Cheney’s Campaign Against President Obama’s National Security Policies

Former VP Cheney needs to go back to fishing. He’s only added to the Republican’s problems by being so obnoxiously outspoken.
He stated he would rather follow Limbaugh – who avoided Vietnam just like Cheney – than Powell a long time, widely admired Republican and 4-star general who spent his life serving his country.

“Bush administration officials argued that releasing the photographs would violate the Geneva Conventions, which protect prisoners of war and detained civilians “against insults and public curiosity”
NOW they are suddenly concerned about the Geneva Conventions?
The ICRC (International Red Cross) said in their investigations years ago what they were doing “amounted to torture” and was a violation of U.S. and international treaty obligations.

The guy shot a man in the face but wants to be taken seriously when he talks about “safety”.

“What I think is important is that there be some balance to what is being released. The fact of the matter is the administration appears to be committed to putting out information that sort of favors their point of views in terms of being opposed to, for example, enhanced interrogation techniques,” Cheney said in a Fox News interview.
LMAO and what did Cheney and Company do while in office … were they the bastions of telling us the truth … Good lord … the guy is a frigging control freak…and does not like not being in control of how information is being manipulated … I think someone must have overclocked his pace maker …

you people have been arguing for years that abu garaib and other Bush Admin policies have been creating more terrorists for years….Now you want to throw fuel on the fire in the guise freedom of information…what a bunch of hypocrites.

how can you trust anyone who talks out the side of his muoth?

Cheney…classic “cover your butt” talking points. Release the pictures and let America see what the Bush administration allowed to happen. Just a few “rogue” troops….yea right!

Without power Cheney appears merely pathetic. A sad end for a old power-broker.

How can supporters of Cheney actually believe that Cheney is anything other than a modern RASPUTIN. He had his time in office and various senior government jobs, and it turned out very badly.
Few men have had such a deeply negative effect on our democratic and civil society. After years as a shadowy behind-the-screen wizard, he now goes public and bombastic? Such an evil man is hard to imagine. What would our country be like if Cheney had been involved in its governance from the very beginning? It’s chilling to even consider the idea. Rasputin, that’s what he is.

My joy knows no bounds:
“The tables have turned on ‘Memogate.’ House Speaker Pelosi and other congressional Democratic leaders clearly knew early on, via classified briefings, about President Bush’s approval of enhanced interrogation techniques for high-level terrorist detainees. Yet she kept silent.
“In an adaptation of the famous Watergate catchphrase, people have been asking, ‘What did the speaker know and when did she know it?’

Water boarding is non-injurious and non-fatal in spite of it’s being declared illegal; and yes, it did work in learning of the plan to launch a terror attack against Los Angeles. Period. The Democrats in the House and Senate knew about it in detail back in 2003. Some in their leadership used it as a political topic during the ’08 elections never thinking the subject would get out of hand, take on a life of its own, and then jump back and bite them because of a bunch of Code Pink and MoveOn.org dingbats who are now drifting on autopilot still spewing their “anti-everything” rants. Maybe they ought to settle down and take a bath. That goes for the mainstream media too. The mass majority of Americans will never tolerate war crimes trials of American officials in lieu of the successes in Iraq and elsewhere. Maybe the anti-war screamers are “really” worried about how history will judge “their” treasonous words and “their” fifth columnist behavior as they enter old age accomplishing nothing. A lot of America’s sons, daughters, uncles, aunts and others fought in this struggle while the whiners and drum beaters sat on the curb and complained. The Americans who met the enemy and did something will inherit the leadership of this country, and they will be history’s ultimate judge; not the media and the hate spewing drum beaters on this, or any other news discussion.

How can a man who got 5 draft deferments have any credability? He is an evil man. I am not sure what he is up to but since he was hardly seen for 8 years and now suddenly he is all over the media……..this scares me!!

The “LA Terror Attack” was debunked along time ago.

What is pathetic is the whole Obama administration!

Democrats. More afraid of a former VP than actual threats to our country.
How quickly you all forget Al Gore and “he lied to us, he betrayed our country, he played on our fears”. Or maybe you haven’t forgotten. Hypocrisy is a theme in democratic lala land.

“lashed out at the Obama team’s decision to soon hand over 44 photos… as ordered by a judge.”
I guess the Judicial branch’s power to check the Executive still rankles Cheney. It must really gall him that the Obama administration won’t push it up to the Supreme Court so the conservative justices can make a little law from the bench.

