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A Pictorial Tribute to Dick Cheney:
floppingaces.net - 1/20/2009
A Pictorial Tribute to Dick Cheney:
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The most effective Vice President in History! Vice President Cheney is the only one man in the Bush Administration more despised by the left than President Bush. No doubt the reason is because he has been the most effective Vice President in history. And as with President Bush, history ...

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Nice Deb:  Farewell, Mr. President

Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue.
motherjones.com - 1/22/2009
Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue.
— motherjones.com — On his first day in office, President Obama is putting former president Bush on notice. The new administration just released an executive order that will make it very difficult for Bush and Cheney to keep documents from their time in office ... (more) Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like ...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/22/2009
Could Obama's Executive Order Help Pry Loose Bush Records?
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Over at TPM, Josh and David have been mulling the significance of the executive order, issued today by President Obama, concerning the Presidential Records Act. Could it apply retroactively to previous administrations, making it easier to pry loose ... (more) Could Obama's Executive Order Help Pry Loose Bush Records?

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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/21/2009
The Pro-Cheney Case For A Torture Commission
— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — As Daniel Larison notes, the one place where Obama explicitly invoked "false choices" in yesterday's speech was his Bush-rebuking reference to "the choice between our safety and our ideals." This comes a week after Evan Thomas and Stuart Taylor ... (more) The Pro-Cheney Case For A Torture Commission

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Farewell, Mr. President
Nice Deb — ... Read the back-story of this picture at Flopping Aces Much has been written about Bush and his legacy for the past couple of months.  The Anchoress wrote a great piece,  last week, if you’re in the mood for one more perspective. There are excellent pictorial tributes of President Bush and Vice President Cheney today, at Flopping Aces. I don’t have the heart to say much more…Goodbye Mr. President. You will be missed by many.        ...

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