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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:10 PM Original message |
Are they making Cheney the "fall guy?" What do you think? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. The WP article by GOP insider Sally Quinn was an eye-opener for me... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Tell me about the meeting. I've been working all day. On Sally... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. It was for me, too, and it's a devious plan that is right up their alley, IMHO. |
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ClassWarfare2008 (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. One possible theory |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There are no GOP VP subs who are untainted....Powell is interesting but |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's an attempt to salvage bush's "legacy" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. But Tom, Bush IS "a gullible, childish, insecure baby" |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Right on target, imho, this assumes it's over, but save the "Bush" franchise |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. from the time he got his third heart, about 6 years ago, I knew he would be |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That's brutal. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. I really don't see Dick doing the right thing for anybody. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Why should he leave? It's taken 7 years to get to this point. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hard to make him of all people, a fall guy. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I wonder if he'll stand for it. And I agree, the options are so limited |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Could be. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart... |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. It seems your OP presupposes the idea that they don't need a large bus |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The "little bus that could" ... and the system saves itself. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I don't like my scenario, either |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Read it, K*Red it...that's nice work |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Thanks for the link... |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think you are spot on. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. "bending over backward to avoid any substantive questions" - excellent! |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Couldn't Happen Too Soon for Me |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Great point... |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think he's the guy everyone thinks he is. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. They might try but |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I like it;) "Ohhh 'mental picture'" |
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Middle finga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. Cheney is not a fall guy |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. But who is the man behind the man... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. NOT. There has been a focus on non-impeachable Cheney stuff. A Fall guy implies falling |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ok Feller, What Have You Done With The Real Autorank? |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Dr. Rank is in the house... Are you saying that I don't know Dick? |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You'll Have To Tell Me What You Know About Dick |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You mean this guy... |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's The Bozo |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Bush, face man for the Cheney's back room operation... |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I Hear He's Cutting All That Brush |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Spotted... |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Spotted Owl? |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. So two theories re: Cheney stories so far- save the GOP, or save the Bush legacy... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. This is Godfatherish:but wouldn't the best "save" of the Bush legacy be for him to--um--get whacked? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think Congress has the right guy in their crosshairs. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. He's not the fall guy. He really is Darth Vader,& the sooner we blow up his Death Star the better. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. "republican" must become our label... not BUSH or DICK |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Excellent point...now we need some "fighting Democrats" to say it, over and over. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. Impossible... since he is not a "guy." |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That's it...He's not Dick, he's a Head of death |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. yes yes, Dick head of doom. yesssssss |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. ...as long as those caps are used properly, we're decent;) |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. How does this story make Bush look better? It makes him look ten times worse. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. I agree it is quite likely - he's taking it for Bush, just as the family requires. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. We get Cheney We get Bush and Rove lest not forget Rove |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Never forgetting that rotten bastard. Train com'n! I'm on it! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. No sheenie first then bushitler. two fall on ea. other. |
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