Jake – I thought about this for a while. If you put Cheney’s every other week appearances in the larger context of national security, it makes sense. BO bows to the Saudis, shakes dictator’s hands and snubs our allies. He runs around the world apologizing for what a bad country America is. In 100 days, he made the CIA inefficient, tied its hands. I am worried about bad things happening in the continental US (I was not worried under Bush). I have not confidence in BO keeping us safe. He is the commander in chief (not the ‘star’ in chief, or the ‘celebrity’ in chief). BO ‘owns’ national security. He needs to own up to it. His little boy excuse ‘I inherited this’ will not work in national security. We were winning in Iraq, and now the violence is up. N Korea launched a rocket on his watch. Pakistan keeps going down hill. Afghanistan is in chaos (where is the far left asking for mea culpa over the 150 civilians recently getting killed?). On 9/11 we all (Rep/Ind/Dem) got behind Bush. If something happens now related to national security, you will have Dem saying it was not BO’s fault, but you will also have Rep saying it was totally his fault. I think on national security, Ind will line up with the Rep. After all, Bush kept us safe after 9/11, and BO took down much of everything Bush put in place.

Axey:”Democrats. More afraid of a former VP than actual threats to our country.
How quickly you all forget Al Gore and “he lied to us, he betrayed our country, he played on our fears”.”
First off, you shouldn’t put quotation marks around a paraphrase – if you’re not relaying the man’s actual words, don’t claim to be.
And secondly, Al Gore hasn’t spoken for the Democrats since 2000. Perhaps we should drag up some choice David Duke comments about our first African American president and claim he speaks for the Republican party? Or to be less extreme, claim Representative Bachmann (who makes Biden look like a demure wordsmith with a slavish devotion to accuracy) speaks for Republicans?
President Obama is the head of the Democrats and speaks for the Democrats. Pelosi and Reid also hold position of power (and are easier targets). Al Gore holds a token position in the party and speaks for himself AS a Democrat, not FOR the Democrats.

“First off, you shouldn’t put quotation marks around a paraphrase – if you’re not relaying the man’s actual words, don’t claim to be. ”
Those are his actual words. Look them up.

” Or to be less extreme, claim Representative Bachmann (who makes Biden look like a demure wordsmith with a slavish devotion to accuracy) speaks for Republicans?”
I like her. Go ahead.

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If Cheney believes the treatment of detainees was so appropriate he should STOP WHINING!
Posted by: Lori | May 13, 2009 10:41:21 AM===
Whining? I don’t hear whining. So he should just shut up while people call him evil and not the terrorists that wanted to, you know, actually kill you?
I am so glad I am not a progressive liberal.

===Seems like the torture resulted from disorganized, unprepared, unprofessional and dishonorable supervision, going right up to the President and VP.
Posted by: Danny | May 13, 2009 10:43:44 AM===
So you should be asking for the release of all the memos so you could change your wording from “seems” to something more definitive.

Axey: “I like her. Go ahead.”
I suppose you would. Her cutting expose’ on how the Hoot-Smalley act Roosevelt signed caused the Great Depression had my historian friend chuckling for days. So many errors piled up so quickly to fit into the Republican fantasy world.
“Those are his actual words. Look them up.”
I did look them up, and that is NOT a quote. It is an accurate paraphrase, but that is also NOT a quote. This is pretty basic English here, but it is improtant. I suppose you think “I invented the internet” is a quote too.

Glad we tortured ‘em; glad we got the info from ‘em; glad all those lives were saved; glad Nancy went along with it; and glad she’s been caught lying.
I’m loving the way this is playing out.

“I am so glad I am not a progressive liberal.”
I don’t know what being a “progressive liberal” has to do with being disillusioned that a President and VP betrayed everything our Nation represents and stands for. They tortured in your name too.

Where oh Where is Bush he was Commander in Cheif Like Cheney said He signed Off On the Torture why is He not Joining Cheney on this Lets Clear My name and Legacy Media Tour?

Chenney is a war criminal. He waged a war based on lies which has led to the death of more than 4,000 young Americans and about 700, 000 Iraqis.
He also did what the Nazis and the Japanese did. TORTURE!
Chenney must be tried for War Crimes.

