Tell It Like it Is, Dick Cheney - Roll Call

Tell It Like it Is, Dick Cheney

By John Edgell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted August 31, 2009 at 12:00am

five draft deferments from the Vietnam War,
estimated at $132,451 per year,
rumored $2 million advance,
Valerie Plame Wilson
Scooter Libby;
yellow cake
“Curveball”
expose arguments and differences
There is no try.
sappy romance novel
score-settling,
John Edgell is a former Democratic congressional staffer.

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