Gergen Defends Cheney: "Unimaginable that Cheney would break the law"

http://www.presstitutes.com/presstitutes/2005/10/david_gergen_st.html

On Hardball (10/18), David Gergen stands up for Dick Cheney: "It's unimaginable that Cheney would be involved in violations of the law." And here's Gergen on Bush a few weeks ago: "Bush deserves a lot more political credit than he's gotten for the Roberts pick."

Here's a portion of Gergen's bio: "David Gergen currently serves as editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report. He is a professor of public service and the director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Gergen also regularly serves as an analyst on various news shows, and he is a frequent lecturer at venues around the world."

Can't seem to find the part about Gergen being "Bush administration defender-in-chief."

American taxpayers

And I'm the Easter Bunny.

and the Easter Bunny too? :bounce:

liability from asbestos damage to workers would find a way
to get out of it by claiming that it was the greedy trial lawyers
fault and his company should not pay. Meanwhile the people
die of mesotheloma (sp?) as they drown in their own fluids.

Sure dick is a great guy. :puke:

These level of corruption couldn't have happened without the media's consent.

Cheney Lobbied Congress To Ease Sanctions Against Terrorist Countries While He Was CEO Of Halliburton
by Jason Leopold

Vice President Dick Cheney is a bad guy. He can toss around the F-word all he wants in response to the criticism directed at him as a result of his close ties to Halliburton, the company he headed from 1995-2000, but he can’t hide from the truth.

It was Cheney who urged Congress in 1996 to ease sanctions against Iran, a country that’s part of President Bush’s axis of evil, so Halliburton could legitimately do business there.

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In 1995, Halliburton paid a $1.2 million fine to the U.S. government and $2.61 million in civil penalties for violating a U.S. trade embargo by shipping oilfield equipment to Libya. Federal officials said some of the well servicing equipment sent to Libya by Halliburton between late 1987 and early 1990 could have been used in the development of nuclear weapons. President Reagan imposed the embargo against Libya in 1986 because of alleged links to international terrorism.

But the fact that Halliburton may have unwillingly helped Libya obtain a crucial component to build an atomic bomb only made Cheney push the Clinton administration harder to support trade with Libya and Iran.

more...

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0722-02.htm

Zero credibility.

If he says stuff like this now, he can easily say, I am shocked to hear such disturbing news! If he says anything that leans toward believing the WH screwed up, it looks like he's made a judgement before all the information was known.

He included some photos

It's all about expectations. No way could Cheney be involved.

then WAHM, when he's indicted it's all that much worse.

IIRC, the Republicans set the bar so low for Bush in the debates that so long as he didn't drool and then droip to the floor in a fetal postion while shitting himself, he won.

That's what Gergen has done, he set the bar low.

from Gergen about Tricky Dick in 1973.

was a traitor."

:evilgrin:

was interesting - Something like "There is a lot of mystery in this case.." and then referring to 'redacted' parts of Fitzgerald's pleadings (I'm assuming in the brief before the court re: Miller's testimony)
Gergen seemed troubled by this - that there could be major serious events yet to be revealed. - Kind of perked me up!

What is the big mystery here, something not yet discussed by the press? hmmmmmm

have been involved in a conspiracy to out Valarie Plame, but then stops short of accusing him.

The underlying message is:"A person with Cheney's power would more-than-likely make a move against Plame/Wilson, but I'm not saying it".

I always wondered if he 'helped' create a negative Clinton image

from one of the many sites on Gergen

Gergen is among the nation’s leading commentators on the presidency, an editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Reports, and a faculty member of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also serves as a regular analyst on ABC TV’s "Nightline." His recently published book, Eyewitness to Power, is an excellent account of experiences with presidents from Nixon though Clinton. Gergen served as an advisor to former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.

A native of Durham, NC, Gergen is an honors graduate of Yale University, where he earned his A.B. in 1963, and the Harvard Law School, where he earned his LL.B. in 1967.

If it's Cheney vs. the law, then obviously the law must be in the wrong.

Now, let's mull this over all the way to Cheney's resignation, or impeachment and conviction.

Darth Cheney may yet get to show that he's a man of his conviction -- if not of his convictions. ;-)

reveals much about Mr. Gergen ...


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Q Do you have an answer to my question from yesterday about all-male clubs?

MS. MYERS: I have a sort of slightly related announcement, actually. In keeping with White House tradition, Mr. Gergen is going to resign from a variety of -- wait a second --

Q Ooooh. (Laughter.)

Q What other clubs --

MS. MYERS: Here it is -- with -- (laughter) -- now, don't be jumping to any conclusions here. From nonprofit boards, public policy and social organizations, commissions and study group including: the American Committee for Aid to Poland, the American Assembly, the Aspen Institute --

Q Can you slow down please?

Q Can we have a list?

MS. MYERS: Certainly. Yes, I can give you a list.

Q You're not out of the A's yet. (Laughter.)

MS. MYERS: I know. I know. This is a long list. (Laughter.) He's a busy guy. Duke University School of Public Policy, International Media Fund, National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Smithsonian Council, the University of Maryland Board of Visitors, Very Special Arts Foundation, the Washington Campus, the Bohemian Grove Council. (Laughter.) Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission. (Laughter.) The Aspen Institute, the Commission on Strengthening of America, the Nunn-Domenici Commission, and the Johnson Foundation Committee on Higher Education.

Q And he won't eat at Denny's either. (Laughter.)


~snip~ much more
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/061093-press-briefing-by-dee-dee-myers.htm