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August 30, 2011

Dick Cheney on Hannity/
Fun Sounding Show on ABC
— Ace

Dick Cheney's on Hannity.

He gave an interview to the WSJ earlier.

...

On ABC now (9pm) is "Take the Money & Run," which Jonah Goldberg (I think) recommended.

Two contestants hide a suitcase full of money. Cops have 48 hours to find it, and can interrogate them and hold them in a jail.

If the cops don't find the money, the contestants keep it.

Posted by: Ace at 05:00 PM | Comments (101)
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1 Drop two guys from a plane. Last one to pull the ripcord gets $10,000.

Keep the sum low.

Posted by: Dustin at August 30, 2011 05:01 PM (fF625)

2 14. Is perpetually late.

Posted by: The Piñon Farmer at August 30, 2011 05:02 PM (IzuWw)

3 What channel?

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 30, 2011 05:05 PM (bAySe)

4 It was good last week. Guy couldn't last 24 hours in solitary before cracking. Unless this is the rerun, which means I just ruined it.

Posted by: Jimmah at August 30, 2011 05:07 PM (Ky8qS)

5 Dick Cheney is on Hannity. I'll have to catch the suitcase show midstream.

Posted by: arhooley at August 30, 2011 05:07 PM (3n2lK)

6 If the cops don't find the money, the contestants keep it.

You really think so? Not on our watch!

Posted by: Barack Obama and Timmy Geithner at August 30, 2011 05:07 PM (2DyCU)

7 Watching Dick Cheney on Hannity. Haven't seen him lately. Shocked at how feeble he looks

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 05:08 PM (AxHOT)

8 When I first heard how the "Survivor" show had nothing to do w/ actual survival, I was disgusted.

My idea of "Survivor"?

10 people on an island w/ 9 jet skis w/ enough fuel to get to another island with a couple miles away on which you would have free access to resort amenities.

Last person remaining on the first island wins.

Posted by: krakatoa at August 30, 2011 05:08 PM (kIRXx)

9 OMG,schools are still staying closed tomorrow here in central MD.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 30, 2011 05:08 PM (bAySe)

2 minutes in a room alone with these pricks and the fucks will be confessing to kidnapping Lindbergh's kid AND telling me right where the money is.

spit

Posted by: Darth Cheney at August 30, 2011 05:09 PM (otk4p)

11 Here's an idea for a reality show: give a guy a token -- something hard to copy on short notice. Exhibit him on live TV as you give it to him. WHOEVER presents the token at a studio across the country gets a million bucks. Start filming...

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2011 05:10 PM (9RzZV)

12 If the cops DO find the money, do they get to shoot the contestants?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:11 PM (niZvt)

13 Oh, they'll talk.

Posted by: Lynndie England at August 30, 2011 05:12 PM (otk4p)

14 Is Eric Holder involved..?

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:12 PM (bJm7W)

15 Waterboarding...

Every. Week.

We'll always find the money.

Posted by: some smart cop from ABC's new hit show at August 30, 2011 05:12 PM (2DyCU)

16 1 Drop two guys from a plane.Â Last one to pull the ripcord gets $10,000. Keep the sum low. Posted by: Dustin at August 30, 2011 09:01 PM (fF625) ----------- Make the reward amount iverse to he altitude at which you pull the ripcord.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 30, 2011 05:12 PM (bAySe)

17 Ok I've got it on, and it seems like 90% of the attempted drama/suspense is based on camera movement and cuts.

Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 05:13 PM (GULKT)

18 7 Watching Dick Cheney on Hannity. Haven't seen him lately. Shocked at how feeble he looks Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 09:08 PM (AxHOT) Yes, but you should have seen his COCK! It's no ordinary cock... it's the meanest, biggest, most pooter- thirsty cock you ever laid eyes on!

Posted by: Timothy the Conjurer at August 30, 2011 05:13 PM (niZvt)

19 11-- that's not a reality show, but that's a decent action movie about a futuristic reality show. The Most Dangerous Game Show.

