tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/19/2008
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I replied to Paul's first post before reading the most recent . So a few more words on the "Potemkin Washington" that Paul sees in my book.
Paul says that in Angler -world "the only pairs of sharp elbows appear to belong to the vice president and his counsel," while "everyone else plays ...
chron.com - 11/18/2008
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chron.com —
McALLEN, Texas A South Texas grand jury has
indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers. The indictment ...
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Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted | AP ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/19/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
ABOUT THAT CHENEY INDICTMENT.... At first blush, the
headline looked pretty extraordinary: "Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney,
Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons." Wait, Dick Cheney's been indicted? It sounded too good to be true, in large part ...
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About that Cheney indictment...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
Vice President Dick Cheney (CNN) — A grand
jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney
and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County ...
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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
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Across the great divide, Part Three
Power Line —
... perhaps, will consider "paranoid" the view that career bureaucrats and presidential appointees and staffers sometimes act in bad faith or with excessive caution. But it seems clear that some of what Cheney did was informed by this view (I know this is true of certain Cheney's allies in the administration). Thus, in my opinion, any account of his vice presidency should address this view far more comprehensively than Bart does.
Bart responded to this criticism here. And this is what he said about my prior critique. Jacob ...
Across the great divide, a recap
Power Line —
... that Bart stacks the deck against Cheney to some extent by stripping his account of context and failing to consider some of the questions raised by his narrative. To his credit, Bart had agreed in part with my first post about lack of context. ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
Let me respond to the first of Bart's posts from yesterday.
First: I agree with the vice president that Bart has "done his homework." In fact, he has done a remarkable job of research.
Second: Bart asks, "is there any doubt that the ...
Searching For Context
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
Yesterday, I tried to defend my view that Angler presents not a "mixed" view of the Cheney vice presidency but a rather thoroughly negative one. Now I want to defend my view that Angler is slanted to some extent against Cheney.
To make my ...
When the president does it...
washingtonmonthly.com 12/22/2008 — WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOES IT.... It's been a common refrain over the last eight years, but it's even more common now in light of the new Frost/Nixon movie: "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."...
A Model We Won't Soon See Again
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
Let me begin my final post by thanking TPMCafe and Bart for inviting me into this discussion, and the other members of the discussion group for their thoughtful and respectful posts.
Second, I'd like to revise a statement I made at the outset, ...
Toward A Grand Unified Theory Of Cheneyism
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 —
Bart's book is one of the best to be written about the Bush administration, at least until the National Archives allows the scholars of the future full access to the classified record. Actually, chances are Liz Cheney's children will still be ...
First Bush now Cheney
politico.com 11/2/2008 —
McCain's campaign and the RNC have done everything possible to keep Bush and Cheney hidden from view, but Obama is jumping on any glimpse of the unpopular duo.
His campaign flagged a wire story a few days ago noting that POTUS had cast his ...
A Different Way of Viewing Cheney's Historical Context
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/21/2008 —
Let me try and break the apparent logjam between Jake , Paul and Bart . Leave aside for a moment the question of whether Cheney is a singular figure or whether other people in the administration resisted his whims. Maybe a better way of ...
An Anti-Cheney "Brief"
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me begin by thanking TPMCafe for inviting me to discuss Angler and by thanking Bart Gellman for reaching out to me following the publication of his book.
As Bart notes , the other participants in this discussion have reviewed Angler ; I ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/4/2009 — Whatever you think of George W. Bush, I think you have to concede that, in some respects, he's been personally gracious towards Barack Obama and his family since election night. I say this with the obvious, massive caveat of the Blair House incident ...
Mr. Cheney's Planet
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Newsflash: Word is that Bart Gellmann will soon be emerging from a hidden location to respond to these posts. But before he does, I'm going to offer a few thoughts on Dick Cheney's mental world. If you'll recall, in Saul Bellow's novel Mr. Sammler's ...
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales —
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Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN ...
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