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GAO dropped ball when it dropped Cheney suit
Bellingham Herald ^ | 2/25/03 | editor

Posted on 02/25/2003 3:05:45 PM PST by Eva

Edited on 05/07/2004 9:31:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Eva
I think that you should ask where the papers are for the people who helped Hillary Clinton on her health care task force. The Clintons refused to release that information as well.

I am sure Dick Cheney would release those papers when Hillary and Bill release the records of their meetings. Until then, the administration should stand on its right to keep them private based on the separation of powers.

21 posted on 02/25/2003 3:34:53 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
I don't think that executive privilege extended to Hillary's healthcare task force, either. She was just an appointed head of the committee.
22 posted on 02/25/2003 3:38:37 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
Correct. So if the Rats didn't ask Hillary for papers, when she didn't have the right to withhold them, then why are they asking now?
23 posted on 02/25/2003 4:05:24 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Eva
The demand for disclosure of private meetings held by the Vice President is very similar to the Senate filibuster of Miguel Estrada. The Democrats were unable to find any evidence of wrong doing but they are sure that if they dig deep enough into private papers and dealings they will find something objectionable.

...because Democrats subjected to the same scrutiny would have plenty of objectionable material surface.

The psycho-bable term for this is called transference and it is at the root of everything the Democrats do.

24 posted on 02/25/2003 4:26:20 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber!)
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To: Eva
Brown and Root never had the gov't contracts they had under LBJ. They were a team.
25 posted on 02/25/2003 4:29:11 PM PST by lonestar (Don't mess with Texans)
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To: lonestar
Thanks for the information. These guys at the Herald are too young to even remember LBJ, but I will remind them.
26 posted on 02/25/2003 4:36:28 PM PST by Eva
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To: PeaceBeWithYou
The psycho-bable term for this is called transference and it is at the root of everything the Democrats do.

I thik you're right, the Democrats are always accusing Republicans of pulling the same tricks that the Dems have already tried.

27 posted on 02/25/2003 4:41:24 PM PST by Eva
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To: Howlin
Yeah, but it would be world-caliber profanity.

Welcome back my friend.

Old gladiators don't fade away (what the hell did he know anyway), we have to be carried out kicking, screaming, and fighting until the bitter end.

Salúd!
28 posted on 02/25/2003 4:48:27 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Ever So Humble Banana Republican)
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To: Dan(9698)
I read the docs and essentially what you said is correct. Walker could show no damage and congress had issued no supoenas so there was no case. Walker could not bring the case without showing any damage to either himself or congress.
29 posted on 02/25/2003 5:01:54 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
Eva: The Bush energy policy means nothing until Congress votes on it. They should vote on it based on whether they find it right or wrong -- not on the people or companies that were consulted to make it.

Cheney held meetings and formulated the policy that the Administration proposed.

Now Congress gets to decide if it likes the policy or not. How the Administration came up with the policy is of no import.

And should anyone ask why it's different than Republican criticisms of Hillary's health care proposal, tell them that Hillary was neither elected nor appointed to an official position.

30 posted on 02/25/2003 5:16:46 PM PST by BfloGuy (The past is like a different country, they do things different there.)
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To: Eva
You may want to dig around in the FR files as there are several articles posted over time on this subject....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/search?s=cheney+energy+task+force&m=any&o=score
31 posted on 02/25/2003 5:35:11 PM PST by deport
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To: BfloGuy
I have a question about the task forces. It appears that Hillary paid the members of her task force, was there ever any allegation that Cheney paid any of the people that he consulted?
32 posted on 02/25/2003 6:05:59 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
The night JFK was assassinated a friend of mine was over at the house of one of the "Browns" and Lady Bird called while he was there. Get any closer?

In fact everybody in the Houston home was in shock because all of a sudden, their friend was POTUS.

Brown and Root is one of the largest construction companies in the world so it stands to reason they do very big jobs.

33 posted on 02/25/2003 6:16:13 PM PST by lonestar (Don't mess with Texans)
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To: Eva
"A great many Americans have a serious mistrust of their government right now"......

.....Because their knowledge of history and government is sorely and sadly deficient and their willingness to READ and LEARN facts about anything is basically NON-EXISTANT!

Today, in the space of about 4 hours I heard a "pundit" expert on international law re: United Nations, go on to explain that "international law regarding UN RES 1441 and the Iraq situation is CLEARLY on the side of the U.S. ..........."

Later, I was entertained by the actress/comedienne Janeane Garafalo on Fox News, making a complete A** out of herself complaining about Bush's disregard for international law when it came to Iraq...

I guess whoever said "If your enemy lights a match, you light a flamethrower....." was right........we just have to keep burying these morons with the facts..

34 posted on 02/25/2003 7:22:55 PM PST by soozla
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To: Eva
I've not heard of any allegation that Cheney paid anyone.

I believe the hopes are simply that some Enron guys were there as well as the other "big-oil" types. This would serve as pure guilt by association (in the Dems' minds).

35 posted on 02/26/2003 3:43:44 PM PST by BfloGuy (The past is like a different country, they do things different there.)
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