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You know, I want to ask a question. Assuming that there is merit to this lawsuit (which I don't believe for a minute) could it not have waited until AFTER we invade Iraq? I mean, is this lawsuit so important to these two plaintiffs (one of whom bought the stock a year ago and has actually made money, while the other bought in November of last year) that they couldn't have delayed their lawsuit? Could they not have just sued Halliburton to recover whatever money they were owed? Why is it so necessary to go after Cheney during a time of war?

Let me once again state that I do not believe Cheney is guilty of any wrong-doing. What I want to know is how important this suit is to these plaintiffs in comparison to their nation's winning the war. And how did someone from Indiana and someone from New Mexico get hooked up with Klaymamn, anyway?

I have LOTS of questions, as you can see!

I predict that Klayman will go the way of David Brock and Arianna Huffington. He will become (temporarily) the darling of the SALON crowd and Joe Conason will write glowingly of his conversion in the pages of the New York Observer. Too bad Geraldo doesn't still have his gig at MSNBC.

It seems to me that this is prompted by the shortage of conservative donations.

Why is it so necessary to go after Cheney during a time of war?

Bush and Cheney are very popular right now, and their popularity has extended for a long, long time politically speaking. The Dems have tried everything in their power to put a dent in the positive image the American people have for this administration. Nothing has worked. Bush the blunderer, Bush the pretender, Bush the racist--all busts. You may recall that the big re-hash of the Florida vote was all set to go and then...darn! Sept 11 happened. The NY Times, et al, never got to display the banner headlines that Bush Was Never Really Elected. Bush rallied the nation and the nation rallied behind him. The glum Dems had to sort of go along with it for a while.

Tying Bush and Cheney to the corporate stock scandals is the last clear chance for the Dems prior to November. The House and Senate are at stake and the Dems are desperate.

So, this climate of combined hope and desperation among the Dems is perfect for a fund raising campaign. Klayman would be crazy to delay the lawsuit against Cheney. Those fund raising leters need to go, go, go and now, now, now. Stike while the iron is hot. In order to justify the plea for money, their has to be a cause, and the suit is the cause.

I don't expect to get one of the letters, but I could probably just about quote it. Go get one of Klayman's old eight or ten page missles about Travelgate or the Gore E-mail suit, and just substitute Bush and Cheney's name along with Enron and Haliburton, and Voila!-- You are ready to go after a whole new money-raising base to replace the one the one that dried up when Clinton left office.

To answer your question, it might be nice for Klayman to wait til after the war to sue the VP, but it would cost him millions...millions, I tell you!