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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/22/2008
When the president does it...
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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."...

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foxnews.com - 12/21/2008
Cheney Mocks Biden, Defends Rumsfeld in 'FOX News Sunday' Interview - FOXNews.com Transition ...
— foxnews.com — Vice President Cheney mocked Vice President-elect Joe Biden's grasp of the Constitution, defended former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and said President Bush "doesn't have to check with anybody" before launching a nuclear attack. In a blunt, ... (more) Cheney Mocks Biden, Defends Rumsfeld in 'FOX News ...

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Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in spying - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 12/22/2008
Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in spying - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below) Dick Cheney's interview yesterday with Fox's Chris Wallace was filled with significant claims, but certainly among the most significant was his detailed narration of how the administration, and Cheney personally, told numerous ... (more) Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in ...

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Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything
nytimes.com - 12/22/2008
Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything
— nytimes.com — In admiration of straight talkers, let’s give credit to the nation’s most unpopular Republican, Dick Cheney, and the nation’s most unpopular Democrat, Rod Blagojevich. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything

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Cheney: It's not illegal when his war president does it
The Reaction — By Creature When war is fabricated and decreed perpetual then by Dick Cheney's logic a president can continually break the law without consequence. It would be one thing if this view was Cheney's alone, but it's not. The administration's law breaking has been enabled by everyone in Washington. D, R and then some. History will not be kind. See Yglesias and Benen for more. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)

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