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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:53 AM
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Is Rove moving Cheney off the chessboard?
Morning Sedition had someone on this morning putting forth a theory that the current "Bush-Cheney" rift

(wtf? Somehow I missed this in the MSM)

is being engineered by Rove, so that Cheney takes the fall for Chimpy's failures AND so that an heir apparent can be groomed. Cheney steps down "for health reasons" in January, we get a new VP, who then has three years' experience by Nov 2008.

1. Anybody heard anything like this? IMHO it's not quite as tinfoil-hat as it sounds.
2. If so, who do you think the Rove cabal would put in? McCain? Giuliani? Brownback?
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:55 AM
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1. Randi Rhodes said she feels sorry for Cheney
knowing that in the summer, his health will deteriorate and he will have to reason.
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:01 PM
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2. I know that too many US citizens are gullible... but 3 years experience
in this WH would be the kiss of death.

They would be better claiming they just had 3 years managing a Whore House... though yeah, is there much difference? (ok, the wh does not have a piano player)
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:09 PM
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5. Did you forget about Condi "concert pianist" Rice? n/t
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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:01 PM
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3. That is a terrifying thought...
Edited on Fri Dec-02-05 12:02 PM by LiberalVoice
Because it just might work enough to make a rigged '08 election look feasible to the american public.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:06 PM
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4. Exactly
they put the successor in as VP now and then he make the obligatory campaign stumps in 08.
Magically on election night, the numbers come out with the GOP VP on top.

I see the headlights screaming toward us now.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:12 PM
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6. I believe it will happen. McCain. Then media goes wild on building him
up. Bush then looks good on a "team" with McCain. People would fall for it.
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stubtoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:21 PM
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7. McCain?
Could Bush look good with McCain? Or would he appear even more incompetent than he already does now? I think they'll look for someone with less star appeal.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 03:33 PM
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13. That's a good thought- but they could play that the way they did when **
was campaigning in 2004.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:21 PM
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8. Or are they just playing down Cheney's activities
so his low approval ratings don't bring *'s numbers down further?
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FranzFerdinand Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:24 PM
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9. how about putting Leiberman up for VP?
;)
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:28 PM
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10. hmmmm. Here's how it might happen ...

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Zambero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:48 PM
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11. Sorry, * still holds the bag!
There are two evil twins. The "lesser" of the two actually has a brain, but the other allegedly "superior" twin is in fact a mere figurehead. If the smarter twin is relieved of his duties, does his intelligence automatically transfer to the dull one? I think not. What actually happens is that the "superior" twin's incompetence becomes even more self-evident once the real brains of the outfit are sent packing. Hence, a larger share of the populace can clearly see that their Emperor indeed has no clothes. And at that point he and he alone must take responsibility for his abundant shortcomings.
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King Coal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 01:06 PM
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12. Giuliani
Did you see Imus this morning? He said Cheney didn't lie, he just didn't tell the truth. It really sounded like a set up.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 03:44 PM
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14. Wow. That makes so much sense.
Why didn't I think of that?:crazy:

P.S. Don't forget your umbrellas; it's going to be a sunny day out there!
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