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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:07 AM
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What The Cheney Family Fears The Most...
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What The Cheney Family Fears The Most...

....... Gitmo will be shut down, that history will record it as the lowest point in US human rights ever, that the Cheney family will be tarred as the brand that destroyed America's moral standing, and that Dick Cheney will become one of the darkest figures in modern American history.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/all-politics-is-fearful.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/michigan-rejects-cheney-fearmongering/
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/terrorism/small-town-to-liz-cheney-we-want-gitmo-detainees-not-your-fearmongering/
...after having made the right decision on the torture memos, the Obama Administration let Cheney beat them up over doing so. They did not respond publicly. Rather, they simply caved
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/11/21/how-dick-cheney-cowed-obama/

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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:21 AM
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1. that and a trial at the Hague
Open trials of cheney's detainees might be just the daylight needed for a trip abroad for ol Dick!
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:33 AM
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2. He's already achieved the latter.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:35 AM
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3. I disagre. In the end the buck stops with Bush. Only he is responsible as the Unitary Executive
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:41 AM
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4. Name the top 10 "darkest figures in modern American history."
I bet Cheney makes your list.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:43 AM
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5. And turds don't like to be put in buckets to dry, they'd prefer grass in a sunny spot!
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 01:50 PM
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6. The rule of law and we, the people is what these traitors and criminals fear-thanksgiving kick
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 01:52 PM
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7. After more than 100 years of legal slavery and the near genocide of the native americans...
Gitmo being the lowest point in US human rights ever will be a tough sell.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 02:40 PM
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8. too late for them...
that's what happens when you have no conscience... you end up doing very stupid things and always lose, because everything you do, is based on being a sociopath, no bounderies, no natural means to keep oneself in check, deficient.
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