Video: Cheney on Rush v. Obama debate
posted at 4:34 pm on March 15, 2009 by Michelle
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Rush Limbaugh: “Rush is a good friend…I think he does great work and has for years.” Cheney says he would pay to see Rush and Obama debate. “I think Rush is a good man and serves a very important purpose.”
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President Pinnochio. LMAO!!!
Key West Reader on March 15, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Fibbs already chickened-out on behalf of Barry. But you gotsta love the “Hellz to tha Yeah” from Cheney.
Christien on March 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM
For all you Conservative Lites: This is how you avoid stabbing your compatriots in the back. Ms. McCain needs to view this video several thousand times.
EMD on March 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Obama couldn’t win 1 debate out of 3 with McCain, how could he win a debate with someone who actually knows what he’s talking about?
Kaptain Amerika on March 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Rush vs. Obama?
The only thing guaranteed to happen is that no matter what, Stephanopolous will declare Obama the winner.
JeffWeimer on March 15, 2009 at 6:18 PM
You are going to see the MSM and all liberals rally around Obama like you never imagined. These people have too much a stake they will find a way to counter every mistake Obama makes and spin it into gold. It will be trench warfare, neither side giving in, but the 68 million voters who put him in office will not change their minds and it will be 4 more years and then enshrinement into the hall of fame. Hey the crisis is already beginning to pass and we will have avoided the end of the world because he was there to save the day. The freedoms lost won’t even be understood for years and years. The generation that will pay the bill in full will finally change the direction of slow destruction. Every liberal I know believes it was all President Bush and Obama inherited his whirlwind and they will never believe anything else I haven’t seen a single one move away from that position or question it in the least. The talking heads on one side or another are just talking heads and will say whatever gets them the next talking job.
rsl775 on March 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Aw, man. I miss Cheney.
Tanya on March 15, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Ok, if President Pinnochio is afraid of Rush Limbaugh how about he just show up on “Are you smarter than a fifth grader” and Raum Emmanuel could show up with his fifth, to reassure the American people that he actually has a clue?
or smarter than a: 4th grader, third grader, second grader,
Kindergardner? Crickets……….Come on Urkel your not afraid of a Kindergardner are ya?
dhunter on March 15, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Cheney vs. Obama=no contest
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Obama Wan Kenobi gets through. Mullah Omar wants to talk
Peace in our time.
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I thought Carville and other hacks already HAVE nominated him.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 6:28 PM
It wouldn’t be anywhere near close enough to maintain that illusion. Obama would be annihilated.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Dick Cheney = Alpha Male
jcheney on March 15, 2009 at 6:34 PM
I’d pay just to have an honest President who isn’t trying to change the country into his idea of the perfect Marxist/Socialist state…………..
………… and who doesn’t surround himself with liars, cheats, and crooks.
Is that too much to ask for………..
………… or is it above Mr. Teleprompter’s pay grade?
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM
check
check
Would be checkmate!
hawkdriver on March 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I think we could safely guarantee that Rush would be the winner, as well.
capitalist piglet on March 15, 2009 at 6:47 PM
OK, you can ask your mommie for help on this one..
Speaking of ‘above the law’ can you provide any defense for the Rezko-Obama land deal??
You know,
1. Obama wanted to buy a mansion that he couldn’t afford because the sale was contingent on the sale of an adjacent lot.
2. Convict Tony Rezko’s wife decides out of the blue to purchase the adjacent lot.
3. Obama pays a lot less for his property and Rezko;s wife overpays
4. Obama apparently never paid taxes on this ‘gift;
5. The Real estate appraisers were coerced to ‘cook the appraisals’
6. Rezko’s wife sells a 10 foot strip of land to Obama for under market value rendering the rezko lot unbuildable … another gift on which tax was never paid.
7. Rezko wanted to take over the board of a children’s hospital. So a certain illinois senator.. Saint Obama – pushes a bill to reduce the number of board members effectively purging all of rezko’s opposition
so
1. A quid pro quo – ILLEGAL
2. Tampering with appraisals – ILLLEGAL
3. Not paying taxes on the gifts – ILLEGAL
4. Screwing with a kid’s hospital – BENEATH CONTEMPT – but what do you expect from a guy who thought it was OK to let babies die of starvation and exposure.
