Mar 15, 2009 12:03pm

Cheney Accuses Obama of Weakening U.S. Security

ABC News’ Tahman Bradley reports:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Obama is making critical national security choices that make the American people less safe. Cheney, who discussed various topics Sunday on the CNN program "State of the Union", used his interview to defend the Bush administration’s war record, economic policies and even a few friends, Scooter Libby and Rush Limbaugh.

Asked to answer yes or no by modifying myriad Bush administration national security policies whether Obama has made Americans less safe, Cheney said, "Yes."

The specific policies that Cheney was referring to include Obama’s decision to require that CIA interrogators abide by the Army Field Manuel, as well as Obama’s move to suspend trials of terrorists by military commission, and Obama’s decision to close so-called CIA black sites and the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.

It was those Bush policies and practices, said Cheney, that provided the government with the resources to protect the American public.

"I think those programs were absolutely essential to the success we enjoyed of being able to collect the intelligence that led us to defeat all further attempts to launch attacks against the United States since 9-11. I think that’s a great success story. It was done legally. It was done in accordance with our constitutional practices and principals."

"President Obama campaigned against (some Bush administration national security policies) all across the country and now he’s making some choices that in my mind will in fact raise the risk to the American people of another attack," said Cheney.

A classified U.S. report proves that specific terrorist attacks were stopped as a result of information that officials learned using Bush administration national security programs Obama has now reversed, Cheney said. He cited the government’s work in thwarting a terrorist plot to attack the U.S. using a hijacked plane from London’s Heathrow airport as one an example that was made public.

On Iraq, the former vice president said he thinks the Bush administration has not received the create its due.

"We’ve accomplished nearly everything that we set out to do. Now I don’t hear much talk about that. But the fact is violence levels down 90 percent, the number of casualties of Iraqis and Americans is severely diminished, there’s been elections, a constitution, they’re about to have another presidential election here in the near future. We have succeeded in creating in the heart of the Middle East a democratically governed Iraq and that’s a big deal."

Cheney said the war was "absolutely the right thing to do" and that history will remember that the Bush administration accomplished its goals in Iraq. He would not use the word "Mission Accomplished" because, he said, "it triggers reactions we don’t need."

The former vice president did not mince words on his view of Obama nominee Christopher Hill’s preparedness to be the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. "He’s not the man I would have picked for that post. He doesn’t have any experience in the region, he’s never served in that part of the world before. He’s got none of the skills and talents that Ryan Crocker had."

Cheney acknowledged that he and President Bush had a "fundamental difference of opinion" over a full pardon for Scooter Libby. "I was clearly not happy that we in effect left Scooter sort of hanging in the wind. I think he’s an innocent man who deserves a pardon."

It has been widely reported that Cheney was furious his boss in the final days of the administration did not pardon Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff who was convicted of lying in the CIA leak case. The vice president would not give details about his disagreement with Bush, but hinted that information might appear in his forthcoming memoir.

As for the dust up over Rush Limbaugh and his influence in the Republican Party, Cheney said, "Rush is a good friend. I love him. I think he does great work." Cheney said he’d pay to see Limbaugh debate President Obama, as Limbaugh has called for.

Though President Obama is correct that he inherited an economic mess when he came into office, he should not, however, blame the Bush administration for creating the current economic crisis, Cheney said. He called out by name Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass., saying they, along with Democratic allies in Congress, blocked key reforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sought by the Bush administration.

There are a couple of lifestyle changes for the vice president since leaving office. He said he now drives his own car (with the Secret Service following him) and uses a BlackBerry.

Cheney’s old boss, former President George W. Bush makes his first speech since leaving office on Tuesday with a private appearance before the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

User Comments

This guys pacemaker needs to malfunction. I really think this Cheney character is evil. He needs to go storm the Iranian beaches by himself.

Posted by: Huh | March 15, 2009, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

no one cares what you think Cheney

Posted by: Gus | March 15, 2009, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

TOO BAD Cheney isn’t in better health, he would have made a superb President. He is, without question, one of the finest public servants ever seen in America; the fact that the loony left despise him is an added bonus.

Posted by: Ron | March 15, 2009, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

Ron – Many of the 200,000+ returning troops with brain injuries would disagree with you.

Posted by: Huh | March 15, 2009, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm

What a idiot! If they had headed the warning in August 2001 in the President’s daily briefing, perhaps they could have tightened security at airpots and train stations. They could have done something but did nothing. You don’t get credit for keeping us safe after September 11th without taking the blame for what happened on September 11th. It’s that simple. I truely hate this man. He, like all Republicans are morons! They will never gain the majority again!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm

So did Cheney admit that he ordered torturing of suspects? Cheney should know the World Court is readying his arrest warrant.

Posted by: Nigel | March 15, 2009, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

By the way, for him to say that they accomplished everything they wanted, did he mean ruin our economy and put the country into this hole? Did they mean to only create 3 million jobs in eight years as opposed to the 23 million jobs created under the Clinton administration? If the American public has wised up we’re all going to be the better for in in the long run. It is a fact that the economy has always done better under Democrats! Look it up!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

Mr. Cheney was the most effective Vice President that the United States ever had. Thank you for everything that you did to protect our countries security.
If you suport Obama and ‘no load’ Joe Biden, your head is in the ground (or someshere else perhaps!)

Posted by: Gary Lumsden | March 15, 2009, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

Just go away, old man…know what cares or has worry about what you think or do anymore!

Posted by: D9 | March 15, 2009, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

Cheney is no longer relevant! He needs to crawl back in his hole and put on some nice music – preferably ‘Masters of War’

Posted by: Clarence | March 15, 2009, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

roxsteady,
the only way Bush/Cheney didn’t get blamed for 9/11 after ignoring the warning is because the corportate media protected those war criminals. The media’s complicity with the Bush regime is the reason US media has no credibility with the public anymore. Now the same corporate media is still spinning for those soon-to-be war criminals. The media is just as disgusting as Cheney and Bush and all deserve the same fate.

Posted by: Nigel | March 15, 2009, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm

Mr. Cheney
for all the life of him- reminds me of Hitlers right hand man-Martin Bormann.
Another fascist now gone.

Posted by: Peter S. Mizla | March 15, 2009, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

This man is evil personified. Unwilling to go to war as a young man, yet more than willing to send others into harms way. All so his corporate buddies could pillage the treasury under the guise of ‘protecting America’. What a tool…..

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

What a hypocrite, what a traitor. The Bush Administration spent eight years spreading their brand of fear and propaganda while accusing critics of endangering national security for speaking up. Your free to spout your bitter, paranoid nonsense Dicky. But we are not obliged to participate in your delusional, tyrannical view of America. GO AWAY! We’ll get back to you when it comes time for your trial.

Posted by: cameotoo | March 15, 2009, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

I wish this idiot would just shut up.

Posted by: Jim | March 15, 2009, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

Where are those weapons of mass destruction we were told that Iraq had? This was the reason for going to war wasn’t it? If these idiot reporters don’t ask the tough questions then what good are they? I’ve got news for you. Once it was discovered that there were no weapon of mass destruction – one thing is clear. We will never be able to declare victory and I hate to say this but, every dead soldier has died in vain. We can never declare victory even after the last soldier comes home. To those of you with loved ones who have died in this war – I’m sorry to say this but, they DIED IN VAIN! You’ll never be able to change that fact.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

Cheneys MOM is putting America at risk!! what a IDIOT!!

Posted by: Cheney hater | March 15, 2009, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

The fact is, he’s right. America is safer, a democracy in the middle east has been established and the country was protected under the leadership of Bush and Cheney. Everyone now knows that with a liberal democrat in office, now is the time to test American resolve, just as China, Russia, Iran, etc. are doing. Cheney ’12.

Posted by: Lee | March 15, 2009, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

Saddam has WMD’s, the insurgency is in it’s last throws, water boarding is not torture, yaap, this guy has a lot of credibility.

Posted by: blindhowlin | March 15, 2009, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

Why is this man talking? Why is he not speaking to the White House directly instead of the press? Granted, I don’t know no where near the information needed regarding national security but it would seem to me that if Mr. Cheney’s concerns are genuine (and not political), he knows many politicos in Washington who would gladly listen to what he has to say. They in turn would assess the validity of such claims and take appropriate actions. This taking to the air waves to stir up fear is just unconscionable! Once again, instead of moving to unite the nation, he and his ilk are looking to tear this country a part for the sake of a legacy. We cannot allow this! If Mr. Cheney has these concerns, we the people need to demand that he speak with our elected leaders! What an embarrasment! History shall judge the Bush administration. There is no need to try and re-write it at this point.

Posted by: FS | March 15, 2009, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

3000 people died on 9/11, but in the 8 years since the attack, more than 300,000 Americans have been KILLED BY PREVENTABLE MEDICAL MISTAKES – one hundred times MORE! Apparently, Cheney believes these people “don’t count” and are less mourned than those killed in terrorist attacks. The TWO TRILLION DOLLARS wasted down the Iraq rathole could have been invested in medical safety, electronic medical records, and in universal health care transition. More CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO LACK OF MEDICAL CARE IN AMERICA in 8 years than died during 9/11. But of course, THEY don’t count in Cheney-math.

Posted by: AlChemist | March 15, 2009, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

Nigel – I couldn’t agree with you more!
As for the people who think Cheney was so great. WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? Anybody? Anybody?Bueller? Bueller?

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Cheney did more in 8 years to undermine the Constitution of These United States than any terrorist ever hoped to.

Posted by: blindhowlin | March 15, 2009, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

ABC posted this exact same story weeks ago. They are just trying to deflect attention from Obama’s lousy administration.

Posted by: Boxcar | March 15, 2009, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Give Cheney and uniform and a rifle and have him shoot off a balcony and and there would be little difference in Cheney and Sadaam. Sadaam also thought he was above international law. Cheney is just a bitter sick man and thank God he isnt in a position where he can cause world opinion to decline any further. Executive Privilege this Cheney/Bush/Rove and all that think that agree with their ideals.

Posted by: CAW | March 15, 2009, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Cheat and lied about WMD, tortured, wasted billions on a needless war, led this country into this economic mess..what else can I say, Cheney and Rumsfield, DISGRACE, better go shooting with Rumsfield.

Posted by: Al | March 15, 2009, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm

I was under the impression that he had retired with his golden parachute much like the other CEOs now in the headline.
In many ways this man symbolizes the corporate greed and plundered public monies that American Citizens have been handed to clean up.
Mr. Cheney is a short term profiteer and cares little about future generations.

Posted by: think-long-term | March 15, 2009, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm

Mr. Cheney, do us all a favor and stand next to a microwave.

Posted by: CC | March 15, 2009, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Too EVERYONE who continues to attack Bush and Cheney I only have one thing to say………You will be the first in line to have your freaking head cut off by those that mean this country harm…..I can handle myself..you however,,,are dead people talking!

Posted by: truthnmichigan | March 15, 2009, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Too EVERYONE who continues to attack Bush and Cheney I only have one thing to say………You will be the first in line to have your freaking head cut off by those that mean this country harm…..I can handle myself..you however,,,are dead people talking!

Posted by: truthnmichigan | March 15, 2009, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Always makes me wonder what he is to behind the scenes to make the threat happen. He has a lot invested in the defense industry. He profits from his stance.

Posted by: bravebrick | March 15, 2009, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Lee – this is for you. The GAO conducted a test 4 times to determine if it’s still possible to get fake passports. All 4 times they were able to get them. Now, I’ve provided the link below from CNN. Actually, I first saw this story last week on Countdown. Read the story and remember that this was conducted while we were still under the laws of the Bush administration. I suspect that the Obama administration will make the changes necessary and that makes me feel safe! Not the delusional safety many of you may have felt!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/14/passport.security/index.html

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Cheney, Gonzales, Bush and everyone else involved, NEED TO BE HELD FOR WAR CRIMES, IMO.
Obama needs to work on stamping out Radical Islam, and it’s in the USA as well.
OPEN YOUR EYES, SMELL THE COFFEE, AND WAKE UP!!!
They are in our own backyards, and planning as we speak.
Satan’s religion (Islam) needs to be eradicated, or it will eradicate us, they speak it all the time, yet we ASSUME they are lying, well, they are not!
What is it going to take for America to stand up and fight these people?

Posted by: FedUp! | March 15, 2009, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

Hey, Chaney, bite me.

Posted by: quickphil1943 | March 15, 2009, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

Cheney had his 8 years to mess up the country. He needs to shut up and go away. No one in their right mind would listen to anything he has to say. He represents all of the things that are wrong with this country.

Posted by: Liz | March 15, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

ABC posted this exact same story weeks ago. They are just trying to deflect attention from Obama’s lousy administration.
Posted by: Boxcar | Mar 15, 2009 1:02:38 PM
Actually, that idiot Cheney was on CNN this morning with John King who put these questions to him. It’s called an Interview! You have the internet….maybe you should get cable? Also, 55 days is no where near 8 years. We all know that you wingnuts would like to blame Obama for this mess but the 67 million people who voted for Obama know better!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

The only reason he keeps repeating his ‘words of wisDOOM’ is his insatiable desire (rally for Rush) for Obama to fail. He just cant stand it. Had they (he and Bush)not been procrastinating and had viable security policies in place when 9/11 occurred, it wouldnt have happened like it did. However, the closing down of the detention center has me concerned.

Posted by: tendergroins | March 15, 2009, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

>>>If Mr. Cheney has these concerns, we the people need to demand that he speak with our elected leaders! What an embarrasment! History shall judge the Bush administration. There is no need to try and re-write it at this point.<<< Strange – that's not what Bill Clinton did after he left office. He gave his (usually unsolicited)opinions on everything under the sun, including the new Bush administration and its policies, and no one criticized him at the time (or ever), did they? You can't have it both ways, liberals.

Posted by: This_End_Up | March 15, 2009, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

23 million jobs created under Clinton/Gore
3 million jobs created under Bush/Cheney
DISCUSS!
The silence of you Bush/Cheney supporters SPEAKS VOLUMES!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

The worst thing about having evil among us is that we are forced to hear that evil spew nonsense every few days. Please God, let this pigs pace maker fail and rid the world of a waste of skin.

Posted by: JR | March 15, 2009, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

Cant this guy just die already? Think he is still alive by the powers of darkness in the hopes of trying to somehow convice us hes not the tool he really is. Heres hoping the world court convicts him of war crimes and executes his sorry a$$

Posted by: mike | March 15, 2009, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

Right, and Cheney would surely know. This man is beyond disgusting. He helped run the country into the ground and now he has the nerve to suggest that the current president won’t do everything in his power to keep the public safe? He should just remain in his secure location and never speak publicly again. It’s the least he can do for the American public.

Posted by: mary | March 15, 2009, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

I wish more official documentation would be released regarding his policies, as it’s difficult to gauge his character outside of uninformed, ignorant opinions.
He seems competent, but he could just be lying… I guess we’ll find out once all of those documents are unclassified, if they exist.

Posted by: jol | March 15, 2009, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

By the way-Why is Bin Laden still releasing audio tapes? This man was responsible for 911 yet, he’s still out there. NICE JOB CHENEY! If we’re lucky maybe one of his hunting buddies will come through on their next trip!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

It’s unprecedented for a former vp to come into the media within 2 months of leaving office to blast the sitting president. Cheney knows he has to get out there to defend himself because he knows so many people think he should be behind bars. Any decent man who was most responsible for a trumped up war that bled us dry on so many levels would apologize and go quietly. But Cheney has long ago shown he is not a decent man.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | March 15, 2009, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

Cheney is just another example of a white attempting to make an African American look bad. Obama has done more for the good of this country than any other president in history.

Posted by: Rene | March 15, 2009, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm

Mr Klein:
Please don’t feel like you need to promote everything you hear on TV that seems ‘controversial’ — you don’t. Some of it is just crap and should be ignored. By reporting this crap – eventhough it was said somewhere else, to someone else – you are indeed sitting yourself down in crap too.

Posted by: eric | March 15, 2009, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm

God all mighty, when is this jerk going away–either to prison or hell? No Cheney, you and Bush have made America a more dangerous place. How? You idiots ended the ban on exporting assault rifles (in 2004) that are now exported to the Mexican drug war. Now, the drug cartels are using those weapons not to hunt deer and ducks (what a joke), but to kill each other and innocents. Now the drug war is starting to spill into our border towns. THANK YOU, YOU BIG PHONY, SCUMBAG, LYING, FAT, SOCIOPATH!!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR GREEDY, UNETHICAL BUSINESS BUDDIES HAVE PUT US IN HARMS WAY IN REGARD TO ENERGY POLICY, WMD’s, economic terrorism. YOU WERE THE THREAT TO AMERICAN LIVES. NO, YOU WILL BE SOME EVIL LOBBYIST FOR MORE OF THIS DESTRUCTION. SO, WITH THAT, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!! I want you in jail.

Posted by: Demsrgreat | March 15, 2009, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm

So, was emboldening and strengthening Iran one of the Bush/Cheney objectives? Because that’s the main result of the war in Iraq, not to mention strengthening Hamas and other militant groups around the Mideast.

Posted by: zeeba | March 15, 2009, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

RepubliCONs Cheney and Bush put the United States at risk. PERIOD. Choose any topic of failure by these morons. PERIOD. Cheney is as much or more of a crook as Madoff, Cheney ripped off the American Treasury!

Posted by: M | March 15, 2009, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Another clown screaming Fire!! Can we please move on from the second banana of a failed administration?

Posted by: democratic | March 15, 2009, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

No, actually, it was Bush/Cheney who have made America less safe because of their insane reactions since 9/11!!! Republicans are truly deaf, dumb and blind and cannot yet see that they have led the Country into the ditch!

Posted by: karen | March 15, 2009, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

“Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.”
Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: R Garcia | March 15, 2009, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

why is this man still trying to scare us 8 long years of ths and he will not set back and relax he is know longer vice president

Posted by: bonita | March 15, 2009, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm

There must be an audience for this guy but I can’t see where that is a good thing. It would be better for all if he just went away from the stage for a spell.

Posted by: Herbert Wetherby | March 15, 2009, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm

roxsteady ABC posted an article almost identical to this one earlier. Where in my post did I defend him? Both sides are equally responsible for the mess we are in and if you can’t see that you are delusional or biased, which is it?

Posted by: Boxcar | March 15, 2009, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

Former vice president cheney is proud of the fact that people were tortured by his orders and that he has no regrets on it and I don’t claim to know what it takes to win a war but do we become our enemy to win. He is also blaming the economy on the dems, when all of the over spending the bush admin has done in the past eight years I weather it was Mccain or Presindent Obama who won the White House I am glad that the Bush/Cheney Ticket is now History.

Posted by: KWOLF443 | March 15, 2009, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

Cheney is extremely worried about facts coming to light about war profiteering, no-bid contracts, and secret energy policy meetings. He would like another attack on our soil to divert attention from these atrocities; as well as war crimes, outing a covert CIA agent, and redacting CIA intelligence against Iraq having WMD’s in the report given to Congress. This man needs to be brought to justice.

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

Always makes me wonder what he is to behind the
scenes to make the threat happen. He has a lot
invested in the defense industry. He profits from
his stance.
Posted by: bravebrick
*************************************
Agree, this character always has an agenda
that he works off of. Whether it’s the energy
policy that no one but the oil companies were
involved, or persuading the President that a
no contract for 8 years of war with Halliburton,
his former company, was the best for the country

Posted by: spacerook1 | March 15, 2009, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

Well I know a former Vice President who is trying to tell us that the earth is warming. HA HA HA HA

Posted by: R Garcia | March 15, 2009, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

Lets see, Cheney had a 13% approval rating when he left and I would imagine it is even lower now. I’ve always felt that Libby “Scooter” was just a fall guy for a Cheney cover up. Bush had his issues, no doubt, but his choice for Vice President was his first mistake. The fact that Bush did not pardon “Scooter” tells me there is information the American people were never told about this case.

Posted by: Sharonkatheen | March 15, 2009, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

Cheney is unwise old man. What kind of words are coming out of your mouth?? Are those words of wisdom??????

Posted by: RS | March 15, 2009, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

Old NEWS, ABC can you do better?

Posted by: spacerook1 | March 15, 2009, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

roxsteady ABC posted an article almost identical to this one earlier. Where in my post did I defend him? Both sides are equally responsible for the mess we are in and if you can’t see that you are delusional or biased, which is it?
Posted by: Boxcar | Mar 15, 2009 1:39:29 PM
I’m neither biased or delusional. This is not a story. Go back up to the article and read the first paragraph. THIS INTERVEIW WITH CHENEY WAS CONDUCTED THIS MORNING. Do you understand the difference between a story from some weeks ago and an interview aired this morning?

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm

VP Cheney — Why did you lie to the world and tell us that Iraq had “vast” underground bunkers where they were developing nuclear weapons? You even showed us DRAWINGS of these bunkers in a Congressional hearing. The fact is these bunkers did not exist. So WHO ordered the drawings to be fabricated? You also showed us DRAWINGS of non-existent mobile biological weapons laboratories. WHO FABRICATED THOSE DRAWINGS?
Cheney did more to damage the security of the United States than any of our enemies could have imagined. He removed the secular government in Iraq that was our ally against the more extreme elements in Iran, and thus bolstered Iran’s power in the region. Cheney should be put on trial immediately.

Posted by: Eric | March 15, 2009, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm

Shut up, Cheney. You had your chance for 8 YEARS and you blew it. You are the DEVIL. We don’t want to hear from you any more, you evil, despicable weasel. (By the way, HOW many deferments did you have?)

Posted by: tom | March 15, 2009, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

Everyone , pleaseeee…He is gone. The fact is Obama and Biden are in charge now and should stop blaming everyone for their mistakes.We have a bigger war now, indebtness , long as eternity plus one more day.For those of you that belive that there is no evil lurking around take a look at Chavez and his plans to have Soviet bases in Venezuela, China warning pulling the plug on us and the white collar criminals that have fleece our economy. Don’t forget the lame ass Democratic Congress with criminals like Barney Frank who used to be Fannie Mae top exec live in lover and looked away and letting the lending get out of hand. The Mexican cartels coming and killing inside the USA.The truth is WE ARE NOT SAFE ANYMORE

Posted by: Frank | March 15, 2009, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

Ya! I felt a lot safer with cheney out there on the battlefield. Oh! that’s right. You never catch him near a battlefield. Here’s your deferment, I mean sign.

Posted by: rightbehind | March 15, 2009, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

truthmichigan wrote: ..”I can handle myself..”
Hummm, me thinks you have handled yourself so much that you have drained off your brain cells.

Posted by: Clint | March 15, 2009, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

Another idiot Republican wandering in the wilderness.

Posted by: True North | March 15, 2009, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

This freak needs to have a major malfunction of his pacemaker – and be too far away from a health care facility at the time! These people are outrageous. Nobody with a functioning IQ above 70 cares what they think – they got us in this mess. Like I have said before, if you can’t or won’t be part of the solution, get the hell out of the way – and shut up!

Posted by: durrs | March 15, 2009, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm

All those anti-bush supporters should have gone to reside in Iraq and then you would have crawl back. As shown, even IDIOTS can be morning morning quaterbacks. Thanks to the Bush administration for the support and protection of America. I’m very aware that they, as well as other administrations, know things that the rest of us don’t know. Obama, new changes, that is a joke….