Posted by: ace at August 30, 2011 05:14 PM (nj1bB)

20 They always tell.

Posted by: The Gimp at August 30, 2011 05:14 PM (otk4p)

21 Hide the Salami. One guy, 6 girls. Guy has 30 minutes to hide it.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:14 PM (niZvt)

22 Dick Cheney could out-President Obama while going through his weekly heart surgery.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:17 PM (4CSeG)

23 Pan's Race--Two fat suburbanites have an hour to drink a 12- pack and mow as much of their yards as possible.

Posted by: USS Diversity at August 30, 2011 05:17 PM (KbEJl)

24 You know, Tri, I really freakin' like that idea.

Posted by: ace at August 30, 2011 05:17 PM (nj1bB)

25 Give the suitcases to illegal aliens. Cops aren't allowed to stop them and ask any questions.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:17 PM (4CSeG)

26 Logarithmeticly so... 1,000 feet = $100,000 100 feet = $1 million a foot = $1 billion!!

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 30, 2011 05:18 PM (bAySe)

27 22 Dick Cheney could out-President Obama while ~~going through his weekly heart surgery.~~ Six Feet Under. Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 09:17 PM (4CSeG) FTFY

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:19 PM (niZvt)

Oh, I know -- interrogated by Michelle Obama... Hell is an expensive t-shirt and running shoes on the Abominable Snowman's worse nightmare of a dream date.

I am such a putz that I actually proofread and noticed that I had misspelled abiminable. I mean, obamanable... oooh, I like that, Michelle the Obamanable SnowWookie... I denounce myself.

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:20 PM (bJm7W)

29 Ok I've got it on, and it seems like 90% of the attempted drama/suspense is based on camera movement and cuts.

Shit, this guy may be on to us.

Posted by: every stupid fucking "reality" show ever at August 30, 2011 05:20 PM (vG00k)

30 I think it's funny that the media pronounces Cheney's name wrong: Chay-ney. He pronounces it Chee-ney.

The only media that pronounces it correctly is Chris Matthews (Piss Be Upon Him), who does it derisively.

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 05:22 PM (AxHOT)

31 Hide the cases in Henry Waxman's nostrils.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:23 PM (4CSeG)

32
Watching Dick Cheney on Hannity. Haven't seen him lately. Shocked at how feeble he looks
Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 09:08 PM

It's a trap.

Posted by: arhooley at August 30, 2011 05:24 PM (3n2lK)

33 Pfft. Let's just make the Hunger Games a reality show.

Posted by: Tesh at August 30, 2011 05:24 PM (yO/46)

34 Three hillbillys, woods, a banjo, gallon of moonshine, and Barry.

Posted by: Jimmah at August 30, 2011 05:24 PM (Ky8qS)

35 I *heart* Dick Cheney.

The fools in this country will never understand how lucky we were to have him as VP.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 30, 2011 05:25 PM (3TjSM)

36 Put them naked in a locked room alone with Helen Thomas....they won't last two minutes.

Posted by: The Gimp at August 30, 2011 05:26 PM (otk4p)

37 31 I think it's funny that the media pronounces Cheney's name wrong: Chay-ney. He pronounces it Chee-ney. I've heard that before, but if it is true, why didn't Dick or his wife correct that every time they were interviewed?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:26 PM (niZvt)

38 WHOEVER presents the token at a studio across the country gets a million bucks. Start filming...

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2011 09:10 PM (9RzZV)

Can John Walsh host? Nice tie in w/ americas most wanted

Posted by: Red Shirt at August 30, 2011 05:28 PM (FIDMq)

39 Even Bush pronounced it Chay-ney. I don't remember him ever saying Chee-ney.

Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 30, 2011 05:28 PM (Z71Vg)

Let's just make the Hunger Games a reality show.

There's a British show on Netflix called Hyperdrive. Basically it's Nick Frost bumbling about space trying to spread "British interests." One of the alien species they run into does just that.

