Tough-guy stuff (Bush's No. 2 gives no quarter and plays for all the marbles)

US News & World Report ^ | 11/05/2005 | Kenneth T. Walsh

[wjersey]

Why does the MSM think Bush should listen to them and not Cheney?

[somemoreequalthanothers]

52 percent of Americans think the indictment of Cheney's former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby reflects broader ethics problems in the administration, according to a Washington Post/ABC News Poll.

I propose that before being able to participate in such a poll, a person should have to be able to answer what Libby is charged with.

[FairOpinion]

"Cheney is feeding Bush's instinct never to give ground when under attack, "



That is excellent advice.

[Maceman]

I propose that before being able to participate in such a poll, a person should have to be able to answer what Libby is charged with.

I seriously doubt that 52% of the public outside of the Beltway knows who Libby is.

[RobinOfKingston]

Cuz they are a bunch of self-centered, egotistical, arrogant bastages who have trouble getting anything right.

[1rudeboy]

Says a former adviser to a Republican president: "In some ways, Cheney is closing a wall around himself."

STFU, Gergen.

[Cicero]

Is this supposed to be a news article? Is there a single verified fact in this whole screed? What passes for news these days in the MSM is pathetic.

The very least they could do is show a picture of Cheney thumbing his nose at his critics.

[vbmoneyspender]

If the case proceeds to trial, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald will try to show that Libby knew Plame was a CIA operative, and to do that, he will have to call as witnesses officials at the White House, the CIA, and presumably the State Department.

This reporter is a moron (which admittedly is not too unusual a character trait when discussing the MSM). The last thing in the world Fitzgerald will want to do is get into the issue of Plame's covert status not only because it was non-existent at the time she sent her hubby on the trip to Niger, but also because getting into Plame's covert status will allow the defense to start subpoenaing all kinds of classified records that the gov't won't be willing to give up.

[samantha]

Who are these so-called sources? An aide to a Republican President could be anyone from Eisenhower or Jerry Ford to Nixon. Good grief these writers are stuck on stupid.

[blackie]

The liberal, jerk-weed, moonbat, MSM doesn't get it and never will!

[jwalsh07]

That is excellent advice.

Here's some better advice, I think. :-}

Holding ground never wins the political battle. Offense, offense, offense.

[Patriot from Philly]

The media loves to ask those questions that no one knows anything about then they get to frame them:

Q: The President refuses to meet with grieving mother Cindy Sheehan who lost a son in Iraq. Do you think that's just wrong;

Q: Evil VP Cheney's Chief of Staff, a guy named Scooter (but don't let the cute nickname fool you) has been charged with perjury in a case regarding outing the lovely heroic spy wife of wonderful Joe Wilson and exposing her to possible death, do you think that's wrong?

[fantom]

Lets hope that is the new agenda. nuke the new tone. it gets you 0 .

[jennyjenny]

I propose that before being able to participate in such a poll, a person should have to be able to answer what Libby is charged with.

I don't believe 52% polled even know who he is.

[FairOpinion]

"Holding ground never wins the political battle. Offense, offense, offense."

I agree. This is much better! :)

[southernnorthcarolina]

Wow. Cheney gives no quarter, plays for all the marbles, thumbs his nose at critics, builds a link to the right, rides the funraising circuit, and feeds Bush's instincts, all somehow while closing a wall around himself. Wotta guy!

It's metaphor madness!

[GloriaJane]

"If the case proceeds to trial, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald will try to show that Libby knew Plame was a CIA operative, and to do that, he will have to call as witnesses officials at the White House, the CIA, and presumably the State Department."

Yes, but as the pendulum swings.... Let's hope Libby's lawyer gets to call all your lying mainstream media buddies to the stand where they will be under oath with the threat of jail time should they perjure themselves. Wonder who man MSM necks could fit in one noose?

[GloriaJane]

Sorry. That was supposed to read "Wonder how many MSM necks will fit in one noose?"

[hsalaw]

This entire story is built around a poll that is probably so slanted it bears no resemblence to reality. And this is what passes for "news" in old media.

[Txsleuth]

Compare this stupid article to this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516143/posts