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

WISH CHENEY WOULD JUST GO AWAY AND KEEP HIS LIEING MOUTH SHUT LIKE HIS BUDDY BUSH IS DOING,OR JUST DIE. BUSH WAS HIS PUPPET ANYWAY.WMD WAS JUST A LIE BY CHENEY TO JUSTIFY HIS AND BUSH’S WANTING TO FINISH WHAT GEORGE H W BUSH COULDN’T DO.THEY JUST WANTED TO ERASE THE BLACK MARK ON THE BUSH NAME MADE BY SADAM.WISH HE WOULD JUST GO THE HALL AWAY.

Posted by: OSCARBOY | March 15, 2009, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

americaFirst wrote:”All those anti-bush supporters should have gone to reside in Iraq and then you would have crawl back”.
I WAS in Iraq you blithering idiot, where were you?

Posted by: Josh | March 15, 2009, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

roxsteady…same questions with the same answers….so?

Posted by: Boxcar | March 15, 2009, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

The Left-wing misinformation hate machine needs to end. Many Americans have seen the truth about the fanatical hatred created by left-wing propaganda /lies and are disgusted with it. What Cheney said in this article was true. Most importantly that Chris Dodd and Barney Frank and some other bought and paid for Democrats blocked reform legislation of Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. Also, the left-wing doctrine of blame and hate is so whacky it has taken on the mob mentality of the jew hating Nazi Party of Germany 1936. Get the facts straight, and stop repeating convenient lies of hate.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

americaFirst:…..Before you give your accolades to Bush/Cheney, maybe you should give thanks to the U.S. Congress for stopping these crooks from allowing the United Arab Emirates having the contract to control our domestic seaports. It was later found out that this country was in fact laundering al qaeda money.

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm

I cannot believe they let some of these remarks about Cheney, saying he is a “pig” and “DIE”, “wish his pacemaker would quit”. Can’t we all just get along?

Posted by: R Garcia | March 15, 2009, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

Cheney, you are no longer in the backseat pulling bush’s strings, so shut the F-up! I’d like to bump into you (literally) and smash in your fat face.

Posted by: godseyesore | March 15, 2009, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

ABC is a television network that has supported the invasion of Iraq directly and indirectly. They speak for the far right and the corporations both national and international which are made wealthy by the “war machine”. This is a network, govenment licensed, which does not have the people of America nor the world as a concern.
Most comments on this page have spoken out against Cheney,yet this will not have an affect to reduce or eliminate Cheney from ABC interviews. ABC is a participant in the “spinning” of history. Shame on all who control this network.

Posted by: Susie | March 15, 2009, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

This jerk sent over 4K to their death based on WMD, and he has the gall to say we’re at risk? Cheney is SCUM OF THE EARTH.

Posted by: dattexas | March 15, 2009, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm

Josh, where you there residing under the previous Dictator for a long period of your life, or where you there under the protection of America, there is a BIG Diference.

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

jon wrote:”The Left-wing misinformation hate machine needs to end”.
Really jacks your little jaws doesn’t it sport!! The TRUTH makes cockroaches like you scurry around looking for any cover you can find. What you are witnessing is MAIN STREET America taking our country back. AND guess what, some of us ARE Jews. We are sick of you NeoCon scum and we will show you HOW sick we are of you next election. Prepare to have you butts beaten again.

Posted by: Levi | March 15, 2009, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

I strongly suspect Cheney was corrupt. I bet he and his secret industry allies were profiting grotesquely from the California energy crisis in 2001, then from the wars in 2003-2007, then from the global oil crisis in 2008. Cheney always knew what was coming and had his dirty fingers and strong secret industry allies and companies in all of it, publicly playing the moral idealist, but secretly corrupt as can be. I feel confident that Cheney’s activities will come to light eventually, though I do not feel confident that anything will ever be done about it. California will still be out $60B already known to have been stolen mostly by Texas energy companies right after Cheney had a bunch of secret meetings with them, enough such that California remains fiscally crushed even today, but still a drop compared to what came later. Our national debt still will be $3T higher due to excessive war spending much of which benefited companies owned by Cheney, our debt will still be up another $6T to get us out of this recession caused in part by oil market manipulation in 2008. The Cheney-Bush combination will likely turn out to be by far the most fiscally damaging and corrupt administration in our country’s history.

Posted by: Dugese | March 15, 2009, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

cheney you and bush waged campaigns that killed and maimed (don’t forget those) thousands of innocent people and stole, swindled and lied to american people and left us to clean it all up, and now you are blaming obama. you sir are the enemy and the problem!!

Posted by: rob | March 15, 2009, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

godseyesore Does your mother know you are on the computer again? You should lay off the coffee after 8:00 am. Save all that energy for something else, like love making.

Posted by: R Garcia | March 15, 2009, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm

Oh….one more thing. Obama will have created a greater defict then George Bushes 8 years in office in less than 20 months. America is…..about …..to get a wake up call. Oh..and George Bush got us out of the 2000-2002 recession, kept us safe from terror attacks, and won two wars. In fact the Obama economic stimulus plan was nothing more then a spending bill to pay back special interest. More, and more people are seeing through the Obama/far left lies. Our country is in big trouble thanks to bad policies by the far left socialist.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

americaFirst, you don’t know squat and you aren’t an Iraqi. Don’t presume to lecture me about Iraq, Cheney, Bush OR dictators.

Posted by: Josh | March 15, 2009, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

ooohhh hooooo !!!! So much hate ladies and gentleman !! Like we have it better with Hussein and Barney Fife LMAO !!
Stop drinking that kool aid. It has been determine to affect your brain cells and empty your pockets !!!

Posted by: Frank | March 15, 2009, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

jon…..Your first clue that our economy was on the precipice of destruction is when Bush sent out the first stimulus checks in April of 2008. Or maybe, that was Obama’s fault, too.

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm

All we need now is advice from Darth Cheney on what would make things better for America.

Posted by: foxisms | March 15, 2009, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm

So?

Posted by: CheneyMocker | March 15, 2009, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

“You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
Davy Crockett

Posted by: R Garcia | March 15, 2009, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm

To Levi on your response to one of my postings. Do you realize that in your hate filled posting you state no facts??? You do prove my contention that we have a group of far left socialist spewing hatred based on factless propaganda. Here is another fact……people in America are already protesting against Obama and his irresponsible government. Obama lied about no more earmarks…Obama lied about no lobbiest in his cabinets (there are over 20), and his treasury secretary is a tax cheat. Now here is another fact…..if only 3 people out of a hundred had changed their vote to McCain we would have a different President. You understand that Obama got moderate swing voters like myself interested in what he was saying. However, most moderates I talk to now are seething mad at the lies, bad policies, and outrightincompetence of this far left socialist regime that spew hate filled propaganda.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

oooohhh hoooooo !!! A lot of hate ladies and gentleman !! Like we have it better with Hussein and Barney Fife !
LMAO !! Stop drinking that kool aid. It has been determine to affect your brain cells and your pockets !

Posted by: Frank | March 15, 2009, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

roxsteady…same questions with the same answers….so?
Posted by: Boxcar | Mar 15, 2009 2:08:29 PM
Very insightful! Now, can you explain why Bush/Cheney didn’t include to cost of this useless war into their budget or why 23 million Jobs were created under Clinton/Gore and 3 million were created under Bush Cheney and why is it that the economy has historically done better under Democrats?

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm

THIS MAN SHOULDA BEEN PRESIDENT GONNA MISS HAVING HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE NO ATACKS AINCE 9-11 TIME WILL TELL IF OBUMA WILL HAVE A SIMULAR STORY TO TELL

Posted by: david reyes | March 15, 2009, 2:32 pm 2:32 pm

What a sad post-script — its, “We The People…” — not Bush/Cheney. Conceited beyond belief these folks are….

Posted by: Spartan Phoenix777 | March 15, 2009, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm

jon said, “Our country is in big trouble thanks to bad policies by the far left socialist.”
No, jon, our country is in big trouble thanks to greed. It’s also thanks to, in part, the childish idealism that everything is “left wing” or “right wing.”
Bush did not “keep us safe from terror attacks” because the real terrorist attacks have occurred within the government with the implementation of completely unconstitutional laws.
Even if a war could be won (which is not possible), any fool can see that this current war has not been “won.” For you to say that Bush won 2 wars is beyond ignorant.

Posted by: Reality | March 15, 2009, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
:)

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

same old lies for the same old man

Posted by: earth_not_flat | March 15, 2009, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

roxsteady…..you make very good points. I believe republicans are terrified that they will lose their political offices if Obama’s plans succeed. They seem to be trying to undermine his plans by false rhetoric.

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

The biggest security threat to America right now is unemployment, the entry of drugs from Mexico into the United States, the ever increasing deficit, the fear by lending nations that America is not a safe place for their investments. Cheney can start his fear mongering and tremble in his shoes when he hears that coward Osama pipe in every once in a while from his cave in Pakistan, but there is no need for President Obama to change course other than to stay alert for all possibilities and try to resolve issues with those who want to harm us with smart diplomacy. Bush Cheney policy of the past 8 years did not work and there was 911 and 2 wars and increased terrorism, piracy and instability in a much greater area than before. So Mr. Cheney you are no pundit and rational thinker. You have a one track mind and that is to worry about how would your enterprise benefit from conflict.

Posted by: gjkotw01 | March 15, 2009, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm

You Bush/Cheney apologists are still pissed because Obama CRUSHED YOU ALL!
Is there any wonder that all of the toothless banjo players from the Southern states who vote Republican are at the bottom of the poverty scale and are undereducated? I can’t understand why they would continue to vote against their own interest. What likely scares you clowns is that your party is shrinking. 239,000 Republican voters in Pennsylvania crossed over and voted for Obama and that’s just one state. Tell me, how many Dems crossed over to vote for McCain/Palin? I can tell you this much; whatever the number, it didn’t matter and that should really frighten you losers!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm

The WMD could have been moved to Syria or Iran while the United Nations shuffled its feet in the early days of the Iraq war. How do we know who has what in the Middle East?

Posted by: paulieshere2 | March 15, 2009, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm

Jon spouted: “…and George Bush got us out of the 2000-2002 recession, kept us safe from terror attacks, and won two wars.”
Revising history doesn’t make it right. What 2 wars did we ‘win’? Proclaiming “Mission Accomplished” did not win the war….

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

There is no doubt we are opening the door for them and they have no respect for even the peace lovers. Last night on the news I was thinking Obama wants to negotiate with the Taliban who made a grand announcement that people who are just helping with humanitarian needs are now targets and considered spies. This door is a very dangerous one and I support President Obama on most things disagree with his actions on The Taliban and Al Queda. They have hit almost every administration without blinking an eye.

Posted by: Steve | March 15, 2009, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

What good is a “safe” America with no economic stability?

Posted by: Lauren | March 15, 2009, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm

To Dugese…the reason California is failing economically is not because of Cheney and evil energy companies it is because California is the highest tax state in the nation, and no angry people are protesting the current government in California for its’ out of control spending, and excessive taxing. The far left socialist policies inacted in California and Michigan have bankrupted those two states, and the both have unemployment over 10%. Californias energy problems are the fault of the Democrat Socialist in control of that states legislation. However, normal hardworking Americans are no protesting. Most economist agree the Obama socialist regime is wrong on how they are handling the economy wrong.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm

roxsteady…..you make very good points. I believe republicans are terrified that they will lose their political offices if Obama’s plans succeed. They seem to be trying to undermine his plans by false rhetoric.
Posted by: Diversionary101 | Mar 15, 2009 2:35:32 PM
You’re so right. I’ve heard lots of people saying exactly what you’ve said. They have to try to prevent him from improving these problems. I love their argument against extending unemployment. They’re saying in 2 years they will be forced to continue these new unemployment policies while ignoring the possibility that the economhy could be on the uptick by then and many people could be back to work. What they seem to be forgetting is that the very people who have been laid off and need these extended benefits now, are not likely to vote for them in the 2010 elections. Hopefully those people will wise up and another 10 Republicans will lose their seats. That’s what I’d like to see.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

4 years, you barely hear a peep out of the man except of course when he’s shooting friends accidentally. Now he’s coming out of the woodwork, playing monday morning quaterback to say his boss was a genius!!! Give me a break Cheney. Even if, by some stretch of the imagination we could say we won the war in Iraq, WE HAD NO BUSINESS INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE. Oh, yeah he forgot to mention the shoddy intelligence of his wonderful cia that got us there.
I think the drugs he’s taking for his back has him delusional. There is a reason 80% of Americans felt Iraq was a monumental catastrophe, Mr. Cheney.

Posted by: eliza | March 15, 2009, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

who’s editing these stories? There’s like a dozen typos

Posted by: Todd | March 15, 2009, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm

GO AWAY Cheney – I have family members in the military and they can care less on what you say because just like your previous boss, everything you say is BS.

Posted by: vr | March 15, 2009, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm

jon wrote….Most economist agree the Obama socialist regime is wrong on how they are handling the economy wrong.>>>>>>>Please I want the names of those economists!!

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

To Roxsteady……about your job creation numbers. Ummmm….there wrong. I think you and Nancy Pelosi get your numbers from the same place. First off, job numbers come out monthly and to have a job change that is over 100,000 a month is quit unusual. In the past two months America has lost over 600,000 jobs a month which is very, very high. You sigh 23 million jobs under Clinton/Gore vs 3 million under Bush. And these numbers are false. Under Bush we have had the lowest unemployment rate ever. How does that fit with your numbers? LOL Well is you stopped being filled with hate and tried objectively finding truth you might get somewhere. My point is that people that spout hate filled propaganda are not interested in truth, and alot of Americans (including myself) is tired of it. This sicko non-fact based hatred has been used by Stalin, Mao, Fidel, Chavez, Hitler, and by far left socialist to ruin many, many countries.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:53 pm 2:53 pm

Why isn’t Cheney in a small prison cell, and the US government using all the money he stole to fix the problems he caused? The biggest attack that we ever suffered was while he was in power.

Posted by: matthew | March 15, 2009, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm

Cheney is right of course. People were warned that Obama would be totally incapable of handling Iran or Russia and now, we all see the results. Iran suckered him in, and announce they are a nuclear power. Putin is just laughing at Obama as he puts his bombers in Venezuela and Cuba. Obama’s touchy feely foreign policy is endangering everybody and he is getting his rear end kicked. Obama needs to go back to chicago because he is not ready for prime time

Posted by: brian | March 15, 2009, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm

Here is a fact……People are already protesting the Obama socialist regime.
Also, the latest job approval numbers for Obama are lower then Bushes approval numbers prior to the 911 tragedy. The poll was done by Rasmussen, and a former pollster for Bill (The man) Clinton. Facts are nasty things.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm

It’s interesting how Bush/Cheney set their clocks.
As far as I know, Bush and Cheney were sworn into office on January 20, 2001. They were in office, leading our nation and privy to intelligence information for more than 7 months before the terrorist attacks occured.
But apparently it only counts that they kept us safe AFTER September 11, 2001. Who was supposed to be keeping us safe ON September 11th?

Posted by: Just Asking | March 15, 2009, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

23 million jobs created under Clinton/Gore
3 million jobs created under Bush/Cheney
Why can’t any of you Bush/Cheney apologist answer the question I posed over an hour ago above? Actually, I’m being sarcastic. I know why. It’s because you can’t face that fact without looking like morons for supporting Republicans. As I said before, historically the economy has always done better under Democrats. Look it up!
I know it’s slightly off topic but, overall it’s a question you should be asking yourselves…isn’t it?

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

If the US is attacked again and there is no prevention of the attack because of the weakening of intelligence gathering, I want to see Obama impeached and put in jail. I suspect it won’t be long before something slips through now that the Democrats have decided to weaken out intelligence organizations like they did under Clinton.

Posted by: brian | March 15, 2009, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Hey Cheney, Shut up. You completely ignored terrorism for the months prior to 9/11. You KNOW it’s not all the democrats fault that this economic melt down took place. Your time is over and frankly you appear to be about the least gracious VP to ever leave office. But why on earth would I expect less of you? You’ve done enough harm Cheney. Go home and shut up.

Posted by: FedUp | March 15, 2009, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

The fact that Cheney defends Libby and Limbaugh in such strong words indicates when ideological jackass he is. Good riddance to you Mr. Cheney. The world is less risky now that you yield absolutely no power. Unfortunately, this country will take years to get rid of the stink you left with your puppet president Alfred E. Newman….I mean George W. Bush….Now back under your rock.

Posted by: indy_voter | March 15, 2009, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm

brian….you don’t make any sense. For the past six years we have averaged over a hundred thousand soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Iran has been building a nuclear weapon all that time, but now you are blaming Obama for a nuclear weapon in Iran?

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
Come on LADIES and LADIES let us take up a collection, after all we have the technology and the support of the Current Administration to clone the GOD to you all “Saddam Hussein”

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

Why are the Secret Services still protecting this man? He is rich enough to pay for his own security. What a loser.

Posted by: ohio folk | March 15, 2009, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm

But apparently it only counts that they kept us safe AFTER September 11, 2001. Who was supposed to be keeping us safe ON September 11th?
Posted by: Just Asking | Mar 15, 2009 3:00:26 PM
Great question “Just Asking” It’s what we’d all like to know. Well, when I say all I mean clear thinking Americans. Perhaps it should have been you asking the questions to Cheney this morning because I don’t recall John King asking it! Nice work CNN!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm

LOL, So Jon, I guess those 600,000 people who were laid off are imaginary people that were made up for the benefit of the left? I could care less what we had with any other president. Obama’s been in office for 2 months, these unemployment numbers have been off the chart for the last year. If I’m not mistaken wasn’t Bush and Cheney in charge then? We now know the recession has been going on for the last 18 months. Last time some one asked Bush or McCain, they were saying “The economy is fundementally sound!” Yeah, I hate them, they’re too stupid to even read a newspaper.

Posted by: eliza | March 15, 2009, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

ROXSTEADY- your data is just bogus because you are assuming that Clinton or Bush had anything to do with people like me who built companies.. I built companies and employ people even now and I have not layed off anybody. I do this in spite of government, yes, in spite of that idiot Obama. I assure you that neither Clinton nor Bush had anything to do with my employing people. The only factor I ever saw effect corporate investment was the level of capital gains tax, which was lowered by the REPUBLICAN congress in 1994. Obama has dried up investment because of his stupidity and threat to raise capital gains tax. This nonsense about tax breaks for the wealthy are infuriating because Bush’s tax revenues were 20% more than Clintons. The problem is overspending and you now have the biggest spender of all time in charge.

Posted by: brian | March 15, 2009, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

…”I believe it was titled; Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US”
You did a heckuva job Cheney. Politicizing the Justice Department, Political Litmus Tests for appointees, closed door energy meetings that resulted in California’s energy crisis, offshoring Halliburton in order to avoid paying income tax, outing a CIA operative, etc. etc. etc.
A worthless traitor, period.
Rot, scumbag.

Posted by: sher | March 15, 2009, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

Cheney, are you still not satisfied with the millions if not billions of dollars you made in the Iraq war that you’ve created? You are unbeleivable. Please just go hunting or fishing and STOP advising the Obamas administration on what to do in protecting America. You and your allies have already done more harm than good and have cost hundred of thousands of wasted lives in your numerous blunders when you’re in power for 8 years. The country and the world are better off without seeing or hearing from you again.

Posted by: Junior111 | March 15, 2009, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm

Cheney is absolutely correct. Obama is nothing more than a fool, a very arrogant fool. His policy changes are making America a weak target. Cheney is a great man with great values that, added with Bush’s policies, kept America safe after 9/11. I’m forever grateful to Bush administration for keeping abortion and stem cell research at bay for years and keeping me and my children safe while my husband was Iraq. From one military family to you, Mr. Cheney – Thank you!!

Posted by: Jen | March 15, 2009, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm

Having read many of the comments I am still concerned that a few individuals still don’t get it. The do nothings and Rush ditto heads like Cheney live in a world which does not and cannot be allowed to exist. People its change or accept the end of earth as we have known it. I feel Humanity is doomed if we can’t pull together. Disastrous events are about to spin beyond anyone’s control. HAVE A NICE DAY

Posted by: jim | March 15, 2009, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm

roxsteady and just asking….Yes, the republicans want to take responsibility for keeping us “safe” after 911, but they don’t want to take responsibility for 911. Quite a contradiction in logic, eh?

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm

Cheney was, is and always will be the biggest loser ever.

Posted by: James Lewis | March 15, 2009, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
Come on LADIES and LADIES let us take up a collection, after all we have the technology and the support of the Current Administration to clone the GOD to you all “Saddam Hussein”
The great thing about it is the he will hang the Bush Administration without a trial at all. Come on put it where your mouth is!
ANYBODY READY TO START DONATING $$$$. After all is this not what you are after??????

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm

Posted by: Frank | Mar 15, 2009 1:58:54 PM
Blah, blah,blah, “Democratic Congress”.
There was no Democratic Comgress. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Here is the number of Dems & Repubs for each. A lesson for those who repeat information they think is true without actually checking it out first.
Senate 49 Dems
49 Repubs
2 Ind
And who is the majority here? Oh my, there isn’t one.
House of Representatives
233 Dems
202 Repubs
Here is where they try to make it look like the Dems had control. The Dems had a majority, we can all look at the numbers and see that. But, do you know how many votes it takes to overrride a Presidential veto in order for the Dems to have any real conrol in the House, it is 290. Do any of you see 209 Dems in the House?
Now any of you who continute to claim that the Dems had control of Congress are wrong. Just saying it does not make it true. The Republicans had total control ALL 8 years that Bush/Cheney were in office

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm

The Obama socialist regimes economic policies are dead wrong. The stimulus bill they passed was mostly spending, and earmarks. The Omnibus spending bill they passed had 9,000 earmarks. Taxes are being raised on small business and most Americans. First by there new tax plan, and then by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. The Bush tax cuts did help people in the 30,000 to 70,000 tax bracket. The carbon tax cap and trade will (according to tons of economist) raise utility bills, and create consumer inflation. This domestic inflation will make imports more atractive. You see pretty much anything produce in a factory has carbon emmission. Even your plastic (made with oil) bottle for your Evian bottled water. :) Next additional oil drilling in the country will be halted. The off shore ban has already gone in place, new leases in the mid west fields have been blocked, and expansion of the Alaskan fields have been blocked by an evironmentalist piece of legislation. Most of this has been down by executive order. Obama’s policies are detrimental to the coal industry, oil industry, nuclear industry, small business and larger corporations, and also the military industrial complex. He plans to cut military spending by 10%, but what the public doesn’t realize is that they want to combine two other departments order the classification of military budget, and then cut the military budget by ten percent from the prior year levels that didn’t include homeland security and one other. LOL This administration has been reckless, and anything but transparent with the public. The Obama Socialist Regime will out deficit spend the 8 years of Bush in less than 20 months. Even if China and the rest of the world wanted to….they won’t be able to buy all our debt. LOL Do the math….and think some for yourselves before you engage in hate filled spewing of reckless lies. Every America should seek truth…it is our job, and the medias, to be well informed with objective facts.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm

Why in the name of God is ABC stilling giving ‘airtime’ to Cheney???? His time is over!!! The people have said loud and clear that we don’t want to hear anything about him! Sweet Jesus,,,,,,,,,, put that rock back over the top of him and leave him be!!!

