Harry Whittington to make statement at 1:00 PM EST (Live Thread)

[Raebie]

Breaking on Fox.

[clawrence3]

Well, to be serious, Vice-Presidents are that important in the big scheme - don;t get me wrong, I think Cheney will go down as one of our most important VPOTUS - they just don't get all the recognition and fancy libraries or anything.

[connectthedots]

The GOP finally decided to back her Senate campaign - that was such a shame trying to push her out after all she did for Bush in 2000.

She didn't do anything for Bush. She merely followed the clear requirements of the law.

[RobbyS]

He has had long practice before juries. They like it, too. My cousin, who is the same age as he but is from Oklahoma, talks like that, too. They say he sounds like our grandfather (he died before I was born).

[clawrence3]

I meant "aren't" that important - as a test, besides Aaron Burr, name TWO Vice-Presidents before 1900 who did not also become President.

[redtetrahedron]

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[1curiousmind]

Speculation abounds that Harry's name will officially be changed to "the man shot by Cheney."

[RobbyS]

She merely followed the clear requirements of the law. ,p> That is true, but at the same time she was slamming the door in Gore's face. She became a lightening rod and has the undying hatred of the Dims. The Bushes would have preferred someone who was less of a target.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Before I did some websearching ...I thought it might be Byron York and was going to say he was a Brit....however the Clusty search engine returned this....

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Byron York

Born: ?

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Columnist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: National Review columnist

Father: Tom York
Mother: Helen

    High School: Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL (1974)
    University: BA, University of Alabama (1977)
    University: MA, University of Chicago

    National Review White House correspondent 2000-
    The American Spectator
    CNN 1982

Author of books:
The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy (2005)

[clawrence3]

She was the co-campaign chair for the State - and I'm talking about all the flak she took for following the law - are you saying she does not deserve GOP support in running for Senate?! The POTUS would (finally) disagree with you.

[daybreakcoming]

You are right. Texas & Oklahoma accents are just about identical. Both among the very finest people in the country.

[STARWISE]

I agree .. it's very sad to see this Southern manly grace slowly leave our culture. The chasm between that kind of gentlemanliness and the coarseness of today's youth seems unbridgeable. It's frightening, in the city I'm in, to see the stark inhumanity and crudity among the young kids, teenagers and young adults today. I fear for the future.

[RobbyS]

Southwestern accent.

[OldFriend]

Media already remarking that the crowd in Montana will be friendly!!!!!

They just can't stand that.

David Gregory has a sign on his desk......THE BULLSHIP STARTS HERE

[Knitting A Conundrum]

That plug for OK and TX makes me feel good...both sides of my family were pre statehood OK pioneers, and came from TX...where a lot of 'em live now...and where i am trying to convince hubby to retire to.

[Stultis]

My fam ily and I are deeply sorry for al lthe VP Cheney and his family had to go through this week. We send our love and respect to him as they deal with situations m uch more serious than the one he dealt with this week.

Nice little slap there at the Midol deprived MSM for making a big stink about a relatively unimportant matter (coming from the man to whom it was obviously MOST important)!

[clawrence3]

Don't give up hope yet - did you know that good, old-fahioned COURTING among teens is coming back in style?

[Carolinamom]

Somebody up thread identified the guy w/the accent as being from Time or WP. He deigned to come on Fox!

Rebel-in-Chief, Fred Barnes paen to President Bush contains much of Bush's long range thinking that he is now speaking of on FOX. There are some very intersting behind the scenes info in the book. For instance, Bush "loaths" Chirac and Kofi Annan. He told Blair that Chirac was an "asshole". lol

[Carolinamom]

loaths = loathes

[OldFriend]

You beat me to it. Class is evident in this man's every word.

Nice to know that our beloved veep has this man for a friend.

[Peach]

First question from the audience:

We are blessed you are our president. And you don't govern based on the polls.