Posted by: Lauren at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (OrWka)

41 If someone went into a mosque and yelled for all of the moderate muslims to stand up, how many people would be standing.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (jx2j9)

_{Dick Cheney was on with Rush today and explained the Colon(sic) Powell comment that the Special Prosecutor in the Scooter Libby case knew Richard Armitage was the leaker, but took no action to end the investigation or advise Libby's counsel of same.}

Yeah, I felt bad for the some of the comments I have made about Armitage.

Not that he noticed.

Posted by: fluffy at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (3SvjA)

43 38 Alan Colmes on FBN, and the annoying prick wouldn't make a festered pimple on Dick Cheney's Warcock. Posted by: Fish the Impaler at August 30, 2011 09:26 PM (Lt/Za) Watching Monica Crawley choke that prick next time they appear on TV together would be... erotic.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (niZvt)

44 re 32: here's a better game show, like the one that Joe Rogan had (I think that was his name, I used to hear him occasionally on the Stern Radio show) -- get the gold coin by putting your gloveless barehanded hand into Waxman's nostril. Sounds disgusting but it could be a pretty big coin (or a pretty big wad of snot -- if he had three nostrils it could be like "let's make a deal")

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (bJm7W)

45 40 comments and no "Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure."

You're slipping people.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 30, 2011 05:29 PM (3TjSM)

46 I've heard that before, but if it is true, why didn't Dick or his wife correct that every time they were interviewed?

Because he knows he can pay them back in their nightmares.

Dick Cheney waits beyond the void for us all. Pray you do not draw his attention.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:30 PM (4CSeG)

47 11 Here's an idea for a reality show: give a guy a token -- something hard to copy on short notice. Exhibit him on live TV as you give it to him. WHOEVER presents the token at a studio across the country gets a million bucks. Start filming...

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2011 09:10 PM (9RzZV)

Wouldn't that basically be a race to see who could get a cab at the airport fastest?

Posted by: lowandslow at August 30, 2011 05:30 PM (GZitp)

48
why didn't Dick or his wife correct that every time they were interviewed?
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 09:26 PM

Cheney says it can be pronounced either way. He says some people in his family say Chain-nee.

Posted by: arhooley at August 30, 2011 05:31 PM (3n2lK)

Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

There ya go.

Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 30, 2011 05:31 PM (Z71Vg)

50 43 Even Bush pronounced it Chay-ney. I don't remember him ever saying Chee-ney. Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 30, 2011 09:28 PM (Z71Vg) Of course Bush, God Bless Him, also always said "nukular."

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:31 PM (niZvt)

51 They have to hand over GPS vehicle tracking, any receipts and phone records. . . meh.

Posted by: Dave C. at August 30, 2011 05:31 PM (hZ6sR)

52 Even Bush pronounced it Chay-ney. I don't remember him ever saying Chee-ney.

Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 30, 2011 09:28 PM (Z71Vg)

In the interview right now he referred to the "Chee-ney family". maybe they got tired of correcting people

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 05:32 PM (AxHOT)

53 Cheney is a Mighty Warclub of an Impressive Shaft of Manhood.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 05:32 PM (niZvt)

54 Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:32 PM (4CSeG)

55 re 39: double double yuck. better to have sex with your best friend's great-grandmother's corpse. I denounce myself in the name of the all mighty Honey Badger (do we still talk about that?)

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:32 PM (bJm7W)

56 39 Put them naked in a locked room alone with Helen Thomas....they won't last two minutes.

Posted by: The Gimp at August 30, 2011 09:26 PM (otk4p)

Never stand up in court...cruel and unusual punishment

Posted by: Red Shirt at August 30, 2011 05:34 PM (FIDMq)

57 Dick Cheney's War Chariot is pulled by genetically manipulated armored combat Honey Badgers hopped up on Viagra.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:34 PM (4CSeG)

58 I love this man. (In the manliest way possible, of course)

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 05:36 PM (AxHOT)

59 MrMpfs is reading Tommy Franks autobiography, An American Soldier. He has nothing but praise for Dick Cheney...Colin Powell, not so much. Rummy and Powell hated each other.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 30, 2011 05:36 PM (3TjSM)

60 Dick Cheney once sought me out to create a specialized power source for his heart that not only could pump enough blood through his body, but that had sufficient power to maintain the Warcock through arousal.

