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Stevendsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 04:42 PM
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What to Make of the Dump Cheney Rumor?
Anyone know any more about this?

I sure as hell hope it’s not true. We need this bastard to stay right where he is until January of ’05 -— when he’ll be packing his bags and hopefully answering criminal charges!

Then again, it would look very bad if the administration was forced to dump this thug. I don’t think the public will buy the "poor health" story.

Either way, it’s a disaster for the White House. Yay!

Things are getting very bad for BushCo. And I'm loving every minute of it.

Here’s some snips:

Counterspin Central

Wednesday, January 28, 2004:

ANCHOR CHENEY: The "Dump Cheney" movement within the Republican party is really picking up steam. "Oh yeah, big time."

http://counterspin.blogspot.com/

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Will Dubya Dump Dick?

By Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - While Democratic rivals battle for the presidential nomination in a succession of grueling primary elections, Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be fighting to secure his spot on the Republican ticket behind President George W Bush.

The vice president, whose apparent moderation and 35-year Washington experience reassured voters worried about the callowness and inexperience of Bush during the 2000 campaign, is seen more and more by Republican Party politicos as a drag on the president's re-election chances in what is expected to be an extremely close race.

The reasons are simple: instead of the moderate voice of wisdom and caution that voters thought they were getting in the vice president, ongoing disclosures about his role in the drive to war in Iraq and other controversial administration plans depict him as an extremist who constantly pushed for the most radical measures.

He is seen as not just an extremist, but also a kind of eminence grise who exercises undue influence over Bush to further a radical agenda, a notion that was backed by the publication of a recent book about former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill, who described Cheney as creating a "kind of praetorian guard around the president" that blocked out contrary views.

More at:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FA29Aa01.html

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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 04:50 PM
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1. Oh, they'll dump him. He's a negative for the ticket.
A fresh face, Frist maybe, can only help the ticket. But Bush is a negative for the ticket, too. The strategy will be to dump Cheyney and try to blame everything on him. That won't make Bush look good in any objective or logical frame, but will give Busheviks an excuse to continue to back him even if they have some inkling of just how incompetent he has been. "If only the Czar knew, he would not let these things happen." It will probably cut his losing margin by a percent or two.

The smart thing would be to dump them both, but that would be very difficult for the Republican party starting from now.

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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 04:53 PM
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2. It will fit their MO
Cheney exit with "health problems" and be pardoned by Bush. Some new up and coming R will be on the ticket. This is not a bad move for slumping ChimpCo.
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eissa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 04:54 PM
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3. Can the boss fire himself?
I've always thought Cheney pulled the strings; I can't see him making the decision to replace himself.
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