"The hallmark of the Dick Cheney administration is its illegitimacy."

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Clickable story at site.

http://warandpiece.com/

Worth reading: Sid Blumenthal on Cheney:

The hallmark of the Dick Cheney administration is its illegitimacy. Its essential method is bypassing established lines of authority; its goal is the concentration of unaccountable presidential power. When it matters, the regular operations of the CIA, Defense Department and State Department have been sidelined.

Richard Nixon is the model, but with modifications. In the Nixon administration, the president was the prime mover, present at the creation of his own options, attentive to detail, and conscious of their consequences. In the Cheney administration, the president is volatile but passive, firm but malleable, presiding but absent. Once his complicity has been arranged, a closely held "cabal" -- as Lawrence Wilkerson, once chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, calls it -- wields control.

Within the White House, the office of the vice president is the strategic center. The National Security Council has been demoted to enabler and implementer. Systems of off-line operations have been laid to evade professional analysis and a responsible chain of command. Those who attempt to fulfill their duties in the old ways have been humiliated when necessary, fired, retired early or shunted aside. In their place, acolytes and careerists indistinguishable from true believers in their eagerness have been elevated. ...

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1. The first thing illegitimate was his candidacy- Bush/Cheney both from Texa

s, so his candidacy was illegitimate.

but they also lost to Gore by a lot in Florida in a fair election/
fair count according to Media recount after the election

in a fair election Gore would have won by over 100,000 votes of those eligable to vote and who wanted to vote

many thousands of eligible voters weren't allowed to vote and the votes of many thousands who voted weren't counted

similar in 2004; the majority in both Ohio and U.S. tried to vote
for Kerry- but there was a lot of fraud and manipulation
http://www.flcv.com/ohiosum.html
other states
fraud and manipulation in other states
http://www.flcv.com/ussumall.html
http://www.flcv.com/summary.html