dailykos.com - 10/27/2008
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds, today's NYT : The presidential campaign has taken a detour into a dispute over the constitutional status of the vice presidency. It all started when Sarah Palin asserted in her debate with Joe Biden that the vice president should play an important role in the ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/1/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
In Colorado later this afternoon, Barack Obama will
pounce on Dick Cheney's endorsement of John McCain earlier
today. From the prepared remarks: I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That ...
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Obama On Cheney's Endorsement Of McCain: ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/1/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
It isn't every day that the Obama campaign
alerts reporters to a glowing endorsement of McCain, but
Dick Cheney -- he of the approval rating in the teens -- is another matter. So the Obama camp was quick to blast out to the press this vid of ...
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Cheney: "The Right Leader For This Moment In History Is ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/1/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
DICK CHENEY WEIGHS IN.... George W. Bush has
been in hiding lately, but Dick Cheney has been
secluded in his undisclosed location even more than usual this campaign season. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to see the vice president...
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Dick Cheney weighs in
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Perhaps The Stupidest Paragraph Ever Written
Eschaton —
Jeebus. The most important function of a vice president is to serve as a spare president. Using the spare president in the ordinary course of business is as unwise as driving on one's spare tire. Spares should be kept pristine, for when they are really needed.
Putz Pwned.
INSTAPUTZ —
Ow. Cheney can no more make himself into a special fourth branch of government than Taco Bell can invent a magical meal in-between dinner and breakfast... Read teh whole thing!
Glenn Reynolds vs. Glenn Reynolds
Oliver Willis —
Nope, no intellectual honesty there. Fish. Barrel.
The Sophistry Of Glenn Reynolds
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Pretty much busted. I like this line: If anyone can find any evidence of Instapundit's regarding anything
Dick Cheney has done in the past 7+ years as having been
unconstitutional before now, let me know. Well, he did manage to give Jack Goldmsith an airing. But that was about it. Trust me, many of us defending the constitution from Bush-Cheney were looking for some kind of support for a long time. Wasn't going to happen. ...
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