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Cheney shoots political enemy in the face
 By
John Breneman
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has shot former counterterrorism
chief Richard Clarke in the face, metaphorically.
The attack came Monday as Cheney continued his daring, 50-state
propaganda spree at the National Press Club in Washington,
D.C.
Asked about a recent Clarke op-ed piece critical of the administration,
Cheney said, "You know, Dick Clarke. Dick Clarke, who
was the head of the counterrorism program in the run-up to
9/11. He obviously missed it."
Pow.
Cheney's muzzle-load of bull-shot richocheted straight into
the face of every American, especially those who know that
Richard Clarke spent the months leading up to 9/11 carpet-bombing
the White House with messages warning of an al-Qaeda attack,
begging unresponsive Bush officials to take heed.
Cheney blasted away at Clarke despite a smoking-gun
paper trail of correspondence from the counterterrorism
boss, including:
"Bin Ladin Public Profile May Presage Attack" (May
3, 2001)
"Bin Ladin's Networks' Plans Advancing" (May 26)
"Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent" (June 23)
"Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats"
(June 25)
"Bin Ladin Planning High-Profile Attacks" (June
30)
"Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delays"
(July 2)
And finally, unable to interest the White House in this urgent,
imminent peril, Clarke emailed Condoleezza Rice on Sept. 4,
2001, asking, "Are we serious about dealing with the
al-Qaeda threat?"
When reminded by the moderator of Clarke's well-documented
warnings, Cheney -- after a brief pause during which he decided
not to shoot the moderator in the face -- pretended he didn't
remember and then fired off a punch line, saying, "That's
not my recollection, but I haven't read his book."
 Wow.
Cheney's magical revisionist history tour -- a series of
guerrilla TV appearances intended to cement his legacy as
America's spine-chilling, unrepentant torturer-in-chief --
is apparently having an impact.
As the truth continues to ooze out about the Cheney gang's
dark White House, polls show that 82% of Americans admit being
scared that Cheney might come to their house late at night
and strangle them in their sleep.
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2006
Posted on June 4, 2009 8:05 AM
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