So, Maybe you can take a minute or two away from pleasuring yourself in front of the obama poster and try to defend THAT.
BTW – President Teleprompter would get his butt kicked trying to debate at a freshman high school forensics meet. Hell, Presidente Teleprompter would get his skinny butt kicked debating one of my chickens.
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Well, not to mention the Clintons’ use of government agencies as their own personal enforcers. I guess you had no problem with that.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I loved Cheney’s smirk when he said,”Hell,I’d pay to see that”. Me, too, Mr. Vice President.
BetseyRoss on March 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Okay, here is a short list of laws broken by the Bush administration:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=Woe9SeLcJsSltge9vuD5Cw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=List+of+laws+broken+by+the+bush+administration&spell=1
It does not matter since they were not held accountable. Our new and future Presidents can do the same.
As far as the President’s debating skills, well he won.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM
(1) That’s not a list, that’s a Google search.
(2) Ignoring the 1st pt, presidents are beholden to the law when they take the oath of office.
(3) You can lose a debate and still be POTUS.
(4) “He won.” You sound like someone I’m always seeing on TV.
You have any original thoughts?
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Ha those are all opinions not facts !
Show me a Supreme Court Judgement (highest Court in the land) that says Bush is a law breaker.
Hint to you getalife. People can bring charges against anyone but you have to have a judgement made against you. And all presidents have had their policies reversed by the Supreme Court that doesnt make it illegal. And Foreign laws dont apply in the US.
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Great, so future Presidents can do the same.
That is my point.
So be it.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Who wouldn’t pay money to see Rush dress down the stuttering empty suit? I’d pay a weeks salary if it was done like a Presidential speech, prime time and on every channel.
Hog Wild on March 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I remember watching Cheney as SecDef back in the Gulf War and thinking, “he should be President someday”. He almost made it but didn’t. He still could eat Obama for breakfast.
MarkABinVA on March 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
WOW – a google search. Next time I’m grading papers for a 600 level grad class, I’ll have to make sure I tell the students that a google search is an acceptable reference. They will the THRILLED!!
OK, so the search turns up a bunch of KosKids type stuff. Wunderbar… I’m convinced. I’m going to go out and register Communist first thing tomorrow.
As far as your delusion that obama “won the debates”.. Nope – wrongo.. BTW – There is a term for that type of argument. Forget what it is but you have presented no evidence.
Now, if you are talking about obama stealing the election… then we have to take into account illegal donations, Acorn, Black Panther thugs intimidating voters in philly, A tingly legged fifth column press.. Take that crap away and he would have done a mondale.
By the way, You have not answered my question about our Current Usurper in Chief. Since you aren’t able to defend the Rezko-obama land deal, then I have to assume you agree that the deal was illegal on several accounts and obama has evaded justice. Glad we agreee on that.
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Sheesh I can’t wait for some Republicans to get over BDS.
I know most people think it was only democrats that suffered from BDS but that simply isn’t true.
Hopefully soon the people that have blindly saluted everything Bush/Cheney did will wake up and realize they are to blame for the state of our party.
Cheney is less popular than root canals, yet here he is up on tv saying stuff only 10% of the population supports or agrees with.
What the hell is the rational behind being right to the point of rubbing peoples face in it, if all that is going to result is further marginalization of anyone forced to agree?
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I will use this argument :
There ya go.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Well, you have to understand the lefty mentality. Political differences are crimes in themselves. Think “Bolshevik”.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Your point is that Bush isnt a lawbreaker ? Then why bring it up ? Or are you suggesting that Obama cant break laws because of what I said ?
Again if the Supreme Court says any President broke the law then he is guilty. They have the final say of that not anyone else.
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I would add state of our country too but do appreciate the honest opinion.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I guess you ignored the first line.
