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Bachmann earns fifth spot on British “shame” list

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.31.08 | 11:17 am

Madoff, Palin, Bush, Blagojevich… Bachmann? The Guardian’s Michael Tomasky ranks Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District Rep. Michele Bachmann fifth in “America’s hall of shame.” Her suggestion that journalists should investigate whether Barack Obama and other members of Congress…

Cheney: ‘I was aware of’ waterboarding and ‘I supported it’

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.18.08 | 11:44 am

On ABC News Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged knowing about and approving of the torture technique known as waterboarding.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency in effect…

Video: Palin on the worst thing Cheney’s done (shoot a guy in the face)

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.03.08 | 10:39 am

CBS has released another clip of Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. The question, posed to both Palin and Joe Biden: What’s the best and worst thing Dick Cheney has done as vice president. “He has done more harm than…

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

By Paul Demko | 09.15.08 | 11:44 am

The Washington Post has a couple of extraordinary excerpts from Barton Gellman’s new book about Dick Cheney, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. It’s a captivating read, detailing how the Vice President and his small cadre of allies drove…

Video: Dick Cheney just flew in from Baghdad, and boy are his arms tired

By Steve Perry | 04.18.08 | 3:20 pm

On the same night that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tilted at windbags in Pennsylvania and the President supped with the Pope, Dick Cheney emerged from wherever it is Dick Cheney hides to regale attendees of the…

Pawlenty Can Become a Worthy Successor to Cheney

By Jeff Fecke | 06.25.07 | 10:15 am

Jeff FeckeThis past week has not been kind to the legacy of Dick Cheney.  First, we were treated to Cheney’s bizarre assertion that because the vice president has some executive branch duties and some legislative branch duties, that…

46% of America has been Duped

By Matt Martin | 09.06.06 | 12:27 pm

A new Zogby telephone poll focusing on national security issues was done over the weekend was done and I was startled by this result: