With all the things there are spread out on the table to indict Dick Cheney, who woulda thunk it would be a Grand Jury in Willacy County, Texas to be first in line? But here we go, as bugscuffle informs us in a blog entitled, Dick Cheney Indicted! (It’s real, w/updates!!)
This also shows something else: It’s going to be harder than he thought for Bush to keep his co-conspirators out of jail. Who knew that Willacy County would be the first to indict Cheney? Bush will probably pardon him, but he can’t possibly give a blank pardon for all possible crimes without admitting specific guilt, can he?
The long loop of Karma is now heading Dick Cheney’s way. Have a nice day, Dick! Enjoy your retirement! But watch out: Karma can be a bitch.
Update: Here at the Lake, RevDeb’s comment on this subject appeared at 3:17– see also comments on her comments by BargainCountertenor November 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
@ 34 worth consulting.
Perris also wrote on this subject here at Oxdown, but TPM has doubts about this story. Perris has acknowledged the TPM story as well in the comments on his thread.
Update II: Ian Welsh is up with a diary on this over at the Mother Ship. He has added a videolink to a local news story with more local info indicating this story is having real consequences, causing two local judges to step down temporarily from the bench in the middle of trials. The exact charges against Cheney have not yet been released.
Update III: Bugscuffle us up to his(?) 10th update now. More updates are expected when the details of the indictment are released.
Bob in HI
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actually bob, I think that you are up first since my post is on top of yours, your’s is almost definately the first diary on this
I therefore owe you the beverage of your choice
Thanks Bob!
Thanks, but RevDeb beat both of us with a comment on another thread over at the mother ship (see first update).
And I don’t know where you saw the story first, but I saw it over at DailyKos in a blog by Bugscuffle , who is now up to his 10th update on this story.
Bob in HI
Good stuff Bob, thank you!
Update IV:
Over at TalkLeft, TChris posted on Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 11:07:47 PM EST this bit about the indictment:
TChris concludes, somewhat skeptically, that
Bob in HI
Oops! Preview is my friend. Here’s the link for the TalkLeft blog by TChris.
May they roast in peace!
better they should roast in peas. With winter root vegetables, served with a white wine deglaze sauce, and a schadenfreude couli.
Update V:
RockPaperScizzors, on November 19th, 2008 at 11:38 am, quoted a dispatch from Reuters dated Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:49am EST on this story, adding this detail:
This indictment has also been the subject of a CNN news brief.
Bob in HI
Update VI:
A dispatch from AFP, under the heading “Texas jury indicts Cheney, Gonzalez in prison abuse case,” reports that the indictment was three pages, but Cheney’s indictment is only one of many parts of this indictment.
I’m waiting for the full indictment to be made public, and for a judge to sign off on it.
Bob in HI