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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/19/2008
Mr. Cheney's Planet
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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 planet, 1960s New York is lurching out of ...

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chron.com - 11/18/2008
Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
— 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 ... (more) Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted | AP ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/19/2008
About that Cheney indictment...
— 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 ... (more) About that Cheney indictment...

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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
— 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 ... (more) Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales

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Across the great divide, Part Two
Power Line — ... Heilbrunn compared the vice president to Mr. Sammler in Saul Below's novel, arguing that Cheney should be understood as "a product of the late 1960s and early 1970s--someone who despises what he saw as the rise of the counterculture and set out to battle it." ...

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