The Cheney story is over claims George Stephanoponus on abc

[rodeodance]

earlier this morning.

[JNelson6563]

1. Shut-up George.

Again George doesn't know what he's talking about.

[blueknight]

2. as it should be!

they WANT us to keep talking about this kind of stuff. it keeps the focus off prisoner abuse, spying,abrahmoff etc.

[marions ghost]

28. no, they dont want us to keep talking about it

is my impression. Lots of messages that "it's over" is a dead giveaway to squelching. Otherwise you just let it die a natural death.

[BlueManDude]

18. A nice townhouse in Georgetown and lunch at The Hay-Adams

George is fat and happy - why rock the boat, or the gravy train for that matter (or is it the gravy boat?).

[mmonk]

3. Must be something to it then.

[peekaloo]

4. Today Show called it a closed case.

Dick feels bad. Bu$h is "satisfied".

All is forgiven.

:eyes:

[mwb970]

5. It's over when *we* say it's over.

It ain't over.

[madokie]

22. You got that, I'll be screeming at the top of my lungs until we have this

whole cabal at the world court. followed shortly by orange jumpsuits.

[babylonsister]

6. Tweety on Imus this a.m. said he's going to keep hammering

away on it due to so many inconsistencies. We'll see...
I do agree this is taking a lot of much-needed attention away from
more pressing problems and issues.

[neoblues]

7. Stephanodildous is just wishful guessing

If by some miracle he's right, he'll finally have gotten something right! He'd be able to crow about that for months. One the other hand, no one takes him seriously so he's not hurt by making erroneous statements.

[AverageJoe]

8. G.S. is a republican shill

but hell, he might be right. I've come to believe * and his cronies could walk down the street dipping the flesh of dead babies in runny monkey shit and eating it like KFC, all the while shooting AK-47s into a nearby kindergarten and the only consequences they would face would be an admiring media gushing about their manly competence and 38-41 percent of the American populace pledging allegiance to their satanic masters.

If it weren't for DU, I think I might lose my mind.

[mrbill]

9. no it's not over...............

this little incident has shown all my right-winger "friends" that cheney is a complete dumbass dipshit.

he flunked responsible hunter 101, totally unforgivable in these parts.

in my fantasy museum there's the blue dress and dick's shotgun.

[leveymg]

10. The propaganda cycle now moves to the next stage:

trial balloons for replacement Veeps. Noonan in the WSJ speaks for Poppy: Dick's a liability. Allen has already showed his hand, there's been a lot of discussion about McCain, and the rest of the pack will emerge in the next few weeks.

BTW: Here's the headline at the WaPo: "Cheney's Case Closed"

[leftchick]

11. are you kidding me?

at the WaPo? :argh:

[leveymg]

17. I Kid You Not

Look down the Front Page to the little box on the right, More Headlines:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm?reload=true

Of course, the story is actually about the local Sheriff's investigation, but the message is clear. The WaPo headline writer and George drink the same Kool-aid.

[DancingBear]

26. Oh, they had a wondeful article on Cheney in today's paper

Centered around the fact the fact that he wore a pink tie for his Fox "interview.".

They say it "humanized" him, made him look warmer and contrite.

I fucking kid you not.

I swear I don't know how long I can stay here...

[marions ghost]

29. Re. The Humanizing of Darth

:puke: and :rofl:

He'll need more than pink ties before it's all over.

[leftchick]

34. me either DB

my husband and I talk about this daily. He is still resisting for now. I ask him "how fucking bad does it have to get"???? :(

[Tyler Durden]

12. It's ALL OVER kids. EVERYTHING is over.

Doesn't mean I'll quit talking, debating, or working for change; just means I'll doing a "Mormon" and stocking up on canned goods, bottled water, and shotgun shells.

Personally, I firmly believe it will be the NEW AMERIKKKAN EMPIRE, or 1917, "American Style," Neither of which I find attractive.

[leveymg]

23. There's an excellent but very gloomy article over at DKos

that parallels your fears. "The October Surprise" I don't agree that it it will work out that way, but read it and let me know what you think.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/17/32716/0303

[leveymg]

25. But, then read this one.

The Hell is only starting for Dick Cheney. This is just the beginning of the takedown. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=450700&mesg_id=450700

[Tyler Durden]

32. Probably the end of "Scooter."

Ol' "Scoot" is likely to get the call from Dick anyday...

"Hey, Scoot! How's THE WIFE AND KIDS? Ain't seen THE WIFE AND KIDS lately. Hope all is well with THE WIFE AND KIDS."

[Tyler Durden]

33. Sure, why not?

Hey, if they free up all those TROOPS, they can make sure none a' them thar TERRARISTS disrupts our holy GOD FEARIN' ELECTION THINGY.

What do you think will happen if all those NRA folks finally figure out that once they sign up for a CCW, they've put their name, address, phone number and SSN on a HIT LIST? That will make a WWF Cage tag team look like Ding Dong School.

[dogday]

13. Tell that to Poor ole Harry who is still

in the hospital with bird shot all over his face......

[gratuitous]

14. I wonder if Stephanopolous would feel the same way if . . .

Cheney had blasted Mrs. Stephanopolous in the face with a shotgun and then gone to cocktails and dinner for 14 hours? I mean, as long as he was forced four days later to grudgingly admit in a canned interview before a friendly questioner that he felt just terrible about the whole thing?

I wonder if that would be a good enough explanation for George then? And if it wouldn't be satisfactory behavior from Cheney if the victim had been his wife, why is George so anxious to grant Cheney absolution otherwise?

[BlueManDude]

15. Thanks George n/t

[sadiesworld]

16. If the media is going to continue to pretend that they are

pounding Cheney("see what big ole liberal meanies we are") while ignoring the tough questions about possible alcohol involvement, lobbying connections, story inconsistencies, etc., they might as well dispense with the issue, IMO.

[Vanje]

19. George Stephanoponus has his finger on the pulse of the nation.

Either that or he's an asswipe.
I get the two things mixed up all the time.

[txindy]

30. George S. has his finger up his nose.

Desperately searching for his brain cell. And I'm not mixed up about that, one bit. :evilgrin:

[Thtwudbeme]

20. Did anyone ever read his book? He is a nervous wreck, and has

no idea what he believes in.

Someone always has to issue him an opinion. Fortunately, he's in the right profession for that to happen. He would have been good in the military too-

[Catchawave]

24. Michael J. Fox based his character

on George S. in the movie The American President. Great movie!

[johnnie]

21. Ummm

Which one? :shrug:

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

27. I remember when the government was used to investigate

Clinton's underpants, then George thought nobody should be above the law and there should be no secrets withheld from the press.

But obviously now Cheney can be above the law and as secretive as he wants, whether it's war or exposing a spy or covering up an accidental shooting or meeting with oil executives in secret or whatever.

Makes so much sense.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

31. I mean my grandma used to wear less obvious patterns on the

muu-muus she bought at the five and dime store, but somehow George and the others just can't see the pattern here. Right.

[Raster]

35. george is a prestitute. period. he gave up any legitimate journalistic

cred long ago. Just another main stream media prestitute spouting the party line.

[mac56]

36. That's how you know it's NOT OVER.

nm