What was the over/under on when a major columnist demands that Bush or Cheney resign? Because it's time to pay up!
Mr. Cheney, Tear Down This Wall
http://select.nytimes.com/...
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: February 6, 2007
At the Republican National Convention in 2000 that nominated him for vice president, Dick Cheney told a rapturous crowd that Democrats "will offer more lectures, and legalisms, and carefully worded denials. We offer another way, a better way, and a stiff dose of truth."
Oh yeah, I remember that! More laughs after the jump!
Seems Kristof has woken up and has a few questions he'd like Cheney to answer:
Mr. Vice President, did you push Mr. Libby to dig into Joe Wilson’s background and discredit him?
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What did you mean when you wrote, in a note to Scott McClellan that has been entered into evidence, "not going to protect one staffer + sacrifice the guy the Pres. that was asked to stick his head in the meat grinder because of incompetence of others."
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When you discussed Joe Wilson with Mr. Libby on Air Force Two on July 12, 2003, what instructions did you give him?
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Mr. Cheney, on that plane, did you specifically tell Mr. Libby to leak to reporters the fact that Mr. Wilson’s wife worked at the C.I.A.?
Deborah Bond of the F.B.I. has testified that Mr. Libby acknowledged in one of his interviews that on that flight, he might have talked to you about whether to tell the news media about Valerie Wilson. So did he?
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During the leak investigation, were you aware that Mr. Libby was telling the F.B.I. apparently false information?
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Were you trying to cover up your own reliance on misinformation about Iraqi W.M.D. by blaming the C.I.A. and anybody else within range, like Mr. Wilson?
I’m not accusing you of committing a crime. But there are serious questions here, and you owe the nation not legalisms, but that "stiff dose of truth." If you continue to stonewall, then you don’t belong in office and you should resign.
Amen to that!