One prisoner Abu Z was tortured 148 times and he lied 148 times. If torturing works, why would he be tortured that many times? This mean torture doesn`t work.
I constantly hear Chenney talk about how important information was obtained through torture. If a prisoner tells you 148 different stories what is the possibility that one of them will be close the real info even if the prisoner knew nothing? Neo Cons are really pathetic.

Obama’s people go very public about cherry-picked stuff they don’t like from the previous administration, and Cheney is supposed to stay mum? In their dreams…
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That old “Pandora’s box” thing comes to mind.

===I don’t know what being a “progressive liberal” has to do with being disillusioned that a President and VP betrayed everything our Nation represents and stands for.
Posted by: Paige | May 13, 2009 10:56:17 AM===
You answered your own question.
===They tortured in your name too.===
And you think I should be as appalled as you are that EITs were used? I’m not. And again, I’m glad I’m not a progressive liberal.

“Neo Cons are really pathetic.”
You have absolutely no clue what a Neocon is. Cheney is not one of them.

“Chenney is a war criminal. He waged a war based on lies which has led to the death of more than 4,000 young Americans and about 700, 000 Iraqis.”
(a) Neither Cheney nor anyone else is a war criminal until he has been charged with and convicted of a war crime.
(b) Vice Presidents do not wage wars.
(c) The actual number of dead Iraqis is 109,000. That pales in comparison to the number of German and Japanese civilians incinerated by FDR and Truman.

“WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, that waterboarding was actually used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah.
“Source says Nancy Pelosi didn’t object about waterboard usage because she wasn’t personally briefed about it.
“This appears to contradict Pelosi’s account that she was never told waterboarding actually happened, only that the administration was considering using it.”
She’s lying. Everyone knows she’s lying. Her fellow Democrats have no clue as to what to do about her obvious lies.
I think the only thing to do is have a thorough airing of the whole matter, with all persons who were alleged to have been aware of the practices without objecting to them placed under oath and cross-examined. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

re: Hyena
“Of course, the left-wingers are generally estranged from anyone whose life might actually be placed in increased danger by the publication of these pictures. For the most part, they have never fought, and know very few people who have.
You have Bush & Cheney to thank for putting our troops in harms way in Iraq.,,,,I’m sure you are in the military right?…. enjoying your generalizations about people you don’t know.

“seemingly launching a one-man campaign to fight for his legacy and — in his view — the safety of the nation.”
You give him far too much credit.
This is about his legacy.
Cheney has always put himself before country.

“(c) The actual number of dead Iraqis is 109,000. That pales in comparison to the number of German and Japanese civilians incinerated by FDR and Truman.”
So I guess we were all fools then for getting so upset over 3000 Americans being killed on 9/11.
Its so funny to see a right winger with zero principles try and create moral quandries for others.

re: “Courts had ruled in favor of releasing the photographs into public view”…
…”even though Bush administration officials argued that releasing the photographs would violate the Geneva Conventions, which protect prisoners of war and detained civilians “against insults and public curiosity”…”
LOL, if it wasn’t so tragic.
Once again, it’s the BUSH administration vs. America’s COURTS.
And how ironic that their excuse is:
We need to respect the Geneva Conventions.
Wow.
They think we’re stupid, don’t they?
That’s why they lose elections.

“And in fact the first one was kaput. But just as they did after the first World Trade Center bombing failed, they decided to try it again. KSM gave it up”
KSM was in custody by 2003.
Torture saving us from an impending plot story involves Keifer and its fiction.
I wonder if the reports that people were tortured to provide links between Iraq and Al Queda are true.

The actual number of dead Iraqis is 109,000. That pales in comparison to the number of German and Japanese civilians incinerated by FDR and Truman.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena
LOL, very Viet Nam era of you, using ‘body counts’ to justify your opinion…

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, defended Pelosi–and Bush.
“I think it’s a tempest in a teapot really to say: Well, Speaker Pelosi should have known all of this, she should have stopped this, she should have done this or done that,” she said.
“I don’t want to make an apology for anybody, but in 2002, it wasn’t 2006, 07, 08 or 09. It was right after 9/11, and there were in fact DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A SECOND WAVE OF ATTACKS.”

“But I could not be more grateful that Cheney is at least speaking up, and in a rational dignified manner, still unlike the rabid dems.”
Cheney stated he would rather follow Limbaugh – who avoided Vietnam just like Cheney – than Powell a long time, widely admired Republican and 4-star general who spent his life serving his country and you have the gall to call dems “rabid”?
LMAO!

