Cheney is gonna take the HIT, but they better do it fast.

[hang a left]

OK I think I have it figured out. Mc Cain came out and said last week "The pResident did not distort intelligence." Or some smelly bs like that. That is because the vice satanist did. Cheney is gonna go down for outing Plame. He will resign. Then the whitewash of an intelligence investigation is going to leak all the OSP, Cheney cherry picker stuff. Supreme Court is gonna demand the energy papers be released and then we will find out that Cheney was carving up Iraq the day he went to DC. Cheney is gonna be the fallguy for every rotten thing the administration has ever done.

I didn't mention that Whistle is gonna appoint Mc Cain as his veep. Then if that doesn't move them in the polls, something will happen to dumbya, assasignation or resignation. Then Mc Cain becomes the sitting President and appoints ? as his veep. This is the only chance they have of keeping repubs in the oval.

Don't mind me I don foil for every occaision.

[randr]

1. You are probably mostly right

except that Dick is still in charge.

[ewagner]

2. I'll put on my foil too

It does appear that Cheney is getting most of the heat and the way these Repubs parse words is something to pay close attention to.

The thing I can't figure out is this: Cheney is supposed to be the brains of the outfit. What will Dubya do without his brain? Who will call the shots then?

[AlinPA]

3. If Rove & Co would go as far as to kick out Cheney, Powell would

be put on the ticket. Or Guiliani. Either would help Bush*.

[displacedtexan]

4. I've thought this for quite a while.

Cheney falls on his sword (with a little help from his 'friends'), W appoints McCain VP before the election, W either gets fragged or he resigns, McCain appoints Frist, and the circle is unbroken... however, this strategy proved fatal in the Nixonian 70's era.

Surely, repukes aren't stupid enough to try this again.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Those who refuse to learn from history...(nt)

[rwork]

5. I wondered why

McCain would criticize bush* over his handling of the Iraq war and then go to New Hamshire and campaign for him. Even after what bush* did to him in S. Carolina. The pieces are starting to fit together.

[ClintonTyree]

6. Most intelligent people..............

realize that Cheney is Bush's brain though. If they didn't before this scenario unraveled, they certainly would after. The press, smelling blood in the water (the ONLY time they do their jobs) would have a field day with this. Every American would be exposed to the Cheney/Bush's brain facts and the Chimp will not remain unscathed. He'll get much dirt thrown on him, and it will stick.

[sidwill]

7. I disagree

With the premise that Cheney voluntarily steps down.

If you subscribe to the belief that Cheney in fact IS the brains and real power behind Presindent chimpy, then I believe that Cheney would not go willingly into that good night.

Cheney will stick, and present a nice big fat juicy target for the DEmocrats.

[hang a left]

8. Do you really think that Cheney doesn't have masters?

That Dickhead is the only one running this country? Who is/are really behind the curtain? Do you think that they are household names?

[ClintonTyree]

9. Cheney...............

serves his corporate masters. However Cheney IS one of the corporate masters, therefore making him part of the beast itself. He embodies all that is evil in corporate America. He's their poster child.
There are many corporate devils that sway the politics of this country, but none are willing to expose themselves to the degree that Cheney has.
I agree somewhat though, if you chop off the head of the beast it will surely grow a new one. He's replaceable.

[Lindsey]

10. I think he will resign because

he knows that the Valerie Plame outing is forthcoming. My hope and my greatest fantasy is to see Cheney in an organge jumpsuit after being found guily of treason. America has had a lot of firsts and him being the first former V.P. to do jail time is my greatest hope. As far at who * will appoint as his V.P., If I had to bet, it'd probably be McCain (although I think that they diagree on a lot). At this point, I really don't know.

[Stephanie]

17. What an inspiring vision!

Cheney in an orange jumpsuit. I'm going to use that image to cheer myself up from now on. I want to see Cheney frog marched out of the WH in handcuffs!

[StClone]

12. Cheney's Health Issues

Will arise before anything politcally bad happens and that will be the first move in the 'changing of the V.P. gambit' to save Bush re-Selection.

[Jose Diablo]

13. Yep, this is the only way the repub party can survive n/t

[catmandu57]

14. Health issues real or imagined

contrived actually will be given as the excuse for retirement, then w* will issue a blanket pardon for chaindrive, and install mccain as vp.
When I saw mccain shilling for the chimp* bought and paid for were the first words that came to mind.
There's enough people out here who remember this ploy from nixon, I don't believe it's going to work.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

15. bush family s.o.p. - dead men tell no tales

do you really think cheney will be around for questioning under oath?

[On the Road]

16. Cheney Fall on His Sword?

That would be contrary to everthing he's done for the last three years. His modus operandi has been: deny, deny, deny, stonewall, stonewall, stonewall.

After reading Paul O'Neill's descriptions of Bush cabinet meetings, I would find it difficult to believe that Bush would force Cheney to resign.

Of course, if Cheney's health problems are serious enough, it's possible that he would want to go anyway.

[RobinA]

18. If, and Only If

things start looking really ugly, Cheney declines to be on the 2004 ticket due to health reasons. But that's only provided there's somebody in some position of power in the Repub party who is still capable of recognizing reality. But there's another issue. Piss Cheney off and maybe he starts spilling O'Neill-style.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

19. My theory

Cheney will announce that he won't be on the ticket in 2004, citing his health and the ever-popular "desire to spend more time with my family." He will then return to Halliburton as a management consultant, and his work location will be (conventiently) in a country that has no extradition treaty with the United States - or one that limits extradition to violent offenders.