Posted by: partly cloudy | March 15, 2009, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm

oooooOOOHHH! This coming from the purveyor of fear, the ‘Dark Lord’ himself! This guy has been obstructed far too long, with all the shite coming out the wrong end!

Posted by: leukevent | March 15, 2009, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm

Let’s see. Cheny destroyed the economy by fueling an illegal war, breaking international law (which caused international economic revolt), comitted atrocities we attribute to third world warlords, and then tried to hide the fact he is a war criminal. He’s not one who should be flapping his big fat mouth. Obama is trying to reverse some of the damage Cheny caused. Speaking of which, why isn’t Cheny in jail?

Posted by: Dave | March 15, 2009, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

“You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
Davy Crockett
Posted by: R Garcia | Mar 15, 2009 2:27:56 PM
“Texas is hell”

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 3:17 pm 3:17 pm

Some ass-hat wrote: “OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
Come on LADIES and LADIES let us take up a collection, after all we have the technology and the support of the Current Administration to clone the GOD to you all “Saddam Hussein””
Typical Greedy Old party rhetorical BS – if you are against us then you are for the enemy. Get a clue and get a life. The GOP is the party of failure: failed policy, failed ideology, failed leadership. Good riddance to Cheney and Co…….

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

Cheney and Bush destroyed our economy so that they could extend the Bush Nazi regime for two more years. On Dec. 20, 2008 Cheney decided Obama had the support of american people and stopped the plan. Cheney and Bush have committed treason and should be shot. all of you Nazi republicans have been brain washed just as Hitler did in
germany.

Posted by: M webb | March 15, 2009, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

Folks, Cheney is a liar and a criminal par excellence. WATCH — THE OBAMA DECEPTION on google video!

Posted by: '59 T-Bird | March 15, 2009, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm

The actual amount of damage to this country brought about by Cheney, Bush, and their rubber stamp GOP Congress hasn’t even been fully calculated and Buckshot Richard is still playing the same old game of zero accountability.All this country needs to hear from him is an honest answer about why he thinks our Constitution is worth little more than toilet tissue.

Posted by: Caffeine1977 | March 15, 2009, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm

More idiot Bama supporters responding here. It will take a bomb in your lap before you realize you voted a moron into office!!

Posted by: Paul | March 15, 2009, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.:)
Posted by: americaFirst | Mar 15, 2009 2:35:02 PM
No, but Us anti-Bush pro-Americans were told that he would get those responsible for 9-11 and Bin Ladin was not captured and Bush didn’t even try. So he let down every victim of that day and their families and America. He will never be forgiven for taking American troops from Afghanistan and putting them in Iraq.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm

Cheney is one smart cookie———–and many others have come to the same conclusions that Obama’s policies are VERY PRO TERRORIST and likely to get many of us in America along with our allies killed. For a man that claims he is neither muslim nor a terrorist, Obama sure is doing a lot to help this group. Brace yourselves many of us will die because of Obama IMHO.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 3:23 pm 3:23 pm

The only factor I ever saw effect corporate investment was the level of capital gains tax, which was lowered by the REPUBLICAN congress in 1994. Obama has dried up investment because of his stupidity and threat to raise capital gains tax. This nonsense about tax breaks for the wealthy are infuriating because Bush’s tax revenues were 20% more than Clintons. The problem is overspending and you now have the biggest spender of all time in charge.
Posted by: brian | Mar 15, 2009 3:07:28 PM
Nice try brian but it doesn’t add up. If the capital gains tax was lowered in 1994, what happend from 2001 when Bush took office to 2008 when he left. Obama has been in office 55 days. Many of his policies haven’t even gone into effect yet. If Bush is not responsible for this mess, then who is? Pathetic!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

Does Cheney not realize that it was his and GW’s policies that have made us the the res of the world LESS SAFE than ever?? Go to all parts of the world today and see how the rest of the world are mostly against us and dislike us for the policies of the last 8 years, how our allies have turned against us, and how our policies have strengthened and encouraged the terrorists all over. Don’t preach to us you terror-creator Cheney, even as you speak out of both corners of your mouth. You personally have helped create this reign of terror and it will go down in history as this being on your shoulders and that of your lackey GW.

Posted by: Karen | March 15, 2009, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

Well………..Just how ‘safe’ do ya’ll feel now????
Time will tell if Obama and his crew have left too many doors open for terrorists from the middle east to attact us again……BUT…….
We don’t need the additional worry of that….not when Obama is “CHANGING” everything we love about our country…
Putting his hands in your pockets….as well as the next several generations….
How ‘safe’ do you feel about continuing the freedom and pursuit of happiness you’ve always enjoyed?
Truth is….Obama’s doing such a good job of destroying America as we know it…The terrorists can just sit back and watch….and wait…..
Do really feel “SAFE” now?

Posted by: J Moore | March 15, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

I think you people are missing the point as a whole. All of this bi-partisan BS needs to end soon. No one, Dems or Reps, give thought of the American people. It’s all rhetoric to put themselves in good standing for the next election. You hang on their words as if they mean something. You’ve been fooled into thinking they care about you or your plight. They are out of touch with the American people. Continue to support these gas bags, because they’re all the same.

Posted by: alphabravocharlie | March 15, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

By the way brian, you never addressed why the economy has always done better under Democrats? Can you explain that? I’m serious. I don’t know why but I thought you might be able to explain it.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

roxsteady…..Do not try to use common sense and logic with these kool-aid drinkers that blindly follow fascist pigs that have almost destroyed this great country.

Posted by: Diversionary101 | March 15, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

By the way brian, you never addressed why the economy has always done better under Democrats? Can you explain that? I’m serious. I don’t know why but I thought you might be able to explain it.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

Cheney is entitled to his opinion. He’s served our country for many years and knows better than most what is going on. He tried to keep our country safe. For those saying that the Bush administration should have seen the signs and stopped the terror attacks, perhaps Clinton could have done the same. Let’s face it, there are warning signs all day long, can’t shut off all commerce every time they hear something may happen, the regular folks would scream bloody murder.

Posted by: E. Hutchinson | March 15, 2009, 3:29 pm 3:29 pm

I do not doubt that Cheney had at one time, valued our collective security and the “American way of life” as the drivers, or “reasoning” for what he has done. I also hope that the good Lord forgives this man and his colleagues for how they have perverted true and just causes as well as true needs to the ends that they have.

Posted by: Darryl the Contractor | March 15, 2009, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

roxsteady…..Do not try to use common sense and logic with these kool-aid drinkers that blindly follow fascist pigs that have almost destroyed this great country.
Posted by: Diversionary101 | Mar 15, 2009 3:27:35 PM
Your probably right Diversionary101. It’s truely a waste of time! Their still smarting because of the vicious beating they’ve just taken. I can’t wait for 2010!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

Oh Roxsteady…..your job numbers are wrong. Most job creation under Bill (the man) Clinton was the result of an idustrial revolution in technology. The computer, your cell phone, and cool video games. LOL Alot of the job creation in 1992 to 2000 was the result of the innovativeness of the private sector and the technology revolution. Bill (the man) Clinton received high marks for NOT interfering with the private sector, and letting the new industries bloom. The current Obama Socialist Regime is doing the opposite of Bill (the man) Clinton and is choking new growth. Many doctorial thesis were written about FDR policies that failed, and prolonged the 1930′s economic downturn. You do realize that after 8 years of FDR policies the unemployment rate was pretty much unchanged. LOL You understand there is the dumbed down version of history, and there is also the more analytical version of history. At this point in time we are having a debate about Social Statism vs Free Market Democracy. Bill (the man) Clinton was a centerist, and the Obama far left socialist regime is just that….a far left socialist regime. Bill Clinton was fairly thoughtful in his actions, and the Obama Regime is reckless, arrogant, and fully indoctrinated in ideas that have been proved wrong time and time again by history. The stock market, the private sector, and most economist are not bullish on the socialist economic plans of the current far left socialist regime.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

Sorry about the double posting but I have the NBA League pass on my computer and I’ve attached a smaller screen into the corner of my computer screen!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

Ron, certainly i would place Cheney in the same league as Stalin, Mao and Hitler. Chavez is not comparable, neither is Castro. the U.S has supported regimes like tha Pinochet, the Shah of Iran (who’s assassination of a democratically elected prime minister in Iran, with U.S. support, led to the present tensions with iran. certainly Iran would have been a moderate middle eastern country like Egypt and history would have tilted in the direction of peace, but america decides elections in other nations not their own citizens) and we cannot leave out the CIA directly helping in the torture and murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically-elected prime minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in support of Mobutu Sese-Seko. we supported the Khmer Rouge by voting for their seating in the United Nations. Nixon opened diplomatic relations with Mao. so under republican rule the U.S. has “palled” around with genocidaires extensively.
hatred toward Cheney is not based on Hitlerian logic, quite the opposite. Cheney is dispicable because of his utter disregard for civil and human rights at home and especially abroad. he is an advocate for torture and absolute executive authority. so it’s clear as day who is similar to Hitler—it’s Cheney without a mustache. and he has the full support of and agrees with his “good friend Rush Limbaugh” (the racist, homophobic, xenophobic bigot, who used his pilonidal cyst to avoid serving this nation and ridicules decorated war heroes with multiple amputations who disagree with his radical views by giving them a dose of his purulent discharge (nauseating). Limbaugh is Cheney’s Goebbels.
your stats from Bush’s terms are disingenuous, you leave out the last years of his administration and minimize or ignore his role and the role of his party in the economic collapse of our nation.
i think it is seriously unfair to compare Hitler to Castro, Chavez and Ortega (forgive me for not remembering the right wing list of red herrings who weren’t/aren’t nearly as brutal as Hitler or Stalin. the views of the radical right approximate Hitler’s politics almost precisely—xenophobia, closed borders, ethnic diatribe and hatred, the hatred of homosexuals and all different than caucasian americans.
please don’t compare democrats to Hitler when your own party is so much ideologically closer to genocidal regimes. how often have right wing causes of radical white-ring, sorry right wing causes of organizations been defended by the Civil Liberties Union (the “most liberal organization” in the nation). liberals believe everyone gets to speak and has a place in a plural, democratic nation. the radical right wishes to extinguish liberal and populist dissent. and this lust of the right to extinguishes is the seed the buds into the road to Hitlerian hell.

Posted by: Paul Wall | March 15, 2009, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

I really can’t believe the ignorance of the Cheney Bashers——as much as you guys hate Cheney don’t kid yourselves-the Man is Smart. Secondly, if you haven’t figured out that Obama’s policies are going to get us attacked and then attacked again, you are complete fools. Obama is seen as a both a weak easy to push around president (he is completely inept both foreign and domestic ways) and is passing many policies that both help and encourage terrorists to attack REPEATEDLY. Remember these words when we get hit over and over again. And btw, new article out stating that the young are now the poorest generation to be expected because of Obama’s policies. Brace yourselves, Obama is making things really really bad and is actually making Bush look good.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm

The GOP needs someone else out there besides Cheney talking. Frankly, he is reviled and for good reason. He has helped steer the ship way off course and doesn’t have the courtesy or good sense to recognize it and shut until the ship is righted again.
Being consistent in one’s convictions even after those convictions have proven to be an absolute unmitigated disaster is a wanton mixture of hubris and stupidity.

Posted by: MIguy | March 15, 2009, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

Paul Wall, well said indeed!

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

PLEASE ADVISE MR. CHANEY AND ALL THOESE THAT AGREE WITH HIM THAT I WILL HELP FINANCE THEIR RELOCATION TO GITMO. I WANT MR. CHANEY TO BE SAFE…..SAFE….SAFE.

Posted by: chaney junior | March 15, 2009, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
Come on LADIES and LADIES let us take up a collection, after all we have the technology and the support of the Current Administration to clone the GOD to you all “Saddam Hussein”
The great thing about it is the he will hang the Bush Administration without a trial at all. Come on put it where your mouth is!
ANYBODY READY TO START DONATING $$$$. After all is this not what you are after??????
Thank you, keep it coming. It is not about Democrats or Republicans, it is about giving you what you asking for. After all have you, anti-Bush supporters, not consider them, Bush Administration, EVIL which implies that a wrong was done against Saddam Hussein. Come on any takers?????

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm

Hilarious….Obama is both a fascist and absolutely against the constitution down to having his own goon squad like Hitler’s brown shirts go around and harass anyone that speaks out against Obama—-and you guys want to call Cheney Hitler, Mao and others. Pick up a book, Obama is the lastest inept socialist fascist dicator to come (and please note that these evil men Hitler, Mao, Stalin appealed to the young and uneducated thugs of society promising CHANGE too.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

Tell me, how many Dems crossed over to vote for McCain/Palin? I can tell you this much; whatever the number, it didn’t matter and that should really frighten you losers!
Posted by: roxsteady | Mar 15, 2009 2:38:09 PM
I don’t know a number either, but I live in Texas and I know there were who did. It was pure racism. When I see the election numbers I have to remind myself that one of the only reasons some voted for McCain/Palin was because they would never vote for a black man, not to mention one named Barrack Hussein Obama.
The reason some vote against their own best interest is they have been indoctrinated that Democrats are un-chrisitan immoral baby killers. Wonder why they didn’t protest Bush over the fact that he did nothing about the abortion issue. Guns, religion, gays, abortion all make them vote against their own best interest. They don’t see that no President(Dem or Repub) has ever taken away their 2nd ammendment right. They don’t get that they can worship any way they want, that gays can’t ruin a straight persons marriage, and if they are against abortion then don’t have one.
Republicans just want to scare them into thinking that anybody who doesn’t hold the same views as them is a threat to themselves. Seems to me they think too small of their God. They have bastardized religion and have very little faith.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

I will say this though….Mao, Hitler, and Stalin were atleast intelligent men—-Obama isn’t.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

PresGov, please explain exactly which policies you refer to here:
“Obama….is passing many policies that both help and encourage terrorists to attack REPEATEDLY.”

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

abc =0
i have been trying to get important information on the blog.
TOP SECRET.
cheney the liar.

Posted by: cheney? | March 15, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

PresGov says “as much as you guys hate Cheney don’t kid yourselves-the Man is Smart.”
So too is Satan.

Posted by: Huh | March 15, 2009, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

abc losers.
try darpa, for the big problem

Posted by: cheney? | March 15, 2009, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

SHUT THE $@#% UP CHENEY!!

Posted by: Lily Bell | March 15, 2009, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

WOW Mr. Evil surfaces just in time to call us AT RISK? After what he and the village idiot did TO US for EIGHT LONG years of the reign of terror… two words D-I-C-K SHUT UP. GO TO JAIL.

Posted by: Jo Minneapolis | March 15, 2009, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

To Roxsteady…..you are about completely without fact. One of the best President America every had (Rated by historians look it up) was Ronald (Ray gun) Reagan. He was a Republican. In fact he had great job creation. He was so popular he served two terms, and his vice Prez got elected in to make it 12 years of Republicans in the white house. The problem with GW the 2nd was he got away from fiscal conservatism when spending money. Alot of people that are moderate want fiscal responsibility in government. It is something, our founding fathers declared was necessary for a successful Democracy. That and morals, and healthy religious life style, but we don’t want to talk about that. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

What really frosts my strawberries is that Darth Cheney will be receiving a government pension, and government protection, for the rest of his evil life……

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 3:47 pm 3:47 pm

Please do not interview this man any more. We had eight years of his underhanded mishandling of our country. He had his say and many suffered for it. Let him speak as a corporate keynoter and leave us alone.

Posted by: Carol Wright | March 15, 2009, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm

Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 3:31:43 PM
Wrong again! First of all, when FDR came into office after Hoover and the Republicans had destryoed this country, the unemployment rate was 25%. FDR was able to decrease that. Again, when Republicans get into office the economy goes down. Second, if the innovation that you speak of was because of Clinton leaving business to do what they do best, what the hell happened from 2001 to 2008? Finally most economists have said that the stimulus should have been bigger. While the Republicans are trying once again to rewrite history, even the stupid people have wised up as evidenced by the last election. Give it up! Republicans are idiots!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm

I taught this idiot was already dead!

Posted by: Dave | March 15, 2009, 3:50 pm 3:50 pm

PresGov—you need to read real books not listen to Rush. he is an uneducated fool and any day you can find falsities in what he says. read some academic books on US history (not “gloss it all over” high-school history books). no logical person would compare Ortega or Castro or Chavez to Hitler and Stalin. Rush is pure would-be totalian disctator who would extinguish all liberal, humanitarian dissent. follow Limbaugh and Chaney anywhere you want to go, it is the road to hell, though. but just read up and take notes. stay away from the tv and am radio. it does not serve you well.

Posted by: Paul Wall | March 15, 2009, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

What is this darth vadar strikes back.He didn’t think much about breaking the US constitution,enough already!

Posted by: steve | March 15, 2009, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

cheney GO TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG!

Posted by: ANGIE IN PA | March 15, 2009, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

Dave—i thought the same thing. i think he’s a vampire. he has multiple heart attacks and lives to torture. anne rice couldn’t have thought of a better story.
if he can’t shut up he needs to die off or go to the Hague, anything but gives his fascist opinion on the safety of this nation. we are so at risk because of his policy. we’ve never been protected by them.

Posted by: Paul Wall | March 15, 2009, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

Cheney should be rotting in a cold dark damp jail rotting in his own urine and feces, with the same torturous devices applied to him as he so blatantly applies to others. Not until he is burning in eternal damnation and hellfire will this earth be at peace.

Posted by: David | March 15, 2009, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

Ron…and others who support this doofus called Cheney…get real, folks.
He was, at times, acting like an Imperial President himself. And to Jon, you must be smoking something strong, man…to say RR was one of the best presidents. At least, he was much stronger and more presidential that GB. And where do you come up with the founding fathers espousing a “healthy religious life style”??? That came from all those wealthy white Protestant men??? Proof????

Posted by: Wallace | March 15, 2009, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm

If the Republicans have done such a great job, then why were they unable to win the last election? Sure, McCain and Palin are both idiots but they would have continued the same policies wouldn’t they? Why did 67 million Americans reject them? All of you who are unhappy that your party is no longer in office do have a choice. You can just leave the United States! Seriously! Since you think Iraq was so successful, I’d suggest you move there!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm

Republicans want less government authority, and smaller government, and want people to be responsible for their own lives. NOW HOW IS THAT SUPPOSE TO BE AUTHORITARIAN, OR NAZI LIKE????? On the other hand we have the far left socialist party which using vicious false propaganda to attack any opposition while wanting more power for the government. The far left socialist want to dictate pay, retirement age, health care, and pretty much regulate everything and anything so that government grows and controls more. The NAZI Party in Germany WAS NOT the conservative party in Germany. The NAZI party was the National SOCIALIST Party. LOL Soooooooo……..what does the Obama far left socialist party have in common with the NAZI Party????? A GREAT DEAL !!!!! I have read absolutely too much fanatical hatred from the far left socialist on the blog. It reminescent of hate filled lies of the NAZI Party of Germany. On poster says “Neo-cons should not even be allowed to exist!!!” LOL Do you people realize how far crazy some of this hate filled nonsense sounds to moderates like myself. It saddens me to think that in my life time that my country is going to become a third world trash heap due to irresponsible economic, and domestic policies, by the current socialist party in power.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm

It would’nt take a huge leap….to believe Obama is working
with other countries or religions…..purposefully….to defeat
America…..
We were…and still are the most powerful country in the
world…..but…if a regime were put in place to lead us into
economic ruin….cut back on our defense capability….kill
capitolism….etc.
Sounds like a good movie………..
But not something I would like to live…………
Everyday, in small baby steps….Obama is conditioning us
to accept more and more assults on our
intelligence….leaving us with fewer choices…
It seems he is grooming us….to accept the beginnings of a
dictatorship…
His foriegn policy is all about bowing to our enemys and
shunning those that have proven their support…..
Can all this just be coincedental?
Praying I am wrong….

Posted by: J Moore | March 15, 2009, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

Roxsteady wrote: “All of you who are unhappy that your party is no longer in office do have a choice. You can just leave the United States! Seriously! Since you think Iraq was so successful, I’d suggest you move there!”
I think maybe they should all move to Alaska, and join Caribou Barbie in seceding from the USA! That would eliminate Alaska from being the highest per-capita recipients of federal dollars. Then they can all go and build their ‘bridge to nowhere’ – and jump off it!

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm

We all need to do something positive with our day.
Shoot a terrorist……or a Republican, they are the same F*#@&$G thing.

Posted by: JustSayNoToGOP | March 15, 2009, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm

Cheney…you had 8 years to spew your crap…you need to shut up and go away.

Posted by: Karen T. | March 15, 2009, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm

Most of you that wish evil on others will one day regret what you are saying when your head is hanging from a Jihad pole. You should wish you had the ambition & fortitude that this man has endured in his life

Posted by: vet | March 15, 2009, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

Not looking forward to 4 years of the Republicans whining and pointing fingers at Obama and the Democrats for every move they make. Let’s face it, Bush and his cronies practically destroyed this country and it is going to take drastic measures and time to fix what they did. Obama is our president and I believe he is a exactly what our country needs… so deal with it.

Posted by: CreativeGenius40 | March 15, 2009, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

OK, anybody for resurrecting Saddam Hussein and making him president of the USA, and perhaps even a GOD to all you Anti-bush, anti-American geniuses.
Come on LADIES and LADIES let us take up a collection, after all we have the technology and the support of the Current Administration to clone the GOD to you all “Saddam Hussein”
The great thing about it is the he will hang the Bush Administration without a trial at all. Come on put it where your mouth is!
ANYBODY READY TO START DONATING $$$$. After all is this not what you are after??????
Thank you, keep it coming. It is not about Democrats or Republicans, it is about giving you what you asking for. After all have you, anti-Bush supporters, not consider them, Bush Administration, EVIL which implies that a wrong was done against Saddam Hussein. Come on any takers?????
NO GUTS NO GLORY, JUST HOT AIR?

Posted by: americaFirst | March 15, 2009, 4:11 pm 4:11 pm

Alaska should be asking for more…..Since they have fewer people to tax….to run the largest state in the union….
It says sooo much about Sarah Palins abilitys….that she needed so little from the gov………which translates into she’s not asking for your money….
Try to think this stuff through people….

Posted by: J Moore | March 15, 2009, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

Cheney is correct when he says Dodd and Frank held up regulation of Fannie and Freddie. Of course the Dems will never admit it.Dodd was touting them even as late as July of last year. The Dems are truly clueless since they helped cause the problems and are now suppossed to fix it. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sen-dodd-calls-fannie-freddie/story.aspx?guid={6D500286-5BDC-433B-A2EF-A9B3CE520ADE}&dist=msr_15
Sen. Dodd calls Fannie, Freddie ‘fundamentally strong’
By Michael R. Crittenden
Last update: 3:11 p.m. EDT July 11, 2008
“This is not a time to be panicking about this. These are viable, strong institutions,” Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said at a Capitol Hill press conference.
The comments came as the two government-sponsored enterprises continued to be the focus of growing fears they could be insolvent or could face a capital crunch. Shares of Freddie Mac were recently down 10% following strong declines earlier this week, while Fannie Mae shares were down 24%.
“The economics are fine in these institutions and people need to know that,” Dodd said. There’s no reason “to talk about failure,” he added.

