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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst Cheney, now Rove, throwing Bush under the bus
Something is up. Why would Cheney and Rover implicate Bush in directly authorizing torture when they protected him from this accusation consistently during Bush's presidency?
Do they know something? Are they setting him up to take a fall or do they know he can't be prosecuted for some reason and if he takes the blame it shields everyone else?
Thoughts?
louis-t
(23,288 posts)I'm sure Rove had to put up with a lot of abuse over the years. They think he's an entitled little prick who doesn't deserve his money or position. They figure, on the slight chance they're going down, they're taking him down, too.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)The Shrub is the ultimate "insider" you know, in the Bush Crime Family.
These folks don't worry too much about being arrested for anything really.
Which I guess supports the "they know he can't be prosecuted" hypothesis.
spanone
(135,815 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)for the nitwit who wouldn't get hired at McDonald's...in a way he's right, and we forget Rove left after 6 years...didn't stick it out until the end...something happened between him and Dumbo.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)and of course Rumsfeld resigned.
I think Bush realized that he'd been used by the neocons.Pity he didn't notice that Wall Street had it's own plans in store for us next...
arcane1
(38,613 posts)That always felt odd to me, like he was getting back at someone with that.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Probably resented being used...
watrwefitinfor
(1,399 posts)and cleaned house, hoping to save shrub's "legacy" and what was left of the country.
Failed on both counts, I fear.
Wat
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)However I think Bush was out of the loop to some extent. This was Cheney's project. I remember reading that he chaired the meetings.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)finish the sentence.
These friends are rats who have no conscience. I think Bush does have one but was never qualified to be president. Not curious enough and too trusting.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)he was easy to control, and now it will be easy to lay all the blame at his feet.
The guy was just a moron frat boy...
Reter
(2,188 posts)Cheney begged bush to start another war in his second term (I think with Iran), and even Bush wouldn't have it. I think Cheney is still pissed.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)thats why Bush sidelined him when he figured out what was going on.