“You don’t know what Cheney would have said about those memos.”
Its a memoir.
You think a guy who shot his friend in the face and had the friend apologize to him in public is going to look at his career with a critical eye?
The gullibility of the right wing is astounding.

“How quickly you all forget Al Gore and “he lied to us, he betrayed our country, he played on our fears”.”
ROFLMAO!
You’re comparing Cheney doing legacy work with Gore talking about the lies that got us into the Iraq War?

Cheney stated he would rather follow Limbaugh – who avoided Vietnam just like Cheney – than Powell a long time, widely admired Republican and 4-star general who spent his life serving his country and you have the gall to call dems “rabid”?
LMAO!
Posted by: Paige | May 13, 2009 12:52:47 PM
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Well of course you misquote Cheney and that is no surprise.
He was asked who was the better republican and Cheney chose Rush because he was not aware that Colin Powell was still in the party.
Your twisted version of “following” someone is silly and typical.
You infer insults to Powell that were never spoken or intimated.
And yeah, Rush is a great republican. ALthough I am sure dem heads are spinning as they read this.

“…but you need to bring the silent majority with you”
The reason this majority is so silent is probably because they’re actually imaginary.
Posted by: Skip | May 13, 2009 1:13:04 PM
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No. It is likely because the dems have teams of paid attack dogs, like you, Ryan and Jhw, to name a few, who rabidly attack anyone who disagrees. (as reported in Politico)
I came to this site like a newbie and after multiple full frontal assaults on my posts I decided to fight fire with fire and use the same tactics as you hateful dems.
A lot of people don’t want the fight and give up, which is your intention. Look at Ryans’ charge of racism.
I however am mad an not going to take it anymore so I will use the same tactics and language that you dems relish so much.
Lastly, the media does not report accurately and objectively on the impact of the Obama/dem spending and other moves.
If Bush had seized the Boeing corp. sunk in 100 billion taxpayer dollars and then gave it Halliburton like a gift from the Boeing owners and the taxpayers the media may have had a thing or two to say.
They laugh at how clever Obama is when he does exactly the same thing with the auto companies and giving it all to his union supporters.
And so on and so on.
Thank goodness Cheney is not letting the media and Obama have their way as they slander him.
When you dems get rid of Carter Gore and Clinton you dems will have a leg to stand on with this whining about cheney.

“…..to watch the eruption of “controversy” today over the fact that Nancy Pelosi was briefed in 2002 on various aspects of the CIA’s interrogation program, as though (a) this is some sort of new revelation and (b) it has any bearing on whether there should be investigations and prosecutions into Bush crimes.
As many of us have long pointed out, the extent to which Democratic leaders in Congress were complicit in Bush lawbreaking — including torture — is a major issue that needs resolution, and is almost certainly a key reason why there have been no investigations thus far. There are real disputes still about what these Democrats were and were not told — how complete the briefings were, the extent to which they obfuscated rather than illuminated what the CIA was doing — though they were obviously told enough to have warranted further action on their part, to say the least.
But what’s the point of all of this? Secretly telling Nancy Pelosi that you’re committing crimes doesn’t mean that you have the right to do so. And the profound failures of the other institutions that are supposed to check executive lawbreaking during the Bush era — principally Congress and the “opposition party” — is a vital issue that demands serious examination. This dispute over what Pelosi (and Jay Rockefeller and others) knew highlights, rather than negates, the need for a meaningful investigation into what took place.

MNM “Well of course you misquote Cheney and that is no surprise.”
Did you see quotes around my statement? Sorry, I can’t “misquote” something I’m paraphrasing. The fact you’ll defend Cheney’s comments about Powell and Limbaugh is downright nauseating.

“Look at Ryans’ charge of racism.”
OK let’s.
phillysmart: If you’re still there please explain what you meant by white/Christians being ‘normal’. Does that imply that anyone who is not white or Christian is not normal?

phillysmart
somehow, ..I just don’t believe you when you say your a Democrat….

The fact you’ll defend Cheney’s comments about Powell and Limbaugh is downright nauseating.
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Please enlighten me and tell me what quote you are referring to?
He did not in any manner shape or form insult Colin Powell.
It is no secret that Powell left the party to support Obama.
Why on earth are you so insulted that Cheney felt Rush was a better republican,,it makes no sense.

