tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/19/2008
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Bart's book is one of the best to be written about the Bush administration, at least until the National Archives allows the scholars of the future full access to the classified record. Actually, chances are Liz Cheney's children will still be litigating the case for continued secrecy, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
When the president does it...
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."...
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 ...
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 ...
Mr. Cheney's Planet
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — 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 ...
Cheney: Water-boarding was appropriate
swamppolitics.com 12/16/2008 — by Mark Silva
Vice President Dick Cheney says he supported interrogation tactics that were used against the terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- including that which has been described as "water-boarding.''
"I was aware of the program, ...
Today in The Nation: Cheney's Legacy of Deception
thenation.com 1/5/2009 — Robert Scheer In the end, the shame of Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting. The Push for More Midnight Regulations Bush's Battle for Executive Power
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales —
CNN.com - Politics 11/19/2008
Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN ...
Beau Biden says won't accept father's Senate seat —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden's son, Beau Biden, says he will not fill his father's U.S. Senate seat but instead will serve in the Iraq war with the Delaware National Guard and then return to his job as the state's attorney ...
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