All gave some. Some gave all. One earned a lot of money from it.

[WillParkinson]

[raging moderate]

1. Thank you for this post.

By the way, shouldn't the word "earned" be in quotes?

[tk2kewl]

2. a video I made just for Dick

[Enthusiast]

21. Well done!

[Silver_Witch]

31. Very powerful. Thank you!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

3. And he LOUDLY proclaims to this day if he had it to do over, he would take that man's

arm from him, AGAIN.

[valerief]

4. That's the purpose of war--to make rich people richer. nt

[fasttense]

29. Yup,

If you see something in society that is wrong and unfair. You can bet someone is making big bucks off of it.

Racism, Bigotry and Misogamy are very common among the uber rich. I think it must provide them with an economic advantage of some kind.

[CrispyQ]

5. Kick.

[lpbk2713]

6. Cheney got five draft deferments.

He kept getting deferments until he was too old to be drafted.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/01/us/2004-campaign-military-service-cheney-s-five-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-era.html?_r=0

[polly7]

7. He's got a good new heart now. Send him over, imo. nt.

[scottie55]

8. There Is No Doubt

That Dick Cheney is a lying, treasonous war criminal, who authorized torture, and who will never be prosecuted, because the word Justice in Amerika is a punchline.

My hatred for ALL REPUBLICANS burns a little hotter today.

[Scuba]

9. Any politician who voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution should be disqualified ...

... from running as a Democrat. They're either stupid or corrupt.

[Enthusiast]

22. They're either stupid or corrupt. Or, a combination of both.

[Victor_c3]

33. I've been saying that since I joined the forum

Unfortunately there are a lot of people who are indifferent to the war on Iraq. I guess if it didn't dimpact them like it does to a veteran and their families then they don't care.

You gotta do what you gotta do in order to win the next election. Throw all scruples and morals aside.

[scottie55]

10. How About Democrats That Helped Bush Sell His War On Lies

Full throated support of Bush.

Gee, who might that be?

[AtomicKitten]

12. It's unforgivable, really.

And why I vehemently oppose Hillary's ascent to the White House. I have no doubt she'd be much, much worse on foreign policy. Dick Cheney/Kissinger/PNAC worse.

[Enthusiast]

23. It is unforgivable. Because even we, regular citizens knew it was contrived bullshit at the time.

My judgment remains better than theirs to this day.

[scottie55]

11. If Every Single Democrat Opposed The Invasion - Iraq Would Not Have Been Invaded

Our.... Party.... Has.... Problems........

[karynnj]

18. No, the vote meant that the Republicans would and could share the blame, but it would have happened

anyway. Read the Downing Street Papers. Resolution or not, Bush and Blair were prepared to create an emergency that would allow them to attack. One example spoken of was that the UK and US were flying in the no fly zones in Iraq. There was talk of blaming Iraq for trying to shot down a plane.

This is NOT to say that they should have voted for it, but explaining that the die was likely already cast long before the vote. As it was Democrats pushed for that vote and for going to the UN. In retrospect, though they were fundamentally right that a vote should be required, they might have been better off not fighting his using the terrorism (11/01) authorization - as oddly that vote has been used to hurt Democrats more often than Republicans or Democrats like Lieberman who were active proponents of war.

Not to mention, this was slightly more than a year after 9/11. If the Democrats banded together and would not vote for any resolution, the Republicans would have made it a voting issue -- and we would have lost many seats in both bodies that we would have great difficulty regaining. Not to mention, Bush himself described the IWR as 'not a vote for war" but as a vote to show solidarity with him in pushing negotiations to get inspectors back in and avoid war. It was taken in late October right before the 2002 elections.

As it was we lost the Senate that year and lost house seats.

[Silver_Witch]

32. So dems compro used and lost anyway!

Will we never learn. Democrats when we compromise we LOOSE! When we ran candidates that didnt support the ACA and President Obama we lost!

Every compromise with Republicans is a loss. No compromise got us more voters or more seats. STOP compromising with evil! Stand up! Do good. Say NO MORE WAR!

[Thespian2]

13. K & R

[Paper Roses]

14. Why is this criminal still on this earth? Makes me sick! n/t

[Octafish]

15. Money trumps peace.

Among his official "accomplishments," Dick the Warmonger helped cover up CIA-Mafia assassination program.

http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB543-Ford-White-House-Altered-Rockefeller-Commission-Report/

Other than that, he's pure BFEE.

[Angry Dragon]

16. Cheney is an ass and war criminal

[askeptic]

17. He's one of the persons Pres Eisenhower was warning us about - talk about playing both sides!

[Enthusiast]

24. +1!

[jwirr]

19. K&R

[lastlib]

20. He turned the Military-Industrial Complex into...

...the Political-Military-Industrial-Wall Street-Elites Complex.

And was well-paid for his efforts. As were thousands of others who got, in toto, trillion$$.

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

May he BURN in HELL--and STAY THERE this time!!

[Enthusiast]

25. Huge +1! The Political-Military-Industrial-Wall Street-Elites Complex!

[lastlib]

28. .

. . .

for democracy. RIP.

[midnight]

26. Maybe it's time to take some of those winning's and pay restitution.

[LaydeeBug]

27. The words *earned* is troublesome here. It should say gained.

He didn't *earn* a thing except our contempt.

[lastlib]

30. +1,000,000,000!! eom

*STOLE* would be the preferred term here.

[ronnie624]

34. Except for the word "earned".

It implies legitimacy.

[chknltl]

35. KnR nt

[Saviolo]

36. Dick Cheney

... before he dicks you!


From a bumper sticker I saw a few years back visiting the in-laws in Houston.