AP: Cheney enters the twilight of his career

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Cheney enters the twilight of his career

By TOM RAUM, Associated Press WriterFri Jan 12, 2:20 PM ET

One by one, the hardline conservatives like Donald H. Rumsfeld and John Bolton who stood shoulder to shoulder with Vice President Dick Cheney in pushing President Bush's decision to invade Iraq have left the administration.

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The vice president, who generally has kept a low public profile since the midterm elections, is about to get some unwanted exposure in another area. He's expected to be a witness in the perjury and obstruction trial of his former top aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, in the CIA leak case.

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Cheney appears ready for the fight, his health holding up despite a long history of heart disease.

In the meantime, his fellow hard-liners in the administration are, for the most part, gone.

Rumsfeld resigned as defense secretary under pressure. Bolton, unable to win Senate confirmation, had to give up his temporary assignment as U.N. ambassador. Former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz left some time ago to head the World Bank.

Douglas Feith, a former deputy defense secretary, and Richard Perle, a former Pentagon adviser, have gone on to other things.

Cheney is the only member of Bush's original national security team still holding the same job.

"The neo-cons are gone. Cheney is the last one, and you can't get rid of him," said Paul C. Light, a New York University professor of public service.

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Bring me a stake, a silver bullet & a bazooka, maybe a flame-thrower too, whatever it takes...

[illinoisprogressive]

1. Not all the neocons. they are still running around like cockroaches.

[napi21]

2. With his history, you never know what tomorrow will bring.

You will never hear it in the media, but having to testify in a trial is very unnerving, even for the heart healthy people. We'll see what happens, but all the stress isn't good medicine for the VP!

[Robson]

3. But the neocons aren't gone

They've just moved to new jobs and are still involved in misplaced PNAC policy.

[rurallib]

7. No kidding - that was a strange observation by Prof. Light

[Aviation Pro]

4. I remember how we used to watch the Soviets during their....

...annual May Day parade to see if there was a power shift. It almost looks like the same thing here except instead of being Kremlinologists, we have been reduced to watch a feces flinging Little Monkey and his flacid, fatfuck puppet master.

[LeftyMom]

5. First retrospective photos, now this?

Considering how long the white house took to release the last bad news re: Cheney, combined with the sudden upsurge in memorial-like articles, I'm starting to harbor a suspicion that he's pining for the fjords and the media hasn't got confirmation yet.

[BearSquirrel2]

6. Sure you can get rid of him ...

Wait until the investigations ... we can most certainly get rid of him. The best scenario is that he resigns and any VP that Bush nominates would be declined.

[rurallib]

8. Still looking for that Cheney resignation so the BFEE can handpick

dumdum's successor.

[Cocoa]

9. Cheney is the darkness reaching out for the darkness

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. heart disease

:nopity:

[hatrack]

11. And sunset can't come quickly enough

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