That is not getting real.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM
I think you’ve been playing or watching too much YuGio. You think that all you have to do is “I’m going to play my super duper double snarky comment argument card”.
I see you are avoiding any discussion of the Rezko-obama land deal, the appraisal tampering, the unpaid taxes and the quid pro quo.
So, I am going to assume that you know that obama broke multiple laws and just don’t care due to either blind ideology, ignorance or something else.
I’m glad you agree that Obama has broken multiple laws and gotten away with it so far.
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Like how Bush stole his elections?
Please.
More moonbat crap coming from sad Republicans.
Democrats always cheat yet magically we’ve won in the past.
I have to give kod credit for purging the sore loser squad in early 05. I hope Michelle and other right blog chiefs wake up soon and realize why.
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Bartender,…Can I buy that man a beer?!?!
LOVE CHENEY!
christene on March 15, 2009 at 7:22 PM
I didnt ignore it I mentioned Obama in my reply. I guess now you are arguing that by my standards no president can ever break the law ?
Sorry but that is how the law works. It is a process where your innocent until proven guilty. Im sorry you are confused and thing everyone is guilty no matter what the law says.
And what is the deal with you and “getreal” ? Please understand the difference between “reality” and “Truth” you will understand things better that way. Everyone has different preceptions so realities are always different for different people. A Muslim in Pakistan has a different “reality” than you do. So asking me to agree with you is really condescending and inaccurate.
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:23 PM
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL,…WOW,..Thanks for the laugh!
christene on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Would giving it to ‘Katrina Victims’ put Obama on the spot or would it back fire?
Some other, how dare you refuse, Charity?
- The Cat
MirCat on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Sorry Mac, Obama OWNS that trillion dollars worth of generational theft. He will be a one term president.
BKennedy on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM
I’m confused. You hope that Republicans get rid of their BDS so that they can blame Bush for destroying the Republican Party????
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
BTW getalife how is that impeachment of Bush coming along ? If bush was guilty of “crimes” why didnt the democrats impeach him when they had control of congress ? Or are you saying Obama and Pelosi let the country down by not impeaching Bush ?
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
No, I am arguing that President Obama and future Presidents can do the same as the last adminitration since they broke no laws.
So be it.
Since your reality is different from mine, I doubt we will ever agree to the truth.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM
“You did it, too”[tu quoque]=logical fallacy & is therefore not logically sound.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Problem with the rezko line of attack is that it has already been used and turned out to be a dud.
When Fitzgerald goes out of his way to profess Obama’s innocence we have a hard time making the circumstantial and in some cases innuendo stick.
Until evidence of the block quoted claims surface then this will be dismissed as more of the whitewater style attacks that the public doesn’t regard as reliable this many years on.
However, if new examples of corruption appear then we tie rezko in as evidence of a pattern.
IMO that’s the only way to use rezko going forward without looking like hacks or quacks.
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Yet
William Amos on March 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Again, I think the dems can do the same and there will be no impeachment. They wanted that power and now they got it.
Good luck getting them to testify.
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM
So it’s okay to be unethical as long as “the last guy did it”.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
christene on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
I think if you reread you’ll see I was ridiculing the notion Bush stole any election.
As I do the idea Obama stole his.
Just tinfoil sore loserdom.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Some republicans. And yes I think Bush, Cheney, and Rove have put the republican party on life support.
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I love Dick Cheney. I have an 8X10 picture of him that I’ve matted and framed, and there is nothing more fun than propping that up front and center on the mantle when Lib friends come over. It just ruins their evening.
anniekc on March 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I love Dick Cheney, he is one of the best VPs we’ve ever had. You got to love a guy that would shoot a lawyer and tell Patrick Leahy to F***-Off.
Maxx on March 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
getalife on March 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Completely devoid of ethics, are we?
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
God, I love Cheney. Has there ever been a more clear thinking and articulate politician?
Angry Dumbo on March 15, 2009 at 7:38 PM
You’ve got it backwards. Whenever Republicans win, it’s because of “theft”. Bush’s (and Cheney’s) greatest crime was in defeating Gore and then Kerry, thus depriving Democrats of their rightful place at the head of the table.