Really…so being normal is a moving target…somethimg that is relative…ther goes the libs changing the emaning of words again look it up in the dictionary and see what normal means….forget abot religion …homosexuality wether its hard wired or not is a deviation from the norm…if its hardwired its a short circuit…it should be accepted and tolerated but not mainstreamed

phillysmart Fair enough. That’s kind of what my question was about: giving you the benefit of the doubt. ‘Normal’ has more than one meaning like many words. Purely statistically homosexuals are not normal since most people are heterosexual, but it is possible that that could change someday! However all my gay and lesbian friends seem perfectly normal to me in that they function as people much like everybody else. They have all the same mortal strengths and weaknesses as anyone else I’ve ever met.

I can see dems are trying to take us down the road of racist, bigot, homophobe, when of course they are really speaking about themselves.
I can see they are working hard to earn their check this week.
However the topic is the assault on Bush Cheney by Obama and the dems, and then their upset when Cheney speaks up to defend himself and correct the record.
I am thrilled to have his speak up and not let Obama continue this unprecedented assault on a former administration.
It is unhelpful, as we can all see now as they backtrack on publishing the photos. And only increases partisan fighting.
I thought Obama was supposed to transcend all the partisanship and instead he has been on full attack since taking office.
Even lying and claiming the Repubs are the party of no and no ideas, when they have offered alternatives at every turn from Tarp to the stimulus to the budget.
If Obama was not a rabid partisan he could simply change the policies he doesn’t like and not go on the attack at the same time.

skip…you wee you made assumptions about me…I live in a city I have many gay freinds they are normal people in every way accept their sexuality…if homosexuality becomes the norm than it is the end of the human race…these people writing on hear are all politically correct …they don’y want to admit a truth when it doesn’t fit into their view….don’t know hoe we got onto the homosexuality thing but there was a woman that was crucuified called every name in the book because she stated a view which probably the majority of people believe …I don’t hear anybody calling them racist

phillysmart
re: so being normal is a moving target…somethimg that is relative..
it used to be ‘normal’ to have slaves..
in Germany during WW2, it used to be ‘normal’ to kill Jews..
so yes, ‘normal’ throughout history is a changing perception….

if homosexuality becomes the norm than it is the end of the human race :: phillysmart
that statement is so patently bizarre it begs credulity ….

It’s good that Obama agrees with Cheney and his advice to not release the detainee photos.

skip…you wee you made assumptions about me.
I didn’t make an absolute assumption. That’s why I took the time to ask you:
Do you think that non-white non-Christian people are not normal because there are numerically less of them here in the US or are you saying that they somehow do not function at a normal level?

There seems to be a lot of internal political maneuvers and wasted energy at a time when we should all be using any creative energy and political might to search for and consider strategic advance in the middle east situation. For those who are pushing for an exit strategy, have you considered an exit strategy for the enemy instead? I mean, if you’re a 20 year old in a group in a Taliban hide-out, and you start to wonder about the alignment of the movement with the will of God, is there any convenient way to advance those concerns and eventually jump ship? Is there any incentive to do so, or any way to increase communications with people in that mindset, without them incurring a downside risk to reflecting on the outcome of moderating their views?

Broadstreet runner…I love when you guys put words and make assumption …I have no fear fo mainstreaming homosexuality….its not mainstream and all the propoganda you throw out there will not make it mainstream…its a deviation from the norm…its not mainstream so why do you feel the need to mainstream it?

MNM
I think I’m going to have to go with Ryan on this one.

phillysmart:
re: why do you feel the need to mainstream it?
I don’t even think about it in your terms…
you said: “they just can’t get married…thats changing the definition of a word and long established institution.”
I’m trying to figure out what it is your afraid of…

Well, if I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I’d go with Rush Limbaugh, I think,” Cheney replied. “I think my take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn’t know he was still a Republican.”
“So you think that he’s not a Republican?”
“I just noted he endorsed the Democratic candidate for president this time, Barack Obama,” Cheney said. “I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest.”
Posted by: Paige | May 13, 2009 2:16:42 PM
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You are not making your point at all. What part of this quote by Cheney makes you physically ill, as you stated it.
It is a matter of fact response to a simple question.
There is no insult of Powell.
What the heck are you talking about?
What part should I be upset about?
This is so silly I can’t even find something upsetting if I work at it.
.I don’t see that he said anything uncivil or insulting what so ever.
And let’s not muddy the subject by bringing in quotes from Rush because you can’t back up your claims of being nauseated by Cheney’s comment.

