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huffingtonpost.com - 1/9/2009
Cheney: Bush Doesn't Need To Apologize For Not Foreseeing Economic Crisis
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday that he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone at the CIA involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. "I don't have any reason to believe that anybody in the agency did anything ...

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thehill.com - 1/7/2009
Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’
— thehill.com — Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and ... (more) Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’

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newsweek.com - 1/11/2009
Obama's Cheney Dilemma | Newsweek Politics
— newsweek.com — Dick Cheney , who will step down as vice president on Jan. 20, has been widely portrayed as a creature of the dark side, a monstrous figure who trampled on the Constitution to wage war against all foes, real and imagined. Barack Obama was elected ... (more) Obama's Cheney Dilemma | Newsweek Politics

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Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial Crisis, Just As No One Foresaw 9/11
thinkprogress.org - 1/10/2009
Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial Crisis, Just As No One Foresaw 9/11
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday in an interview with the Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann, Vice President Cheney repeatedly insisted that no one anticipated the looming U.S. financial crisis. “I don’t think anybody saw it coming,” he said. He then ... (more) Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial ...

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Cheney: "Just how attached are you to your head, you damned punk?"
WTF Is It Now?!? — In an interview with conservatard buttlkisser the AssPress, crazed cyborg Dick Cheney said that Preznit GameBoy has no need to apologize for not foreseeing the economic crisis, that it's in its last throes, and we're making exceptional progress. ...

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