I don’t think Obama personally “cheated” to win. He just had the cards stacked in his favor, given the MSM.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
So not McCain, the Republican Congress, or anyone else?
I think the current situation with the Republican Party is quite more complicated than just 3 men. This battle for control of conservatism, for instance, was going to happen anyway.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Let’s be honest here folks; NO Liberal will ever debate Rush Limbaugh. They will all try their best to destroy Rush’s character, and reduce Rush’s popularity by any means possible. Debate Rush in the arena of ideas and ideology; no freakin way that will ever happen, as the damages would be devastating and Liberals know this.
You limp dick Liberals can dream all you like that you actually have a man capable of going mano to mano with the likes of Limbaugh, but it is and will always be a pipe dream. Obama is far from the best you have anyway, as Obama is a rookie creation with no real “on his feet” abilities.
Keemo on March 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Anyway, Cheney is a good man. I like people who quietly do their jobs with little or no fanfare. He wasn’t always right; but then neither was Bush or anyone else.
Can’t wait until his book comes out–I want to read it.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Getalife and Barcolounger
I love the ‘defend obama at all costs’
Let’s just start out with one assumption. If someone breaks into their neighbor’s house and steals $100 off the desk have they committed a crime?? It is obvious that they have even if they never get brought to justice.
So, with the obama-rezko land deal can look at the facts in the case and make an arugument for anything other than the fact that multiple laws were broken?? Don’t give me the “fitzfgerald didn’t prosecute” crap. Fitz is afraid of a situation that would make the Rodney King riots look like a Kubaya singalong if the messiah were to be indicted.
This is why obama would get his butt kicked by any of the several dozen people mentined. When you argue blindly based on Ideologoy and Idolatry with a “Because I said so” then you can only win when the press spins it that way.
So, my challenge stands.. Can you provide any coherent defense of the actions of obama in the rezko-obama-hospital board debacle???
BTW – some ex paperhanger, ex corporal austrian nutcase was never found guilty of any crimes. However, anyone with a couple of functioning brain cells can make an airtight case that he was guilty as hell.
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 7:47 PM
It is almost impossible to express how much I appreciate Dick Cheney and his great service to the nation. To my mind, Cheney is the deputy version of Cincinnatus. He is a great man, was a great politician, and stood as the real backbone of this nation during some of our most trying times. G-d bless Dick Cheney.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 7:48 PM
That’s pretty much my experience too. However there is a new factor creaping into the political equation. I’m finding that the Obama supporters are getting increasingly defensive about their leader whining that it’s only 50 or so days and we need to give him a chance. To me that’s almost an admission that their guy is doing as well as expected.
docdave on March 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Was it Sen. Leahy that Dick told to F-off?
I LOVED him after that.
DrStock on March 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I’ll never forget that debate with John Edwards.
CHENEY: Your rhetoric, Senator, would be a lot more credible if there was a record to back it up. There isn’t. And you cannot use “talk tough” during the course of a 90-minute debate in a presidential campaign to obscure a 30-year record in the United States Senate and, prior to that by John Kerry, who has consistently come down on the wrong side of all the major defense issues that he’s faced as a public official.
BOOM!
I love this man.
capitalist piglet on March 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Cheney 2010! God, I wish. I’ve always loved Cheney. I love how, since he’s left the WH, he’s gotten a mouth on him. Finally, someone in the GOP has the guts to stand up and say he loves Rush. Amen, brother!
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on March 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
and i bet cheney knows alot of secrets since he’s served in so many different administrations. i wish i could download his brain & sift thru it.
kelley in virginia on March 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Yep, I’m seeing some of the buyer’s remorse kicking in..
Gee, I did WHAT to myself and my family by voting for him??
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
The only reason the ‘battle’ for conservatism is happening is because BCR abandoned the party right after emboldening the religious right in order to win in 04.
They let the genie out of the bottle and left.
