Bush: Cheney ‘angry’ I didn’t pardon Libby - leaving "a soldier on the battlefield"

jefferson_dem

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Bush: Cheney ‘angry’ I didn’t pardon Libby - leaving "a soldier on the battlefield"

Former President George W. Bush says Vice President Dick Cheney angrily confronted him over Bush's decision not to pardon a former vice presidential aide over his role in
the case of the leaked identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Bush, in an interview aired Monday on TODAY, said Cheney was angry that Bush only commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, convicted of lying during the leak investigation.

Bush's appearance came as he begins promoting his memoir, "Decision Points." In the book, Bush recounts that a furious Cheney told him: "I can't believe you're going
to leave a soldier on the battlefield."

Bush said he worried the incident would fracture his friendship with Cheney. But he said: "I'm pleased to report we are friends today."

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40067472/ns/today-books/?ocid=twitter#

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WCGreen

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:33 AM
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1. What would Cheney and Bush know about leacing soldiers on the battle field...

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MilesColtrane

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:33 AM
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2. "I'm pleased to report we are friends today."

Of course you are friends.

Any potential organ donor is a "friend" of Dick.

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tanyev

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:43 AM
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4. "Why, Dick just invited me to go hunting with him."

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Rebubula

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:55 AM
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7. Damn YOU!!

Edited on Mon Nov-08-10 08:56 AM by Rebubula

I just sprayed coffee on my keyboard and my coworkers think I am nuts. That was funny

/I am, of course, nuts - but do not need that information to become public

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tanyev

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:59 AM
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8. .

:evilgrin:

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HopeHoops

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:34 AM
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3. Strange words coming from a draft-dodger.

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BonnieJW

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:43 AM
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5. The words "soldier" and "battlefield"

are foreign in both Cheney's and Libby's mouths and I'm sure the Idiot had to ask Laura how to spell them for his coloring book.

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spanone

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Mon Nov-08-10 08:49 AM
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6. how about the dead soldiers on the field in an UNNECESSARY WAR

fuck you george

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pinboy3niner

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Mon Nov-08-10 09:18 AM
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9. Sickening, isn't it?

Cheney saying it--and Bush repeating it--is obscene. Two chickenhawks who casually use battlefield analogies and send OTHER mothers' sons and daughters to die and to be maimed for nothing.

Cheney was angry? I'm OUTRAGED.

:puke:

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