Posted by: jschmidt | March 15, 2009, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

Now as in the past 8 years, no one really cares what Cheney has to say. Why don’t the news media let the guy fade away so we don’t have to listen to him any longer.

Posted by: Gerald | March 15, 2009, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

J Moore—
no need to pray, you are wrong…
right wing ideology is inspired by racism, homophobia, xenophobic, ethic hatred, racial purity and white privilege…
“sounds like a good movie”—read and don’t watch movies. you will get carried away by your imagination…
“Obama is conditioning us”—voices in your head? are we rats in a BF Skinner experiment. turn off the boob-tube and read.
“dictatorship”—Obama isn’t reading your email or eavesdropping on your phone calls or violating the Geneva conventions…
President obama…wil do…fine…with…or without…your…support….go…to…church…and pray for him…to fail…like Limbaugh…does…when he’s not abusing drugs…or hating minorities…ot throwing his…purulent discharge…of his…pilonidal cyst…which he used ….to avoid military service…to…his…country…pray to almight…Limbaugh. “ditto Rush” we pray…

Posted by: Paul Wall | March 15, 2009, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm

Roxsteady wrote: “All of you who are unhappy that your party is no longer in office do have a choice. You can just leave the United States! Seriously! Since you think Iraq was so successful, I’d suggest you move there!”
I think maybe they should all move to Alaska, and join Caribou Barbie in seceding from the USA! That would eliminate Alaska from being the highest per-capita recipients of federal dollars. Then they can all go and build their ‘bridge to nowhere’ – and jump off it!
Posted by: SearamblerOne | Mar 15, 2009 4:03:05 PM
How about Alaska and Texas. Just give me enough time to move out first. Or wait at least 4 years until my child is grown

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 4:16 pm 4:16 pm

vet wrote:”Most of you that wish evil on others will one day regret what you are saying when your head is hanging from a Jihad pole. You should wish you had the ambition & fortitude that this man has endured in his life”
Oh my Gawd, you gave me the laugh of the day! Thanks!

Posted by: Tanner | March 15, 2009, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Roxsteady…..you are completely wrong again. The unemployment rate under FDR was over 18%. The only reason the United States recovered was because of the second world war. As to the election results….well it was a 6 point spread. That is hard and fast. LOL If 3 people out of a hundred change their mind about Obama’s reign of incompetence, then it is game over. According to the latest Rasmussen poll Obama’s approval rating is below George Bush’s approval rating prior to his approval surge after 9-11. LOL As to Rush Limbaugh he is a talk show entertainer who using critical thinking while discussing factual news items. Wether we agree or disagree with him is not the point. He is discussing factual news items, and using critical thinking, and under the Bill of Rights he and every American is entitled to their opinion. The news group POLITICO has found that the OBAMA administration has targeted Rush Limbaugh. I ask the question….should the most powerful office in this country be targeting individual citizens for disagreeing with them??? If Cheney and Bush attempted the same thing on Rachael Maddows, Keith Olbermann, or John Stewart what would you say to that. In my opinion MSNBC is one of the most unfactual hate filled propaganda channels in America. And finally, to the gentlemen that says Rush Limbaugh wants to be a dictator….LOL….um the guy has turned down any position of political posting. Rush Limbaugh has no say in the Republican Party, and has no interest in political office. So again I say…….what a bunch of hate filled unfactual garbage I read on this blog today.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm

Butterfly wrote:How about Alaska and Texas. Just give me enough time to move out first. Or wait at least 4 years until my child is grown”
Don’t send anymore down here!

Posted by: Clint In Texas | March 15, 2009, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm

Cheny = a f@t@$$ with zero credibility. In cae he’s forgotten, we were already attacked on his watch, and his administration has done more to endanger America than President Obama has, to this point.

Posted by: BeesKnees | March 15, 2009, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm

Ron
You seem to be in a very small group in thinking Cheney would make a good president. Even most of those on the right do not like him. It is interesting that one of the qualities you find important with Cheney is the fact that those on the other side do not like him. The problem in Washington are people like you who think it’s a good thing not to work with the other side. You are the problem and not the solution.

Posted by: unshrub | March 15, 2009, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm

vet wrote: “Most of you that wish evil on others will one day regret what you are saying when your head is hanging from a Jihad pole. You should wish you had the ambition & fortitude that this man has endured in his life”
Ambition and fortitude?!?!? Give me a freakin’ break! What wars did Cheney fight in? When was he even IN the military? Oh yeah, that’s right, he received FIVE deferments so he could avoid the military. His only ambition for the last 8 years has been war-profiteering. At that, he’s been very successful…..

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm

Chenny is an idot and has nothing to do but warmunger in his spare time. Another Republicant with not idea how to fix things just another critic!!!
Chenny go climb back in your hole where hide during the election!

Posted by: m1ke222 | March 15, 2009, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm

as a life long democrat, i believe that bush and cheney, rice and yes, even rumsfeld did the best they could to protect us after 911 and went after the bad guys and their money, arresting many, killing others. perhaps rumsfeld was stubborn and should have sent more troops, but the fact is we had 500,000 troops in vietnam, and with 50,000 americans dead, we sure as hell did not win that war. the enemy we are fighting wears no uniform, does not believe in any of the geneva convention rights and would like to wipe us off the earth or at least be successful at taking away our way of life. as someone who lives near camp leujeune, i can tell you you the troops coming and going back tell me we are kicking ass and are more appreciated than not.

Posted by: gatorinnc | March 15, 2009, 4:27 pm 4:27 pm

CHENEY IS A MORON! This is the best word I can find to describe the man.

Posted by: Stanley | March 15, 2009, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm

To Gus,
Are you out of your mind? Cheney was the President between 2000 and 2008 and look where it got us!This man is despicable and needs to fade away like all failed rulers.

Posted by: Robert | March 15, 2009, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm

please tell the troll to go back under his bridge, he is no longer relevant and his opinion is of no importance.

Posted by: kay | March 15, 2009, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm

j moore wrote: “Alaska should be asking for more…..Since they have fewer people to tax….to run the largest state in the union….
It says sooo much about Sarah Palins abilitys….that she needed so little from the gov………which translates into she’s not asking for your money….
Try to think this stuff through people….”
That’s right, I forgot Alaska is a welfare state. They tax the hell out of the oil companies, then redistribute that revenue to the residents. That’s why they pay virtually no taxes. Yes, it’s the largest state geographically – but it has the smallest population. Apparently you believe the thousands and thousands of square miles of tundra and bush really needs those tax dollars. Alaskans contribute the LEAST per person to the federal govt, yet they receive the most per person FROM the federal govt. Palin will be gone after the next election there, the Alaskan people have wised up to her incredible lack of intelligence as well as her hypocricy…..

Posted by: SearamblerOne | March 15, 2009, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm

Cheney + Bush = TROUBLE FOR USA

Posted by: Anita Yova | March 15, 2009, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

It takes a lot of nerve for the man who was personally charged with heading an anti-terrorism task force before 9-11 and didn’t, who created a terrorist recruitment poster and training camp in Iraq, breaking the military in the process, and who personally orchestrated the exposure of a CIA officer working in weapons of mass destruction, making everything she ever did worthless, to say someone else is making the country less safe.
The only thing that might make the United States less safe is if President Obama gives credence to any information cooked up by holdovers of Cheney’s B teams in national and military intelligence.

Posted by: Progressive Observer | March 15, 2009, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm

jon,
Ronald Regan came into office and increased the deficit. His own Chairman of Economic Advisers Martin Feldstein gave 3 reasons for this:
1) Regan’s tax cuts
2) Increased defense spending
3) The interest on expanding the national debt
Sound familar? Cheney was quoted at the time saying “Deficits Don’t Matter”
Regan also opposed the Civil Rights act of 1964 and tried to weaken the voting rights act of 1965.
He also vetoed the sanctions on apartheid which Congress overrode.
Greatest President? Did you hear that on Fox News?

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm

Cheney is a liar, a drunk, a theif, and a cheat. Any fool that supports him deserves the past 8 years of h3ll.

Posted by: Dan | March 15, 2009, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm

Cheney should be in prison! Between the torture he authorized, the friends he made rich, and his private assassin squad, he operated as if he was above the law and answered to no one.
No we have a president that is intelligent and principled. Protecting the American public and upholding our American values are not irreconcialbe. We can do both!
We have heard more from Cheney in the last 4 months than we have in the entire eight years he was VP. He needs to shut up and mind his own business. We have real leadership in place now.

Posted by: Diane in PA | March 15, 2009, 4:46 pm 4:46 pm

To Roxsteady …..to your comment regarding if people don’t like the far left socialist authoritarian regime of Obama that the should just leave. Well LEAVING is exactly what the cashflow in this country is doing. Corporations are investing more overseas, because of the bad political policies being in acted. Wealthy people are investing overseas, and betting on hyper inflation in the United States and a falling dollar. Your rebuttal will be something hateful and over simplified, but pleeeaaaze entertain me. Basically, people with money don’t have to invest in America’s hate business political climate with lots of taxes and spending. Because of tax cap and trade on carbon emission many companies are hoarding cash. Domestic oil production is being cut by far left socialist government policies. Even people like me have property and safe havens overseas. LOL Don’t worry though….the broad conservative base in America that is thoughtful, hardworking, and polite. That can’t afford to leave….THEY ARE ALL BUYING GUNS, AMMO, RELOADING EQUIPMENT, KEVLAR, AND LOTS OF NEAT STUFF. Personally, I think it is great that all these quiet American’s (a great deal of them ex-military, police, and generally well informed people) are arming themselves to the FREAKIN teeth. It is kinda funny thinking how normal Americans are shifting in their thinking. Perhaps, the are NOT happy with the hate spewed propaganda coming out of the far left socialist. Even funnier to me is that employers are firing hate filled socialist, because their co-workers can’t stand them. LOL Most Americans are conservative in their values, and they are moderate in the politics. There are conservative Democrats, and conservative Republicans. There is nothing wrong with rational conservative values. Conservatives don’t like wars, but want national security. Conservatives don’t like tax and spend governments. All the hate spewing from the far left socialist party is pushing the quiet Americans away from left wing fanaticism. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ALL YOU HATE SPEWERS. lol Most Americans are quiet thoughtful people with good sense. God Bless America. Ah…ya ….I said God…..ah….I …probally..ah…offended a left winger with that comment. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 4:46 pm 4:46 pm

Butterfly wrote:How about Alaska and Texas. Just give me enough time to move out first. Or wait at least 4 years until my child is grown”
Don’t send anymore down here!
Posted by: Clint In Texas | Mar 15, 2009 4:19:33 PM
Sorry Clint, I know we in Texas are making progress so ok, I won’t go there. We can just send them all to Alaska as originally planned.
We will just have to turn Texas blue all over instead of just in the big cities.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 4:47 pm 4:47 pm

Oh and jon, critical thinking and that bloated junkie Rush Limbaugh should never be used in the same sentence. The 2 of you have that in common!
It’s like now, the Republicans are saying that Bush didn’t inherit a surplus. They never let anything like facts get in the way of their spin.
Remember OBAMA HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 55 DAYS! To use a basketball analogy you might understand, you can’t call the winner of the game in the first quarter.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 4:48 pm 4:48 pm

nobody cares what the lying scumbag has to say period

Posted by: bob | March 15, 2009, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm

Cheney is 100% correct… Our nation is less safe with Obama in the White House. Obama has already made nice with Hamas, Gitmo terrorists, and apparently now, the Taliban.

Posted by: R McArthur | March 15, 2009, 4:55 pm 4:55 pm

“I was clearly not happy that we in effect left Scooter sort of hanging in the wind. I think he’s an innocent man who deserves a pardon.”
If he was an innocent man he wouldn’t need a pardon.

Posted by: wfhn | March 15, 2009, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm

Cheney, you had better take some gun safety courses before you start opening that big hole of yours.
Smarmy jerk.

Posted by: mderks | March 15, 2009, 4:58 pm 4:58 pm

What an utterly unpatriotic and spiteful thing for the former vice president to have said. Only a complete lunatic would be deceived by his feeble attempt to undermine President Barack Obama’s leadership. Chaney is a truly evil monster. He would be delighted to watch his fellow Americans killed just so he could blame Mr. Obama for something he and Bush could not do that is protect the homeland and the American people. What a filthy dog. Just like Limbaugh, he wants Mr. Obama to fail even if it means the country goes down with him.

Posted by: V. Brame | March 15, 2009, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm

Another failure of the American education system. He really doesn’t get it.
He could never give you specifics as to why we are less safe..cause he doesn’t have a clue. pres. Obama policy is to not live in fear, I think we are more safe.
Tell us Mr. Cheney (from your house in Dubai) why are we less safe..specifics…oh you really don’t know…

Posted by: John | March 15, 2009, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

By the way, instead of buying guns, all of the idiots in the Southern states that vote Republican should probably be buying food! I’m not sure why they’re arming themselves. Could it be that they are listening to Faux News’ Glen Beck and all the other lunatics on that network spewing their hate? I suppose those guns will come in handy for the other “Republican and Conservativs” who want to murder their entire families. As for businesses moving overseas. If they’ve been doing this over the last 8 years…Bush was in office. Again, your arguments just don’t add up! The Republicans are shrinking in numbers. As for your God Bless America comment, I’m not offended. Though I suspect that the number of people who say they are not religious at all has increased from 8% over the las eight years, to 15%. What’s left are the same fanatics that are as crazy as the muslim extremist. Arm yourselves? I guess they have that in common along with their own lunacy! The Republicans are no longer able to force their beliefs on the rest of us. It must be tough!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

You can say what you want about Cheney, but the guy has a handle on the heartbeat of America. He has been in government for many years, and no one can say he isn’t proficient in the affairs of the country. The Obama administration had better pay attention to what he has to say concerning terrorists.

Posted by: Steve | March 15, 2009, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

jon,
Do you even know how rediculous you sound. You don’t even make any sense. Your quiet thoughtful Americans are arming themselves to the teeth?
Normal thoughtful Americans are not arming themselves to the teeth. Only racist fear mongers are doing that. Whatever you think is socialist about President Obama is based on ignorance end fear. You cannot allow corporations to prey on innocent people in an un-regulated capitalist society. There has to be regulations in place to keep greedy men from trampeling ordinary citizens under their boots. Not one thing President Obama is promoting is socialism. Why don’t you educate yourself and think for yourself and stop trying to make this nation into a white, gun and bible toting country. We are a nation of diversity and that is how it will stay. Not one gay person, minority person, athiest, or any other person will take anything from you. You are paranoid. What rights do you want now that you don’t have. What rights do you have now that you think President Obama will take from you. What are you so paranoid about. Did Carter or Clinton take any rights away from you? Is it just that you don’t like seeing a black man in power?

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

Cheney is right. Obama’s administration is putting us in great danger.

Posted by: aforefreedom | March 15, 2009, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm

Cheney is an idiot. What else is there to say? The very fact that he stands behind the mess he & bush got this country into speaks for itself!

Posted by: Julie | March 15, 2009, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm

Cheney is nothing anymore.

Posted by: euro.guy | March 15, 2009, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm

-”If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program.”- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998″[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”Letter to President Clinton.- (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998″Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.”- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

Posted by: jschmidt | March 15, 2009, 5:06 pm 5:06 pm

Oh, good, it’s about time Cheney defends the liars in the White House. I’m so sick of people claiming that Bush inherited a “surplus” when in fact, he didn’t!! Bush inherited a recession, Saddam Hussein and Al Queda!Obama, the marxist, has spent more money in his first 50 days than our nation has since IT’S FOUNDING!!!!! He doesn’t care about terrorists at all and he certainly doesn’t care about people losing their money at the stock market. He wants people to loose their money so he can instill more government power of our banks, our private businesses, our education,and our energy policies. This president and the democratic congress have done more unconstitutional things than anyone else in our history. Obama should NOT BE TRUSTED. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
I fear for my country.

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 5:06 pm 5:06 pm

-”Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction … So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real…”- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003″In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members … It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.”- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002″We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.”- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002″The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons…”- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002″I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.”- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

Posted by: jschmidt | March 15, 2009, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

Mr. Cheney could use a nice waterboarding.

Posted by: euro.guy | March 15, 2009, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

What an utterly unpatriotic and spiteful thing for the former vice president to have said. Only a complete lunatic would be deceived by his feeble attempt to undermine President Barack Obama’s leadership. Chaney is a truly evil monster. He would be delighted to watch his fellow Americans killed just so he could blame Mr. Obama for something he and Bush could not do that is protect the homeland and the American people. What a filthy dog. Just like Limbaugh, he wants Mr. Obama to fail even if it means the country goes down with him.

Posted by: V. Brame | March 15, 2009, 5:09 pm 5:09 pm

Gary Lumsden, Boxcar, truthnmichigan, yes we know you are brown nosers to Cheney and he must owe you favors, we get it.
To answer to your ignorance only to humor you, we read the Constitution, The People’s Bill of Rights, and we don’t need you Repubs reading to us. Next, we also have the right to bear arms, defend our homes against gangs and drug lords in our own communities that are far more barbaric than any country intruder. Lastly, we who are responsible gun owners don’t drink and shoot as Cheney does with his buddies like you guys.
Watch out — duck Cheney has a gun in one hand and a big gusty beer in the other, and driving drunk with his toes.
Now let’s talk about sense and sensibility.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm

Oh, jon. God did bless America. Remember, Palin said. “And it also strengthens my faith, because I’m going to know, at the end of the day, putting this in God’s hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4. So I’m not discouraged at all.”
She continued: “When we hear along the rope lines that people are interceding for us and praying for us, it’s our reminder to do the same, to put this all in God’s hands, to seek his perfect will for this nation, and to of course seek his wisdom and guidance in putting this nation back on the right track.”
The prayers were answered you just don’t like the answer. Still love your country and your God?

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 5:12 pm 5:12 pm

One more thing jon, why are the people in those Southern States that voted Republican the least educated? Perhaps it’s required if you’re going to vote for them. You’d have to be stuck on stupid and clearly, they are. I’d guess that most of them don’t even know what socialism is. Our country will never be a socialist country. If you watched Meet The Press this morning, Katy Kay was talking about the G8 Summit and how many of the European countries don’t want to put forward a stimulus and they aren’t being pressured to because their medicine is socialized. This means everyone pays the same price for quality care so that if they lose their jobs, they still have healthcare. Get it? The companies aren’t paying the high cost of healthcare that we do and they get better service. We pay more and get less. This is why many companies move overseas. Because they don’t have to pay the outrageous healthcare cost that we do.

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

These previous posts that claim Bush inheried a surplus need to get educated, in fact, Bush inherited a recession and a deficit.
Next, Bush carried out the Iraqi Liberation Act set by Bill Clinton. I guess these obama lovers can’t seem to remember that these dems often touted how dangerous Saddam Hussein was in the 1990′s.
Next, those who criticized Bush for being in power for 7 months before 9/11 doesn’t take into accout the many offers by the Sudan to the Clinton Adm. of Osama Bin Laden and Clinton didn’t want him! Sandy Berger didn’t want him! Susan Rice didn’t want him. Clinton only met his CIA director twice during his tenure! Please spare us the hypocracy!

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm

Secretary Gates hasn’t said Obama is putting America in harms way, nor have we heard from the Pentagon or the Chiefs Joint of Staff or anyone else in charge of the socialistic (paid for by taxpayers) military, (which the Repubs like to take credit for) — they now in charge haven’t warned us of any threats — therefore Cheney doesn’t speak for them unless he still thinks his is in control mode. He just wants limelight and doesn’t like retirement. Why didn’t Bush Cheney do something about Mexico when they were in power for 8 years. They deflected their responsibility in order to let drugs come into our country under their watch. That speaks volumes of their character — not much there.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm

FINALLY THE TRUTH SEEPS OUT OF THE SEWER. TO ESTABLISH A DEMOCRATIC NATION
IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS THE GOAL. WMD BE DAMNED. CHENEY, BUSHIE AND RICE – NATION BUILDERS! THEY SHOULD HAVE WORKED ON MAKING ISRAEL DEMOCRATIC AND FORGOTTEN IRAQ. ISRAEL ONCE AGAIN WAS THE TAIL THAT WAGGED THE DOG. AND THEY HAD TWO MORE SUCCESSES LAST WEEK; UNSEATING AN INTELLIGENCE NOMINEE AND HYPING THE CONCERN OVER IRAN – OH AND CRITICALLY WOUNDING ANOTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN. ISRAEL REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST PARANOID AND DESTRUCTIVE FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. GRABBING LAND AND SUBJUGATING ANOTHER NATION FOR THE 40TH YEAR. REMINDS ME OF THE NAZI’S IN THE WARSAW GHETTO. IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK, WALKS LIKE A DUCK . . .

Posted by: turnovercongress | March 15, 2009, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm

Why can’t Mr. Cheney lose weight? He would look a lot more credible if he actually worked to not be so overweight.

Posted by: euro.guy | March 15, 2009, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm

Mr. Cheney bases his criticism on the assumption that one can enjoy freedom without taking risks. We know that to be false. Mr. Obama rightly insists on freedom, even if it SLIGHTLY increases risk. For example, the 3,000 WTC deaths were very few, when compared with automobile deaths that year; now, should we not be allowed to drive, to reduce the risk of dying in a traffic accident?
Mr. Cheney toes the unAmerican Bush line, that anything that kills people who might be terrorists is good, and anything that fails to kill, or to deny rights of, people who might be terrorists is not good.
The safest place for Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney would be a nice, warm jail cell, where they would be looked after and fed better than the average FREE Afghan or Iraqi. Isn’t that their definition of riskless freedom?

Posted by: John Williams | March 15, 2009, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm

Gary Lumsden is a moron.

Posted by: GMorgan | March 15, 2009, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

I despise this man!

Posted by: Thinking | March 15, 2009, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

justrighttoojustrighttoo, Saddam Hussein was friends with Bush Sr. and Jr. Saddam did his worst harm under Reagan and Bush Sr, therefore, it took Bush Jr to take out Saddam since Saddam threatened to kill Bush Sr. That’s the reason we went to Iraq and no other reason. WMD was just one more deflection. We spent trillions of dollars to spare a former President when we also put tons of monies into their security after they have served in office. We must be saying that our security surrounding our former President’s isn’t adequate to spend so much non back monies on a war in Iraq who didn’t have anything to do with 9.11. So, get the facts straight justrighttoo since you are so ignorant in that area.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm

Mr. Cheney bases his criticism on the assumption that one can enjoy freedom without taking risks. We know that to be false. Mr. Obama rightly insists on freedom, even if it SLIGHTLY increases risk.
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Cheney never took a risk at a time when our country was at War. He never served, and from all the telling he must have put our country at risk.

