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Cheney seen retiring after midterm elections (Drudge Siren)
Insight.com via Drudge ^
Posted on 02/27/2006 1:09:23 PM PST by teddyballgame
Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year.
Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step down as he becomes an increasing political liability to President Bush.
The sources reported a growing rift between the president and vice president as well as their staffs. They cited Mr. Cheney's failure to immediately tell the president of the accidental shooting of the vice president's hunting colleague earlier this month. The White House didn't learn of the incident until 18 hours later.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006; bogusrumors; bs; bush43; cheney; condifanatics; condifawners; condiunfit; drudge; insight; insightmag; retirement; term2
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To: cotton1706
The last vice-president to leave office early other than by death or coming indictment - John C. Calhoun. Not likely to happen now. Was Spiro Agnew indicted?
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:15:37 PM PST
by
VRWCmember
(You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
To: teddyballgame
This is a load of horse manure. Has Insight Magazine been taken over by Evan Thomas?
Seriously, the only possible reason why Cheney MIGHT retire then would be to give visibility to a solid presidential candidate for 2008. If so, I sure hope they pick the right guy. Please, no RINOs. If they can't pick the right guy, better to do nothing.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:15:49 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: teddyballgame
1. The story is bogus.
2. See # 1.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:15:54 PM PST
by
peyton randolph
(As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
To: oldleft
I also heard Zarqawi may be in custody!Damn, we missed him by that much again>
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:15:57 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)
To: teddyballgame
People have been claiming this over and over ever since about halfway through the first term.
Cheney isn't going anywhere!!
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:16:43 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: commish
I would think the "Condi '08" garbage would be pushed with all the "44" nickname stories behind it.
Look for Dick Morris to hit O'Reilly and push his book even harder.
To: teddyballgame
Ah, the dreaded unnamed senior GOP sources.
I believe it when I hear it from Cheney.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:16:53 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: WoodlandsTXFreeper
No. Doesn't work that way.......
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:16:56 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: cloud8
The woman from the psychic friends hotline...
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:00 PM PST
by
weegee
("Remember Chappaquiddick!"-Paul Trost (during speech by Ted Kennedy at Massasoit Community College))
To: WoodlandsTXFreeper
Since Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is # 2 in the line of presidential succession, doesn't he automatically move up to V.P.? No, the President appoints a replacement VP, who is subject to a confirmation hearing by the Senate.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:07 PM PST
by
VRWCmember
(You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
To: Izzy Dunne
Why did the White House need to know it within 18 minutes, instead of 18 hours. I would guess that Cheney's Secret Service guys reported it to the white house SS within more like 18 seconds
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:09 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: oldleft
ROFLAO!!! Thanks, I needed that one today!
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:11 PM PST
by
GeoPie
To: texianyankee
Ref: I dont see no stinkin' siren.....
Boy it wasn't up there long...blink and you missed it.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:15 PM PST
by
teddyballgame
(red man in blue state)
To: dead
Right, it's several months too early.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:21 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: teddyballgame
Any accuracy in Insight is purely coincidental.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:21 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: teddyballgame
36
posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:46 PM PST
by
isrul
To: teddyballgame
It's STRATEGERY........
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:17:53 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: WoodlandsTXFreeper
Since Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is # 2 in the line of presidential succession, doesn't he automatically move up to V.P.? I don't think Gerald Ford was the Speaker when Agnew stepped down..
To: teddyballgame
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:18:31 PM PST
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: WoodlandsTXFreeper
No. The President appoints a successor and that successor is confirmed by the Senate. At least that's the way it worked when Gerald Ford became VP.
If Cheney and Dubya went hunting together and shot each other, then Hastert would become the President.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:18:40 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, Tactical Air Command, 12th Air Force, 366 TFW, 366 Maint. Gp, 366 CRS, 1978-81)
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