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Cheney: Bush’s actions legal if not impeached
Andrew McLemore
Raw Story
Monday, Jan 5, 2008
If you don’t get punished, you didn’t go anything wrong, right?
That’s the message Vice President Dick Cheney gave in an interview with CBS’ Bob Schieffer on Sunday, suggesting that a president’s actions are legal if those actions didn’t result in his impeachment.
Asked by Schieffer if he believed that anything the president does in time of war is legal, Cheney said there is “historic precedent of taking action that you wouldn’t take in peacetime.”
Cheney referenced Abraham Lincoln as an example of another president who “suspended the writ of habeus corpus” during a war, prompting this exchange:
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SCHIEFFER: But nobody thinks that was legal.
CHENEY: Well, no. It certainly was in the sense he wasn’t impeached. And it was a wartime measure that he took that I think history says today, yeah, that was probably a good thing to do.
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The vice president spent much of the interview defending eight years of the Bush administration’s policies, including its surveillance and interrogation programs.
When Schieffer asked if the Bush administration had gone “too far” in its surveillance program, Cheney said no.
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“I don’t believe we violated anybody’s civil liberties,” he said.
Cheney also urged President-elect Barack Obama to continue the Bush administration’s interrogation policies.
“I would hope [Obama] would avoid doing what others have done in the past, which is letting the campaign rhetoric guide his judgment in this absolutely crucial area,” Cheney said. “We were very careful, we did everything by the book, and in fact we produced very significant results.”
This video is from CBS’ Face the Nation, broadcast Jan. 4, 2008.
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January 5th, 2009 at 5:51 am
He’s like any other lizard, once he bakes in the sun a little he gets ornery and full of himself and his lies. This guy’s a pathetic joke and those who follow him deserve what’s coming to them. Just shows how far a Satan worshiping sadist with an IQ that’s barely treading water can get if he gets in with other priests of the goate demon cult. Give us a cheer Baphomet Baphomet…Hang em Horns!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 5:57 am
This is the “New Jersey Logic” which states that – at least in the Garden State – everything is legal as long as you don’t get caught.
A variant of this was claimed by Nixon who stated that if the president does it, it’s not illegal.
Look where that got him.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:36 am
CHENEYS SOUL IS MINE!!! HA HA HA HA HHHAAAAAAA
January 5th, 2009 at 6:39 am
If Obama follows the same rhetoric as Bush did I will confront as many African-Americans as I can to inform them that both wings of the bird are connected to one another. I will not tolerate another Bush presidency in with Obama’s.
Shit will hit the fan. Should we welcome immigrants to overthrow our government with us?
January 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Cheney is probably right on this one.
And that is exactly the reason why the Bush administration MUST be held accountable for their crimes.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Thanks George Zip. I agree with you completely.
http://prosecutegeorgebush.com/book.htm
January 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Cheney is just plain evilness. Evilness who speaks evilness.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:19 am
INFORMATION IS THE BEST WEAPON TO USE AGAINST THESE NEO-SCUM BASTARDS !!
IT’S TIME FOR ALL INFOWARRIORS TO STEP UP, STEP FORWARD, AND POLLUTE THE
WORLD WITH OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 1 LOVE !!!!!!!!!!!
TIME TO GIVE POWER BACK 2 THE PEOPLE, GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE, & GIVEN 4 THE PEOPLE
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January 5th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Cheney is correct in his arrogance because he, and the rest of the educated crimianals, know one thing about the American people that will dupe them into complacency to go along wiht whatever they want!! Here’s their magic (?)
The average american is an empty vessel ready to be filled with any image fed to them like Pavlov’s dog and then run off too really bad judgement.
I have to admire Cheney’s arrogance simply becuase he knows the american people will do nothing.
Sheeple People!!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 10:05 am
fuck you cheney. hey cheney, fuck you, fuck your mother, and fuck your father for fucking your mother. i spit in your face.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:07 am
The most disgusting and evil aspect of this psychopath is that he would ‘absolutely’ do it all again! Gawd or zero point field – HELP US!
