Cheney and Goss Recipients of House Award

[Robbien]

(AP) Vice President Dick Cheney and outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss were honored by their former House colleagues Wednesday with awards for distinguished service.

Also receiving the Congressional Distinguished Service Award in ceremonies in the Capitol's Statuary Hall were former Reps. Lindy Claiborne Boggs and the Rev. Robert Drinan.

The award, created in 2002, is given to former House members who serve with "extraordinary distinction and selfless dedication."

The four were nominated by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/10/ap/politics/mainD8HH53H86.shtml

[DebbieCDC]

1. Pelosi nominates Goss and Darth Cheney?

For their "selfless dedication" to what? BushCo? WTF?

[valerief]

3. No, Pelosi nominated the other two. n/t

[cascadiance]

4. So Hastert nominated Cheney and Goss?

and he's come out against Hayden! Hmmm... I wonder if Goss is the guy that helped pull strings to cover up the Turkish campaign donors! Hmmm...

Perhaps, just like the award to Tenet and Goss being the kiss of death, as well as the "heckuva job Brownie" pat on the back to Brown of FEMA, maybe he thinks that he can throw Cheney in the mix and get put in as VP if Cheney steps down!

[onehandle]

9. No, no! Some DUers must assume the worst.

I assume she kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

[superconnected]

6. proof of pelosi's dedication to bushco.

[katinmn]

11. Maybe she is hoping they will give her an award for something some day.

:rofl:

What kills me is that they go along with the facade that everything is normal. Yes, because we were elected we are statesmen.

[Benhurst]

2. Bullshit awards from an increasingly irrelevant institution. NT

[superconnected]

5. Look at the country, Look at the kids

dying in Iraq.

:puke:

[Jester_11218]

7. This guy won a lot of awards too

This guy had a lot of medals and awards too. Just saying...



His name is Idi Amin. You may remember him. He may remind you of some of our current leaders.

[saigon68]

12. Like this AssClown

[kurth]

8. For selfless dedication to Halliburton

and his stock portfolio.

[katinmn]

10. Is this some kind of joke?

[Demeter]

13. Yeah, That Turned My Stomach This Morning

Shameless doesn't begin to describe the hypocrisy in the GOP.