Posted by: Thinking | March 15, 2009, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

To Roxsteady and Butterfly……well you two do drink alot of kool-aid. LOL
Your visions of middle working class America is bigoted, and judgemental, based on your indoctrination by radical left wing sources. I read your postings and they are the mad rantings of hate filled idealogues. IT IS A FACT……AMERICANS ARE BUYING GUNS, AMMO, KEVLAR, RELOADING EQUIPMENT, ECT.. I point this fact out from business sale reports. I will also say…I have talked with alot of different people I know that are buy guns ect. and asked them WHY???? These people buying GUNS and AMMO are all good people with good paying jobs, and they don’t like what they are seeing. Oh, yes they are educated, and multi-cultural. Basically, when well adjusted Americans hear hate spewing lies from far left socialist, after a while they get disgusted by it, and see it as irrational / dangerous thinking. Oh and to “Butterfly” calling American’s racist at every turn is crazy talk. Most American’s I talk to are disgusted with far left socialist trying to win arguements by calling the other side racist!!!! Get a grip. We are all Americans FIRST AND FOREMOST !!!!! If you can’t win a discussion with fact don’t try the racism calling game. That will get you fired in alot of places because non-racist Americans are sick and tired of crazy people. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm

roxsteady – First, most conservatives (35%)in the GOP didn’t vote this past November. Second, most people who voted for Obama haven’t a clue as to his ‘marxist tendancies’ that he stated in his memoir. As we have seen these last 50 days, his true goals are a socialistic society. Third, you watched ‘Meet The Press’ which states your ideology to the left. Fourth, you seem to be oblivious that these same countries with universal healthcare aren’t the world’s leading economy. Nor, do they have the population. Nor, do you mention the months of waiting to be seen by a doctor or the increasing private practices in England since they are realizing that universal healthcare is a mistake. Nor, do you mention that most health related vaccines and new cures are invented HERE. Obama lovers are not taking into account several factors in order to make their case. Stop drinking the kool-aid.

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

J Moore: I just want to say that I truly pity you. You are ignorant, paranoid, and your arguments are irrational and ridiculous. Nonetheless, I am sure you (like Rush and the other idiots) truly believe that you and your copatriots are the only ones that “truly understand what is going on”.
Our country voted for change because the Republican agenda (and the American Taliban right-wing that tries to force its religious beliefs on one of the most diverse nations in the world) has all but destroyed this nation in every way (including undermining the economy with its love for anti-regulation and belief that wealth will trickle down to the little people from the greedy corporations and the richest of the rich).
It slays me that returning to the tax rates in the 1990′s that led to budget surpluses and a sound economy is called “socialism” and a “re-distribution of wealth.” Why wasn’t it called a re-distribution of wealth when the wealth was moved from the middle class to the richest Americans by the policies of the last 8 years?!?!?!?
The Republican party has duped the middle class (especially in the South). Wake up!
I was raised Republican and in the 24 years I have been old enough to vote, voted Republican more times than Democrat. As I got older and wiser and my world view was enlarged, I totally changed my political views. I am now a definite liberal democrat. Their views and agenda (support of the people) most matches my views.
Obama is no more of a socialist than any other American president. He believes a strong middle class will lead to a strong economy. I am glad we have a president that is looking out for us, instead of the richest 1%. I am glad we have an intelligent, articulate president that believes in diplomacy and not just military force. I am glad we have a president that uses logic and critical thinking to make decisions, and not just “his gut”.
Obama is exactly what we need at this time. He has been in office less than 8 weeks. Fixing the mess we are in will take time, but at least we are on the right path.

Posted by: Diane in PA | March 15, 2009, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

roxsteady the south still thinks they are under “Jim Crow” laws that President Lincoln choose to ignore. So, the reason the south is so illiterate is they don’t allow education in their states. The elite Repubs in their states think they don’t need n eduhation. Let’s see Rush Limbaugh no formal education, Newt Gingrich, got rifted from his job, Phil Gramm can’t add, and added to the Georgian list, Karl Rove are from Georgia — adopted state by the Rove man. Rove was born in Utah, lived in Colorado, went to Washington, resides in Texas, and now Georgia and still doesn’t have an undergraduate degree. Makes my case and my day — illiterate Repubs of the south.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm

justrighttoo why don’t you move to Germany and join the 3rd Right there and see how long you stay in power — think again.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:34 pm 5:34 pm

Diane in PA Great job. Many Repubs brag about being the party of the military. Where do they think the monies come from to support the military, it comes from taxpayers. OMGoodness. Reagan, Bush Sr, Bush Jr, Cheney, McCain all support socialism — what an eye opening and shocker!

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm

Dude, i don’t understand why this Cheney can’t understand that his awful era is done and over with. Oh, maybe not since we are the once who are paying the price for his foolish ideas. No one asked for his opinion in the first place and he is still talking. He can’t differentiate between the good and evil anyways. Isn’t he rather staying out of our politics and keep shouting at people while he is hunting ”since that is all what he knows”, while others are taking care of politics!!

Posted by: dave | March 15, 2009, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm

I have talked with alot of different people I know that are buy guns ect. and asked them WHY???? These people buying GUNS and AMMO are all good people with good paying jobs, and they don’t like what they are seeing. Oh, yes they are educated, and multi-cultural. Basically, when well adjusted Americans hear hate spewing lies from far left socialist, after a while they get disgusted by it, and see it as irrational / dangerous thinking.
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Well adjusted you say? They have good jobs with good pay so that makes them well adjusted? Gunning up for the coming revolution, because they see that there way is in the minority, and so our democracy doesn’t work. Sounds like well adjusted people to me. Perhaps you would like to submitt their addresses to the FBI?

Posted by: Thinking | March 15, 2009, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm

Cheney is absolutely right! Bush kept us safe for 8 years with his policies and I dont believe anyone suffered from them except maybe a few TERRORISTS!! You libs with your head up your ### will find out who is right when we have another attack in this country. Must be nice to live in a never never land world every day. Get real! O’Bama is RUINING THIS COUNTRY and more and more people realize it.

Posted by: M. Smith | March 15, 2009, 5:41 pm 5:41 pm

Jon – people are buying guns & ammo because the radical republicans succeeded in convincing some Americans that Obama intended to disarm them. NOT because they are afraid under his term! If there is fear it is due to the state of the country that BUSH & CHENEY produced! We now have hope. Get over it.

Posted by: Julie | March 15, 2009, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm

Obama is a danger for US. He wille treat in Afganistan with moderate Talebans? Ridiculous! Who are the moderate Talibans? Where are they? He has a great imagination.

Posted by: silver | March 15, 2009, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm

23 million jobs created under Clinton/Gore
3 million jobs created under Bush/Cheney
DISCUSS!
The silence of you Bush/Cheney supporters SPEAKS VOLUMES!
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This comment was worth repeating.

Posted by: gl | March 15, 2009, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm

To Butterfly and Roxsteady…..four more items for you on racism in America.
1) People like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson make alot of money by promoting race problems. If we fixed the problem…they would be out of jobs. LOL
2) A recently published government crime report states for every one white on black crime, there is NINE BLACK ON WHITE CRIMES. lol Aren’t facts great. According to this GOVERNMENT AGENCY FACT you could say blacks are racist to whites. I know this goes against all the propaganda you’ve digested from far left socialist sources. LOL
3) The Conservative and Republican parties in America believe in the following statement: “YOU SHOULDN’T DISCRIMINATE FOR OR AGAINST SOMEONE BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
Gee…those evil Consevatives and Republicans…are so mean. LOL That was Sarcasm.
4) The stimulus bill passed by the far left socialist regime of Obama was designed to EXCLUDE the hiring of SKILLED WHITE MALE NON-UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. This was quoted from a Democat congress women from California. This is…….RACISM….because racism is the act of FOR or AGAINST someone based on Race, or Gender.
Finally…….NOW WHICH PARTY IS THE PARTY OF RACISM?????
My Conclusion: The far left policies are racist, and do not seek to end racism, and to make a fair playing field, merely they are ends to securing political votes from population segments. The racial policies of the far left socialist party are designed to divide this country for the purpose of advancing government controls and policies that are foundamentally flawed, and are in conflict with the founding of this country, and the Constitution.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm

Diane in PA wrote: “Obama is no more of a socialist than any other American president. He believes a strong middle class will lead to a strong economy. I am glad we have a president that is looking out for us, instead of the richest 1%. I am glad we have an intelligent, articulate president that believes in diplomacy and not just military force. I am glad we have a president that uses logic and critical thinking to make decisions, and not just “his gut”. ”
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What do you call it then when you take from the ones that work and give it to the ones that don’t? The bigger the government gets, the more it will cost to run it. Sooner or later most of our wages will be taken to run the government.

Posted by: midge | March 15, 2009, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm

justrighttoo?
Bush inherited a Surplus!
On September 13, 2000 while Clinton was still in office – Please read the following:
With the demise of their large-scale tax cut, Republican leaders in Congress met today with President Clinton at the White House to discuss unfinished legislation and request that he set aside 90 percent of this year’s surplus to pay down the national debt.
”I think we’re down here to find a fair middle ground and try to start to have some productivity and finish up the season,” said Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
But Democratic leaders who attended the meeting quickly seized on the Republican request concerning the surplus, saying they were puzzled by the last-minute proposal. For two years, Republicans have made tax cuts their showcase issue, though they have often mentioned debt reduction and protecting Social Security and Medicare in the same breath.
President Clinton vetoed their two most popular tax-cutting bills in August as too expensive and too skewed toward the wealthy.
Perhaps it is you who should educate yourself!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

Obama has a big imagination. He wants to treat in Afganistan with moderate Talibans. Where are they?

Posted by: silver | March 15, 2009, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

let’s cut to the chase. send this human rights offender to the Hague. the only people who want to listen to you are the tribunal at the war crimes court. off to prison where you belong. off you go then.

Posted by: Paul Wall | March 15, 2009, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm

gl: Not much to discuss. Assuming your stats are correct, Bush/Cheney created 20 million fewer jobs than Clinton/Gore.
Unfortunately, Obama/Biden are currently creating even fewer jobs than Bush/Cheney.
Good discussion.

Posted by: Voter2Be | March 15, 2009, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm

for all of the O fans. most of you are on someform of welfare now and hope that the greatone will give you more. You talk of hate for Bush and his cabinet, but you will kill babies for stem cell research, when adult stem cells from your own body are proven to help.

Posted by: Sue | March 15, 2009, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm

the guy is non-existant for 8 yearss and now he chooses to voice his opinion….nobody cares mr. cheney….you’re a spent anti-pregnant device…enjoy the landfill

Posted by: Rick | March 15, 2009, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm

I dunno — no one is saying anything about the news this weekend that Russia may station strategic bombers in Cuba and Venezuela. I think even for a big, clunky, nuke-carrying Russian bomber, Cuba is about 3 minutes flying time to the United States.
I feel MUCH safer – don’t you?

Posted by: Voter2Be | March 15, 2009, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm

Gg51 – Oh, you mean France’s Chirac who had billions of dollars in oil dealings with his best friend Saddam? Or Russia,Germany and China that sold Hussein illegal weapons?The Oil For Food scandal that was buying Saddam his freedom in the lifting of sanction? I’m sorry, you must have forgot about the mulitple U.N. resolutions and UNISCOM being kicked out of Iraq? I guess you forgot about British intell, Israeli intell, Polish intell, Spainish intell among others who also agreed with our intell about Iraq WMD’s? Never mind the Pentagon’s report about Saddam’s dealings with terrorists? No? You must have forgotten about the findings of WMD in Jordan after the invasion? Yes? Did you forget the report by Hans Blix in wondering where the 1,000 pounds of VX nerve agent was in February 2003? No? Did you forget the mulitple foreign news reports of Iraq using former Russian generals in getting WMD’s out by way of Syria? Did you forget Salman Pak? Training camps for al Queda? No? Have you forgotten about reports from David Kay or David Gaubatz’s saying that he found Iraq’s possible nuclear arsenals soon after the invasion? You must be living on the moon. Go ahead and keep putting your head in the sand if it makes you feel better. Reality bites.

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm

Can this old hunchback just go away. He started a hugely unpopular war. His involvement with Haliburton is suspicious.
He has ran the economy to the ground. Now, he is giving advice from the sidelines. Just Go Away, Dickey !

Posted by: nufznuf | March 15, 2009, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm

get the heck out of the way Cheney…you had your chance….you blew it…now beat it…different times…different prez…go bury your head in the sand somewhere

Posted by: Rick | March 15, 2009, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm

The standards Cheney is setting for President Obama in terms of what the former Vice President views as a weakening of American security are kind of a stretch coming out of his mouth. Whose watch did 9/11 happen on again?

Posted by: caffeine1977 | March 15, 2009, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm

Finally…….NOW WHICH PARTY IS THE PARTY OF RACISM?????
My Conclusion: The far left policies are racist, and do not seek to end racism, and to make a fair playing field, merely they are ends to securing political votes from population segments. The racial policies of the far left socialist party are designed to divide this country for the purpose of advancing government controls and policies that are foundamentally flawed, and are in conflict with the founding of this country, and the Constitution.
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 5:45:38 PM
I’m not sure where race came into this conversation and I refused to paste in your entire stupid post but I can answer your question
NOW WHICH PARTY IS THE PARTY OF RACISM?????
That would be the party that can’t draw minorites who are now in the majority. The one that hired a clown Michael Steele who is equally stupid and would be best suited for minstral shows. The Party whose CPAC Convention looked more like a klan meeting. The ever shrinking Republican party! Which is why they got pasted in the last election and will get pasted again!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

“What good is a “safe” America with no economic stability?”
What good is an “economically stable” America without safety?
Cheney is right, of course, and you would know that if you paid any attention to the news. He’s a private citizen and entitled to his opinion.
Good thing the fascists around here can’t shut him up. How would the Obamabots like it if they couldn’t openly criticize Bush without retribution? Expressing dissent is one of the most precious rights we have.

Posted by: Stacey | March 15, 2009, 6:02 pm 6:02 pm

roxsteady – well, I use the government numbers. I don’t know about you, but Clinton left a $6 trillion deficit when he left office. Oops, maybe you should look up some info.

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 6:03 pm 6:03 pm

I agree totally. Obama’s policy of not investigating Cheney and Bush for their treasonist activities is weakening the US.

Posted by: Art | March 15, 2009, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm

M. Smith Bush made us more vunerable under his and Cheney’s 8 years of the 3rd Reight. They allowed more gang and Drug Lords to move into normal neighborhoods and behave in normal American ideologies until we find illicit drug trade battles play out in our neighborhoods and more and more families and children and young girls are in danger of Bush.Cheney deflection and turning their backs on the American people to allow the Mexican drug cartels to set up shop, just like the extremist Islamists did with their sleeper cells, no difference with these Mexican and Columbian Drug Lords, the very Columbia Bush wanted to have free trade with — Heroin and Cocaine. Now what is it you wanted to say about your wonderful Bush and Cheney’s leadership in free trade, Iraq War, and walk away from Afghanistan policies. Israel should be extremely angry with Bush.Cheney.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm

It’s my dinner time so I’ll leave all of the Republican idiots with one request. F O N D. Your party already has and if you don’t know what it means, ask somebody!
LOSERS!

Posted by: roxsteady | March 15, 2009, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm

For 8 years this moron has nothing to say to the American people, and no answers for the decisions he’s made that directly affected our lives, and NOW he wants to get chatty and put his 2 cents in about everything!? S***w him.

Posted by: John from Texas | March 15, 2009, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm

roxsteady you do know that Senator Byrd of West Virginia (DEMOCRAT) led the filibuster against the 1964 civil rights act and is a known member of the KKK.

Posted by: Boxcar | March 15, 2009, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm

To Roxsteady and Butterfly……well you two do drink alot of kool-aid. LOL
Your visions of middle working class America is bigoted, and judgemental, based on your indoctrination by radical left wing sources. I read your postings and they are the mad rantings of hate filled idealogues. IT IS A FACT……AMERICANS ARE BUYING GUNS, AMMO, KEVLAR, RELOADING EQUIPMENT, ECT.. I point this fact out from business sale reports. I will also say…I have talked with alot of different people I know that are buy guns ect. and asked them WHY???? These people buying GUNS and AMMO are all good people with good paying jobs, and they don’t like what they are seeing. Oh, yes they are educated, and multi-cultural. Basically, when well adjusted Americans hear hate spewing lies from far left socialist, after a while they get disgusted by it, and see it as irrational / dangerous thinking. Oh and to “Butterfly” calling American’s racist at every turn is crazy talk. Most American’s I talk to are disgusted with far left socialist trying to win arguements by calling the other side racist!!!! Get a grip. We are all Americans FIRST AND FOREMOST !!!!! If you can’t win a discussion with fact don’t try the racism calling game. That will get you fired in alot of places because non-racist Americans are sick and tired of crazy people. LOL
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 5:25:56 PM
jon, yes, I do drink kool-aid, I like cherry and lemonade best.
Oh, I have so much I could say back, but you know what. Others on here have already seen how warped your thinking is so I hope some day you will be able to relax and be happy and not so paranoid. Actaully I will say one thing. If those of you who fear our new President are of a religous faith, you sure do see your God as small and not very powerful. My understanding is that He is much stronger than you give him credit for and your faith is very small.
Why don’t you pray and then go out and smile and see if you can help someone less fortunate than yourself.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm

On the Clinton/Gore job creation…..It had nothing to do with government creating jobs.
1) The job creation we saw was because of the technology industry revolution. Similar to the automotive revolution in the 1920′s.
2) Clinton was a CENTERIST and he LET the private sector do its’ thing.
3) OBAMA is a far left socialist and he is damaging economic growth with bad government policy.
4) The balance budget legislation that mandated a balance budget under Clinton was put together and enacted by Repulicans from the Reagan/ Bush (the 1st) time period.
5) In March of 1999 the stock market begun a crash. The tech heavy NASDAQ went from 5,600 to 1,100. The collapse led to the recession that Bush inherited.
6) Bush spent the surplus on the advice of Fed Chairman Alan The Greenspan in order to inject fiscal stimulus.
7) Bushes deficit spending went against conservative principals, and the balance budget admendment. However, the balance budget admendment allowed for deficit spending in time of economic crisis, or war time.
8) Many conservatives and Americans DID NOT like the Bush deficit spending. SO WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD LIKE OBAMA OUT DEFICIT SPENDING BUSH IN HIS FIRST 20 MONTHS OF HIS PRESIDENCY.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 6:12 pm 6:12 pm

justrighttoo, oh you mean the UN that Bush.Cheney kicked out and refused to seek their support, oh that UN. justrighttoo I know your type, survivalist on a NRA campgrounds in your camo outfit ready to fight anyone and everyone who differs from you deraigned throught process. That goodness for satellites and GPS that track you wierdos.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:12 pm 6:12 pm

actually, he is the ONE put US in today’s situation, I just can’t believe he points the finger to someone else now.

Posted by: terry | March 15, 2009, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm

justrighttoo Correction: Deranged thought process and thank goodness for GPS tracking systems to track wierdos like you.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

Mr Cheney who used the patriotic card to get us into an unnecessary war is now exhibiting very unpatriotic behaviour…support YOUR president…what a putz and a liar!! Shame on you….you should be stripped of your legacy….

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm

Mr Cheney who used the patriotic card to get us into an unnecessary war is now exhibiting very unpatriotic behaviour…support YOUR president…what a putz and a liar!! Shame on you….you should be stripped of your legacy….

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm

roxsteady – as far as the deficit goes, please see the Treasury website. As for the unhelpful comments about Michael Steele being stupid. Well, look at our new VP, he doesn’t seem to know what it’s duties are nor where in the Constitution are mentioned. Second, our President stated that there were 57 states. Third, the democratic party is far the most racists and sexist party in our country today and has been for years. The republicans were responsible for passing of bills of equality for minorities and women. You can thank the GOP for that!!! P.S. If you want a Klan person, just look at Sen. Byrd (D-WV) and Al Gore’s dad!

Posted by: justrighttoo | March 15, 2009, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm

Jon the reason all of you fear Obama is that he isn’t allowing you to have your continued way of irresponsible leadership as you have so irresponsibly done in the last 8 years, before that with Daddy Bush, and 8 years of Reagan with a big showdown in Grenade and imprisoned Columbian President on American soil. Since you are too young to recall from living in real color, then go back and read your history books. Possibly the information will enlighten you and your lack of knowledge.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:20 pm 6:20 pm

More irrelevant rhetoric from the republican party….why continue the hate??? If it wasn’t so pathetic it would be comical…the sad part is this type of stuff they have fed the american people for 8 years is the reason we are in such a mess….thank god we have democrats to clean it up

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm

Question to you all… is there ANYONE here who even listen’s to this fat head ex-VP? Terrorism has more than doubled since his stupid war on terror… the only ones he terrorized were the people of this nation… oh yes, and the hundreds of thousands of women and kids and elderly his directives led to the deaths of.

Posted by: GayCheney | March 15, 2009, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm

Don’t forget that 911 was not the only attack on our homeland on Bush/Chaney’s watch. The country was also attacked by anthrax and Chaney never tracked down the culprits just as he never tracked down bin Laden. Chaney is nothing but a fat overstuffed loser who needs a pacemaker because he is a heartless stinking traitor. He exposed an undercover CIA agent out of revenge. He sent our troops into harms way without body armor and proper equipment. Chaney’s breath must smell like crap from all the horse mess he has been talking. Shut up Chaney.

Posted by: V. Brame | March 15, 2009, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm

why didn’t Mr Cheney stop 911 if he is so smart?? HMMMMM????

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm

for all of the O fans. most of you are on someform of welfare now and hope that the greatone will give you more. You talk of hate for Bush and his cabinet, but you will kill babies for stem cell research, when adult stem cells from your own body are proven to help.
Posted by: Sue | Mar 15, 2009 5:52:38 PM
Ok, don’t even go there. You do not know who you are talking to. This President Obama fan works two jobs, has one home, no debt except said home. Pays every single bill on time and in full. I have never killed a baby. I had my child using fertility treatments so don’t think you know me at all. What do you want to do with left over embryos at fertility clinics? Do you have any there? Poeple who do get to decide what happens to them. Some use them for future pregnancies, some donate to embryo adoption centers, some tell the clinic they can destroy them, the past eight years many were destroyed and you didn’t even know about it. Those could have been used in research. Those against such research can donate to embryo adoption centers. You don’t get to decide that for families, they do, got it. Embryos can only become babies when implanted in a woman. How long do you want them on ice, should we line up woman so we can use them all, do you want more octomoms? I did not have to make that kind of decision because I din’t do IVF. I used a sperm Donor to concieve because my husband was sterile. I bet you have much to say about that too, but I have beautiful little girl who is just as much a child of God as every person on this planet.
Why don’t you go and have all those babies yourself, then you will have saved the world, oops, nah, then you would have to go on welfare just to support them.
Yes, I do hate Bush, for one thing particularly. After 9-11 he was to go after Bin Ladin. He abandoned that effort and he dishonored the 9-11 victims their families and America by leaving Afghanistan for Iraq. Iraq could have waited, perhaps had they taken time to get the intelligence right, he would have known not to go there. And Texas sucks.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 6:30 pm 6:30 pm

“Cheney said the war was “absolutely the right thing to do” “…..of course this is his opinion…it was the right thing for HIM..because it LINED HIS PERSONAL POCKETS WITH GOLD! (Haliburton) Look at his sneer…he is the most evil person…..GO AWAY CHENEY, AMERICA IS SICK OF YOU! He is the most unpatriotic of politicians…all for himself and not the country.

