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False Memories of the Bush Administration

A New York Times Book Review of memoirs by Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld is notable for it’s imminently quotable subtitle: In retrospect, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney realize they were right about everything. ©David Horsey The books themselves appear to be a waste of wood fiber but the review, Memories of the Bush Administration, [...]

One Department I Wish Would Just Depart

© Matt Wuerker

Maddow rips Cheney a new one

I already posted about this, but Rachel Maddow says it so much better than I ever could: Full transcript here.

The Child of Torture

There is just so much that is ironic and sad about this story on Liz Cheney that my head is spinning. First of all, she is giving a talk at a gathering of conservative women called “Smart Girls Summit“, and she is not just defending torture but being a shameless cheerleader for it, and is [...]

Term Limits

© Dwane Powell Yup, some people are seriously proposing that we shoot ourselves in the face.

Cheney accuses Obama of playing politics with the Justice Department

In what must be one of the most hypocritical statements in recent history, former VP Dick Cheney accused president Obama of using the Justice department to launch politically motivated investigations against CIA personnel for their use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” (i.e., torture). This is triply hypocritical: Firstly, how can he accuse Obama of playing politics [...]

The Cheney Presidency

© Tim Goheen

Is Cheney just lying again, or is he really that pigheaded and stupid?

The same interrogator dissects Cheney’s lies in a detailed and sobering article in The Huffington Post. Via Raw Story.

Duck and Cover

© Stuart Carlson

Safety in Numbers

© Paul Conrad

SNL: Cheney and Bush

Watch Out!

© Joel Pett

Torture Works!

© Tom Toles

Cheney Kink

© David Horsey

Someone to speak for Cheney

Well, if I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I’d go with Rush Limbaugh, I think. I think my take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn’t know he was still a Republican. – Dick Cheney, on whether Colin Powell or Rush Limbaugh is a better spokesperson for [...]