- What is going on with our Vice President? Rumors have
been swirling around our international man of mystery for weeks now. Speculation
ramped up in the wake of Katrina when he failed to arrive on the scene
until four days after the disaster.
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- Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), who is a reliable source,
told an interviewer that the Veep was so ill he could barely talk, and
that Donald Rumsfeld was really running the country. (Which would certainly
explain why the response to Katrina was such a disaster.)
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- Nora Ephron posits that Cheney and President Bush may
have had a falling out. Her premise is spot on. She says Gop honchos knew
from the getgo that Bush was dumb as a post but that his good ol' boy act
could get him elected, so they brought Cheney in to run the show. Now perhaps
Bush is mad that Cheney led him into invading Iraq but is currently unforthcoming
with brilliant ideas for leading them out.
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- Or is Cheney tired of playing nursemaid to his pampered
aristocratic lout of a boss? That's the jist of a rumor in D.C. reported
by TalkLeft:
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- A few months ago, I heard of a lunch conversation that
Cheney had with a political type in Wyoming. I have no idea if it's true
or not, but it makes some sense. Here's the tale:
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- Cheney has been getting tired of being called upon to
fix Bush's mistakes. Cheney said Bush is almost incapable of making any
decision. He waffles and waffles. Then, once he makes a decision, he refuses
to change it. Because of his born-again faith, he says "It's in the
hands of G-d now" and washes his hands of it. Then Cheney is called
in to repair the damage.
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- If this story is even remotely true, this may have been
the final straw for Cheney, and he decided to let Bush try to wiggle his
way out of his Katrina inaction on his own. Cheney's re-emergence this
week may be the result of his fellow Republicans begging him to return
to save Bush for the sake of the party.
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- There is also the possibility that Cheney's low profile
may be related to the CIA leak investigation, which faces a milestone next
month when prosecutor Peter Fitzgerald's grand jury term expires. It is
certainly within the realm of the possible that Cheney got embroiled in
a cover up and could be facing an obstruction of justice charge.
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- Amid the rumors, there is this (apparent) fact. Cheney,
the multi-multi-millionaire, recently bought an estate in St. Michaels,
Marlyand, which is about an hour or so from D.C.
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- Is it just a weekend getaway or a place to decamp after
his pardon (or where he can wear his ankle bracelet?) and run his new career
as lobbyist? Stay tuned.
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- http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/09
- /13/rumors-swirl-around-vice-president-cheney/
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