Posted by: Nelle | March 15, 2009, 6:31 pm 6:31 pm

justrighttoo, if you add all the empirical countries that we owned after WWII then we would have 57 countries — let’s think: Guam, Puerta Rica, Cuba, Phillipines, Virgin Islands, Midway, and Panama, as well as other collective islands

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:31 pm 6:31 pm

Forget the past terrorism, we are now facing our own home grown terrorism “Pay me my bonus or I will bankrupt the country” via AIG and other such corporations and soon coming the very angry, fed up middle class who are sick and tired of all the taxpayer bailouts and unemployment lines.

Posted by: Mary | March 15, 2009, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm

Note to EX vice president Cheney….be part of the solution….not part of the problem….lighten up…go fishing or hunting….just don’t shoot anyone in the face this time..!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm

Will you guys in the media please just quit covering these has-beens? Do you think that manufacturing conflicts is useful for anything. If it’s not Palin it’s Cheney. He was a has-been both before and after he was VP. My God, he had a lower approval rating than Idi Amin would have had as VP! Just let the guy fade away — as we all so richly deserve.

Posted by: dj | March 15, 2009, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

Sue, I beg to differ. I’ve not ever taken a dime from Uncle Sam like food stamps, unemployment, etc., but my ex certainly has taken his great share of food stamps, unemployment and he is a Republican. I find most Republican take handouts before any Democrat ever would. We fend for ourselves and you Republican are just fraudulant in behavior, beliefs, and have more unwed children having children. You opened a can of worms and the dreaded Pandora Box Sue, so you only have yourself to blame, ridiculous person who thinks she is better since she can’t control her own household.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

This is so disturbing. Why can’t these monsters come together and help Obama put this country back in shape? I do believe that they are the biggest threat we face by far. Good luck to us all!

Posted by: sally | March 15, 2009, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

This is so disturbing. Why can’t these monsters come together and help Obama put this country back in shape? I do believe that they are the biggest threat we face by far. Good luck to us all!

Posted by: sally | March 15, 2009, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

Sear, the policies that Obama is doing to help terrorists–closing Gitmo, claiming foreign terrorists have rights, giving Hamas $20.3 million to relocate their supporters (here) giving Hamas another $900 million for starters.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

To Gg51……um ya got alot of hate pal. Um…..The Mexican drug war is spilling into the United States. Far Left Socialist have tried to get Hispanic votes by opposing border security with Mexico. Border States have begged and pleaded with the Federal Government for fences and security on the border. The far left socialist have blocked all attempts to secure said border. This has ALLOWED the drug trade and sex slave trade to flourish. It is AMERICAN DOLLARS funding the Mexican Drug Cartels. SO WHY IN THE HECK HAS THE FAR LEFT WING SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS BLOCKED SECURING THE BORDER.
My answer: Maybe they have drug habits…..or…..they are trying to do what they thinks will give them a big enough voter block to be re-elected.
The far left socialist democrats are the ones ALLOWING THE DRUG TRADE WITH MEXICO TO CONTINUE.
Oh….on the subject of “Illegal Immigration”…..people oppose it because….it …is…..”ILLEGAL”. Not because they hate Mexicans. LOL Look if people can immigrant illegally accross the borders…they criminals from Mexico can come accross the borders with drugs, commit crimes (kidnapping), and can steal guns to take back to Mexico.
DUH……….Thank you far left socialist democrats for hijacking conservative democratic values.
On Bush……You do realize that under Bush the Gun Crime law was passed and it is having a great effect at reducing gun crimes. If you use a gun in the commision of a crime an extra 10 years is added to your criminal sentence.
The PROBLEM….Well the far left socialist in California have bankrupted their state with bad government policies. California has the highest taxes, Unemployment over 10%, incredible amounts of regulation, crime problems, drug problems, ect., AND THEIR PLAN TO CUT DEFICIT SPENDING IS TO RELEASE PEOPLE EARLY FROM PRISON. lol hahahahhahahah…….what a joke!!!
All those far left socialist democratic ideas really ….seem….to…..NOT WORK.
As to Bill (the man) Clinton…..he was a centrist, and fairly conservative in alot of his policies, and Obama is just a far left socialist with NO BACKGROUND in economics. LOL
Is it too late to vote for Hillary? The Democratic Party needs to rid itself of the far left hate filled socialist and return to conservative centrist principles. THE END…..

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

This is Cheney’s modus operandi…you make the mistake and ask everyone to apologize to you…just ask his buddy who he shot in the face…never take any responsibility…it is always the other guy’s fault no matter what!!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

This is a revelation? If you’re drinking the Bama kool aid you’re part of the economic destruction of what used to be a great and grand nation. Till Bamabots sold it to the Chinese. Go ahead. Tell me I’m wrong.

Posted by: WhatChange? | March 15, 2009, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Sue reminds me of a Baptist who is gently submissive and doesn’t have a clue about life for fear of neighbors finding out the truth about her deep dark secrets — great read — Wineburg, Ohio

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Mary: You’re SOOOO right! All of these companies and executives that stole huge bonuses while tanking our economy and the working man’s retirement.
The Government needs to try and convict ALL CORPORATE EXECUTIVES (except the 2 honest ones). Then we need to use the stimulus money to take over the companies we need for national security — the banks, the insurance companies and 1 or 2 of the auto companies. The people can run them, take a fair wage for a fair day’s worth to work. And we’d ALL be better off.

Posted by: Voter2Be | March 15, 2009, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm

Does anyone honestly think the Russians would be discussing putting strategic bombers in Cuba if Bush/Cheney or McCain/Palin were in charge?
I don’t think so.
Elections have consequences.

Posted by: Justin | March 15, 2009, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm

Cheney is bitter and scared. He says Scooter Libby is ‘innocent’, and that the modified guidelines on rendition and torture made them ‘legal’. He’s not concerned about Libby getting pardoned, he’s worried he will have to account for his actions. His & Bush’s administration have put the USA in far more danger than anything Obama has done. He, like LImbo, wants to see this administration fail, because he, like Limbo, is so strongly associated with the previous administration and it’s awful consequences. That there are still those that think highly of him and agree with what he says is stupefying– the level or fear and ignorance that pervades much of our great nation is what is truly worrying. God help us.

Posted by: tse123 | March 15, 2009, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm

Paul are you saying you don’t know that Hitler was a socialist in alot ways promising change like Chavez and Obama? Oh-my.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm

PresGov Give me a break and all the detainees Bush Jr already released into the dark side doesn’t disturb you — hypocrite — don’t say it if you can’t take it.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm

Butterfly…I have never been on welfare in my life and own a small business as well as work a regular 40 hour work week…this myth that democrats are all looking for a handout is silly…most of us are well educated and productive citizens so quit the rhetoric..it is unbecoming and ridiculous…we do believe in education and affordable healthcare for all…this will make our country stronger…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm

PresGov You are just talking smack since you don’t even see Bush.Cheney Hitler connection. Wow, are you bloated.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm

Sue reminds me of a Baptist who is gently submissive and doesn’t have a clue about life for fear of neighbors finding out the truth about her deep dark secrets — great read — Wineburg, Ohio
Posted by: Gg51 | Mar 15, 2009 6:40:42 PM
Yep, I wonder if she is the lady who after renting a movie at the local Blockbuster here in Texas was told by her husband to take it back in because he didn’t want her watching the movie she had just rented. HE didn’t want her to watch MILK. It’s not the easiest movie to watch, but I watched it with my 14 year old daughter. There was much to be learned about those who are different than ourselves and about tolerence for the gay community. But better to pretend it doesn’t exist I suppose. Yep, this story, direct to you from Texas in the year 2009.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm

Is it actually true, that this ‘underworld thief/liar/seller of death,and plastic knives and forks in Iraq, has the nerve to crawl out from under a rock to comment on anything that means anything after he…’Bushwacker’ and his accomplices ‘gangbanged’ the U.S. for ‘EIGHT (count em’) LONG YEARS! He and ‘JUMBO’ Limbaugh must be planning a lil’sabotage /treachery/and villany to get things headed in the ‘WRONG DIRECTION’ again….

Posted by: Bravo Encore | March 15, 2009, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

John, hun……………..remember how pathetically you have claimed we are safer under Comrad Obama than before. Even Biden is smart enough to know having a weak pres like Obama is like painting a bullseye on our backs for terrorists to attack and reattack.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

Butterfly…I have never been on welfare in my life and own a small business as well as work a regular 40 hour work week…this myth that democrats are all looking for a handout is silly…most of us are well educated and productive citizens so quit the rhetoric..it is unbecoming and ridiculous…we do believe in education and affordable healthcare for all…this will make our country stronger…
Posted by: jan | Mar 15, 2009 6:46:13 PM
I know, that’s what I was pointing out.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm

Oh..Gg51….um I’ve lived alot of history. In fact I remember double digit inflation from Democratic President Jimmy Carter. You remember him….don’t you….and the economic mess he left Reagan. LOL Oh….and do you remember the Reagan vs Mondale race. Did Mondale even get a state???? LOL History is a funny thing. FDR policies started with 23.6% unemployment and after 8 years of spending programs…..he had 19% unemployment. FDR’s social economics did not work…….however FDR’s spending plans WERE BETTER TARGETED then what I have seen come from the Obama socialist regime.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm

Jan wrote: This is Cheney’s modus operandi…you make the mistake and ask everyone to apologize to you…just ask his buddy who he shot in the face…never take any responsibility…it is always the other guy’s fault no matter what!!!
Forgive her, she is obviously drunk on kool-aid and has no ideal what she is talking about.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 6:54 pm 6:54 pm

Time to sit down and shut up, Mr. Cheney. No one cares what you think; you’re not president any more.

Posted by: Shawn | March 15, 2009, 6:54 pm 6:54 pm

Jan did further went on to question why Cheney didn’t stop 9/11…perhaps because being just the Vp, Bush/Cheney had just taken office and did not have time to correct that all that the Clinton screwed up (9/11 was the second WTC attack with the attackers from the first attack stating that they wanted to use airplanes the next time.) Bush/Cheney unlike clinton and his multiple practically unanswered terror attacks were finally stopped with Bush—————–Obama though is weak pres. all the way around and unlikely to stop attacks (and still don’t think Obama’s loyalities are with the US or is he against terrorists especially considering his friends.)

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm

Gg, Bush had alot of faults caving to dems wanting terrorists released was one of them—many of the terrorists rejoin the killing….but now we have Obama turning loose the baddest of the bad (not to mention to stupid to realize that these peoples own countries would not take them back, so Odumbdumb is having trouble finding a place to send the terrorists he wants to turn loose). Gg, are you to lost to judge Obama by his own actions? How does whatever bush did, justify Obama behaving 10 times worse? Hmmmm….we independents would like to know. Obama is bad, even worse than Bush.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm

jon calm down or go take your blood pressure or anxiety medications — chill. Yes, I didn’t vote for JCarter, in fact, I’ve voted for every Republican President and Republican candidate and didn’t vote for Clinton but voted for Ross P (twice). He had great charts and super computer skills, plus he is from Dallas, Texas!

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm

I think this is good! The longer we can keep cheney talking, the less time he has to devote to his diabolical schemes. By they way, where’s bushy boy been lately?
The Looney Left

Posted by: Jason Priestly | March 15, 2009, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm

Gg wrote: PresGov You are just talking smack since you don’t even see Bush.Cheney Hitler connection. Wow, are you bloated.
No Gg, I see things for what they are……..not the nonsense. Obama is very close to being another hitler although I do think Jim Jones and his cult of kool aid followers more accurately describes Obama and his followers…….they even share the same talking points and style, almost identical dysfunctional communist upbringings, and a following of idiots to stupid to think for themselves. In the end, Jones order his people to kill their children then themselves, my guess Obama’s ego will have some like calling and he too will have followers stupid enough to do it.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm

Jon, I’m Independent and lean more conservative and like Obama more than McCain.Palin continuing tax cuts for the wealthy which is one great contribution to our failed economy. I will give Bush credit for thinking his followers would take their tax cut credits and put into job and business creation although they greedily put into their own selfishness. Unfortunately, Bush already knew his followers had issues with sharing with others.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm

PresGov just regurgitating what was said about your boy Bush. The problem with Republicans is that they aren’t original and can’t come up with anything new that’s why the Dems won overwhelmingly and are now in the majority. Get a clue PresGov you are out of ideas and washed up. Go take a shower it will refresh your thinking.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

Cheney is pathetic and hateful. It’s disgusting that we elected a narcissistic as our Vice President. Good riddance. Now if he would only go away!

Posted by: CE | March 15, 2009, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm

Cheney needs to keep talking——–everyone needs to keep talking. Obama is bad and needs to be replaced. Fascist Obama and his followers will do their best to shut down the critics, but this must not be allowed.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm

presgov….I guess that it was Clinton’s fault that Condeleeza Rice ignored the memos saying an attack was plausible and it may involve airplanes….duh…do you need anymore info?? Clinton warned the Bushies that AlQaeda was the biggest threat to the country and Ms Rice dismissed it and concentrated on Russia…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm

Gg, what a bunch of clueless nonsense—no ecoonimst or anyone with common sense would state that tax cuts in any way harmed the economy. Duh! One may argue that they added to deficiet, but harmed the economy? Talk about clueless.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm

PresGov wake up! Obama isn’t going to release the bad guys. If he does, let him do so in Cheney’s state of the “Bad Hills” and the Blacklands. If you haven’t been to Wyoming, you may want to take a trip in that area — it’s historic and where many gangs in the Ole West hideouts, dehydrated and died from sand, no water, and sand snakes.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm

To Gg51……LOL Hey I am just stating facts. Look you can state factual truth, or you can spew far left socialist hate propaganda. Alot of Americans are fed up with the nonsense. I would encourage all informed conservative readers to post facts for the kool-aid drinkers. Oh…Gg51…there is conservative Republicans, conservative Democrats, and conservative Independents. So …..state a fact in an intelligent manner…or keep the crazy talk to yourself. :) LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm

Cheney is a great American. I hope you liberals are in the line of fire when Cheney is proved right. Impeach the socialist idiot Obama now.

Posted by: Sluggo | March 15, 2009, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm

Gg, stated: PresGov just regurgitating what was said about your boy Bush. The problem with Republicans is that they aren’t original and can’t come up with anything new that’s why the Dems won overwhelmingly and are now in the majority. Get a clue PresGov you are out of ideas and washed up. Go take a shower it will refresh your thinking.
Really, Gg, care to try some ideals that I stole? You know it isn’t the case no matter how much you little Obamabots try to spin.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm

Butterfly it is very telling of women who stay in controlling relationship and thinking they men “love” them. Sue is like many who would rather be a martyr than be alone.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

presgov….you are a little scary…maybe you should move to Alaska with the Palins and their ilk….much more your speed…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm

Psss, Jan, have you bother to ask yourself what the Clintons had Sandy the Burglar steal from the Clinton Museaum or how come if clinton knew an airplane attack was “plausible” why he didn’t do anything to stop the attacks including my favorite (my husband is a manager for an airline) why the hell the Clintons didn’t order cockpits reinforced and locked??? (Disclaimer: I was never a fan of Rice.)

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm

Butterfly correction: thinking their men “love” them. Need my glasses.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm

We didn’t hear a peep out of Cheney for 8 years. Now he surfaces to slam Obama’s strategy for handling terrorists? Does Cheney honestly think he has any credibility? Hey, no one’s listening–except possibly that idiot Limbaugh.

Posted by: CJ | March 15, 2009, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm

“Another fascist now gone.”
LOL! If Cheney were truly a fascist, you would have been imprisoned or murdered for your dissent. Read up on Mussolini, Mr. Hyperbole.

Posted by: Stacey | March 15, 2009, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm

PresGov you don’t scare me — stop trying to terrorize the blog.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm

Oh …..Gg51…My comment about ex-President Jimmy Carter (Democrate) wasn’t wether you voted for him. I stated he was a Presidential failure, and gain us an energy crisis, and double digit inflation. Now all I hear out you is inflamatory nonsense. Do ya have any education of consequence laddie??? I also pointed out the difference in idealogy between centrist, and the cumulative failures of far left socialist parties when it comes to economies.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm

Gg, once again proves how clueless he is…………sorry but….Obama and his release of Gitmo.
http://goodtimepolitics.com/2009/01/28/britain-will-not-take-gitmo-terrorist-prisoners-despite-begging-by-barack-obama/

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm

RE: Post by: Lee | Mar 15, 2009 12:54:39 PM
I guess you forgot that Bush/Cheney were (supposed to be) in charge on Sept 11, 2001. They didn’t exactly keep this country safe on that day, did they?

Posted by: OldFogie | March 15, 2009, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm

CJ Limbaugh looooooves Cheney — you know you know. I still want to know why Rumsfield was in Dupont Circle a month ago, area where high class women and men live, work, and do their “magic” for their paying customers and clientele. You know you know!

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm

Jan, I liked Palin and could see through the Washington and Obamabot smears or her. Nothing screams terror to corrupt politicians than a woman who isn’t an insider like Palin. The senseless smearing didn’t surprise me, the bots and others actually believing the nonsense did.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm

Butterfly correction: thinking their men “love” them. Need my glasses.
Posted by: Gg51 | Mar 15, 2009 7:23:09 PM
No worries.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

Of all the presidents in history, Obama is more like Carter than anyone else. Carter was easily the worse president last century and Obama is looking to prove himself worse.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

Oh….Gg51….got to correct ya again. Obama DID NOT get an overwhelming victory. LOL The Reagan (R) vs Mondale (D) was an overwhelming victory. I think Mondale the Democrat nominee won a single state. LOL Obama won by a a 6 point margin. This means that if 3 out of a hundred people change their mind about Obama and his socialist regime, then he is out. I realize spouting nonsense is easy, but try stating an intelligent fact worth discusion.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm

Gg, of course I scare you. You are clueless and your cheap shots and smears don’t hold up very well to someone who can quote both history and facts. All you can do is sit there and continue to prove yourself a foolish sheep baaaaaaaaaaaaaahh Obama Obama Obama while the rest of us that can actually think and know a little about history laugh.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm

And we attribute validity to Mr. Invisible’s comments why, exactly???

Posted by: findingtess | March 15, 2009, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm

It’s okay!! Once we are attacked again here on America soil, everyone will be wanting Obama’s head on a stick and we will know exactly where to put the blame.

Posted by: veteran | March 15, 2009, 7:36 pm 7:36 pm

Cheney saying the economic crisis is global is like a pyromaniac saying the whole neighbourhood burned down so he couldn’t have started it. No doubt the 3,500 Americans, at least, killed in Iraq, felt much safer under Bush.

Posted by: Osteopath | March 15, 2009, 7:36 pm 7:36 pm

PresGov since you are so intelligent and so brave, I dare you to go to the US Attorney’s office and ask him what the DOJ has already done about this and going to do.
Go ahead mister know it all. Since you are so intelligent, why didn’t you care about the economy, healthcare, education, and all the other issues ignored by Bush.Cheney and now you are so “informed” to place blame and false claims about a man you don’t even know. Your party lost, and will continue to lose larger and larger demographic areas since you aren’t in tune to the People of America. Get a clue PresGov, you are really out of touch and out of ideas.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm

RE: Post by: J Moore | Mar 15, 2009 3:26:01 PM
To answer your question J – I feel a lot safer now than I ever did under the Bush dictatorship.

Posted by: OldFogie | March 15, 2009, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm

Jan, I liked Palin and could see through the Washington and Obamabot smears or her. Nothing screams terror to corrupt politicians than a woman who isn’t an insider like Palin. The senseless smearing didn’t surprise me, the bots and others actually believing the nonsense did.
Posted by: PresGov | Mar 15, 2009 7:29:58 PM
What exactly did you like about Palin. Here hateful rhetoric? Her traditional family values that don’t work in her own family? Her Teenage daughter going through preganacy while her mom went on the campaign trail? Her baby boy who was exposed to bright lights and loud crowds(downs babies are more sensitive to these things)? Keeping her other two children out of school?
Really, what is it that made you think that she could be VP or step into the office of President if need be. I wouldn’t trust her to raise my child.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm

presgov….it was Bush’s responsibility to deal with the airlines at that point in time as was the president…again…diverting blame to someone else is a republican trademark…as for Ms Palin…she is a “do as I say not as I do” Republican..she preaches abstinence yet has a pregnant teen daughter…that policy worked well…she also had to pay back money she received for carting her family around Alaska…getting her brother in law fired was mean as well as close to crossing a line…allowing her husband to access private records ….she is no better than the closeted gay republicans and so called christians who eventually are found out for their hypocrisy…they spew hatred and then do exactly what they reel against….I don’t really get it but I guess it must touch a nerve with you…maybe you need to look in the mirror…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm

PresGov no you really don’t scare me. Why do you want me to be afraid of you since you are so slimy and gutless. Why would I be afraid you — are you trying to be someone who is scary and really you have to hide behind the screen in a blog? Psycho!!! Thriller!!! Counter terrorists!!! You really have no idea who you are speaking to, therefore, if I were you, I would be very careful in your next statements. You will be watched. Of course, individuals like you want to be caught to inflate your gutless and cowardly ego.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm

Too EVERYONE who continues to attack Bush and Cheney I only have one thing to say………You will be the first in line to have your freaking head cut off
Posted by: truthnmichigan | Mar 15, 2009 1:10:12 PM
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Calm down there DRAMA QUEEN , and easy on the kool-aid and watching too many MOVIES , last i check america was NOT located in the middle east.
To have our heads chop off the extremist would have to be rolling into our cities by the millions with tanks,Your text is soo silly.. i feel even more stupid in replying to it.
Ona serious note …
lets see Bin Laden is still releasing terror tapes and having a good laugh, just prove how imcompetent the bush /cheney government was. And they had 8 loooong years to catch him.

Posted by: ryan | March 15, 2009, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm

Obama is a threat to the US and needs to be impeached to improve America.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm

jon If you were any kind of statistics guy you would know anything over 50% is overwhelming. And you are boring me with you monographic facts. Repubs are just boring people who have major control issues! Move em out Rawhide!

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:46 pm 7:46 pm

Old, you really have no logical reason to feel safer under Comrad Obama than under Bush—-we as Biden even stated are in alot of danger and should expect to be attacked.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm

There is alot of similarities between the failed policies of FDR, the failed policies of Jimmy Carter, and the FAILING POLICIES of the far left socialist authoritarian regime of Barak Obama.
1) FDR started with massive spending and 23% unemployment, and eight years later had 19% unemployment. However, I think FDR’s use of money was better than the Obama Regimes use.
2) Democrat President Carter gave us an energy crisis, double digit inflation, contributed to the emergence of the modern extremist Islamic government in Iran by under mining the Pro-US Iranian government because they won’t do social reforms that Carter demanded, and Carter cut the military to the point it was a joke, and this occurred during the cold war.
3) Obama’s deficit spending will surpass 8 years of Bush in only 20 months or less. Obama said he won’t appoint lobbiest, and he appoints more then 20 of them. We can’t seem to find a Democratic nominee that has paid his taxes right. Most notably the Treasury Secretary. Obama is raising taxes on everyone. This is through the carbon tax cap and trade, his tax increase, and by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. The Obama socialist regime is revoking oil leases, and stopping all new domestic drilling. He is also cutting the military budget while we are still operating overseas. Obama is also de-stabilzing the government of Pakistan by continuing to condone military action with in Pakistan with out permission from the Pakistani government which has recently halted military support of action against Al Queda in Northern Pakistan in response to a belligerent Obama regime.
4) Basically, the US is now in alot of trouble. Can we still blame Cheney / Bush in three years when we are even worse off???? (Sarcasm >LOL)

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

truthnmichigan I’m sure you will scream like a girl as you are in line to have your head reexamined in the “looney” house as you wear a “straight” jacket from your delusional hallucinations. They should bring back “frontal” lobectomies.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

Gg, I have no reason to go the DOJ to ask them what they have done—-I read enough to know Obama has made things much worse than ever under Bush. The guy is both inept and corrupt. His loyalities are not with the US or its citizens safety and well being. There are many times in history in which such combinations of egotesticle socialopathic immoral men have come to power————-many people tend to die in such cases……(Hint: it is why gun sales in America are up.)