January 5th, 2009 at 11:03 am
impeachbush.org
January 5th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Look at the evil grimace his face displays when the interview first begins while being questioned! This man is pure evil!
January 5th, 2009 at 11:11 am
#9 Shadoobie
You’re right. If Cheney, Bush and allthe other mf’s came out tomorrow and said “Yes we did 911 what the fuck are you going to do about it” ? You know what the answer would be. Also, who would prosecute them?
January 5th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I think the reason he is making this pitch has a lot to do with the change.gov site. Impeachment is one of the biggest areas people want addressed. They want investigations and trials. This wasn’t the change they wanted us to offer, but it is the change we are demanding. Or rather, beginning to demand. Let’s not let them win because we didn’t try hard enough. Peace, Jim
January 5th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Someone should tell this peice of shit that Lincolns war was in the U.S and NO abroad.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
The logic behind this crap that Cheney is spewing from his Evil mouth is absolutely unbelievable.
This would mean that any crime that is perpetrated and the criminal is not caught, they are not guilty of a crime and it’s ok.
The difference here is that Bush/Cheney and Co. have untold amount of co-conspirators that have been covering their asses for eight years now. Nancy Pelosi is a key conspirator that prevented the guilty from being Impeached from office and now Cheney is using that as proof that no crime has been committed.
When your government is guilty of such collusion and continue to perpetrate massive crimes against the country and the world as a whole, we are no longer obligated to follow their illegal and immoral decisions made against the will of the PEOPLE.
At what level do you abide by the laws of the land when the laws of the land have been turned against the very people of the land in question. If their laws have been turned against the people and they utilize the donations given in the form of TAXES against you, there is a moral and legal obligation to stop giving the donations since it is being used against you.
Ultimately, you are financing your own demise by feeding a corrupt government. There is proof of this right before your eyes, right now.
When the entire economic system is on the verge of collapse and the Congress refuses to forfeit their pay raises, should indicate to the people that there is a fundamental problem of corruption within the system of government that you now live in.
If you allow Congress to get their pay raises, this will be a sign that you do not care what your semi-elected congressmen do and will open the door for further corruption forever more.
I think all government pay raises should be approved by ONLY the voting public since we are paying their paychecks and if they do not perform, we should be able to reduce their allotment of taxpayer funded money. This is why they ALL need to be fired and new rules be placed to prevent corruption of the entire system.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
This should be an indicator to the world that they are so confident that their NWO system is to the point of completion that they are now completely and totally ABOVE THE LAW.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Wide is the road…
January 5th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
When you think about what is happening, you come to the obvious conclusion that they know that “Something” is going to happen very soon that will take what few rights we have left and turn them over to the “State” to keep you “Safe”.
This is why they are admitting what crimes they have committed because there is not enough time to even think about prosecuting them for their crimes and they know it!
GET READY!
January 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Bad is only bad if you get caught?
The Federal Reserve System is only guilty of fraud and treason if they are charged with these crimes?
The Bush is only a war criminal if someone puts him on trial?
Those who enforce the law are above the law and therefore immune to committing a crime. Those who maintain power and win wars decide what was right and what was wrong.
Is there no standard any more?
Criminals run your society and all you have to do to dissolve their power is to stop using their money. The money is the control mechanism that keeps all of us economically enslaved. When we stop using the currency that they supply to us, the Federal Reserve will dissolve and the politicians they employ will be out of a job.
Don’t fight the system:
Replace it
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January 5th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
lol @ Dick Cheney having a straight face.
9-20 million in Can/US on terror watch list.
The entire population of some of the places THEY(cia) recruit terrorists from dpnt even have that as a TOTAL population.
9 million little crazy jihads runnin around they better survail? in Can and US? lol no, its us.
