Tag Archives: 'cheney'

• Cheney’s Trauma

  Also while I was away, Dick Clarke penned an op-ed, criticizing the excuses being laid down (loudly and all too often) by Dick Cheney… Yes, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice may have been surprised by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — but it was because they had not listened. And their surprise led them [...]

• Prefident Bush: Farewell

  An historic inauguration sends George W. Bush back to Texas, only for the nation to wonder what we had just endured, and what is to come… I will note that I did not draw the Obama character. That was a stock character that was available that I used in the interest of time. The other [...]

• My Name Is Dick

  I think I’d actually read Dick Cheney’s book. “I’ve got a lot of stories to tell. And a few scores to settle.” That should be the title. Cheney was easily the most controversial vice president in the past 100 years or so, but he also may have been the most important.

• Democrats

  There is a saying, and if there isn’t one, there should be. The republicans act like criminals; the democrats act like family. A dysfunctional one. This is why all democratic administrations end up being chaotic. They are filled with internal struggles, policy debates, and debilitating in-fighting. Could you imagine an instance where Dick Cheney would [...]

• Fallibility

  Culpability of the horrific events of nine-eleven squarely land at the feet of Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. However, fallibility in the U.S. government to prevent the events, according to Richard Clarke, is as follows: – Condoleeza Rice, then National Security Advisor, for failing to understand the urgency to deal with [...]

• Currently Reading

  Now do not get me wrong. I believe the vice-president when he said Richard Clarke “wasn’t in the loop” on terrorism issues. I mean, Dick Cheney is a pretty reliable source. But still, I’d like to hear what Clarke has to say in his destined-for-textbook-status Against All Enemies… Image: Amazon.com And so far — through [...]

• Palin, Constitution At Odds

  From Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution (you know, the governing document of our republic)… The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. Dick Cheney’s interpretation aside, that is all there is. I truly hope Sarah Palin understands this.

• Biden Redux

  Now that I’ve got some time for myself, this is what I think of the Biden selection for VP. The choice for Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate nets almost every possible positive except one: easy electoral votes. And if Biden’s Scranton roots puts Pennsylvania in Obama’s corner, that trumps that angle as well. [...]

• Clinton’s Exit

  The vice-presidency is an historically weak position in government. And then came along the Cheney-Bush administration. If Cheney-like power is what Hillary Clinton is looking for as a potential VP nominee to run with Barack Obama, then the Obama campaign should be cautious. No presidential nominee should guarantee unlimited power to the vice president, an [...]

• Prefident Bush: Cheney’s Solace

  The president discusses the findings of a recent poll that four in every five Americans believe that the nation has “seriously gotten off on the wrong track” with the vice president…

• In the News

  - I guess I can kiss my future television career goodbye because I find “Fuck Notre Dame, fuck Touchdown Jesus, and fuck Jesus,” hilarious. In fact, I’m going to use that one tomorrow at work. – Interesting (and ballsy) move by the vice-president. On the same day it is reported that the widespread belief that [...]

• Caption Contest

  Bush and Cheney met with officials today to discuss the devastating Southern California wildfires, but the vice president had other thoughts on his mind… Cheney: Couldn’t we just talk about bombing Iran? Image: Doug Mills / The New York Times

• Afternoon Politoon

  Auth on an all-too-real reality program… Image: Yahoo!

• Early Evening Politoon

  Toles on the planning of the great heist… Image: Washington Post

• In the News… Again.

  - Markos (of DailyKos) turned down a meeting with Bill Clinton, because he “had better things to do with [his] time.” That’s dumb. I’ve got better things to do than blog, but I still do it. (What am I saying? No I don’t.) – Bush really wants a speedy confirmation of his newly-appointed attorney general. [...]

• In the News… Quotes.

  - New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg on the vice presidency: “I have no interest in doing that.” Dick Cheney does. – Little “immature acts” Mike Vick: “Through this situation [of being prosecuted for killing dogs] I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God. And I think that’s the [...]

• More Time Needed

  The Vice President is asking for “more time to respond to subpoenas” brought by the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating potential illegal wiretapping. Would until January 2009 be enough time, Mr. Cheney?

• Morning Politoon

  Luckovich on Cheney’s aggressive selling tactics… Image: Creators.com

• Cheney Was Right

  I guess Dick Cheney used to understand Iraq… in 1994. “It’s a quagmire if you go that far and take over Iraq.”

• In the News… Choice.

  - Internet hunting isn’t real. “‘Internet hunting would be wrong,’ said a Delaware representative who opposed his state’s ban [on internet hunting]. ‘But there’s a lot that would be wrong, if it were happening.’” Where are the gun nuts on the issue of a federal ban on internet hunting? – Cheney is urging the president [...]

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