30 amPretty Pretty Bird
Please stop talking to yourself. Its creepy.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:32 amThe upside of Gonzo running FISA is that his incompetence will lead to nothing, save perhaps another attack, like Bush allowed. this time they’ll get the White House, so no damage of consequence, since the Bushies have turned it into Corruption Central.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:32 amRove will be trolling here in a matte of days. he’s as twisted as any of the rightard cowards who show up here to rant and rave in their frustration with being lifelong losers and airheads.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:34 amdid this look like a man who thought for himself, or like a man who was following orders (and afraid of the order-givers)?
Comment by missmolly — August 14, 2007 @ 10:29 am
definitely the latter… and yes, i am worried…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:45 ambecause gonzo is strictly the “ceremonial” head of FISA now…
still the same puppet master… my guess…
…
Dr. Dog and Pretty Petty Bird,
Since you are here to inform and debate with your excellent skills, please provide us the favor of explaining your feelings regarding the fact that Dick Cheney, Vice President, has done more than anyone else in government to provide the administration with its (sometimes dubious) legal justifications for expanding executive authority?
thank you in advance for your well thought out, and researched answer.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:47 amyou really care what they think, doc?
more RATwing talking point lies, is what they think…
ugh…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:52 amDr. William Dog,
“Liberals think GQ is a credible journalistic source.”
Conservatives think Fox News is a credible journalistic source.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:55 amRove loses We win. His era is gone. End of story. He was a hack political strategist who divided a country the most since the civil war. Good ridence.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:18 amA little over an hour ago, I respectfully asked for our two trolls their opinion on this particular thread.
There response?
Nothing.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:59 amTypical, and not surprising in the least.
DRxJ – I guess you already know how evil Dick is. sorry I mistook you for a republicant defender.
August 15th, 2007 at 6:05 pmDr Dog – GQ and Stewart are both much more credible than Fox. Weekly World News and Spiderman comics are more credible than Fox, for that matter.
August 15th, 2007 at 6:09 pmRemember this from TP on Tuesday?
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/cheneys-chief-of-staff-more-powerful-than-bushs/
Even though he’s dead, Reagan landed in the #13 spot of most powerful people in Washington. You gotta admit that’s impressive.
August 17th, 2007 at 11:50 am