Posted on 01/25/2005 4:40:04 AM PST by section9
Yes folks, I know it's a couple of hours away, but for you loyal C-Span listeners, the debate will be carried live on C-Span 2 today. Live streaming on C-Span 2's server for those of you with high bandwidth carriers.
Box-o-Rox has asked for a full hour in which to call Dr. Rice a lying slut. Meantime, the senior Senator from the state of West Virginia has brought some friends of his down to testify to Rice's unfitness for her office:
Other Dhimmis have asked for time to object to Dr. Rice as well. Meantime, I wonder if McCain or Hagel will actually rise to her defense?
(...sound of crickets...)
Arlen Specter? Anybody?
Be Seeing You,
Chris
I'm not sure she would consider Senator even then, and I can almost guarantee W wouldn't ask.
Here's some observations I've made recently that have me thinking about another possibility. See if you agree.
It seems to me that Dick Cheney has been much, much more visible since November 2nd than he formerly was. That includes the Imus interview, interview with Brit Hume, being the front man on the obvious threat regarding Iran, the inauguration, the trip to Afghanistan, the coming trip to Auschwitz and visits to European leaders, and so on. Not that many, but you could not list that many non-campaign public events that he did in the entire 3 years after 9/11.
Visibility during the inauguration goes without saying, but he seemed to be more 'out there,' more animated, and allowing himself to be more visible than usual. Also, W was heavy in his praise of Dick Cheney during and after the inauguration. That might be to lay to rest any rumors of Cheney's resignation, or just to express his genuine gratitude and admiration for the man, which is no doubt considerable, but it could have other reasons as well.
In the VP's interview with somebody (Brit, I think) he listed a number of reasons why he told George Bush in 1999 that he was not a good choice for VP. I could be mistaken, but I do not believe he listed as one of the reasons that he would never run for President, and therefore could be a Republican liability (in the future). We have heard him say many times that one of his strengths to the President is that he is not running for President himself. I could be mistaken, but I don't believe I've heard him say that in public lately.
Also, in a recent interview he was extolling the virtues of Condoleeza Rice at great length. Now, that might be only in support of her candidacy for SoS. But somehow I read between the lines to other possibilities.
All of these things leave me to wonder -- is it possible that Dick Cheney is contemplating a change of heart (quite literally) about running for President in 2008 if his health continues to be good through the next 2-3 years? And probably if he could talk his family into it. I'm thinking Lynne might not be enthusiastic about the possibility.
Is it possible that W, Cheney and Condoleeza Rice, maybe with the agreement of Republican higher-ups, have decided among themselves to leave open the possibility of a Cheney-Rice ticket for 2008, with Rice to run in 2012?
Just food for thought. And it's definitely not just wishful thinking on my part. Dick Cheney is one of my favorite men and most-admired politicians ever. I would really hate to see him thrown into that maelstrom. But if he were to choose it, it would certainly be because he wants it. I know I'd work hard for a Cheney-Rice ticket.
Just watch to see if he becomes far more visible in the next year, and far more accessible to the media. That will likely tell us all we need to know.
Nice work, Peach.
Hey, keep it down...you've awoken The Swimmer. Now he needs a drink [snicker].
LOL.
And here's what the Clinton administration thought about the links between OBL and Saddam.
Why, they got a federal indictment against OBL and mentioned his relationship with Saddam.
The Clinton Justice Department's indictment against OBL in federal court which mentions the terrorist's connections to Iraq.
November 4, 1998. The federal indictment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985906/posts?page=30#30
Did you know that 9/11 families sued Iraq in federal court?
September 11 Victims Sue Iraq.
September 4, 2002. BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2237332.stm
Families sue Iraq over 9/11. Thousands of 9/11 victims and family members sue Iraq based on evidence that Iraq knew the attacks were coming, approved the attacks, and supported Al Qaeda for a decade. The lawsuit also notes Iraq's involvement in the first WTC attack.
September 5, 2002. CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/05/september11/main520874.shtml
One more democrat who used to once believe in the links between OBL and Saddam:
Gephardt says lots of intelligence links OBL and Saddam.
October 6, 2002. Newsmax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/764011/posts
I want to know why is it ok for liberals to slander black conservatives but when some republicans criticize Kofi Annan, they are deemed as racists?
Byrd is criticizing the administration for not "connecting the dots before 9/11" "the dog that didn't bark", etc.
He just finished criticizing Rice for attempting to guess where the next danger might be coming from. Some of the "aluminum tubes, possible yellow cake interests" may have been off base, but obviously they were attempting to connect the dots. Now the democrats are trying to hold administration responsible.
I think the quotes from ALL of the Senators who have been blowing their hot air today ought to be sent to our esteemed Republican Senators as well as our friends in the media. Send this stuff to Sean Hannity, Joe Scarborough, Rush, etc...
Thanks.
The left thinks we can't look this stuff up. But in the 90's they wrote dozens of articles about the world's alarm at the growing relationship between Osama and Saddam.
List of newspaper articles written in the 90's which mention the world's concern regarding the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam.
July 14, 2003. FrontPage Magazine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/946809/posts?page=1
Can Sheets shake anymore drinking that water..
Sheets literally chokes on the words!!!!!
He said he wasn't running for anything in '08 during the VP debate.
Byrd just used the term "architect" --- I tell you this was planned by every democrat to try to compare Condi to Hitler's regime!!!
Those damn slimeballs!!!!!!
He hasn't quit. but he's coughing and getting himself a drink of water.
I think he sees this as his moment of glory, his Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment.
Cut the sound... wide shot to dias... ahhhh... Sheets takes a drink of water!
Exactly!
When I heard Kennedy say Condi was the architect of the administration's policies, I thought they were trying to give people the image of the architects of Hitler'z final solution.
It's an ugly connotation when used in this way.
Dems will be planning and plotting for the next 4 years. We will have to watch them very carefully and prepare our ammo.
So sayeth the Human Drone, Sen. Robert C. Byrd
The media certainly were pushing Iraq as being connected to AQ and possibly behind 9/11 shortly after September 11, 2001. A compilation of media comments and articles:
November 17, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/984758/posts
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