Cheney planning to skip Bush administration reunion next week.
Cheney planning to skip Bush administration reunion next week.
The New York Times reports that roughly 20 Bush administration all-stars — including Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, and Dan Bartlett — are getting together next week for their first Bush administration reunion. “On tap is a dinner with the former president” and a brainstorming session for the George W. Bush Policy Institute. The man who largely crafted Bush’s presidency, however, will not be at the party:
Not coming to next week’s session is former Vice President Dick Cheney, who in the final days of the administration argued with Mr. Bush about his failure to pardon Mr. Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., who was convicted of perjury and other counts for his role in the leak of Valerie Wilson’s employment with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Cheney also broke with the President on a same-sex marriage ban, firing Donald Rumsfeld, overturning Washington DC’s gun ban, and removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terror.
(ThinkProgress has been keeping a close eye on developments with the Bush library, and we will continue to do so. Read our related posts here.)
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Why on earth would Cheney feel any need at all to lend his (alleged) gravitas to his little puppet Chimperor now that his reign is over…?
April 10th, 2009 at 5:23 pmHe will be in Jail instead, I hope.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:23 pm“20 Bush administration all-stars”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA … priceless.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:24 pmCan we send the new DOJ to this event and make some arrests? Oh, that’s right, Obama wants them to be free.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:25 pmGeorge Bush refuses to be deposed about his library and SMU:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/041009dnmetbush.3a17131.html
April 10th, 2009 at 5:26 pmtoo much good stuff…where to start?
Ok…
…Well that should take about 20 to 30 minutes tops!
20 Admin All Stars?!?….Great, nothing more convenient than a mass arrest..Kill 20 birds with one stone…
oooh…too bad Cheney won’t be there because every party needs a pooper.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:27 pmDick was arrogant (and naive) enough to believe The Scion of Bushco, Inc. would actually “owe” him something once his useful purpose had been served.
Deep down in the heart of every righty there lives a wildly insecure and neglected child, desperate for attention and affection.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:29 pmCheney got Libby into a heap of trouble, but i have a feeling there’s a lot more trouble coming for Cheney.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:30 pmBTW…great photo…Cheney looks like he hated Bush as much as I did.
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April 10th, 2009 at 5:30 pmDon’t you usually wait, like, a year before having a “reunion”? These guys have been out of office, what, three months? Are they so frightened now that they can’t be without each other’s company for such a short period of time?
If it weren’t for the damage they did to our country, I could almost pity them.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:33 pmAren’t we lucky there’s only a very few people like Cheney on the planet. Our responibility is to never let this kind of person leverage such power ever again. I didn’t believe it could happen but it did.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:34 pmBTW…great photo…Cheney looks like he hated Bush as much as I did.
That or he’s about to nod off again.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:34 pmThe man who largely crafted Bush’s presidency, however, will not be at the party
Fear not, for as with any meeting of Death Eaters, Voldemort’s presence will be felt…
April 10th, 2009 at 5:35 pm.
PHOTO CAPTION:
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April 10th, 2009 at 5:36 pmSo?
April 10th, 2009 at 5:36 pm.
20 Bush administration all-star(War Criminals)…
… There, fixed it!
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April 10th, 2009 at 5:37 pm.
Sorry O.T
Speaking of invitations…
First, the (R)eligious (R)ight was up in arms about Obama being invited to speak at Notre Dame…
… Now, ASU refuses to grant an honorary degree to Obama.
This is far more than just about politics, people.
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April 10th, 2009 at 5:51 pmMy guess is that Cheney hasn’t found anyone to push his wheelchair that far.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pmQuick. Tell the Hague where these war criminals are congregating for easy pickup !!!!!
And a spat between Bush and Cheney – that would make a great Fox reality show.
April 10th, 2009 at 5:56 pmWould just love to reminisce with them:
Hey Condi, remember the screams of that ’spic as we waterboarded him ? How did you like the mix tape I send you ?
April 10th, 2009 at 5:57 pmIs Jeff Gannon going to be there for some more “Over Nite Stays”?
