Eric Massa says Dick Cheney tried to recruit David Petraeus to run for President in 2012: “Were he to run and win — and if he were to run, he would win in a landslide — we would be witness to an American coup d’état. It is the functional equivalent of the political overthrow of the commander in chief.” Yeah, it’s slow today. [Esquire, via TPM]

We imagine everyone else in the known blogosphere is doing the exact same thing.

George W. Bush memoir set for release on Nov. 9 [CSM]

Dick Cheney on telling Patrick Leahy to go fuck himself: “You’d be surprised how many people liked that. That’s sort of the best thing I ever did.” No, shooting the lawyer in the face was better. [Think Progress]

Nojo’s last post brought back fond memories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjQuJDjZar8

“The War of Ideas” … no IEDs in that one.

Seven fucking years:

Seven years ago today, President Bush launched the Iraq war. In a televised address to the nation, Bush told the American people “at this hour American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” Over the last several years, ThinkProgress has been keeping a Timeline of the Iraq War, marking the key events in the U.S. invasion, occupation, and now ongoing withdrawal from the country.

Mission Accomplished, bitchez … except for all the people that keep dying.

Seven Years of War in Iraq [ThinkProgress]

The mystery billboard [Minnesota Public Radio]

Let’s keep things in perspective, shall we?

President George W. Bush looks out over the devastation in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina as he heads back to Washington D.C. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, aboard Air Force One. White House photo by Paul Morse.