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm

Jon just barks, barks, barks, barks, barks, amd is afraid of his own shadow.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

I don’t understand why we give this paranoid sociopath a forum to spread fear and toxic partisan rhetoric. His role in the undoing of this country is painfully clear. It was him pushing the idiot savant into a pointless war which generated catastrophic debt. It was his complete disregard for the Constitution which gave us secret wire tapping of Americans and torture. He should be in prison. WHY IS THIS EVIL S.O.B. NOT IN PRISON?

Posted by: DaveM | March 15, 2009, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

I guess we have done such a great job in winning over the iraqi people that 6 out of 10 think the shoe thrower guy is a hero….that was a kodak moment…and poor W looked as perplexed as he had through his whole reign of ridiculous failures…Cheney is a buffoon and is has as much credibility as Limbaugh…maybe they can share some oxycodone and forget their sins…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

Oh Gg, you seem to want to hide behind Bush or try to distract by insulting Bush when Obama is shown to be very bad—-I’m independent, and vote for the least worse of the two candidates we have given to chose between. Obama is so bad that he actually makes Bush and Gore look good.

Posted by: PresGov | March 15, 2009, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm

PresGov Good for you and your statements about harming our President. Good luck pal and hope you like your new cell mates who will make a girl out of you. Do you want us to give you your new name “sweetie”.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm

There are many times in history in which such combinations of egotesticle socialopathic immoral men have come to power————-many people tend to die in such cases……(Hint: it is why gun sales in America are up.)
Posted by: PresGov | Mar 15, 2009 7:52:27 PM
Yes, you describe Bush very well.
(Hint: gun sales are up because there are a lot of paranoid white southern bigots that were inflamed by the Palin rhetoric during the election and continues to be flamed by Fox)

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 7:57 pm 7:57 pm

It is a proven fact that the economy has historically done better under demoocrats….

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm

Some of you have made quite the boogie man out of him….LOL.

Posted by: boxcar | March 15, 2009, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm

PresGov you’ve got a distorted view of the world, and it’s unfortunate that you can’t live in reality like normal individuals. I now understand what you meant about why I should be scared of you, which I’m not, but you have brought forth your psychological state of mind forthfront, just as I figured, dilusional psychopath.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

Hey Gg51……so you admit….you can’t debate with me. Your rebuttals never have a single fact. LOL Now I could resort to name calling, and I could call you a MORON, but I am not gonna call you a moron, because that is not conducive to factual debate. Basically, in psychological terms your self developed delusional psyche is feeling threaten by a deluge of factual information that threatens the security of your ego. Now facts are facts, and kool aid is not a good thing. Every President every elected has won with over 50% vote. LOL You have two choices a (D) or an (R). Under your guidelines we could say the most recent Bush won OVERWHELMINGLY ….LOL Which he did not in 2000. So…..Gg51 how old are ya???? Maybe you should go back to your Playstation and Kool-aid and leave intelligent conservation and debate to the grown ups. LOL Just remember I did not resort to name calling by calling you a moron. LOL hhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahha

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

Why does anyone listen to this man?

Posted by: Bilge | March 15, 2009, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm

PresGov said: Gg, I have no reason to go the DOJ to ask them what they have done—-I read enough to know Obama has made things much worse than ever under Bush. The guy is both inept and corrupt. His loyalities are not with the US or its citizens safety and well being. There are many times in history in which such combinations of egotesticle socialopathic immoral men have come to power————-many people tend to die in such cases……(Hint: it is why gun sales in America are up.)
PresGov is a coward with cowardly intentions to harm those who have differences and PresGov sounds more like Hitler himself, in fact, PresGov is delusional in thinking he/she is Hitler. PresGov has a twisted thought process that is equivalent to those in psych lockdown wards.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 8:04 pm 8:04 pm

Gg51 and butterfly…..yes I bark bark bark the FACTS, and I never get any meaningful rebuttals that are fact based, or that address the issues I raise. I hear nothing but dogma, and mindless responses from the two of you.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm

jon I don’t waste my time in debating idiots with idiotic worldly views.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 8:07 pm 8:07 pm

Jon you are just lonely, admit it, and you want to lure individuals into your warped though process — yawn, boring, don’t have time.

Posted by: Gg51 | March 15, 2009, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm

Where are the calls of “treason” and “unpatriotic” now? This dangerous quote fits the bill…
http://www.political-buzz.com/

Posted by: matt | March 15, 2009, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm

PresGov……made a very important point Gg51. You may not like what he says, but he is making an intelligent point. Your rebuttal Gg51 can be broken down to this…..Gg51′s rebuttal should be paraphrased “I am offended by your statement PresGov, and therefore you are wrong and I am right because I have high lofty easily offended morals.”
LOL Good Grief Gg51 can you not debate in an intelligent manner?????

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm

Gg51…..be honest with yourself….you can’t match dialogue with me on an intelligent basis. Therefore like most far left hate spewing socialist you are resorting to name calling, and juvenile retorts that are more fitting for the playground of an elementry school. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:14 pm 8:14 pm

PresGov and jon are just scared. I’ll tell you what though. They are not the only ones. While I was relieved on Nov.5, I could see fear in the faces of those who voted McCain/Palin. I still don’t understand. I have not gotten on Republican to tell me what they thought M/P would do for thsi country, what exactly do Republicans stand for. What is it that they liked about Bush? Never an answer. But I will tell you, within a mile of my home and within a few days I saw both a “Thank you Bush” bumper sticker(yes I did feel a bit nauseous) and a “Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Republican”(That one made me laugh out loud). BTW, I live in Texas. A very strange state indeed.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 8:15 pm 8:15 pm

Gg51 and butterfly…..yes I bark bark bark the FACTS, and I never get any meaningful rebuttals that are fact based, or that address the issues I raise. I hear nothing but dogma, and mindless responses from the two of you.
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 8:05:59 PM
A rebuttle would be a responce to something that is true. You don’t speak in truth.
Because you don’t have facts that prove anything and you don’t even know what the result of President Obamas policies will be. You don’t answer any questions. You have your own little world that is not based on critical thinking skills. You can post numbers all day, they don’t mean abything unless you have beter ideas or unless you can look at better facts and figures from your own party. If you fact that shows a poor policy on the part of Democrats then to have any valid poit you would need to show how the Republicans did better in that regard. See, you can’t do that part. If all you can do is criticize the other party with no good ideas from yours then there is no reason to listen to anything you say. You do the same thing as your national leaders. Criticize with no good plan of your own.
Ok, since you are so good with facts, who had control of the Congress the last 2 years of Bush’s 2nd term?

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm

I think the republicans are somewhat delusional..they hide behind religion even after many of their leaders are arrested for prostition charges or picking up gay guys in airports…they choose a proven failed leader in W…(he never had a successful business in his past)….to lead the free world and they blame everyone for his failures but him….they pick an unknown from Alaska as a vice presidential candidate without vetting her and then defend her faults…like a pregnant unmarried teen daughter…the hypocrisy is glaring and that is why the public finally woke up…the “do as I say and not as I do” craziness is over…thank god!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm

Cheney, Read my lips, go……….yourself.

Posted by: Jay | March 15, 2009, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm

AND…who had control the 6 years of Bush’s regime…and I might add…the dems had limited control the last two years…it is disingenious to say that the democrats are to blame for this…it is why everyone is so sick of Cheney’s rhetoric…take blame and move on…he is like a lover who cheats on his wife and then blames her for not paying enough attention to him…what a sad excuse for a leader…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 8:33 pm 8:33 pm

What I am doing Gg51 and Ms High and mighty Butterfly is interjecting fact and reason to an ongoing National debate that will culminate in result in early 2010. Basically, like alot of quiet work-aholic Americans I am sick and tired of hearing the hate filled warped rantings of the far left socialist that can’t use facts, or intelligent discussion. This country is facing BANKRUPTCY because the quiet in this country became too quiet, and too tolerant.
1) We have gone from 10 trillion in debt to over 13 trillion during Obamas short time in office.
2) Tax revenue to the US are projected 2.4 trillion to 2.6 trillion.
3) The proposed Obama budget is 3.9 Trillion. A projected deficit of 1.3 to 1.5 trillion in 2010.
4) The cost of services a 13 trillion dollar deficit at 5% is 650 billion a year. This number represents 25% of the high end projected national revenue.
5) In order to balance the current Obama budget you would need to cut his budget by 50% when considering debt servicing cost of 650 Billion. LOL
6) As the dollar continues to devalue, and the treasury prints money, investors will require a higher return to buy our junk bonds….I mean treasury bonds.
7) An interest rate increase of 1% on 13 trillion is 130 billion increase in debt interest to the 650 billion.
8) Basically, 130 billion is a 20% to the interest cost of servicing our national junk bonds…aka treasury bonds.
9) This means if Treasury rates increase. We see roughly a 20% increase in debt servicing cost per 1%.
10) Abandon ship…Abandon ship….I repeat Abandon ship…..(claxon sounds)….Abandon ship….the dollar is dead meat, and the next energy crisis will come. LOL ahhahhhahahhahhahahahah
To Gg51 and Butterfly …..Gee…numbers and math…not just happy feel good rhetoric…..and numbers….DON’T LIE…..but apparently far left socialist don’t use math, facts, or truth. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:33 pm 8:33 pm

Has Cheny forgotten that no wmd were found in iraq, and aside from that it was afghanistan that flew the palanes into the towers, why did they go after Sadam when it was binladen who authorized 9/11.
I have never understood this and probably never will.
Politics.

Posted by: oldies60 | March 15, 2009, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm

You get back in your G##D### spider hole Mr Cheney..we don’t ever want to see your stinkin face again…or i will turn my microwave loose on you…and I am serious

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm

To Butterfly…….Aren’t you just the superior smug kool aid drinking type. LOL
Now to a rebuttal…..Butterfly…Many Americans love their country and want its’ people to be successful. This includes Republicans and Conservatives that read all media forms, that do the math, are educated, know history, and have lived alot alot of history. If you see someone being apprehensive, maybe they have legit arguements. However, you sight peoples concern for the country as proof that your rhetoric, dogma, and idealogue views are right. You can’t open yourself to a truth based debate.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:41 pm 8:41 pm

Have we forgotten that the majority of the people who bombed us on 911 were from Saudi Arabia???? Why did we not take action against them???? Because W was holding their hands and kissing them on the cheek….

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm

Jon….I have to wonder why you think that democrats are less educated than republicans….Obama has explained that in order to get out of this mess we have to spend first and cut expenses in the long term…it appears that the Bush administration was also spending money to save the financial mess created by lack of regulation…I know…you will blame the democrats again…but the truth is…Bush declared a mandate when he was reelected and did NOTHING to fix this even though he had power and clout…he must carry the burden of ignorance…he allowed the Madoffs to prosper under an SEC who ignored continued warnings….Cheney and Bush had the power to change it and did nothing….even when warned the mortgage crisis had dire consequences…they did NOTHING…please…I wish for once….they would take some resonsibility…it is what the people would love to hear…take SOME responsibility…quit blaming everyone else and step up to the plate and quit being such cowards!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 8:52 pm 8:52 pm

To Jan and Butterfly…..the Republican’s did offer alternatives during the stimulus debate. These were ignore by house speaker Nancy Pelosi that has implemented censorship in the house. LOL During the Republicans control of the house such rules were not used.
The Republicans wanted to do the following
1) Cut the tax rate on the lowest tier of Americans from 10% to 5%.
2) Cut the tax rate on the second tier from 20% to 15%
3) No taxes on unemployment income.
The far left socialist democrats with Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house rejected these ideas.
Gee I guess all you people in the lowest two tax tiers are wealthy accourding to the house Democrats. LOL
Do you people not understand you are being feed a bunch of manure by far left socialist democrats that egotistical wanna-be despots seeking power for powers sake, and really don’t care about anything except their own re-election. LOL
Do you people realize that the Democrat controlled house and senate took a 4.5 something percent pay increase in last October while directing the crowds attention to those evil bankers. I guess if your a senator making around $160,000 dollars a year you need a raise.
Come on people think some, question some, and use truth and facts.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 8:52 pm 8:52 pm

I just love it how everytime the race card is played it comes from someone on the left! Democrats and Liberals are racists and mean to boot!!
Cheney is right and we will unfortunalely have to find out shortly how right he is. Obama is week and our enemies know it. The left is wrong!

Posted by: JimOnTheRight | March 15, 2009, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm

Wow. The progressive left sure is filled with hate!

Posted by: Shannon | March 15, 2009, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm

What I am doing Gg51 and Ms High and mighty Butterfly is interjecting fact and reason to an ongoing National debate that will culminate in result in early 2010. Basically, like alot of quiet work-aholic Americans I am sick and tired of hearing the hate filled warped rantings of the far left socialist that can’t use facts, or intelligent discussion. This country is facing BANKRUPTCY because the quiet in this country became too quiet, and too tolerant.
1) We have gone from 10 trillion in debt to over 13 trillion during Obamas short time in office.
2) Tax revenue to the US are projected 2.4 trillion to 2.6 trillion.
3) The proposed Obama budget is 3.9 Trillion. A projected deficit of 1.3 to 1.5 trillion in 2010.
4) The cost of services a 13 trillion dollar deficit at 5% is 650 billion a year. This number represents 25% of the high end projected national revenue.
5) In order to balance the current Obama budget you would need to cut his budget by 50% when considering debt servicing cost of 650 Billion. LOL
6) As the dollar continues to devalue, and the treasury prints money, investors will require a higher return to buy our junk bonds….I mean treasury bonds.
7) An interest rate increase of 1% on 13 trillion is 130 billion increase in debt interest to the 650 billion.
8) Basically, 130 billion is a 20% to the interest cost of servicing our national junk bonds…aka treasury bonds.
9) This means if Treasury rates increase. We see roughly a 20% increase in debt servicing cost per 1%.
10) Abandon ship…Abandon ship….I repeat Abandon ship…..(claxon sounds)….Abandon ship….the dollar is dead meat, and the next energy crisis will come. LOL ahhahhhahahhahhahahahah
To Gg51 and Butterfly …..Gee…numbers and math…not just happy feel good rhetoric…..and numbers….DON’T LIE…..but apparently far left socialist don’t use math, facts, or truth. LOL
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 8:33:39 PM
Actually, your use of facts assumes many things. President Obama is not finished yet. When you add in reduced health care costs, more jobs with livable wages, new businesses in green energy, removal from the budget of programs that don’t work and wasteful spending eliminated, you will see more money flowing into the economy, more taxes being payed because more people are working, reduced welfare because more people are working, etc. etc. Is the only thing you see money? All money spent is not equal. And numbers do lie, people use them to back up lies all the time. See all you see is numbers. Do you ever see people, real people.
BTW, you come off as pretty high and mighty. You can’t even be civil. You call leftist haters and all, who did I say I hate except Bush. I have one reason for that. I am an American and I can hate whomever I want. I will not have my voice subdued anymore.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm

To Jan….I have not stated anything about the education of Democrats. You are merely inferred that since I said that many Republicans and Conservatives are well educated, that this meant that I thought Democrats are not educated. LOL If you can make this inference you believe it will give you a moral ground that will allow you to win a intellectual debate without defending your position with facts. I believe you will note in one of my post that a conservative can be a Republican, Independent, or DEMOCRAT. lol However, I have heard no facts out of the far left socialist posting on this site. If this is the most intelligence the far left has to offer I really don’t care for them to run this country to ruins. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm

Why the media still wants to interview a totally discredited, dishonest crook?

Posted by: T888tai | March 15, 2009, 9:04 pm 9:04 pm

Let me simplify this for you, it doesn’t take a page of meaningless drivel..The republican alternative to an economic crisis is -as allways….Give more money to the RICH, billions- and 600 dollars to everyone in the united states…including the rich…again..thats not a “plan”…that is a joke

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:06 pm 9:06 pm

Jon…the election is OVER…you LOST…get on the island..we americans who are in the majority know what the republican party represents and what their dogma is…we rejected it…

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm

No…we are not filled with hate but frustration…when people like Mr Cheney deny they had any responsibility for anything the last 8 years it is unbelieveable…we would like someone in the republican party to accept some culpability and quit attacking a new president who has been in office less than 3 months….it was the last administration who bolstered Iran’s power in the middle east with a misguided and unplanned attack on Iraq…as well as empowering Hamas…they also allowed the SEC to ignore criminals like Madoff and appointed unqualified people to lead important organizations like FEMA…it would be lovely if anyone in the right wing bloviater corner could actually explain how President Obama messed that up so much…please…please….admit your guilt and move on….Bush/Cheney was a disaster bigger than katrina…we all know it….just own it…it will be like the truth councils in South Africa…it will feel good to admit your crimes and move on republicans…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 9:13 pm 9:13 pm

Do you people realize that the Democrat controlled house and senate took a 4.5 something percent pay increase in last October while directing the crowds attention to those evil bankers. I guess if your a senator making around $160,000 dollars a year you need a raise.
Come on people think some, question some, and use truth and facts.
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2009 8:52:32 PM
See, that’s what I wanted to hear. I asked you who controlled Congress the last 2 years of Bushs’ 2nd term. Now you answered it and you are sooooooooo wrong. Mr. high and mighty, facts and figures man. Some numbers for you.
Senate….
49 Dems
49 Repubs
2 Ind
jon, there is no majority here, none.
House of Representatives
233 Dems
202 Repubs
jon, yes I agree this is a majority. Do you have any idea how many votes are needed on an issue in the House to make it veto proof? It takes 290, there are only 233 Dems so they would need 57 Repubs to make it veto proof. Nothing could be passed by the Dems themselves.
There’s some facts and figures to show you that you only are repeating that you were told that the Dems had control of the House and Senate. They did not control either. That is the truth backed up with facts.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 9:15 pm 9:15 pm

I don’t like Chenney, but he is right. Obama is putting America at risk. Obama wants to negotiate with the same terrorist that are trying to kill Americans.

Posted by: CW | March 15, 2009, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm

Hey Jon….just curious…how many degrees do YOU have? Be honest now….I know that is hard for a republican but try REALLY hard…LOL

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm

To Butterfly…..Gee…..now you want to win the debate by calling me mean, and saying I can’t be civil. Nice try butterfly. Hey aren’t you the one typing post accusing people of being racist for not agreeing with Obama’s policies. LOL Good Grief!!!!!! LOL I have said that the postings I keep reading from the far left socialist posted here are filed with hatred, and seem devoid of fact, and intellectual discourse. Ummm….and you can quote me on that, because I am done being a quiet American that tolerant of the far left hate machine. End of story….get your facts straight butterfly, because alot of people are tired of the hate spewed garbage from the far left that is devoid of fact.
1) Obamas plans will hurt small business with taxes.
2) He is raising taxes on everyone. It comes in the form of his tax plan they passed, in allowing the Bust tax counts to expire, and implementing the carbon tax cap and trade plan.
3) Taxes slow economic growth. PROVEN FACT ask ECONOMIST!!!
4) Who is going to regulate this carbon tax and trade. LOL the SEC??? Who will determine who gets what tax credits???? How much will I have to donate to a certain politician to get extra carbon tax credits. LOL
5) Obama said in the campaign…”No Earmarks!!!” Guess what in the stimulus billed he approves thousands, in the omnibus bill he approved over 9,000. Basically, he has proved himself a liar.
6) Obama said in his campaign “No lobbiest will serve in my cabinet!!” Guess what there is over 20 lobbiest serving in his cabinets!!!! Guess he lied about that too.
7) Obama is going to cut funding to the military while the military is engaged in combat. Not a good idea. Basically, bad for the men in the field, and also a contracting affect on the military industrial complex that employ people in real jobs.
8) Obama has blocked new drilling for oil. He used executive orders that revoked oil field leases, offshore drilling, and mandated impossible and expensive environmental reviews.
9) In three years the US will be more dependant on foreign oil then ever before.
10) The green jobs Obama is created are government jobs paid with tax dollars. These jobs are NOT a value added enterprise.
11) I believe the USSR tried an economic plan like Obama’s and it failed. You can’t grow the economy by stealing from the value adding private sector.
12) HAD ENOUGH BUTTERFLY……..ARE YOU GONNA STOP SPEWING HATE….OR ….DO YOU NEED MORE FACTS.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm

Jon has a degree from the Possum institute of Higher limbs, hanging upside down by your tail can cause dizziness

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm

To Cowgirl……can you read? Do you know how to use fact in critical thinking to form an intelligent discussion, or are you a mindless puppet of hate filled propaganda???

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:30 pm 9:30 pm

Jon your arguments are so riddled with holes and misinformation..that i would have to spend the rest of the evening unraveling them..and quite frankly…you are’nt worth it

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm

Good Grief…you far left socialist lose an intellectual debate to facts and critical thinking, and all you can do is resort to name calling and derogatory statements devoid of fact.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm

Cowgirl….you are yet to cite one fact of mine that is wrong. LOL Give it up and go back to your playstation and kool aid. Your out classed here.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm

Jon….blah blah blah….the tax cuts under Bush really bolstered the economy…and the movement to green energy in the long run will benefit all americans…it may cost more in the short term but in the long term….America will be safer and more independent…hopefully the SEC will be more responsible under obama…it couldn’t get much worse than Bush’s unregulated reign… Obama is coming out with new policies to help small businesses this week….we can write off losses…get cheaper healthcare…write off new equipment purchases and get low interest loans…he also is putting in new rules to control earmarks and oversee lobbyist control. No more k street and the taxes for the rich worked just fine under Clinton….yikes…he might just do it…wouldn’t that just kill ya!! You could always move to Alaska and be little Sarah’s pit bull if it works out for us…LOL

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 9:42 pm 9:42 pm

Jan….you asked me how many degrees I have. I have over 200 college credit hours. I have a 4.0 degree in finance, another in International Management, and another in International Business. :) They tell me my IQ is higher than Obama’s, and my response is so what, because I think all the people I work with are in some way or another are smarter than me. Americans are a good people, and an intelligent people, and all Americans need to be informed with facts and truth. It is through truth and honest discussion that we protect and preserve this great country. Everyone including myself was hopeful of Obama, but I cannot support his policies, because they are dangerous for our country.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:44 pm 9:44 pm

Miss statement of fact (1) The president did NOT say he wouldn’t hire lobbists….What he said was he would not hire lobbists to serve in the same departments as they had lobbied..Now that IS a fact..show me something besides your opinion to support your posistion…please don’t quote rush…

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm

Jon…In other words….you are unemployed???