I bet Rove is very excited about that.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:07 pmBushie was the Bubble Boy, but Cheney has isolated himself in a bunker. The Island of Dr. Morose. Holed up watching Beck and Hannity, shaking his fist at footage of Obama’s rapprochement with Europe, steaming with rage as his gulag is dismantled. A contemptuous curmudgeon wallowing in anger and self-righteousness. He never had any use for the PR side of the operation, so he can blow the rest off for good now.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:13 pmI can recall (through TP?) that Bush was reluctant to take up the marriage amendment, but did so because 2006 was an election year and the GOP needed him to force-feed a wedge issue.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:15 pmWell, Dumbya Bush hasn’t been out of office for 3 months and he’s already having a reunion?! What will they talk about? How they almost allowed the world economy to become bankrupt? How they started 2 wars? How Bush stole 2 elections? What in the world will be discussed??
Good pic of Cheney – gives us a real view of his hateful nature.
TP keep up the good work you guys are much more than just a blog – you bring the news! Again, many thanks!
April 10th, 2009 at 6:15 pmWayne – I’m pretty sure that’s his happy face.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:20 pmThe Bush administration has barely been out of power for three months…and yet many of the players already feel the need to have a reunion???
Am I the only person who thinks that this is a rather pitiful commentary on what these people’s lives must be like?
Perhaps they should start a support group or something — because I can think of no clearer sign that these people need to start moving on…
April 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pmLet’s see if the same Bush loyalist come to support him at his War Crimes trial. This group is now being seen for who they really are the Axis of Evil. Yes we know about the torture and secret prisons that all lied about during the 8 year crime spree. When future terrorist use the Bush Policy all this friends can say they did their part too. Yes when American men/woman/children are kidnapped, tortured, raped, murdered and held for years without charges let’s see what the same group have to say. Doug Feith was so proud to be a Bushie he spoke out about it on even TV Station and how it was he who developed the Torture Plan. Now Spain has charged him with his crime he’s blaming the Bush Administration.
Cheney could care less about Libby and anyone else who did his dirty work. When will people finally understand Cheney was put in office for Big Business and Halliburton. Enron, Halliburton, Black Water and others were his interest. Iraq was only invaded for oil and Afghanistan for the pipeline. All this time Americans listen as the Bush Administration called Iran the Axis of Evil. While Cheney was working with Iran on the Oil deals with Halliburton and Bush used Iran and Syria to hold kidnapped detainees. Yes the GOP got a good laugh making fools of Americans while holding up God’s name to lead the way. Satan really knows how to pick his followers and I must say it worked well just as it did when the Christians cheered kill Jesus.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pmCheney should skip the reunion because the Criminal Cheney should be sent to prison for treason and war crimes.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pmI think Cheney is looking at Bush in disgust because when he asked Bush to pardon Libby, Bush went ahead and pardon a shtload of canned vegetables.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pmMaybe they’re meeting to discuss how they’re going to save themselves from prosecution and jail?
April 10th, 2009 at 6:33 pmBTW…great photo…Cheney looks like he hated Bush as much as I did.
That or he’s about to nod off again.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pmThey better get in all the reunions they can, while they can.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:19 pmDick Cheney was the real president, so I’m sure he’s pissed that he wasn’t the one to schedule the meeting. He’s having a temper tantrum now.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:23 pmFrom two threads up. Max says
April 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
And wouldn’t it be ironic if Dick Cheney said when he got the invitation, “I’m not hanging out with a bunch of war criminals!”?
Man, that would be ironic for sure.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pmLiar.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pmgawd… you don’t need a thousand words to tell THAT picture’s story…
April 10th, 2009 at 7:30 pm“Because President Obama’s body of work is yet to come, it’s inappropriate to recognize him at this time,” said University spokeswoman Sharon Keeler, as reported by the ASU State Press.
Keeler said ASU only awards honorary degrees to “someone who’s really outstanding, who has made outstanding contributions in their field.”
fer crissakes! even disregarding all that went before, a black man as president of the USA?!!! that ain’t enough???!!!
just imagine what that “body of work is yet to come” will be!