Right now as you read this the tigers in the long grass are reeling at the fact that we are burning thier cover down from the outside in.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Law is only law when it’s being enforced…
If the government fails to enforce the law then the people have the duty to dispose of said government…that is…if they care about particular laws being enforced.
So, when they (current administration) get away with the long list crimes committed and the people take no action…then…yes…it has become legal…and…the people have taken over responsibility for this administration…
January 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Jim Lunsford,
I have been waiting for you to post so I can ask you a very important question,
A friend of mine went to a regular monthly dr’s appointment the other day to get a prescription filled for arthritis in his shoulder,Well for some reason,this doctor gave him a drug test unannounced to my friend and told him he checked positive for marijuana,he also told my friend that if he tested positive again,”Something would have to be done”and he would turn him in for narcotics use,my question to you is;
Isn’t the doctor performing a drug test on you something that “YOU” yourself have to “SUBMIT” to?
And also,isn’t this a violation of doctor/patient confidentiality?Despite being completely un- Constitutional!!!
And finally,is there a legal action that can be taken against this doctor to show him that Fascism will not be tolerated in America?
My friend said the doctor acted as if he was going to report him to the authority.
I trust your opinion a lot Jim as you seem to be one of the more intelligent people that come to PP.I will be patiently waiting for your reply.
INFERNO
January 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Mr.Neocon
January 5th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Take the ill-gotten-gains of these evil persons: Bush family and Cheney family! They are just passive gnats that are buffetted about by the winds of change stirred by the truly powerful! However, they should be accountable for their psrt in this mess. Then again so should the general population of the USA sitting on their hands and filling their pockets during the good times and hiding in bad times.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
i believe it was the great philosopher Tom Petty who said “in jersey, everything’s legal as long as you dont get caught.”
January 6th, 2009 at 4:58 am
darth cheney wouldn’t know a civil liberty if it shot him in the face!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:07 am
The USA has turned into the largest Hypocracy in the world. Israel, the second largest. UK third. Mexico, fourth..
January 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am
FCUK THOSE NEO-SCUM MUTHAFUKAZ, BOY BUSH & O”BAAAA”MA BIN LADEN TOO !!
INFOWARRIORS ? STEP-UP TO THE FRONTLINE, & LET’S COMMENCE OUR INFOWAR !!!
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January 6th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Its amazing, this man stands in front of a TV monitor addressing the nation and tells one lie after another. The sad thing about it, he knows hes lying, the American public knows hes lying
and the media knows hes lying. I guess his philosophy is if I got away with it for 8 years why stop now. As a matter of fact Cheney and Bush could not stop lying if they wanted to because they don’t know anything else. Everything that these two bums achieved was built on a foundation of corruption. The one thing that separates these 2 clowns from most other criminals is that Bush and Cheney have no limits both men are morally bankrupt and as evil as sin.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
fuck you cheney
war-mongering piece of shit….
January 6th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Yeah but didn’t they make sure he could never be accused of war crimes in 2006 , Even if people want to impeach him they couldn’t …….S-C-U-M B-A-G-S!Hes such a fuckin liar errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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January 7th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
What Cheney is actually saying if you can’t do anything about it I got the right to do it. This has been the philosophy of the white house since these two criminals have taken office. The bullied congress and senate are to scared and worried about there jobs to have taken action against
these two imposter’s that called themselves president and vice president. Bush came right out and admitted that false information was used to engage in war, this according to American law this is a capital offense, yet the congress and senate took no action against these two Nazis
and funded him further to continue the war in Iraq. As he continued to destroy the economy
and allow millions of illegals to jump the border all Nancy Pelosi could say impeachment is off the table, why don’t this pile shit go back to where she came from.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Cheney is the embodiment of evil. No surprise the Bush crime family brought him to “work” with them, from HW pedaphile to GW sodomite. This just underscores how far the US has fallen into tyranny. If the Republic was working as it was designed by the founders, Cheney and guys like him would be serving hard time, if not hanged for treason.