I failed.

That's when he turned to dark magics.

Posted by: Tony Stark at August 30, 2011 05:37 PM (2DyCU)

61
I prefer to call Dick Cheney Mr. Vice-President, and as the most effective VP ever, he explodes liberals heads as they plot their sophomoric revenge.

Yeah. It was comforting to know we had two Presidents kicking ass for us at the same time. One squished a bit, but the other kept his gimlet eye on the ball.

Posted by: sifty, Foo Pitying Teahadi at August 30, 2011 05:38 PM (4CSeG)

62 Here's a reality show: Take 10 teenagers, strip them of all their electronics, and drop them off in the wilderness to live and survive on their own. 48 hours later, send in Equusearch to recover their bodies.

Posted by: Spiker at August 30, 2011 05:39 PM (tcQsM)

Cheney is the elderly man in the wheelchair who glances at someone who prompty falls down dead (Saddam Hussein wanted to debate Bush, not Cheney)

Obama is the guy pushing the wheelchair who decides to light a cigarette and feels the refreshing taste of menthol while the wheelchair rolls down the hill.

Honey badger don't give a shit about menthol, he smokes Consuegras.

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:40 PM (bJm7W)

64 Dick Cheney vs Rick Perry, would the universe survive?

Posted by: Red Shirt at August 30, 2011 05:41 PM (FIDMq)

65 71

Hands down: Cheney

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 30, 2011 05:43 PM (3TjSM)

but while Cheney was banging Lois Lane, she was thinking about Rick Perry.

Reminds me of a Dice Clay line: you're done banging your chick and she says to you "why don't you want to talk" and he replies "`cause I'm done banging you." (Kind of like Obama the day after he got elected)

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:45 PM (bJm7W)

67 At Thanksgiving dinner, Dick Cheney can eat a turducken and then consume a complete apple pie.

Hell, I can do that.

Posted by: John Madden at August 30, 2011 05:45 PM (2DyCU)

68 I thought Michelle was the Big Bang (first)

Posted by: mallfly at August 30, 2011 05:47 PM (bJm7W)

69 As the first person to post about Cheney, I apologize for hijacking this thread. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 30, 2011 05:49 PM (AxHOT)

70 Make it interesting, if the cops find the money they get to keep it AND all of the raw footage.

Posted by: Jean at August 30, 2011 05:53 PM (v9wwx)

71 Spiker, hell - let them keep their electronics; if there is cash involved can I volunteer one of my kids, they will survive.

Posted by: Jean at August 30, 2011 05:56 PM (v9wwx)

72 79 As the first person to post about Cheney, I apologize for hijacking this thread. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Ombudsman

Never apologize for going "Full Cheney."

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 30, 2011 05:56 PM (3TjSM)

5543 Even Bush pronounced it Chay-ney. I don't remember him ever saying Chee-ney.
Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 30, 2011 09:28 PM (Z71Vg)

Of course Bush, God Bless Him, also always said "nukular."

---

And called citizens of the UK - The Great British.

Posted by: Jimmah at August 30, 2011 06:02 PM (Ky8qS)

74 OT: Perry was ok on Hannity. He said the right things. I cannot put my finger on it, but he did not inspire a lot of confidence. He had a Reagan sort of resonance, but lacked a Cheney sort of edge. He recited the main points, which was good, without a feeling of conviction. But he did convey, without question, a calm sense of command, an ability to exercise good judgment. He made the distinction between wisdom and intelligence, which I liked a lot, and showed a lot of intelligence (as well as wisdom). It seems (to me, as of this evening) as if Romney and Perry are competing to achieve the right contrast to B.O. Perry does it well.

Posted by: Tonawanda at August 30, 2011 06:04 PM (fgysf)

75 80 Make it interesting, if the cops find the money they get to keep it AND all of the raw footage. Posted by: Jean at August 30, 2011 09:53 PM (v9wwx) AND they get to screw the female contestants on the hood of a car in the middle of broad daylight!

