http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18cheney.html?ref=us
No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney, Aides Say
By JIM RUTENBERG and JO BECKER
Published: February 17, 2009
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney spent his final days as vice president making a furious last-ditch effort to secure a pardon for his onetime chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., leaving him at odds with former President George W. Bush on a matter of personal loyalty as the two moved on to private life, according to several former officials.
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But a former administration official involved in some of the deliberations said the outcome of the lobbying effort was evidence of something else: “The biggest myth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney always got his way.”
Originally posted by zeeblebotEr, perhaps. Or - with just a wee jot of imagination... The biggest truth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney seemed almost always to get his way. This was something that irked G.W.Bush immensely and, at a time when he was doing little more than banging his bishop while looking at TV pictures of U.S.made 'ordnance' raining down on Gaza and fretting about his virtually non-existent legacy, he was hatching a really really really clever political gesture... Oh look Libby wasn't pardoned! Now don't that shed some light on my 8 years in office...?
the outcome of the lobbying effort was evidence of something else: “The biggest myth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney always got his way.”
Read "The Bush Tragedy".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bush_Tragedy
The Bush Tragedy is a 2008 book by Jacob Weisberg. Weisberg sees George W. Bush’s life, and his presidency, as the product of a series of relationships — with his family, with the two men central to his administration (Karl Rove and Dick Cheney), and with his father. All these relationships, Weisberg argues, contributed to Bush’s failures.[1][2]
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Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, serving as editor-in-chief of Slate Group, a division of The Washington Post Company, and a columnist for the Financial Times. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years, until stepping down in June 2008.[1] He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and connector celebrated in Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point. Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a prominent Chicago lawyer and, later, judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist Ralph Ellison.
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Weisberg authored an opinion piece on Slate in which he argues it is not bigoted to refuse to vote for a Mormon, especially one who believes in the "founding whoppers of Mormonism."[4] He also stated that he would never vote for a Scientologist or a young earth creationist.
In August 2008, Weisberg stated on Slate that the only reason Barack Obama would ever lose to John McCain is racism by white Americans against Obama. He stated that "If Obama loses, our children will grow up thinking of equal opportunity as a myth."[5]
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Originally posted by zeeblebotWell, no - you arrived at that conclusion before reading the wiki entry and before - horrors! - actually taking the time to read the book. Too many words?
wow, i don't even have to open the book! just look it up on wikipedia and you can tell it's cr@P!
You'd make a good Christian, especially the ones who arrive at a conclusion and then find all the lines of scripture that fit the conclusion. And THEN - and this is the great part - they say it's backed by the word of God! Well, it is, isn't it??
Originally posted by zeeblebotDick Cheney, perhaps the most hated man in American politics. Its never a good sign when the last days while your in office is spent ferverishly petitioning for a pardon. LOL.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18cheney.html?ref=us
No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney, Aides Say
By JIM RUTENBERG and JO BECKER
Published: February 17, 2009
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney spent his final days as vice president making a furious last-ditch effort to secure a pardon for his onetime chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., leavi ...[text shortened]... ing else: “The biggest myth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney always got his way.”
Originally posted by zeeblebotTempting to conclude that this minor snub was done on purpose. What human wants to "always" do as they were told!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18cheney.html?ref=us
No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney, Aides Say
By JIM RUTENBERG and JO BECKER
Published: February 17, 2009
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney spent his final days as vice president making a furious last-ditch effort to secure a pardon for his onetime chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., leavi ...[text shortened]... ing else: “The biggest myth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney always got his way.”
Originally posted by FMFYeah, Im sure ''The Bush Tragedy" is perfectly balanced.
Er, perhaps. Or - with just a wee jot of imagination... The biggest truth of the presidency is that Vice President Cheney seemed almost always to get his way. This was something that irked G.W.Bush immensely and, at a time when he was doing little more than banging his bishop while looking at TV pictures of U.S.made 'ordnance' raining down on Gaza and fretting a ...[text shortened]... ed! Now don't that shed some light on my 8 years in office...?
Read "The Bush Tragedy".
Originally posted by zeeblebotGive it a try. It's a fascinating read. He has gone to great lengths to be balanced and this is what makes it a credible slice of analysis. You just sound silly with your "I looked it up on Wikipedia" thing. Really. You do.
the wikipedia entry was enough. why read a book by a left-wing polemicist? i'm sure most of it has been regurgitated on the forums, anyway.
Originally posted by zeeblebotFire! Ready! Aim?
wow, i don't even have to open the book! just look it up on wikipedia and you can tell it's cr@P!
G. W. Bush is a fascinating subject. It isn't often that a President affects the language itself, especially one congenitally disabled in its appropriate use.
But W has given an entirely new meaning to the term "assisted living."
Originally posted by zeeblebotOn the basis that I wouldn't dream of looking up a book on Wikipedia, and that I have actually read it, and that it was absorbing, and that it used biographical analysis to shed fascinating light on things about Bush that have disappointed people on both left and right. The very idea that Wikipedia "poses" evidence about a book, and that you proudly declare that to be "enough" for you, makes me laugh. Literally.
you're wanting us to trust you saying a book called "The Bush Tragedy" is balanced? contrary to the evidence posed by wikipedia? on what basis?