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freshwest

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10. Cheney has been worried since Obama was elected:
Sun May 12, 2013, 02:00 AM
May 2013
Daughter Liz: Dick Cheney is Afraid of Torture Prosecutions

May. 22nd, 2009

Last night on CNN, Liz Cheney revealed that her father former vice president Dick Cheney is speaking out in defense of torture right now because he is afraid of being prosecuted for war crimes. Apparently, the person that Cheney is most interested in protecting is himself.

Cheney said, “I don’t think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January. But I think, as it became clear that President Obama was not only going to be stopping some of these policies, that he was going to be doing things like releasing the — the techniques themselves, so that the terrorists could now train to them, that he was suggesting that perhaps we would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration.”

I don’t think anybody should be surprised that a man who is motivated by, and motivates others, with fear is frightened of prosecution. Cheney is on the attack, not out some desire to protect the nation, he is trying to save his own legacy, and keep his butt out of prison. Guys with heart conditions don’t do well in the old pokey. Every once in a while a little bit of truth manages to sneak through, the GOP argument in favor of torture.


http://www.politicususa.com/Cheney-Torture-Fear.html

Lot of stuff at that link, too.

someone would have to ACT for it to be a game changer Skittles May 2013 #1
The speaker of the House would have to want to. zeemike May 2013 #2
But he could be called The Wizard May 2013 #6
"...if Reid has the gonads..." gateley May 2013 #33
With Benghazi Iliyah May 2013 #3
Then you need to elect Democrats that are willing to fight back. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #37
Wanna know what the real game changer is? mick063 May 2013 #4
lol hahahah funny elehhhhna May 2013 #30
Seriously, are you fucking stoned? Doctor_J May 2013 #36
So I take it you advocate violent overthrow. Or what is it that you do advocate? mick063 May 2013 #39
IOKIYAR blkmusclmachine May 2013 #5
Didn't Bush and Cheney have a secret meeting with Congress dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #7
Yeah, Dumbya and Darth had a closed question-and-obfuscation session about 9/11 Art_from_Ark May 2013 #20
yes nebenaube May 2013 #34
HELL. Fucking. YES! BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #8
LOVE IT Junkdrawer May 2013 #9
Cheney has been worried since Obama was elected: freshwest May 2013 #10
I think they should send him off to the Haig for War Crimes.... WCGreen May 2013 #14
I corresponded with some Canadians who contacted The Hague during the Bush years. freshwest May 2013 #15
No, you see, I was talking about Alexander... WCGreen May 2013 #16
Ah, okay. That would be: freshwest May 2013 #17
It's 3:40 in the morning on a Saturday Night... WCGreen May 2013 #18
I ain't the Pope. It's 12:41 AM and I gotta get up tomorrow to celebrate. freshwest May 2013 #19
Could it have anything to do with the fact that one of the first things the Bush* Junta did after... Ghost in the Machine May 2013 #21
I knew that, but the idea was that they'd 'do something.' We did get a case number, though. freshwest May 2013 #23
Who'da thunk it? Cheney opens his big dull trap Cha May 2013 #11
They have no choice, the world is changing. freshwest May 2013 #13
A Delusional Liz Cheney Projects Her Father’s Mistakes onto President Obama freshwest May 2013 #12
yup graham4anything May 2013 #26
Supoena fucking Cheney to the Hague. HiPointDem May 2013 #22
... Scuba May 2013 #24
kick bigtree May 2013 #25
Oh if only. redqueen May 2013 #27
Breaking News: Dick Cheney finally fucks himself ...after many calls for him to do it. L0oniX May 2013 #28
We will be tortured by Dick Cheney's bad advice for several generations to come. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #29
Luckily for Dick he declared the office of the VP to be separate from the other 3 branches of gov't. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #31
. libodem May 2013 #32
Yeah, sure Doctor_J May 2013 #35
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #38
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