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 30, 2011 06:06 PM (niZvt)

76 Cheney Badger, he don't give a shit.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 30, 2011 06:09 PM (73tyQ)

77 I love this man. (In the manliest way possible, of course)

The Tupelo Trombone?

Posted by: toby928™ at August 30, 2011 06:10 PM (GTbGH)

78 Way back when, I was a young staff aide for a senior officer. SecDef Cheney came to visit, and we went to an offsite location to film Meet The Press. Before starting the interview, he had to go to the bathroom and I was sent to find it. I radioed his SS guys to tell them where it was, and they come striding down the hall. Cheney stops at the bathroom door, and asks me, "Did you clear the room first?" (Needless to say, I am a chick, and I was a young, blond chick at the time) So I march into the bathroom, chase out the three guys peeing at the urinals, and then hold the door open for his Awesomeness. He gave me that smirk he always has, and went to the bathroom. His SS guys were laughing their asses off. They had bet that I wouldn't do it, and he had bet I would.

Posted by: moki at August 30, 2011 06:23 PM (dZmFh)

79 #89 moki, what a great story!

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2011 06:38 PM (Fo83G)

80 moki, that's an incredibly cool story!!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at August 30, 2011 06:45 PM (kBWjM)

81 Dick Cheney was on with Rush today and explained the Colon(sic) Powell comment that the Special Prosecutor in the Scooter Libby case knew Richard Armitage was the leaker, but took no action to end the investigation or advise Libby's counsel of same.

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at August 30, 2011 09:25 PM (Lt/Za)

Cheney is just angry he's white, stupid and hasn't been fucked by his wife for decades.

Posted by: Jim at August 30, 2011 06:47 PM (49LlK)

82 Awesomeness. He gave me that smirk he always has, and went to the bathroom. His SS guys were laughing their asses off. They had bet that I wouldn't do it, and he had bet I would.

Posted by: moki at August 30, 2011 10:23 PM (dZmFh)

90#89 moki, what a great story!

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2011 10:38 PM (Fo83G)

91moki, that's an incredibly cool story!! Cheney was hoping for a rub and a tug.

Posted by: Jim at August 30, 2011 06:48 PM (49LlK)

83 Jim you seem a little frustrated in the love department. Just put on your leather, go cruise for a unattached biker, and don't use your real name. Maybe you'll get lucky.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at August 30, 2011 06:51 PM (hqurE)

84 #84 That never happened.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2011 06:52 PM (s0uvO)

85 jim, go kill yourself. thanks.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at August 30, 2011 06:57 PM (kBWjM)

86 jim, go kill yourself. thanks.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at August 30, 2011 10:57 PM (kBWjM)

Lynne Cheney would like you to apologize, but she has her mouth full right and is gagging.

Posted by: Jim at August 30, 2011 06:59 PM (49LlK)

87 95 and 96, thanks! Cheney was absolutely wonderful during the entire four day visit. He and his wife and daughters were there, and they were all gracious and had great senses of humor. And Jim, you are a nasty little schmuck.

Posted by: moki at August 30, 2011 07:03 PM (dZmFh)

88 jim, time's a wastin'

Posted by: Uncle Jed at August 30, 2011 07:03 PM (kBWjM)

89 Forget hiding the money, I'd spend it all ASAP

Posted by: WeekendAtBernankes at August 30, 2011 07:03 PM (KJMY9)

90 Sorry, Miss Marple, I didn't mean to forget you! Thanks to you as well! I really treasure that memory, especially seeing him on TV tonight, looking, well, closer to his age. He will never really look frail. That man is too tough.

Posted by: moki at August 30, 2011 07:09 PM (dZmFh)

So, Moki, was it really as big as they say?

Posted by: Tim at August 30, 2011 07:13 PM (w9HQ5)

92 oh Jim.......

Posted by: The Gimp at August 30, 2011 07:33 PM (u5Yh9)

93 Hey Jim, don't have a tree and a rope handy?

Posted by: crowsting, who knows that Obama is a SCOAMF at August 30, 2011 07:34 PM (u5Yh9)

I love Dick Cheney.........and have always...loved...Dick Cheney. Even now, when the ravages of his heart condition are taking their toll on him, you can still see that spark of a true fighter in his eyes.

