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The Dowbrigade has long maintained that the George Bush Fairy Tale Presidency
\n was just that, and that after George’s bedtime the grownups come over
\n the house and truly do the nation’s bidness.<\/p>\n
It is clear to us that<\/a> Dick Cheney, On the other hand, until recently we believed that holding these opinions \n DICK CHENEY is the most powerful vice president in US history. Indeed, there Though Bush is already on record that he wants to keep Cheney as his from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dowbrigade has long maintained that the George Bush Fairy Tale Presidency was just that, and that after George’s bedtime the grownups come over the house and truly do the nation’s bidness. It is clear to us that Dick Cheney, … Continue reading
\n the putative VP normally found hanging by his heels at an "undisclosed
\n location" and as hard to pin down as a blob of mercury on a teflon trampoline,
\n is the
\n principal
\n power behind the throne, although it is conceivably true that he in turn
\n is merely fronting for a further ring of powers so shadowy that their
\n real names have never passed the lips of a single member of the press
\n or public.<\/p>\n
\n thrust up onto the outer fringes of American political discourse, with
\n the Area 51 Troopers and the Larouche Loonies. Well, check out Robert
\n Kutter’s featured editorial in today’s Boston Globe.<\/p>\n\n
\n is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that Cheney, not Bush, is the real
\n power at the White House and Bush the figurehead.<\/p>\n
\n running mate this November, I would not be at all surprised if Cheney
\n were dropped from the Republican ticket. For one thing, Cheney could
\n become a real liability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n