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Mr. Ected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 09:58 PM
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Bush and Cheney No Longer On Speaking Terms
So says Keith Olbermann.

Apparently Bush blames Cheney for his failed presidency.

No worries George: there's enough blame to spread around.
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:00 PM
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1. And Cheney blames Bush for not pardoning Scooter.. Wow, makes for a great...
movie me thinks...
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:01 PM
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4. I agree, but I think it should be done as 'comedy,'
so we all would want to see it and laugh at the snakes!
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:00 PM
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2. How would KO know that? Just curious.
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Mr. Ected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:02 PM
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5. He Said It As An Aside
I searched the internets but came up dry.
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:07 PM
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11. Thanks. eom
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:58 AM
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29. DC cocktail chatter via the parasitic media types. nt
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:00 PM
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3. George finally discovered the freedom that comes from
no longer having Cheney's hand up his ass pulling strings?
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:02 PM
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6. Can't all we pariahs just get along?

:evilfrown: :evilfrown:


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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:02 PM
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7. Well, he does have a point. But it's still his fault too. nt
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:03 PM
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8. Not that we needed confirmation...
...but if it's true that Bush blames Cheney, then that's solid confirmation that
Cheney was always in the driver's seat and Bush was just the electable one who
did the ceremonial speeches and press conferences.

Cheney and the rest of the neocons probably didn't even allow W at the big-boy table,
where the major decisions were made. They made the decisions and told him what
he would be reading on the teleprompter.

Heckuvajob Cheney.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:03 PM
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9. How about we have a redo of the movie W?
And this time Oliver Stone can stick it.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:07 PM
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10. I like the idea
that Cheney gives an "interview" to some AM radio talk show doofus in, what was it, North Dakota?

Can this fucker get any more insane? Or desperate?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 10:00 AM
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37. That was just a calculated move to keep from getting questions
Cheney knows full well that he will get national coverage if he opens his mouth to say anything. He just wants to control the 'interview' so he picks a small outlet and host who probably quake in his presence. With Cheney everything is about control and power. Everything.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 02:44 PM
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38. I disagree .........
That was Cheney getting his message out to the "heartland," as he sees it. Just a very simple way of keeping himself - and his message - in the news, and it's working. Here we are, talking about him.

He could do any interview in Washington and not get asked any hard questions. Who the hell ever asked Cheney any hard questions about ANYTHING? No one.

He got off that "So?" response to Martha Radich, and she let him get away with it. They all fear him, plus they're all suckass "journalists."
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:08 PM
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12. Bush blames him for Cheney's failed presidency?
:wow:
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:10 PM
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13. Typical of a Bush not to take responsibility. (eom)
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:19 PM
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14. Does George know that he was the front man? the fund raiser? the adorable born again to little
followers of Pat Robertson and Rush and Sean and Karl etc.?

Remember that look on his face when Andrew Card whispered in his ear? When and if we ever hear the straight story, it will be a big part of the many stories to come. It represented more about a WH coup than it was about George play-acting a resolved victim role.
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:39 PM
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15. Has George finally realized that he failed?
It's hard to keep all the failures straight, but I seem to remember that it was the boy king who wanted to invade Iraq before he even got into the White House. Cheney would have been happy to invade or torture anyone, as long as Halliburton got $$$$$ and he got his snuff films.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:57 PM
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17. I doubt he considers his presidency a failure.
Largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:44 PM
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16. Stupid, and Evil, what strange bedfellows nt
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 10:58 PM
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18. and they're interchangeable! nt
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 12:25 AM
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19.  And They're Both Laughing All The Way To The Bank.......
Bush raises $100 million in 100 days for his library and Cheney socked away a bunch of money through Halliburton.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 12:29 AM
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20. Wasn't this the set up for the ODD COUPLE reunion movie? NT
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 12:32 AM
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21. Boosh & Cheney not speaking is kind of hard to visualize.






In fact it's damn near impossible.


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ControlledDemolition Donating Member (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 12:43 AM
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22. This lost relationship must surely be punishment enough!
:wtf:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 12:44 AM
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23. Unka Dick!
Yer harshing my post-prezdinshal buzz!
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:40 AM
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24. Serious question: Is it possible that Bush only now is realizing he failed? Was he bubble boy?
I think this might be a real possibility. He bragged that he did not read newspapers. He may in fact be unable to read a newspaper. Condi had to read to him.

Everything bit of information he got was from briefers and handlers who were controlled by Cheney. Part of Darth Vader's strategy was to keep pumping up Shrub's ego with tales of his own magnificent success.

Is it possible that he is only learning of the scale of his failure now?
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:48 AM
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26. Yes, I think that is quite possible and indeed probable.
The easiest way to control someone is by controlling their information, I think that's what happened to Bush, he's an incurious intellectual lightweight, a perfect candidate for such a ploy to be eminently successful.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:49 AM
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27. I think that is entirely possible...
.. certainly during his presidency he gave no indication that he understood that most of the country considered him a failure before he left office.

I don't blame it entirely on "handlers" I blame it on delusional hubris.

But it's pretty hard to look at America right now and NOT think his presidency was an abject failure, even for the deluded.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:44 AM
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25. It takes two to tango..
... they are both malignant morons.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 06:56 AM
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28. dumbya should have know something was up with the evil dick when
he selected himself for VP, when he was actually charged with vetting VP candidates.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 08:44 AM
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30. his laziness got the better of him.
used to others doing the heavy lifting for him. he probably saw it as an extension of his term in Texas where the underling carries more power and does the real work (except signing death warrants).

besides, there was always daddy to clean up after him (or so he thought).
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:54 AM
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34. Yep!
:fistbump:
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 08:49 AM
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31. Nothing ever is Shrub's fault. It's his SOP.
Better to be thought a fool than to accept responsibility and be held accountable.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:29 AM
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32. Each has discovered the other is "a big time major league asshole"!1 n/t
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:55 AM
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35. Yup! Basically.
:fistbump:
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PufPuf23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:34 AM
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33. Speak? The assh*ts can snarl and smirke. nt
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:56 AM
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36. Speak ass face won't!
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