He seems to be enjoying setting the record straight right now, and I'm loving it. I hope he will continue to give the finger to those who righteously deserve it.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at August 30, 2011 08:01 PM (5j2K8)

95 Dick Cheney is a good man, with a good family. He is probably the most influential and beneficial VP in American history. I watched his Hannity interview and I was sad about his physical state, but it was so good to hear him talk. I count it a bragging point that he spoke at my high school graduation in Cody, Wyoming back in 1984. God bless that man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 30, 2011 08:11 PM (nzRGp)

96 Funny thing about how his name is pronounced, it never occurred to me that he might pronounce it "Cheeney" until today. Keep in mind that I remember his campaign ads from the 1970s in Wyoming, and never heard it pronounced" Cheeney" until today when he was talking to Hannity. Interesting.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 30, 2011 08:16 PM (nzRGp)

97 Take the Money and Run would be a ten minute show if cops could use tasers and wood shampoos.

Posted by: Joke Biden at August 30, 2011 08:31 PM (hp2jB)

98 36: "... Cheney was on with Rush today and explained the Powell comment that the Special Prosecutor in the ... Libby case knew ... Armitage was the leaker, but took no action to end the investigation or advise Libby's counsel of same." I listened to that too, but those were 'assertions' - I didn't hear any 'explanation'. The thing is, the prosecutor (who wasn't a real Special Prosecutor, but instead was acting under the authority of the US Attorney General at all times - who was Alberto Gonzales at the time the Libby trial was going on) didn't say any different, to the jury or to the public - yet Gonzales never acted to stop the prosecution from going ahead, and his boss, President Bush, never did either. Also, when Gonzales was still working for President Bush directly as White House Counsel, the Chief Counsel for the State Dept., a guy named Taft, called him up and told him about the Armitage leak to Robert Novak. So, for Cheney to be able to say what he said, you have to conclude that Gonzales never told Bush about the Armitage leak when he was White House Counsel; never told Scooter Libby, who was an assistant to both the president AND the vice-president, about the Armitage leak when he was White House Counsel; never took any action as US AG to make sure his subordinate prosecutor made sure to inform Libby or his legal team about this; and then never used his authority as US AG to stop the prosecution from going to trial, even though he he knew his subordinate prosecutor never told the Libby legal team about it and so committed a breach of prosecution ethics, and even though he knew the real leaker, or at least the first leaker, was Armitage. Why is Mr. Cheney blaming Powell for not doing the jobs Gonzales was supposed to? Also, I really didn't understand the whole bit about the prosecutor Fitzgerald never telling Libby or the Libby legal team about Armitage. There was a book published in 2005 by two Washington DC insider reporters, Michael Ishikoff and David Corn, that described the whole situation with the Armitage leak to Novak, and it was out in the public almost two years before the case went to trial. Plus Armitage went public all over the press in the fall of 2006, again, months before the case went to trial. How can Cheney be saying that the information came as a surprise to Libby or his legal team at the trial? Maybe someone can explain this, because it sure doesn't make any sense to me.

Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at August 30, 2011 09:45 PM (NHeC0)

99 You made a few good points there. I did a search on the matter and found a good number of people will agree with your blog.

Posted by: The Ice Limit AudioBook at August 31, 2011 07:15 PM (qhonK)

100 The White house had instructions from the special prosecutor not to talk to potential targets or witnesses about the case. If Gonzales had been told the identity of the leaker and shared it in the White House without agreement of the special prosecutor, Gonzales ran the risk of obstruction of justice charges. The proper thing was for Gonzales to tell Taft that if he had information critical to the investigation he needed to tell the special prosecutor. Gonzales could take no action on this matter as AG because he was recused from the Plame investigation.

Posted by: Brenna Rutger at September 01, 2011 08:02 PM (C/ATC)

101 Got it-- makes sense

Posted by: Whodunit at September 01, 2011 08:05 PM (C/ATC)

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