Out of Sight, Cheney Is Power

Wall Street Journal ^ | December 9, 2003 | GREG HITT

[OESY]

WASHINGTON -- Late one Friday afternoon about a year ago, Vice President Dick Cheney put a call through to an unsuspecting lawyer at the Department of the Interior. On his mind: water rights in Oregon's Klamath River.

A prominent Oregon Republican had lobbied the vice president to allow more water to be diverted from the river for farmers, and Mr. Cheney was irked that the Interior Department wasn't moving fast enough. Instead of delegating the matter, as might be expected amidst the larger worries of terrorism and Iraq, Mr. Cheney took matters into his own hands. "What are you doing?" he said in a terse voicemail message left for the attorney, recalls a person familiar with the call. "Why are we doing this?"

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[PGalt]

Outstanding Vice-President. Terrific Administration. Thanks for the post.

[Tax-chick]

Cheney bump! The more wrong-type people whine about him, the more impressed I am!

[gr8eman]

by GREG HITT

So I guess you can say that this is a Hitt piece!

[sr4402]

One of the President's secrets is his staff. He is surrounded by capable people that folks are always underestimating... just like the President himself. This gives the President the option to make end-runs around his opponents.

God bless this President and grant him and his administration even more wisdom and leadership, but moreover steadfastness in promoting righteousness in our land!

[RightWingMama]

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