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm

Oh yea….and did you see the Australian beaches this week??? Drilling is so yesterday…it will takes years to implement and the oil companies are in no hurry to put the money up for it….we don’t need oil spills ruining our pristine beaches when we can be “clean”….

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm

Jan…..do you realize that under Bush there has been a great deal of alternate energy development. Bush sponsored research grants, and tax credits. However, since we are ALL SUPPOSE TO BLINDLY HATE BUSH I guess we should not credit him for what he did right. In fact lets blame Bush and Cheney for everything wrong in our lives. Again in your post you spew hate and derogatory insults. Hey on the surface the Obama plan sounds so happy and fluffy that when I here it I see magical unicorns. However, you scratch the surface and you realize it is badly flawed. His policies will increase taxes on the middle class, and small business. His policies will hurt the oil, coal, nuclear, and military industrial complex in a contractionary way. You can’t develop alternate energy by attacking a damaged economy.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm

I do kind of think you might be exaggerating Jon…if you said..yea…I have this or that degree…but the 4.0 thing kind of makes me leary…LOL…what college did you get the international business degree from???

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm

Cowgirl….he said he wouldn’t have lobbyist in his cabinets period. He tried to one up McCain. Also, do we really need political mercenaries serving in government????? Come on now just because you like Obama does not mean you should defend him when he is wrong. Is Obama gonna pay your rent. Also, Cowgirl, is it so hard not to spew hate. Just because you can’t win an arguement by fact doesn’t mean ya have use derogatory slurs.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:57 pm 9:57 pm

A note to all. Let’s just ignore jon. As we can see, he is not telling the truth. I would love to engage him more but obviously he only likes his facts and not anyone elses. The fact that he say his degree is in finance tells me we are dealing with someone who is dilusional. Now he will attack me for hating and you know what, that’s fine. Because I do hate when people make up lies. jon, have you noticed it is not just me. Anyone reading what you say can see right through you.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 9:58 pm 9:58 pm

Got it from Old Dominion (Virginia)….Jan…..my professors were Harvard and Yale educated. Old Dominion is known for basketball and lacrosse. Over all GPA 3.85 :) I am a product of the military industrial complex. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm

I never blindly blame Bush/Cheney..I would like to see them take some ownership of their failures…I own a small business and many of his new plans will actually help me this year…I can buy new equipment and get a tax break immediately…I can also write off losses on my taxes…most small businesses will benefit from this.. and what was that school you attended??

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 10:03 pm 10:03 pm

Butterfly…..you state no fact in your post. You try to appeal to the posting crowd in attempt to reaffirm your self belief that you are superior to me, because of the far left idealogy that you follow. Your seeking someone to shore up your lack of confidence. Something about my post and the speed of them makes you uncertain. Anytime you use well laid tools to try to win your arguement in a juvenile way fails. You begin to question yourself…and that is what I / we are after. You need to question things even when that search shakes your core. Also, ya need to quit taking refuge in calling me names. LOL It won’t work.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm

Thank goodness we now have a lucid, intellectual and (dare I say) well-groomed man in the Vice-President’s office.
What a relief from Cheney boring us with all his talk of terrorist plots broken–what a breath of fresh air it is to have a man who can stir the soul with tales of FDR’s fireside TV chats and regale an audience with his masterful plan of partition in Iraq.

Posted by: WinstonSmith77 | March 15, 2009, 10:06 pm 10:06 pm

Former vice president Cheney is a great American,best vice president in the history of usa. He is smart,hard working, experience.I like to listen to him.his statements are logical

Posted by: lu | March 15, 2009, 10:06 pm 10:06 pm

okie dokie….well…I like Virginia so I will give you that….even if you are totally right wing goofy!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 10:07 pm 10:07 pm

lu…Cheney is a wacko self aggrandized bully…sorry to burst your bubble…!!

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm

Actually bushs’ tax incentives for wind farms was one of the few good things he did..the OTHER ONE..was signing the bill that protected some off shore pristine areas..he did that at the very end of his reign..he did also help the aids epidemic in africa.. altho he wouldn’t use the money for condoms to stop the spred..just treat the disease.all good socialist programs and tax dollars well spent..see I can give credit where it is do…unlike you

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm

Jan….I and alot of conservatives were not too happy with the last four years of Bush. There was missed opportunities, and I feel the fiscal responsibility was lacking. However, I believe Obama, as well intentioned as he may seem, is wrong in alot of his policies. Obama has never worked in the private sector, never served in the military, and has lived off government money as a community organizer. I would prefer a successful governor with a private business background. Also, I think Obama is trying to accomplish to much. It is like giving a patient a heart, kidney, liver, and leg transplant in one operation. LOL

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm

Cowgirl….now we are being intelligent. I disagreed with Bush on increasing aid to Africa. As a fiscal conservative we should NOT be running a national debt and borrowing money to send to Africa when our own people are suffering. We should only send money overseas if we have a surplus, and there is NO HOMELESS people in America. Do realize the Obama administration is planning to spend 900 Million on aid to the Gaza strip while our economy is dying. I have been to Isreal, and every other day Isreali people die there from terrorism.

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

Cheney is wise ,smart and experience…
his statements are logical,not as Obama, he is an empty suit and weak president but left loved him …

Posted by: lu | March 15, 2009, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

Ever notice you never hear of a republican with a history degree???

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

jon,
I have enough confidence that I don’t need anyone to tell me what to think. You do not bother me in the least. No lack of confidence here or uncertainty. Obviously you are tryin to accomplish that. Why? Do you feel the need to try and put others beneath you. I have pointed out how ignorant you are and you think it is just me. I told you it is everyone. I am trying to make you paranoid, is it working? I am amused with you. I know you have nothing of substance, I read all your posts, you are the only one who thinks you know what you are talking about.
jon, who controlled every branch of government for the past 8 years?

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm

well..Jon…it is a ridiculous idea to preach abstinence in third world countries…why not condoms??? That is Bush’s uncanny ability to interject religion into government….also, he signed a bill opening up pristine parklands to drilling which Obama overturned immediately…for every thing you sight…there is a contradiction that questions Bush’s judgement…the craziness of McCain’s drill baby drill campaign was sickening…playing off the fears of the people and forcing them to destroy the environment or get to work…fear tactics…as for Obama never serving in the military…the Bush administration was not exactly the “GI Joes” of the world…Rumsfeld and Cheney were deferred during Vietnam and Bush was AWOL to run his dad’s campaign…they ignored the military’s recommendations and therefore made horrible decisions…Obama is educated, thoughtful and analytical…he listens to experts and makes informed decisions based on fact not instinct…I think he realizes there is no time to waste and he has to get to work…too much has been ignored for too long…just my humble opinion…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 10:28 pm 10:28 pm

Poor thing is too unintelligent to even be embarassed by the fool he is making of himself. His arrogance is surpassed only by his ignorance. obama has no class. You can take ghetto out of the ghetto but… we’re stuck for four long freaking years of “UH… DUH…” I-I-I… ummmm… what dat?”

Posted by: Oink-Oink | March 15, 2009, 10:41 pm 10:41 pm

oink oink….I guess you also are way too unintelligent to realize the fool you have just made of yourself…I hate to be the one to break it to you…but apparently someone has to tell you…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 10:49 pm 10:49 pm

jan, That was hilarious. Tjis is ood for amusement isn’t it? I wouldn’t have to resort to amusing myself this way but I live in Texas so I need some laughs.

Posted by: Butterfly | March 15, 2009, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm

Well Jon…If your patient needs a heart, lung kidney, and leg transplant to live…what would be the value of just giving him a leg transplant, doing one is just a waste if he his heart is going…by the way, glad you didn’t taske up medicine

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 10:59 pm 10:59 pm

Thanks Butterfly….I guess Jon is comtemplating the errors of his way…must be hard to finally realize how easy it is to be a pawn in the back pocket of the right wing belly boys…

Posted by: jan | March 15, 2009, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm

As Far as national security Jon..the last terrorist plot to be broken up on US soil….was by a Walmart employee, not a wall street employee and not by Homeland security..I’d be careful of the ground I am treading on. and by the way Jon we still don’t know who sent the anthrax through the mail either..that was after 911..8 years..what have we done that proves they made us safer again???

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm

Must be Bed Check time for Jon????

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm

The guy who sent the anthrax in the mail is dead.

Posted by: Shannon | March 15, 2009, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm

The Clock turns….and the country burns. Oh well……

Posted by: jon | March 15, 2009, 11:17 pm 11:17 pm

The Coward from Casper “loves” Porky Limbaugh? Not a pretty mental image!

Posted by: B. Bear | March 15, 2009, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm

I never realized what a creep this guy is until I saw that movie “W”. That move should be shown on every channel at some time or another.

Posted by: lucii | March 15, 2009, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm

Typical of the last 8 years. Cheney continues to blame everyone else.
Under Bush/Cheney banks were not regulated, crash goes the economy, but it wasn’t their fault.
Under Bush/Cheney, millionaire AIG execs were given huge tax breaks, but that wasn’t enough so Bush/Cheney gave them hundreds of billions.
Under Bush/Cheney, the first time in US history we were involved in 2 wars at the same time. Instead of paying for the wars, the GOP congress (McConnell, Boehner, Kantor, McCain) decided that wasn’t fair to be part of the budget so government spending exploded.
The GOP controlled congress 1997-2006 shattered records of pork spending. Levels that were quickly cut once they lost control.

Posted by: Dan | March 15, 2009, 11:33 pm 11:33 pm

Look that bio-engineering scientist was dead before they delared him the winner of the anthrax prize…there isn’t a soul who believes that, they couldn’t prove it when he was alive…it was convenient when he couldn’t defend himself..too many holes in that story

Posted by: cowgirl | March 15, 2009, 11:38 pm 11:38 pm

Boy this guy sure got the liberals on here all fuzzed up! I like it when someone says something like this that shakes and shatters the weak foundation of hypocrisy that the liberals have just as much or more than conservatives. I always thought conservatives were more close minded and bigoted, however, liberals are much more viscous and ignorant and absolutely intolerant of any views different from their own. Good luck to both sides which are dragging our once great country down more every day!

Posted by: Badboy | March 15, 2009, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm

Typical of the last 8 years. Cheney continues to blame everyone else.
Under Bush/Cheney banks were not regulated, crash goes the economy, but it wasn’t their fault.
Under Bush/Cheney, millionaire AIG execs were given huge tax breaks, but that wasn’t enough so Bush/Cheney gave them hundreds of billions.
Under Bush/Cheney, the first time in US history we were involved in 2 wars at the same time. Instead of paying for the wars, the GOP congress (McConnell, Boehner, Kantor, McCain) decided that wasn’t fair to be part of the budget so government spending exploded.
The GOP controlled congress 1997-2006 shattered records of pork spending. Levels that were quickly cut once they lost control.
This is great! Rewrite history to suit your own ignorant views! Clinton enacted laws that started this mess. We have been involved in world wars more than once and levels of spending have been the highest in history since Obama has taken the reigns. What rock have you just recently crawled out from under?

Posted by: Oblahblah | March 15, 2009, 11:54 pm 11:54 pm

Typical of the last 8 years. Cheney continues to blame everyone else.
Under Bush/Cheney banks were not regulated, crash goes the economy, but it wasn’t their fault.
Under Bush/Cheney, millionaire AIG execs were given huge tax breaks, but that wasn’t enough so Bush/Cheney gave them hundreds of billions.
Under Bush/Cheney, the first time in US history we were involved in 2 wars at the same time. Instead of paying for the wars, the GOP congress (McConnell, Poor thing is too unintelligent to even be embarassed by the fool he is making of himself. His arrogance is surpassed only by his ignorance. obama has no class. You can take ghetto out of the ghetto but… we’re stuck for four long freaking years of “UH… DUH…” I-I-I… ummmm… what dat?”
Oink-oink… I think I love you! Uh Duh
sounds just like the burned out self admitted drug addict. He can’t make a decision without having to contradict himself and he has already set the record for broken campaign promises!
Four years, he will keep us laughing,
and for that I am grateful. And don’t worry, he can’t do much damage attending parties and hosting his drug addicted friends! Presidential??!!
HA!HA!HA!HA! Keep me laughing Oblahblah!

Posted by: Oblahblah | March 16, 2009, 12:01 am 12:01 am

. . .Just a side note: Whenever someone uses the term “RACE CARD”, it’s most likely someone who promotes denying racism while spewing double standards that proves them to be racist. YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK BECAUSE IT NEVER FAILS !

Posted by: Mike from Carolina | March 16, 2009, 12:06 am 12:06 am

says the old dying man who accomplished nearly nothing for USA in his term.

Posted by: lolwut? | March 16, 2009, 12:13 am 12:13 am

When I see people continue to support a man like Cheney, it makes me wonder what kind of people they are: do they have families or are they sad and alone? Are they in prison and toothless and bitter because their meth lab was busted three counties over? Do they drive a pickup truck with a gun rack and a bumper sticker that says “the South Will Rise Again”? I wonder how much education they have? Judging from their blogs, not much, I don’t think. Do they watch any news programs except Fox? Doubtful – they would rather have their opinions spoonfed to them by Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly than watch other news programs and be forced to actually have an opinion of their own. I repect everyone’s right to have an opinion, but for god’s sake, open your mind, do a little work, and form your own!

Posted by: DaveM | March 16, 2009, 12:23 am 12:23 am

We wonder the same about you DaveM.

Posted by: Shannon | March 16, 2009, 12:36 am 12:36 am

Why do all the Republicans on here try to argue logically, and the majority of comments from Obama fans are mean-spirited, non-sensical, or filled with Obama talking points that are blatant lies? Says much about those who voted for Obama, eh?

Posted by: Babs | March 16, 2009, 12:51 am 12:51 am

Babs,
Have you ever been to the CNN boards? They are filled by hateful leftist kids. At least here there is some balance. Waiting on some hope and change I can believe in.

Posted by: Shannon | March 16, 2009, 12:58 am 12:58 am

I have been a lifelong democrat and believe in their ideals, but they are CLUELESS about our national security. That is why I voted for Bush twice, and McCain this time around. President Obama is doing ok, but the former VP is absolutely correct. Rolling back the Bush policies to appease the leftist elements of the democratic parties will open the U.S. up to attacks from terrorist organizations. Get tough democrats and hippies go smoke some more pot, you are uneducated and wish to smile our troubles away.

Posted by: Democratic Bill | March 16, 2009, 1:27 am 1:27 am

My only interest in what Cheney states will be when he’s on trial for war crimes.

Posted by: GOP = Destruction Of America | March 16, 2009, 1:49 am 1:49 am

There’s a reason why Cheney’s ratings were so low. This interview proves that point. Thank goodness his opinion means virtually nothing these days.

Posted by: Jimbo | March 16, 2009, 1:55 am 1:55 am

I think Cheney is SPOT ON in his assesment of Obama’s policies.
Obama policies do weaken the US security. I think Obama is too naive and inexperienced and will not do what is necessary for American security.

Posted by: Greg h | March 16, 2009, 2:48 am 2:48 am

Of all people, Chaney should know, he is one of the SOBs that got in this mess in the first place. Old Darth Vader should take all the blood money he made from oil and other special interest groups during his time as VP and curl up in his hole and shut up!!

Posted by: LANNY EDWARDS | March 16, 2009, 4:18 am 4:18 am

He should be in jail.

Posted by: Bill in NC | March 16, 2009, 5:23 am 5:23 am

Why is this loser still listened to after the mess he made and the crimes he committed with absolutely zero shame and apparently no accountability for burning our country, its economy, its reputation and its future to the ground. He ought to be accompanying Bernard Madoff into prison.

Posted by: JL | March 16, 2009, 5:54 am 5:54 am

Apparently Cheney thinks that fomenting visceral hatred of the USA overseas, spending our country into bankruptcy and abrogating constitutional and human rights….he thinks his criminality made us all ‘safe’. He is a case study in how self-deluded a human being can be, especially an EVIL human being such as he is.

Posted by: JL | March 16, 2009, 6:01 am 6:01 am

There is no way any HONEST person can keep from blaming Bush and Cheney for the condition our country is in.
Obama is quite right. The Bush Administration policies need to be reversed. It was the most criminal and destructive in American history.
Hundreds of thousands gratuitously killed in Iraq. Trillions of dollars of needless debt that caused our economy to sink and implode under unpayable debt. Subversion of the Constitution
Irreparable damage to American prestige and leadership overseas.
Sweetheart crony fascism: the government partnering with top wealth earners and corporations to hijack national resources for the benefit of a very few oligarchs.
I don’t see how anyone who is a real American and not just a partisan hack and cares about this country can do anything else BUT blame George W. Bush and the Republican Party for the national debacle that Obama INHERITED.
But suddenly, everybody’s an Obama critic, now that Obama was put in by a MAJORITY of the public. Where were you necons with needed criticism for the Bush Administration during eight years of malfeasance and corruption? Dead silent because you’re hypocrites. Nary a word. And we all had to be cowed down by charges of “endangering national security” during Cheney’s rein of terror. And intimidated by the threat of being called ‘not patriotic enough’.
Yet now, when he has few options left because of the Bush Administration boxing us all into a corner, now of a sudden, everyone on the right feels free to take a shot at Obama. Why didn’t they feel free to take a WELL DESERVED shot at the Bush Administration, hmmmm?
I make a bunch of good points and second Obama. The Bush administration MUST be blamed. They did the evil. Accountablity is something the GOP has forgotten.
Give Obama time to see if he is wrong. He’s only been in office for a month or two.
I add my voice loud and clear in blaming George W. Bush and beyond him, the whole right wing of the American electorate. They were collaborators and enablers of Bush Administration crimes and were not, indeed STILL ARE NOT ashamed

Posted by: JL | March 16, 2009, 6:16 am 6:16 am

“A Mushroom Cloud”. Liar, Liar. Gangstered America….Thief..Thief. You have no “shame”. Torture, Torture..Wiretape, Wiretape..Outting of a CIA operative…KILLER, KILLER. “The American Gangster”…….you don’t measure up to the GUM ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SHOE……MATTER OF FACT, WHEN DOES HIS TRIAL START, ERIC?

Posted by: sngeorgia | March 16, 2009, 7:43 am 7:43 am

CHENEY LOVES LIMBRAUGH…THOUGHT HIS HENCHMAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARDON…SCOOTER LIBBY IS INNOCENT. President Obama is making us “less safe”..Mr. Cheney your policies has made us less safe, giving permission for Iran to become a superpower in the middle east..Your legacy has already been written….a failure on world policies and a “traitor” to your own country. War Crimes, War Crimes, War Crimes Mr. Cheney. Mr. Cheney you are a war Criminal and you don’t need a new pacemaker, but a Jail CELL

Posted by: sngeorgia | March 16, 2009, 7:51 am 7:51 am

There you have it – Cheney says Rush is a good friend. Now we know how far right Cheney became during his vice presidency. We know Cheney is of the western US mind which is freedom at any cost – including torture – which doesn’t make our troops safe if they get captured. Cheney and his ilk are dangerous and paranoid types of men we don’t need now.

Posted by: Bob | March 16, 2009, 8:46 am 8:46 am

I find it amazing that nobody has taken a shot at either Bush or Cheney yet. The anger and hatred from the American public would make me think they would want to move to a distant country to avoid many assassination attempts.

Posted by: Cheetah | March 16, 2009, 9:06 am 9:06 am

Will someone please put an oak stake through this monsters heart? That is if you can find his heart. He needs to go back to his coffin and close the lid for good!

Posted by: Brian | March 16, 2009, 9:22 am 9:22 am

“TOO BAD Cheney isn’t in better health, he would have made a superb President. He is, without question, one of the finest public servants ever seen in America; the fact that the loony left despise him is an added bonus.”
Lol. Right. What a guy.

Posted by: silky | March 16, 2009, 10:14 am 10:14 am

I particularly appreciate the part where he used what he knew to be bogus testimony to sell Congress and the world on the invasion. Then stopping the press from shooting the bodies of the kids coming home. Then using COMMERCIAL AIRLINES to bring the kids killed in combat home stuffed in with luggage. Nice gesture to the families of these kids. This is typical of the dignity with which that administration operated.

Posted by: silky | March 16, 2009, 10:27 am 10:27 am

Cheney you have some nerve saying Obama is putting people at risk. What did you and your cronies do? Did Bush put people at risk before 9/11? No, and it happened anyway. Was it because he was weak….no. Things happen and the president is doing a great job trying to mend the fences that you and your associate tore down. Other countries had no respect for us anymore. You will see how they change their minds when they meet President Obama.

Posted by: talmag | March 16, 2009, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

I am curious if the vast Bush and Cheney family oil interests were responsible for the huge spike in oil prices during the spring and summer of 2008, and if that huge spike in oil prices caused the world financial markets to collapse.

Posted by: US Citizen | March 16, 2009, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Hard to fathom, but Cheney is right on this. Bin Laden’s view of the US is that the US government would rather find someone to sue than fight. Treating the War on Terror as a police action rather than a war does put us at greater risk.
Look out for another attack made possible by relaxation of the previous standards. Say what you want about GWB – we weren’t attacked after 9/11. If we are attacked again, Obama will never win another election.

Posted by: MAS1916 | March 16, 2009, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

Shut Up Cheney or we will waterboard you!!

Posted by: mike | March 16, 2009, 4:27 pm 4:27 pm

Okay, we maybe rather than going into Afghanistan to get the guy responsible for 9/11, Obama should invade and occupy a completely unrelated country that poses no threat to us.

Posted by: silky | March 16, 2009, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm

Hypocrite!! Cheney is still trying to spread fear of another attack, while at the same time, saying that Obama is doing the same with the economy.
Cheney is a hypocritical idiot.

Posted by: mike | March 16, 2009, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm

Wow. That’s a sitting President of the United States Cheney just talked all that smack about.
– Not Rick Klein
I thought former high office holders were supposed to adhere to a policy of diplomatically keeping their traps shut?

Posted by: Steve V | March 16, 2009, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm

When people without any credibility make comments it’s best to simply ignore them.

Posted by: Larry | March 16, 2009, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm

Cheney is not getting his share from Haliburton anymore and he is whining.Quite daring he is after all the lies he and his party propagated to the american people about the war and now he is trying to bring up again and defend his actions.

Posted by: dotherightthing | March 17, 2009, 12:58 am 12:58 am

you know i read these cheney is a great american statements,and that m.r. obama is going to weaken our nation or that obama is a socialist stuff and i realize that all the above mentioned claims are b.s.conjured up by the republican propoganda machine.under republican leadership our economy was weakened considerably,we were mislead into attacking a country that had nothing to do with 9-11,our misadventure in iraq has destabilized that region of the middle east…yet there are some people stupid enough to still buy what these republicans are selling…i happen to believe m.r. obama is going to be an improvement over bush and cheney. was it really a surprise to any one here that soon after bush was elected for the first time that our nation would once again be at war with iraq? i voted against bush,cheney in 2000 and 2004,and i,m sad to say my decisions in those elections were correct.i,m sad to say this because our nation now is much worse than it was in 2000,or before.

Posted by: tired of neo con b.s. | April 22, 2009, 5:36 am 5:36 am

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