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To: bentway who wrote (504592)	8/13/2009 3:37:37 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577021

Cheney, preparing his memoirs, unloads on Bush for bowing to public opinion August 13, 2009 Former Vice President Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs. That in itself is something of a surprise, because Cheney has long -- and openly -- disparaged people who do. The presidency is owed loyalty, or anyway that was Cheney's view when folks like former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and former White House press secretary Scott McClellan told tales out of school. But now, writing his own account of his eight years as George W. Bush's vice president, Cheney is telling friends that "the statute of limitations has expired" on tensions between them. As Time magazine reported last month, Cheney was furious at Bush for not pardoning Scooter Libby, the vice presidential aide who, in Cheney's words, "was asked to stick his neck in the meat grinder" by not disclosing all he knew about who leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to the press. Writing his memoirs out in longhand on yellow legal pads, Cheney is apparently sharing his recollections with groups of friends and associates, sort of prepping them for the disclosures to come in his 2011 book. And, some of those friends have been talking to the Washington Post. After one group session, one Cheney associate told the Post's Barton Gellman that the former vice president is mad at 43 for being "shackled" by public opinion: In the second term, he felt Bush was moving away from him. He said Bush was shackled by the public reaction and the criticism he took. Bush was more malleable to that. The implication was that Bush had gone soft on him, or rather Bush had hardened against Cheney's advice. He'd showed an independence that Cheney didn't see coming. It was clear that Cheney's doctrine was cast-iron strength at all times -- never apologize, never explain -- and Bush moved toward the conciliatory. Some conservatives rebut the argument, noting that Bush was nothing if not stubborn in the face of political and public opposition. Commenting on the story, Joe Scarborough pointed out on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Bush was defiant about the surge in Iraq despite the polls. But apparently Cheney, sometimes called the Darth Vader of American politics, even disagrees with his old boss about what constitutes a good book. Told in one session that Bush, in his own memoirs, hoped to explore his personal feelings, Cheney responded that he had no intention of doing that. "He sort of spat the word 'personal,' " said one person in the room. latimesblogs.latimes.com

To: bentway who wrote (504592)	8/13/2009 3:45:05 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1577021

Fishy: Why Are Americans Who Never Signed Up Receiving Health Care E-Mail From White House? breitbart.tv

To: bentway who wrote (504592)	8/13/2009 3:57:25 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1577021

Fox News: ‘Dis-Disinformation Czar’ Analyzes Most Recent Linda Douglass Statements breitbart.tv

To: bentway who wrote (504592)	8/14/2009 11:56:29 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577021

That IS one of the most ignorant statements I've seen from Dave, who's ALWAYS flaunting his ignorance. I don't know even ONE doctor that would agree with it, and I know several. We have to conclude that i-node like folks are are genetically different than we are...we haven't even begun to see the effects on health care from obesity in his own state and mine nor have we begun to see the benefits of diet education, because none of this prevention is practiced in any significant way. When I shop where I live I am mortified at the crap these women feed their families and themselves...and they are all fat, with many blatantly obese. Al