April 10th, 2009 at 7:37 pmCheney should probably skip just about everything now.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:58 pmcaption…
“Hmmm, maybe from behind…”
April 10th, 2009 at 7:59 pmwill Patrick Fitzgerald be there too?
he is the only person who approaches ‘all star’ status there.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pmSo the crime family is getting together for their last circle-jerk.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pmHave an orgy, guys — your days are limited.
“and a brainstorming session for the George W. Bush Policy Institute”.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:05 pmSeems about eight years late for that.
Brainstorming by Bush et al.? Now that’s a tempest in a thimble.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pm“brainstorming session for the George W. Bush Policy Institute.”
Is Bush still in the “Twilight Zone”, funny how they changed the name and eliminated “Truth and Freedom” from the original title.
Can’t wait to see what lies Bush puts into his library at SMU in Texas?
AG Holder is there anyway Cheney has broken any laws under the (un)Patriot Act?
UNBELIEVABLE
April 10th, 2009 at 10:22 pmas they would say this is where the plot thickens.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:24 pmOf course Cheney broke with him on several issues. His daughter is gay so he broke on same sex marriage. As for the other things. Bush was able to break with Cheney because he didn’t need him anymore. Cheney was more hated then Bush himself. Hard to believe it, but true. And there would be no re-election, and the tenure was just about over.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:38 pmMaybe he is getting his phony exo-skeleton refitted, or perhaps he has a reading of the last rites arranged.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pmIs Cheney deep inside an undisclosed fortress planning his comeback?
April 11th, 2009 at 12:58 amCondoleezza Rice is quite a character. Rice is prepared to humiliate and embarrass and degrade herself by attending the reunion relative to Bush despite the fact that Bush murdered a black woman (Margie Schoedinger) and despite the fact that Bush hates black people (indicated below). There is something wrong with Rice.
On balance, George W. Bush hates black people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/andrew-yu-jen-wang-responds-to-stokely.html George W. Bush “doesn’t care about black people”).
“Who is Margie Schoedinger? A MUST READ! Woman had a law suit against then, Texas Governor George W Bush for rape and kidnapping. She turned up murdered” (Retrieved November 29, 2008, from http://www.spirituallysmart.com/bush.html).
Everybody should know that Margie Schoedinger was an African-American woman who was murdered by George W. Bush.
“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html).
George W. Bush should come forward and confess that he murdered an African-American woman—Margie Schoedinger.
“Who Killed Margie Schoedinger? . . . The Schoedinger death is just the latest in a string of strange ones surrounding the Bush family – Bush biographer J.H. Hatfield, Sen. Paul Wellstone, Sen. Mel Carnahan, and others that are detailed on various sites” (Ruffhowse. Retrieved November 29, 2008, from http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104×2802130).
George W. Bush must repent relative to his murder of an African-American woman—Margie Schoedinger.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
April 11th, 2009 at 4:10 amB.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
What a pitty… the chance to arrest them all in one go…
April 11th, 2009 at 5:04 amI bet Bush is glad his term is over, now he doesn’t have to worry about Cheney’s murder squads anymore, or does he?
April 11th, 2009 at 8:47 amHe’s a smart old fox….a Bush reunion would be the perfect place to round them all up and “render” them to the Hague for war crimes (after sufficient waterboarding of course, after all, it’s not really torture according to them)…Cheney’s bright enough to stay away. Anyhow, he’s probably busy figuring out how he can steal the most out of Iraq for his friends at Halliburton now that there’s a new puppetmaster.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:18 amOh shucky darn — did Dickie and Georgie have a lover’s spat?
April 11th, 2009 at 9:51 amFor once I agree with Cheney. I wouldn’t go to a dismal event like that either.
April 11th, 2009 at 10:33 amIt’s a secret teabagging party! Cheney’s inadequate.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:10 pmWell, at least no one will get shot. (Somebody had to say it).
April 11th, 2009 at 11:07 pmJust not enough bloodshed and chaos in the world for ol’ Dickles. He’s sulking, like he would if he weren’t allowed to shoot a guy in the face, or shoot the hundredth tame pheasant on a canned hunting trip.
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