PREDICTION FOR 2007: CHENEY WILL RESIGN

[Yavin4]

By this time next year, Cheney will resign from office. In 2007, there will be several eye-opening hearings showing that Cheney directly manipulated intelligence in order to make the case for war in Iraq. Faced with a potential criminal indictment, Cheney will offer to resign.

[hippiechick]

1. Who's Cheaney ?

:shrug: Or are you referring to Dick CHENEY, the current Vice President?

[Eurobabe]

2. Spell it right dammit, it's CHAIN-KNEE or

Crashcart!

[Skittles]

3. Cheney has to be tired of having his hand up bush's puppet ass

now that the puppet has lost all illusion of power

[Stephanie]

4. I second that. He's the Last Neocon Standing.

He's got to go. He knows it, too. He's already bought his retirement estate in MD. He closed on it during Katrina week.

[deepthought42]

15. AH NO!!! GET HIM OUT OF MY STATE!!!

Ewwww... I feel scared now... :hide:

[Stephanie]

20. He got a place next to Rumsfeld's.

Rumsfeld's estate is Mount Misery. No joke.

[deepthought42]

32. I'm going to cry...

I also feel like I need a shower... :puke:

[Kelly Rupert]

5. Criminal indictment?

Cherry-picking your intelligence to mislead Congress isn't illegal, as far as I know.

[Yavin4]

11. Deliberately Altering Intelligence Information

is indeed a felony. Don't forget that we will finally get to the bottom of the Plame affair.

[Kelly Rupert]

14. I don't believe we have proof they altered anything.

As far as I know, all they did was selectively present the information that supported their case, and failed to disclose the overwhelming majority of information, which would have shown otherwise.

[screembloodymurder]

6. Already made this prediction.

And I predicted Rumsfeld's resignation in late August. I thought it would be in September, but when Hillary dissed Rummy in the Senate hearings, she made it difficult for Bush to remove him without looking weak before his Hillary hating Ditto heads. It was a brilliant move by Hillary and may have won the Democrats congress.

[MaineDem]

19. You and me both

I said this back in 2004 during the campaign. I actually didn't think Cheney would last through the first year of a second administration, to be honest.

Bush will need to do something to give a leg up to the heir apparent.

[IndyOp]

7. Cheney will not resign because he has broken laws -- he will resign

because the R's need someone in the VP office who can run for President in 2008.

Cheney was a dark horse candidate for VP in 2000 -- because he was so much older than Bush. Soon he will resign - due to health reasons - and a moderate Republican will be named for VP by Bush. Which moderate Republican? I am betting on Arlen "Magic Bullet" Spector or maybe George Felix Allen.

If the R's have a moderate R in office - who isn't attached to any illegal activity - then he will be a viable candidate in 2008.

:kick:

[Oreo]

8. Agreed

But Specter and Allen wouldn't be the choice.

Romney or McCain would be my bet

[IndyOp]

10. McCain is looking painfully old these days -- or is it just my

perception? I don't know a thing about Romney except he just lost to Deval Patrick. Maybe it will be an unknown moderate R...

:shrug:

[elperromagico]

24. Romney didn't lose to Deval Patrick,

though he probably would have, considering his low approval ratings.

Romney's lieutenant governor was the recipient of that particular ass-handing.

[demnan]

16. I don't think it will be Allen

I hear he can't even get a job as lobbyist. If anything he's more hated than Bush!

[NewJeffCT]

23. It would be Giuliani

Giuliani has been a loyal Bush guy since 9/11 and has a tremendous appeal in the "heartland" and to moderates elsewhere.

Rudy has also gotten the endorsement of fundie Pat Robertson, which should help him against McCain, who has no base inside the party.

[Tom Joad]

9. No, what investigations? The Dems will be "working hand in hand with the

President" to bring about eventual end to the occupation of Iraq (at least by 2012).
Impeachment is "off the table".

The Dems will confront the President on making sure College Students get better loans, and minimum wage is raised at least 18 cents...

