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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/5/2001 9:33:50 PM
From: alan w	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Oh, like we really care about what the "Europeans and Asians" think. If something happens, GW will take care of it. Don't worry yourself. Have a good one R4E. alan w

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/5/2001 9:56:15 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

It just was revealed that Cheney's Chief of Staff has been one of Rich's lobbyists!!! Maybe old Cheney found out there was a pay off somewhere!! LOL By Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 2, 2001; Page A12 The person largely responsible for key legal arguments cited in Marc Rich's successful pardon application is not Jack Quinn, President Bill Clinton's former White House counsel. It's I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a longtime Rich lawyer who is now chief of staff for Vice President Cheney. Since 1985, when he left the State Department and was recruited by former Nixon White House counsel Leonard Garment, Libby spent countless hours reviewing legal documents and interviewing witnesses in a search for cracks in the government's tax evasion indictment of Rich, according to sources. "He spent the next two years traveling around the world," said a person familiar with his work. He traveled to England, New York, Texas and California, and met with Rich in Switzerland at least eight times to discuss the case, the sources said. "He's the best lawyer of all the many lawyers who have worked with me or for me," Garment said. "On this case, he didn't give in to anything. He was constantly skeptical and helped me reach the conclusion that we had a meritorious case" to present to New York prosecutors in attempts to negotiate a settlement. "Scooter really believed" that Rich was innocent of the charges, said a source familiar with his work. Libby was convinced Rich was a victim of an overzealous prosecution that inappropriately used a federal racketeering statute known by its initials, RICO, to squeeze him and his companies, sources said. From 1989 to 1993, Libby served in the Pentagon when Cheney was secretary of defense. As soon as he went back into private practice, he resumed his role as the specialist in the Rich case. In 1994, he approached prosecutors again in a bid to lessen the charges, but they balked, saying Rich would have to return to the United States before they would seriously discuss the matter. Libby briefed Quinn about the legal intricacies of the case in 1999 and produced a document for the financier's legal team that October, attempting to justify why prosecutors should talk to Rich even though he was a fugitive. He has said he declined to work on the effort to win a pardon because he was working for Cheney, sources said. But yesterday he was called as a witness in a congressional hearing on the Rich pardon, and Libby said he had called Rich to congratulate him when Clinton granted clemency. Libby has declined repeated requests for interviews. But at the hearing, he said, "I did not represent Mr. Rich in conjunction with the pardon or pardon application." Libby said that he began working on the case with Garment and that they had approached the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, seeking dismissal of the criminal charges. "Approaching the Southern District of New York, we were not seeking a pardon, but rather a negotiated settlement of the outstanding charges," Libby said. He said he received $2 million in fees for his work on the case. Libby said that last fall he was asked by Rich attorney Michael Green about working on the pardon application but he said he was too busy working on a potential Bush transition effort. "I informed Mr. Green that I would not participate in a pardon application." Staff writer James V. Grimaldi contributed to this report. © 2001 The Washington Post Company View Next 10 Messages \| Previous \| Next Remove Bookmark Ignore this Person View SubjectMarks

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/6/2001 1:36:11 AM
From: cAPSLOCK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

rich... There are likely several posters (and lurkers) here who have survived heart attacks. As to 'a heartbeat away from incapacitation'... We are all that anyway eh? Make sure to look both ways before you cross! regards, cAPSLOCK

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/8/2001 10:27:36 AM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Your post leads me to think you are an idiot.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/8/2001 1:04:32 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Oh my, no wonder the Europeans and Asians are besides themselves about this White House IMO, that is a very good sign!

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/8/2001 2:39:19 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 769670

Oh! You mean like that hearty liberal icon FDR? Particularly in his fourth term? Or JFK with his back injury requiring serious doses of narcotics to control the pain? OTOH, maybe you are seriously underestimating GWB. And I think he likes it that way.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/8/2001 3:14:14 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 769670

Can you imagine the crisis that would occur if Cheney went to a foreign country and had one of his "chest and shoulder pain attacks" or worse? He would have to have a large entourage of cardiac specialists and equipment following him around. I could only imagine what would happen if he was in Russia or Korea and needed an emergency procedure!!!! What if something happened to him. If I was a Dr. in one of those countries I wouldn't touch him. He is now a liability and cannot carry out the duties without considerable risk to us all!!!!!!! It would be impossible to check out all the anesthesia lines...oxygen lines, etc. in order to handle the emergency in a timely fashion. Hey..........the surgical setup would be a problem for a super engineer to solve.......Tom can travel with Cheney!!! LOL Pat

To: rich4eagle who wrote (130401)	3/8/2001 5:32:14 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Look everyone knew especially Georgie that Cheney had four heart attacks prior to this election. >> Where did you come up with 4? In your dreams? From CNN 7/24/00- One question surrounding Cheney is his health. He suffered three minor heart attacks -- in 1978, 1984 and 1988. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988 and has reported no heart trouble since. On CBS, Bush strategist Karl Rove said Cheney's history of heart trouble wouldn't be a campaign issue. "Those heart attacks occurred in the '70s and '80s, and he then served as secretary of defense in President Bush's administration and presided over Desert Storm," Rove said. "I don't know of a more stressful situation than being secretary of defense during an armed combat, and he seemed to do just fine." Don't fret there is a whole list of people in the succession line up- Order of Presidential Succession Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education