www.talkleft.com — They have a strange way of doing things in Texas, at least in Willacy County where the prosecutor persuaded a grand jury to indict Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales. Usually the indicted person has to be hauled in front of a magistrate for an arraignment. In Willacy County, they have to go get ...
Cheney, Gonzales Indicted
www.talkleft.com 11/19/2008 — This is just too fun: Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under ...
This is just too fun: Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under ...
Facts, Not Fiction
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
I doubt I can break much ground on whether Angler is pro- or anti-Cheney, or sufficiently balanced, or correct in its judgments. I'm happy to leave that judgment to readers. I do not claim, as I think my interlocutors here understand, that Angler ...
I doubt I can break much ground on whether Angler is pro- or anti-Cheney, or sufficiently balanced, or correct in its judgments. I'm happy to leave that judgment to readers. I do not claim, as I think my interlocutors here understand, that Angler ...
What Really Happened
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 —
Uh oh. I waited too long to weigh back in, and now there's way too much to talk about. I'll address two points now and post again as soon as I can.
Jake asks what's so new about a big shot cutting corners and maneuvering for power. In ...
Uh oh. I waited too long to weigh back in, and now there's way too much to talk about. I'll address two points now and post again as soon as I can.
Jake asks what's so new about a big shot cutting corners and maneuvering for power. In ...
Anatomy of a Vice Presidency
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me just say to begin with that it is flattering and daunting, in more or less equal parts, to talk about my new book on Vice President Cheney with four of its published critics: Jacob Heilbrunn in the NYT Book Review , Steve Clemons in the ...
Let me just say to begin with that it is flattering and daunting, in more or less equal parts, to talk about my new book on Vice President Cheney with four of its published critics: Jacob Heilbrunn in the NYT Book Review , Steve Clemons in 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 ...
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...
www.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."...
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."...
Not A Mixed View
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Rorschach Test
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 —
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...