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What Cheney and Bush Enjoyed the Most, and Will Miss the Most.

As the long goodbye for our two dear presiding leaders continues ad infinitum, it remains to be seen if they have any understanding of what has happened to their country and the consequences of their policies, although Cheney said Bush...

Posted on December 27, 2008 5:00 PM

David Letterman Rips Into Bush and Cheney

"Late Night" host David Letterman lays into the outgoing Republican administration in no uncertain terms during last night's broadcast, during an interview with former White House frontman Scott McClellan.

Posted on June 13, 2008 3:45 PM

California Sues Over EPA Waiver

From Crooks and Liars. Usually, when someone applies for a waiver of some legislation, it's because they are unable to comply with the standards set. Not so when it comes to the EPA air quality standards and the state of...

Posted on December 24, 2007 2:30 PM

White House Involved in Destruction of Evidence

There was a court order in place to protect this evidence, and now we know the White House was involved in the decision to destroy the tapes. [Note - The White House has released a statement on this issue -...

Posted on December 19, 2007 12:30 PM

'Curveball', The Amazing but True Story of the Con-Man Who Caused a War

For those who still believe that the 'neo cons', in the Bush/Cheney administration, have a shred of objectivity or responsibility to their constitutional oaths', not to deceive the nation as to the reasons for going to war, a new book...

Posted on November 3, 2007 8:00 PM

Iran Needs 3-8 Years to Produce a Nuclear Bomb: ElBaradei, Director of IAEA

"Iran would need another three to eight years to make a nuclear bomb, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in an interview published on Monday, warning against any rush to use force to curb its nuclear ambitions." Mohamed...

Posted on October 23, 2007 11:45 AM

Bush: "Mandela is dead" metaphor for Iraq

George Bush is the latest to borrow the iconic name of Nelson Mandela for the Administration's rationalization as to what went wrong in Iraq. The first was Ryan Crocker's testimony in Congress about the surge, September 10, "This is the...

Posted on September 21, 2007 10:30 PM

Nuns Call For Bush Cheney Impeachment

Just a brief news item (h/t bluegal @ Crooks and Liars) to start your day off right... "The National Coalition of American Nuns is impelled by conscience to call [on Congress] to act promptly to impeach President George W. Bush...

Posted on September 5, 2007 9:51 AM

'Conscience of a Conservative' vs. the Lunatic Ravings of Cheney's Top Aide

All conservative legal minds in the White House aren't necessarily given to voicing the unconscionable, though one such is, Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney, David Addington. Glenn Greenwald, ex-constitutional law and civil rights litigator, previews the release of a new book,...

Posted on September 4, 2007 8:00 PM

What they Knew and When They Knew It #23,792

In this interview conducted April 15th, 1994 Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein is a bad idea. It was a bad idea, and they knew that all the way back in 1994. Greed on...

Posted on August 13, 2007 8:00 AM

Keeping the White House Criminals Out of Jail

Cozy little arrangement, there... Time Magazine's Massimo Calabresi lays out the top 4 reasons why Bush will not axe Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Gonzales is all that stands between the White House and special prosecutors.[...] Without Gonzales at the helm,...

Posted on August 4, 2007 12:00 PM

Thom Hartmann interviews Paul Craig Roberts

Bumped: (audio embed added - originally posted July 22, 2007) bryanD suggests in the comment thread that to fully appreciate what Roberts has to say you should listen to the full interview, so we've embedded the audio below (just click...

Posted on July 29, 2007 2:47 PM

Why Cheney Told Leahy to F&#* Himself

Think Progress Commentary: In a "chance meeting" on the Senate floor with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in June 2004, Vice President Cheney told Leahy to "f*ck yourself." According to Leahy's spokesman, the "exchange began when Leahy crossed the aisle at...

Posted on July 24, 2007 4:00 PM

Cheney Again Pushes for Attack on Iran

Guardian story: See also Andrew Sullivan commentary The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned. The shift...

Posted on July 17, 2007 12:00 PM

The Impeachment Drumbeat: Bill Moyers

Another in a series on the growing drumbeat for impeachment, here Bill Moyers takes up the question in this (5:08) clip from his program which aired on PBS Friday, July 13, 2007 at 9 p.m.: Click on the 'play' button...

Posted on July 15, 2007 1:50 PM

Dick Cheney at 13% Popularity

from TPM Cafe (no permalink): Cheney Rivaling Quayle As Least Popular VP Polls show Dick Cheney has had a recent drop in his approval ratings that bring him very close to Dan Quayle, who was the least popular vice president...

Posted on July 10, 2007 4:00 PM

"Cheney Fatigue" Strikes the GOP

Huffington Post commentary: Dick Cheney, who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power, is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome spotlight. Once viewed as a sage and mentor to President Bush, Cheney has approval ratings now...

Posted on July 9, 2007 12:00 PM

How Cheney Wrecked Environmental Protections

Washington Post story (Last of a four-part series): Law and science seemed to be on the side of the fish. Then the vice president stepped in. First Cheney looked for a way around the law, aides said. Next he set...

Posted on June 27, 2007 9:49 AM

Cheney Shaped Tax Policies

Washington Post story (Part 3 of 4): Cheney had spent months making sure the package contained everything he wanted. One thing was missing. The president had accepted Cheney's diagnosis that the sluggish economy needed a jolt, overruling senior economic advisers...

Posted on June 26, 2007 10:00 AM

Why Attacking Iran Makes No Sense

from Andrew Sullivan: Instead of answering their extremism with our own belligerence, it seems to me we need to leverage the mullahs' fanaticism against them. A bombing attack on a soveriegn nation would do more to poison the younger generation's...

Posted on June 25, 2007 8:00 PM

How Cheney Legalized Torture

Washington Post story (Part 2 of 4): David S. Addington, Cheney's general counsel, set the new legal agenda in a blunt memorandum shortly after the CIA delegation returned to Langley. Geneva's "strict limits on questioning of enemy prisoners," he wrote...

Posted on June 25, 2007 8:00 AM

Cheney Defies Classified Info Search

MSNBC story: Vice President Cheney's office has refused to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information for the past four years and recently tried to abolish the office that sought to enforce those rules, according...

Posted on June 22, 2007 8:00 AM

White House May Finally Close Gitmo

Updated and bumped: After reports were published yesterday of a meeting today at the White House to consider the closing of Guantanamo prison, the White House decided to cancel the meeting. Two administration officials said last night that a meeting...

Posted on June 22, 2007 1:04 AM

Cheney is Arrogance Personified

[Update: Be sure to see Wizbang Blue editor Steve Crickmore's contribution in the comment thread at the end of this post for another of Cheney's statements regarding his selection as VP, and for a link to more on VP Cheney...

Posted on June 6, 2007 1:40 PM

Cheney Ordered Visitor Records Destroyed

HuffPo story: A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney told the Secret Service in September to eliminate data on who visited Cheney at his official residence, a newly disclosed letter states. The Sept. 13, 2006, letter from Cheney's lawyer says...

Posted on May 30, 2007 4:00 PM

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