by seemslikeadream » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:35 pm
and here's that photo<br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050916/050916_cheney_surgery_vmed.widec.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><br>Rumors Swirl around Vice President Cheney<br>Posted September 13th, 2005 at 9:18 am by Jon<br>Man of mystery: 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. <br><br>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.)<br><br>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.<br><br>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:<br><br><br>TOP STORIES<br><br>Suggestion for Bush’s Speech Tonight: ‘I Resign’ <br>Bush Is Not Sure Whether He Is Capable of Dealing with a Severe Attack <br>Katrina the Perfect Political Storm Too <br>Bush Has Put the Nation at Risk - Time for Dems to Stand Up <br>The Naked Emporer and His Credibility Gap <br>No Free Speech at Propaganda Rally <br>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:<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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. <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/09/13/rumors-swirl-around-vice-president-cheney" target="top">www.pensitoreview.com/2005/09/13/rumors-swirl-around-vice-president-cheney</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=seemslikeadream@rigorousintuition>seemslikeadream</A> at: 9/17/05 4:36 pm<br></i>