[MoonRiver]

12. I think he and * will both agree to resign in return for immunity against prosecution.

Assuming, which I am, that Dems hold very comprehensive and open public investigations, they will have absolutely NO choice in the matter.

[Doosy]

13. Then who'd be veep?

[Imagevision]

17. who'd be veep? --> enter Rice, just in time and Cheney won't wait a year, GOP can't afford it

[Imagevision]

18. With Bush's probs rising daily, this is an ideal time for Cheney's heart to start "acting" up

[Tansy_Gold]

22. Won't be Condi, won't be McCain, imho

Romney would be a better choice for political reasons.

As I've been saying rather often the past few days, the choice of Cheney (by Cheney, no less) for VP in '00 did not present a template for succession and therefore it made no sense unless it was seen in the perspective of an eventual resignation and appointment of someone else. So the notion of Cheney resigning -- for health or other reasons -- in 07 makes perfect sense.

McCain is too old, older than Cheney, and he has had health problems. I seriously don't think he could stand up to the physical stress of a full-fledged campaign and I therefore don't think he'll be around the race much longer. He's not good "heir" material.

The southern core of the current GOP would never stand for a black person on the ticket, much less a black woman, no matter what her politics. Condi has gone as far as she can go. If she were actually appointed to finish out a Cheney term, she would not make it through the process to be nominated as the GOP prez candidate in 08. It simply (imho, of course) wouldn't happen.

Allen, in light of the close loss to Webb, might have a chance, but Romney, as a former governor, is better. Frist might have been another possibility, but his withdrawal from 08 consideration would probably exclude him.

And I would hope that if someone put Jebbie in there, there would be rioting in the streets. But I don't put anything out of the realm of possibility.

What we're seeing, I believe, is a silent but potentially deadly behind-the-scenes tug-of-war between the 41 and 43 camps. Cheney is firmly committed to the boy king, and if he resigns, I think we can take that as a sign that the 41 crowd has triumphed.

But we shall see. . . . .


Tansy Gold

[Cleita]

29. There's a rumor that it will be Colin Powell. n/t

[Tansy_Gold]

31. No, not Powell

Powell is struggling to rehabilitate himself after whoring for the boooshies for so long. If he put out for them now, he'd lose all semblance of respectability. I suspect that he is more interested in his personal legacy and his personal reputation than any future shot at vp or the #1 spot.

But I could be wrong. Perhaps once a whore, always a whore.


TG

[Independent_Liberal]

21. I think he'll resign at the beginning of January.

Around the time when Libby's trial begins. Bush will be forced to appoint a new VP. Then by this time next year, Bush will resign and the VP will become President and get to appoint his own VP.

[conscious evolution]

25. I say he will either resign or

be impeached before summer.He is currently being investigated for Bribery and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations during his time as CEO of Haliburton.Also his activityies concerning the LogCap contracts between DOD and Haliburton are also going to be brought up by Waxman and others as soon as the take control of their committees come Jan.
you want to see whats up read the journals of CorpGovActivist and Idesof October here on DU.These two guys are in the thick of a concerted effort to bring down Bushco.

[Independent_Liberal]

26. That's right, Halliburton and KBR are under serious scrutiny...

...by the DOJ and SEC. Several whistleblowers are coming forward. It's possible that some employees may be brought up on RICO charges. A few other investigations that lead directly back to Cheney include Fitzgerald's Plame investigation, the AIPAC investigation and the Leandro Aragoncillo FBI spy probe. Treason, espionage, conspiracy and fraud. Let's not forget the Energy Task Force either.

[conscious evolution]

27. Hal and KBR's own SEC filings

say they are up the proverbial creek! http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000119312506236315/ds1a.htm#rom71894_2
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000370/kbrentersmaterialagmt.htm

[Dinger]

28. I Bet He Won't Be The Only One (nt)

[Strelnikov_]

30. You Don't Know The Power Of The Dark Side

[ronnykmarshall]

33. Hope you're right.

It would sure be interesting if he did quit.