October 28, 2006

A YEAR LATER, CHENEY REPLIES -------- by Steve Nadis

In an interview earlier this week, Dick Cheney admitted that "for a while there, I was criticized for being the vice president of torture. We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in." Perhaps he was responding to a post that appeared in Call Me Snake on October 15, 2005 entitled "Vice President of Torture." Former CIA director Stansfield Turner called Cheney "vice president for torture" in an interview two days later (October 17, 2005) and a week after that, the Washington Post ran an editorial entitled "Vice President for Torture." So it appears, in refering to the "vice president OF torture" label (as opposed to the "vice president FOR torture" label), Cheney was responding to, and denying, the most serious charge of all--that leveled against him here at Call Me Snake.
Posted by Snake at 07:59:11 | Permanent Link | Comments (3) |
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1 - Snake, if Cheney invites you over to talk about your blog post over a friendly hunting trip... JUST SAY NO! (Comment this)

Written by: Flubberwinkle at 2006/10/28 - 08:52:32
2 - I think Mr Stansfield, & possibly even the Post may have been referring to it being a "torture" to work under the guy. Or maybe it being torture in knowing that he's a heartbeat away from heading up our Country.
Personally I find it tortuous (sic?) to think this blob even got to the point of political power that he HAS!
(Maybe he'll 'visit the Troops' & become a victim of his own devices...unexpectedly. ;) One can only dream...) (Comment this)

Written by: marco polo at 2006/10/28 - 09:17:07
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3 - Good advice, FW. You had me worried for awhile, Marco, when you referred to "this blob." But then I realized you meant that other guy, not this blog. (Comment this)

Written by: Snake at 2006/10/28 - 11:23:20
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