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thehill.com - 12/16/2008
Cheney says Obama should be grateful to Bush
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Vice President Cheney predicts that Barack Obama will be grateful for the state of presidency he inherits from President Bush. And while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional Democrats have repeatedly criticized Bush for grabbing power, Cheney argued that Obama, the ...
Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics
— abcnews.go.com — The following is a transcript from ABC News' Jonathan Karl's exclusive interview with Vice President Dick Cheney... on Dec. 15, 2008 in the Executive Office Building. JONATHAN KARL: Mr. Vice President, there has not been a terrorist attack in the United ... (more) Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics

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politico.com - 12/15/2008
Cheney: Obama 'not likely to cede authority'
— politico.com — Cheney said Obama will “appreciate” the expansions of executive power achieved during the Bush administration.... (more) Cheney: Obama 'not likely to cede authority'

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Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
— abcnews.go.com — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a reflective Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's... national security team and admitted he's changed during his time in office. In his first exit interview and first television ... (more) Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed

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Cheney Defends Waterboarding: "It's Remarkably Successful" (Video)
Gateway Pundit — Nutroot's. Heads. Explode. ‘Remarkably Successful’: Dick Cheney Defends Waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Via Breitbart. Cheney also said that Obama should be grateful to Bush. The Hill reported: Vice President Cheney predicts that Barack Obama will be grateful for the state of presidency he inherits from President Bush. And while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional ...

Change You Can’t Believe In
N/A — ... http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/confessions-by-digby-in-abcs-exit.html, thinks it works, feels Obama should be grateful to Bush. Oh, and going to war with Iraq was a good idea, whether there were WMD. Or not. A changed man? Hardly. But this is a beautifully Freudian admission: “I think those have been sound decisions, and if that’s what they mean by saying I’ve changed, I’m guilty.” ...

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