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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:00 PM
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Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060328/ap_on_go_ot/obit_weinberger

Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88




By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer
48 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - Caspar W. Weinberger, a conservative Republican and consummate Cold Warrior who served in the Cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and got ensnared in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.

<snip>

one of the first President Bush's final official acts after his 1992 loss to Bill Clinton, he granted Christmas Eve pardons to Weinberger and five others accused in the scandal.

Weinberger, who was 75 at the time, had been scheduled to stand trial in less than two weeks on charges that he concealed thousands of pages of his handwritten notes from congressional investigators and prosecutors.

He'd earlier rejected independent counsel Lawrence Walsh's plea-bargain offer to testify against his longtime friends and colleagues — including Reagan — and plead guilty to a misdemeanor.





Are all rethugs indicted?




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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:03 PM
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:04 PM
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2. Another dead fascist
Take out the garbage. Republicans and their base hate America; I choose not to mourn the passing of an evil destructive human being.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:07 PM
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3. Apparently there aren't any Republicans that aren't crooks
Looking back in history, the overwhelming majority seem to have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar at some point, so to speak.

I'm sorry the man was in pain before he died, but I don't think he was a great man, nor do I think history will remember him as a great American. His legacy will forever be stained.
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:10 PM
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4. Who's going to count things on Sesame Street now ?
Vun senile old cowboy, two senile old cowboys, Ha Ha Ha Ha, three senile old cowboys ...
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:13 PM
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5. And Nofziger too? Were they, uhumm, together?
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:13 PM
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6. Eighty years too late
Bastard.
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suegeo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:19 PM
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7. Reagan's Admin. was truly awful
All of them.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:23 PM
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8. Anyway
Did you hear that there is going to be an "Ocean's 13" movie?
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Tuttle Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:24 PM
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9. Gone but not forgotten


Tut-tut
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sattahipdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:40 PM
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10. "Mass murder," "assassination," "arson" and "sabotage"
These men were involved in a secret and illegal covert military
operation, whereby weapons were being sold to an enemy state, Iran,
and the profits from those sales were going to illegally fund an army
of rebels the CIA was building in Central America.

http://www.hereinreality.com/irancontra.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x774296



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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:47 PM
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11. He lived a full life, but I am positive he cut short the lives of many
And the remainder of the destructive RayGunites work for Shrubby. Evil, dishonest, destructive and disgusting people all.

I will not mourn his passing but weep for his victims.
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:52 PM
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12. Hey Casper, say hi to Nixon and Ronnie for me
I'm sure they are in the same place as you...
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:54 PM
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13. Is Meese next?
Please?
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 03:30 PM
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14. An evil man--should have died in prison.
I am appalled at my own cynicism. A more honorable man would have surrendered to the vicissitudes of life long ago. Few will mourn his passing. Is there an address to send a container of urine for pouring on his rotting place?
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anitar1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 03:35 PM
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15. Thank You , hadn't thought of that. n/t
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 03:36 PM
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16. So I guess he's now "Caspar the Unfriendly Ghost".
Too bad he didn't die in prison.

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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 04:20 PM
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17. I didn't post this because I'm a fan or anything...
... quite the opposite. It is sad to me that when a person gets into a position of power, they use this power to hurt, rather than help people. I will never understand it.

It's sad that he died without expressing any regret for all the death and destruction he helped cause.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 06:49 PM
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18. Good Riddance
Sorry I can't offer up a kind word but I won't be a hypocrite. :-(
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Chi-Town Exile Donating Member (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 07:02 PM
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19. Buh-Bye, Now! eom
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 07:11 PM
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20. quote from Dickens
"He lay, in the dark, empty house, with not a man, a women, or a child to say he was kind to me in this or that, and for the memory of one kind work I will be kind to him. A cat was tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats beneath the hearthstone. What they wanted in the room of death , and why they were so restless and disturbed, Scrooge did not dare to think."

-A Christmas Carol

This seemed approprate at his passing.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 07:28 PM
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21. Thanks for the seeds of terror Casper....
We'll just have to clean up the mess you left behind.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:38 AM
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22. kick
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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23. Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger dies
Former Defense Secretary Weinberger dies
Reagan Cabinet member was 88; he was key figure in Iran-Contra scandal

WASHINGTON - Caspar W. Weinberger, who served in the Cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.

Weinberger had been hospitalized for about a week with a high fever and pneumonia brought on by old age, according to his son, Caspar Weinberger Jr. Weinberger’s wife of 63 years, Jane, was by his side when he died, the son said.

“He gave everything to his country, to public office and to his family,” Caspar Weinberger Jr. said.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12050783/
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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24. I will just say before this gets deleted
that I once sold him a cheese danish.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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25. did you spit on it?
i hope
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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33. I think our baker spit on everything.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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26. how did that come about?
that's pretty funny. Of all people to sell a danish to. Small world. :)
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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34. I used to work at a bakery at 1825 I St. NW in DC.
Caspar came by once or twice.

And when Jay Leno was playing a comedy club in town, he came by all week and wouldn't shut up. "Go away," my beloved coworkers Jeanette and Marita would tell Jay, "you ain't funny!"
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Magleetis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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27. I played
honors for him and the first Booosh on the deck of the USS Enterprise in 1984. They both walked right passed me as I stood in formation.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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28. let's see-weinberger, nofziger. . .they come in threes, so who's next?
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skylarmae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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29. unless Buck Owens was the first, then nofziger, then weinberger
otherwise, where are the other two entertainers to go with the threesome starting Sunday nite with Buck? just asking...
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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35. Reading here over the past couple of days, my count goes like:
Weinberger, Nofziger, Weinberger, and Weinberger.
(Series complete.)
But how can we persuade Weinberger to stay dead?
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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30. One less criminal.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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32. not one to mince words
huh, Leesa? :)
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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31. The Mother Fucker Lined his Pockets too
And thanks to BUSH 1's PARDON he didn't go to PRISON

WHERE HE BELONGED.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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36. Amen!
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 01:28 PM
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37. A thoroughly rancid man. Good riddance.
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