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22 Feb 2010 21:13

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U.S.: Dick Cheney has chest pains, in the hospital again

The former vice president had his first heart attack 32 years ago. He’s had four since. So yeah, his heart isn’t exactly like the most stable thing ever. source
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14 Feb 2010 22:41

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Politics: Max Headroom: Joe Biden’s smile kinda weirds us out a little


  • No second-guessing Dick Cheney’s daughter is gay, so his take on this might be different from many conservatives, but he’s willing to trust the military’s judgment on allowing gays in the military, calling it a “generational thing.” Good show, Dick.

  • Biden gnashes Cheney “Let me choose my words carefully here.” After being asked on about Dick Cheney’s take on Obama’s security, Joe Biden basically rips Cheney a new one, noting the underwear bomber was treated just like the shoe bomber.

  • Eye-rooooool A mini-war broke out between Fox News and MSNBC over Chris Wallace’s eye-roll after showing Sarah Palin’s interview on Fox News last week. Wallace quickly compares Joe Scarborough to “Son of Sam,” which is awesome.
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05 Jan 2010 11:15

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Politics: Ron Paul isn’t afraid of standing up to Dick Cheney’s crazy

  • I think he had his eight years, and he’s caused a lot of trouble for our country and perpetuated a war in Iraq unnecessary and wrong-headed. I would say it would be best he not be so critical right now.
  • Rep. Ron Paul • Suggesting that Dick Cheney is out of his element in criticizing the Obama administration’s security policies. Granted, Paul isn’t exactly GOP leadership, but he is also somebody people know and also in Cheney’s party. So it’s interesting that he’s saying this about the guy. source
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30 Dec 2009 20:27

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Politics: Obama’s staff ain’t fallin’ for Dick Cheney’s barbs this time

  • criticism Former veep Dick Cheney’s take on Obama: “He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war.”
  • smackdown The administration’s take on Dick Cheney: “It is telling that Vice President Cheney and others seem to be more focused on criticizing the Administration than condemning the attackers.” Ouch. source
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18 Dec 2009 22:06

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Politics: Al Franken’s smackdown of Joe Lieberman: Actually rather modest

  • There have, of course been famous exceptions. Dick Cheney, who as vice president was also president of the Senate, told Patrick Leahy to (#&! himself, which qualifies as a breach of comity, to say nothing of biology.
  • Slate columnist John Dickerson • Regarding the state of decorum, which Sen. Al Franken famously broke last night when it came to Sen. Joe Lieberman. But it’s by no means the only time it’s happened, nor the harshest. Now if Al Franken said this, it’d be the greatest thing in the history of ever. source
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30 Nov 2009 21:20

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Politics: Yo, Matty Yglesias: Dick Cheney could be president, but he scares us.

  • Cheney couldn’t possibly win a presidential election … unless somehow he could, in which case the country would be set for a world of pain.
  • ThinkProgress blogger Matthew Yglesias (whose name always makes us think of Enrique Iglesias) • Describing his surprise but total belief that Dick Cheney could run for president in 2012. If he does, of course, expect our country to turn into the equivalent of an Escape From New York/Mad Max cluster)#(&( the likes we haven’t seen since our most recent worst nightmare. source
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26 Sep 2009 11:44

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Politics: The photo ethics of Dick Cheney cutting a piece of meat

The crop of this photo in Newsweek is getting a lot of controversy. So to add to it, we cropped it a third way which throws ethics out the window. source
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31 Aug 2009 10:12

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Politics: Cheney: That silly CIA investigation? Pssh, whatever!

  • I’m very proud of what we did in terms of defending the nation for the past eight years, successfully. And it won’t take a prosecutor to find out what I think. I’ve already expressed those views.
  • Dick Cheney • Defending the Bush administration’s record on detainee treatment. Regarding the CIA investigation, which he calls a “political act,” Cheney says “it will depend on the circumstances” whether he cooperates. Why didn’t Cheney talk this much when he was vice president? • source
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13 Aug 2009 10:39

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U.S.: Dick Cheney’s about to tell us how he really feels about Bush

  • It was clear that Cheney’s doctrine was cast-iron strength at all times – never apologize, never explain – and Bush moved toward the conciliatory.
  • A colleague of Dick Cheney • Discussing Cheney’s thoughts on his former boss, George W. Bush. According to the colleague, Cheney was upset that, at some point, Bush took to heart public criticism and stopped listening to his advice. While Cheney has spent much of the last few months in the public eye, taking Barack Obama to task on his foreign policy, Cheney’s been working on a memoir airing the dirty laundry between the two men. Expect it to be out in 2011. We hope there’s multiple chapters about the time he shot that dude in the face. • source
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25 Jul 2009 09:20

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U.S.: George W. Bush military targets: Afghanistan, Iraq, Buffalo … ?

  • Bush nearly pulled the Buffalo trigger in 2002. Imagine this scene. You’re living in Buffalo in 2002, probably sitting in a restaurant eating some wings or a garbage plate or something like that. All of a sudden, you see soldiers running through the street, attempting to arrest some terrorists. You’d be freaked out, right? Well, the Bush Administration was considering doing just this in 2002 in an attempt to arrest the terrorists who later became known as the Lackawanna Six. Guess who was pushing for this approach? That’s right. Dick Cheney. source
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