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TheWebHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 04:33 AM
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Cheney's loyalty oath disloyal to democracy
San Antonio Express-News
In the long history of presidential campaigns, we have seen some bizarre tactics — strategies suggesting it was common sense, not the buck, that stopped at the Oval Office.

As the late President Reagan might have said, "There they go again." This time, it was Vice President Dick Cheney who dipped into the deep well of campaign insanity. At an Albuquerque rally, he demanded that individuals sign a "loyalty oath" to himself and the president before being allowed to enter.
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The tactic, however, was more than ridiculous. It was disturbing. It smacked of the dictatorships the administration is so vehemently condemning.

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/stories/MYSA080904.06B.vicepresident2ed.22ef086a.html

ouch :) ... too bad this wasn't written in a battleground state's newspaper.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 04:35 AM
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1. Uncle Joe would be proud
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 05:37 AM
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2. and Uncle Vanja as well n/t
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agingdem Donating Member (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 07:08 AM
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3. Which Uncle Joe...
Stalin or McCarthy?
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