Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Dick Cheney made his mark by transforming the job of vice president into something very close to deputy president. Now the question is whether Sarah Palin, and to a lesser extent Joe Biden, can carry on his legacy—or whether America should want them to. The answer to both questions: probably not. [ more ... ]
One Citizen Speaking... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dick Cheney and Identity Theft … Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney Vice President of the United States (1/20/2001) to (1/20/2009) Amazingly enough, the legislation known as H.R. 5938 provides “legislation to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide secret service...
Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) | 58 minutes ago
by Eric Martin Our distinguished conservative punditry give us two ways to explain the recent economic crisis. First, Dr. Helen unearths a conspiracy that, ostensibly, includes such disparate figures as Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Henry Paulson,...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bart Gellman's Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency has been rightly celebrated for its detailed depiction surrounding the March 10, 2004 hospital confrontation over the warrantless wiretapping program. But it most valuable as a catalog of the ways Dick Cheney worked the federal bureaucracy to achieve his goals.
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vice President Dick Cheney is headed to Louisiana to help raise money for two Republican candidates for Congress.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Sean Whaley By SEAN WHALEY REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU RENO - Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday told an audience at the Silver Legacy Hotel that the financial rescue package Congress finally approved "clearly serves the national interest." Cheney, who was speaking at a wildlife policy conference, touched briefly on the measure as the vote was under way in the U.S.
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
McCain's new ad is called "dangerous." No, Senator Biden, it's not about Dick Cheney.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's ironic that during the vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, Joe Biden called Vice President Dick Cheney "dangerous." There's something very dangerous about Joe Biden. Kathryn Jean Lopez is the editor of National Review Online and an associate editor at National Review.
McConfuse (Free subscription) | yesterday
McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five The story of "the Keating Five" has become a scandal rivaling Teapot Dome and Watergate Author: BarackforPresident Keywords: John Mccain Keating lobbyists Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Phill Gramm Dick Cheney advertising colorado minnesota nevada new hampshire york north carolina republicans gop democrats undecideds swingvoters ohio florida pennsylvania...
R. Enochs, Esq. (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lot of attention was given to Governor Sarah Palin's answer to Gwen Ifil's question about whether she agreed with Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that the vice presidency is a part of the legislative branch, as well as the executive branch. Palin responded, vaguely, by asserting that the Constitution afforded "flexibility" to the office of the Vice President and that she agreed with current...
corksphere (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember back when the Iraq war started almost six years ago how Vice President Dick Cheney predicted American troops would be greeted "as liberators and the Iraqi people would be throwing flowers at our troops.?" That was then and this is today. If things keep going the way they have been going in Iraq, there won't be any Iraqi left to greet U.S. troops "as liberators and throw flowers at them" because...
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Speaking in Tongues, A Campaign for Jesus, The Third Wave and so on and so forth. Please remember that this is the woman who, when asked if Dick Cheney's power grab as vice president was OK, replied 'yes, and I'd like to do even more'.... Read the comments on this post...
Dr. C. (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Dick Cheney : As all of you know very well, President Bush made wildlife conservation an early and a high priority of his administration. We’ve carried out that commitment in these eight years — and we’ve been proud to have people like you as partners in the enterprise. The men and women in this room understand what conservation is all about. It means reverence toward creation, and a commitment to...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Dick Cheney is not exactly the kind of person that anyone - probably including most members of his family - would consider cuddly. But when the vice president appeared on "Meet the Press" on Sept. 16, 2001, he was in a particularly sour mood...
Old Fashioned Patriot (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Dick Cheney will have a high-pay, no-show job with a buttload of stock options from Goldman Sachs before the end of Feb. 2009.
