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What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney
thewashingtonnote.com - 11/17/2008
What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney
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Barack Obama should keep his smile and not adopt the scowl that Vice President Richard Cheney often deployed to tenderize his victims, but he should pay careful attention to the way that Cheney animated hundreds of followers to move the Cheney agenda across the national security ...

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TPMCafe:  Obama -- Not Biden

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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Obama -- Not Biden
TPMCafe — ... in on your must read book for those wishing to understand the core sculpting force of the Bush years. But Jacob Heilbrunn suggested that I wrote a piece saying Biden should learn from Cheney. Actually, I think that would be a bad idea. I didn't say Biden -- I said Obama. Here's the intro to my post which already got quite a few razzled for mentioning Dick Cheney and Barack Obama in the same headline. So let's not add Biden just yet. From the blog post: Barack Obama should keep his smile and not adopt the ...

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