I think Darth Cheney hates us. Beware lest he unleash the death star

[TayTay]

Cheney stumps in Spokane, Everett for GOP candidates
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060418/NEWS06/60418027
By DAVID AMMONS

The Associated Press

EVERETT — Vice President Dick Cheney returned Monday to Washington state, the scene of repeated frustration for Republican presidential tickets, and delivered a spirited defense of the beleaguered Bush administration while raising money for GOP congressional candidates.

In this city north of Seattle, Cheney stumped for U.S. House hopeful Doug Roulstone, a retired Navy commander, and blistered Sen. John Kerry and other national Democrats as weak-kneed on defense.

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A reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq will depend on the situation on the ground, “not artificial time lines set by politicians in Washington, D.C,” Cheney said.

Earlier in the day in Everett, the vice president was subdued and grim in his 16-minute speech at Roulstone’s $250-a-plate luncheon, yet was repeatedly cheered by the partisan audience. Cheney said the Bush administration has helped create full employment and a vibrant economy that is the envy of the world.

But most of his remarks were focused on the Iraq war and global terrorism.

“Our nation is still at risk from attack, but yet the farther we get away from Sept. 11, some in the nation’s capital are yielding to the temptation to downplay the threat and back away from the business at hand. That mind-set is dangerous,” he said.

[whometense]

1. Read this yet?

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11423

It's enough to rattle your very bones.

Vice Squad
From our May issue: They terrorize other government officials, and they’re so secretive that their names aren’t even revealed to a harmless federal employee directory. And they’ve helped ruin the country. Meet Dick Cheney’s staff.

By Robert Dreyfuss
Web Exclusive: 04.17.06

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Bad heart, errant shotgun, and Halliburton stock options in tow, Dick Cheney has ruled the White House roost for the past five years, amassing enough power to give rise to the joke that George W. Bush is “a heartbeat away from the presidency.”

Yet, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of words have been written on Cheney’s role in the Bush administration, most of what’s been written fails to explain how the vice president wields his extraordinary authority. Notoriously opaque, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) is very difficult for journalists to penetrate. But a Prospect investigation shows that the key to Cheney’s influence lies with the corps of hard-line acolytes he assembled in 2001. They serve not only as his eyes and ears, monitoring a federal bureaucracy that resists many of Cheney’s pet initiatives, but sometimes serve as his fists, too, when the man from Wyoming feels that the passive-aggressive bureaucrats need bullying. Like disciplined Bolsheviks slicing through a fractious opposition, Cheney’s team operates with a single-minded, ideological focus on the exercise of American military power, a belief in the untrammeled power of the presidency, and a fierce penchant for secrecy...

[beachmom]

2. He's pissed at us for not being afraid anymore!

I'm sick and tired of being afraid of the terrorists, and ceding all my power to you, Darth!! The good side will ALWAYS be stronger than the dark side, as seductive as it has been for you.

Have you guys read this yet, from Vanity Fair. Carl Berstein calling for Watergate like hearings (bipartisan):

http://www.vanityfair.com/features/general/articles/060417fege08

The way he puts it all together is truly chilling. Now I'm beginning to put my tin foil hat back on, imagining what horrid things they did to the Kerry campaign . . .

[karynnj]

3. Well,

after all Kerry was a valiant war hero who earned the silver and bronze stars, 3 purple hearts, and the respect and love of his crew. As his knees are less weak than Kerry's, maybe he can step down as VP and bein charge of one of those boats in Iraq.

[TayTay]

4. Gawd, revving up the fear engine again.

I just can't stand these people. They just suck. Cheney is trying to put lipstick on a pig with his determination to not do anything differently in Iraq. What a travesty.

On the other hand, we need a strong reply and that is always fun.

[karynnj]

5. I assume your Senator will respond more than adequately

especially as he's had lots of fun telling people how many days since the VP shot someone. Maybe Cheney forgot that he's at about 18% approval and that he maybe shouldn't call a war hero, weak kneed. (Maybe he didn't hear how Kerry blasted Allard.)

[ginnyinWI]

7. they're one-trick ponies

It's really all they've got. But I honestly don't think it will work this time--except for the base, nobody else believes them anymore.Once you've lost credibility, you just do not get it back.

[ProSense]

6. Keep tabs of the Shooter.

You can bet this evil bastard and his cohorts have somthing up their sleeves.