It is good we have people giving an opposing opinion to Obama.
The US is all about everyone voicing their views and no one’s freedom of speech being hampered by a current administration and its allies in the media.

MNM
re: “”I just noted he endorsed the Democratic candidate for president this time, Barack Obama,” Cheney said. “I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest.”
Disagree with Bush & Cheney, and the republicans and your loyalty is called into question……
after all, being a loyal republican is much more important than being a decorated military man and multiple office holder in the Govt

“but the gay advocates want to make it about rights and thats not the issue…the issue is mainstreaming homosexuality”
So to prevent the mainstreaming of homnosexuality we must deny them rights?

MNM
re: “”I just noted he endorsed the Democratic candidate for president this time, Barack Obama,” Cheney said. “I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest.”
Disagree with Bush & Cheney, and the republicans and your loyalty is called into question……
after all, being a loyal republican is much more important than being a decorated military man and multiple office holder in the Govt
Posted by: ??? | May 13, 2009 3:50:54 PM
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You seem to forget that although unsaid at this point in time Colin Powell also went on a media blitz speaking out against the party, including several gratuitous shots at Rush. Powell went on the attack, he did not simply endorse a dem candidate, which in and of itself does plainly speak to loyalties. Just as you thought it did when Lieberman endorsed McCain and was castigated repeatedly by the media and on dem blogs, but that must be different because you guys are dems and flagrant hypocrits. Cheney did not even castigate Powell.
In addition Powell forgets to acknowledge that all is prominence is courtesy of the republican presidents, including Bush who gave him the honor of being the first african-american secretary of state. You remember back when all you now whining insulted dems were referring to Powell and Rice as “uncle tom’s” and “house negroes”
But now you are insulted on his behalf because Cheney matter of factly notes that everything Powell now does “is an indication of his loyalty and intentions”
Any republican who didn’t think that was an indication of such would be considered so stupid he would have to become a dem.
A matter of fact observation of fact is not an insult or somehow huge question. It is an intelligent, non-insulting or condescending observation of fact.
You dems are so enraged over Cheney’s mere existence that you make something out of nothing.

There is school of thought that has been using ‘deviations from the norm’ since the turn of the century. I think we should all back off of the marriage issue (I’m on the not-gay side) and take a look at the fact that these may be the same people with the same interest in drawing a divide between naturally cooperating populations for the sake of establishing their normal curves. They continue to throw tactical divisions into the naturally cooperative spirit among the people of the United States and our desire to cooperate with the people of other nations.
Posted by: MarkLeavenworth | May 13, 2009 4:15:55 PM
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That is the most intelligent comment on this issue all day. It is very divisive to go down this road.
And on the gay thing, I say let them be married, it doesn’t take anything away from me or my marriage. (just an aside) Too bad Obama doesn’t support it though. That must be making his supporters unhappy.

Cheney was never known for telling the truth. It’s amazing that a man who disliked going to war(Viet Nam= 5 deferments) on a personal basis is so willing to send others to die so that his friends at KBR could reap the benefits of big military contracts.

Mr. Cheney is rightfully concerned he will soon be Big Bubba’s Prom Date at the Big House.

To use your opening word to this piece, Jake, “typically” incoming presidents do not spend every waking moment blaming their predecessors for every problem they encounter upon coming into office. And, yet for months now that is all Barack Obama has done.
And, yet, predictably you’re not inspired to provide any such post about this pathetic, and whiny behavior of the president’s, and yet you delight in excoriating the former Vice President for his efforts to defend the national security integrity of our country.
The collapse of even a semblance of objectivity on behalf of our mainstream media is a national tragedy, nothing less.

How come Mr. Cheney chose to ignore the detainees and guantanomo while he was in charge? Now, he has all the answers. Why didn’t he handle this when he had the chance instead of ignoring it and many other problems facing our nation..i.e., the economy, the banks, job losses, social security, health care,foreclosures? All of these things were apparent during his administration. Never heard a word of solution from him then. President Obama will address all of these problems and solve them one by one and he does not have to please Cheney in doing so. Cheney had his chance, now he should sit back, retire and keep his mouth shut.

Please keep talking, Cheney. The Democrats can have no better advertisement for their cause. Fire away you draft dodging chicken hawk, please.