Yes it has been an uneasy coalition for a long time, but at a minimum, under Bush the party has become a place of intolerance and bigotry. Our party is now seen as the party trying to control how people live their lives, that HAS to be someone’s fault, no?.
Our party now requires a Christian loyalty oath to feel welcome.
We have a party where Islam is the enemy, not political terrorists using an obscure fundamentalist interpretation of Islam to recruit members.
Do any of you think Cheney views Islam as the problem?
Do any of you remember the log cabin republicans?
Tony Perkins warns of a big, empty, tent.
How is that any worse than a small tent of fringe religious zealots that can only get elected in 11 states?
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Head over to RedState and check out Caleb’s Olbermann post. It has the coolest picture of Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin.
jcheney on March 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Google the term “fusionism” & also go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusionism_(politics).
Conservatives & libertarian conservatives have always been at odds.
This concept, which applies to conservatives & libertarians, also applies to the conservative movement & the Republican Party.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Backbone, loyalty and integrity… Rare these days!
Star20 on March 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
barkolounger on March 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Socio-religious conservatives have as much right to the Conservative Movement as anyone.
Bigotry? Controlling lives? The Democrats want to control every aspect of everyone’s life. Are you okay with that, because I’m not.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Obama blames Bush for signs in the sky as the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening.
Cheney spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union” suggesting Obama quit whining and be a man.
We’re all waiting for Barack to get over his White House nocturnal enuresis.
maverick muse on March 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302274_pf.html
DAVID BRODER: End of Obama’s Honeymoon: “Among those who follow government closely, there has been an unmistakable change in tone in the past few weeks. These are not little Rush Limbaughs hoping that Obama fails. They are politicians and journalists measuring him with the same skeptical eye they apply to everyone else. . . . Meantime, on the main challenge — the economy — the criticism has begun to infect the mainstream media as well as the conservative wing.”
I think one reason for the demonization of Rush Limbaugh — and, even more significantly, the coordinated attack on pro-Obama critics — has been an effort to forestall this development. I also think it’s backfired.
The fact that the potus attacked a private citizen in Rush Limbaugh, is scary to most Americans no matter their ideology. The potus should always rise above such behavior. Both Obama and Clinton have lowered the standards of the office of President, and will be recognized for having done so as historians write about this era. Obama has a ways to go to catch up with Clinton, but at the pace he’s on, he’ll surpass Clinton in his first year.
Keemo on March 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Obama would have a very difficult time in a debate with Cheney. I just can’t see Barry holding his own.
Think back to the Cheney – Edwards debate in 2004. That was an old-fashioned ass kicking delivered by Cheney to the smug, cocky Edwards. The smugness vanished quickly replaced by uncertainty and absent-mindedness. Edwards kept failing to stick to the debate rules and finished the debate looking embarrassed.
Oh yeah, the Dim One against Cheney. Would LOVE TO SEE IT.
jdflorida on March 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM
As for Rush and Obama. Limbaugh would have to grant Barry use of a teleprompter just to make it remotely fair.
jdflorida on March 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Oh yeah, the Dim One against Cheney. Would LOVE TO SEE IT.
jdflorida on March 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM
With Brit Hume as the moderator. All teleprompter & prepared note use outlawed.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
you know who would beat Obama even worse that Rush? someone nobody on HotAir ever talks about… Neal Boortz!
Kaptain Amerika on March 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I know the left sees only evil when they look at VP Cheney.
I see calm, maturity, clear eyed understanding of reality and loyalty.
As for Rush and Bambi, not only would Rush have to spot him a teleprompter, he would have to spot him a brain.
Jvette on March 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
I never use OMG but in this case OMG!!. Old Neal would have obama chain smoking forever.
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I appreciate Cheney defending Rush, but Frum has a point. We need to win states like OH, FL, PA and other states that have drifted from red to purple or red to outright blue.
Limbaugh, through needlessly antagonistic and controversial statements, has pissed of “the civilians” for years. Rush is good for the choir, but I’m not sure how much convincing he’s doing of the people that can and need to be brought over.
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I’m a real estate guy, so I have an idea of how shady people do shady and very illegal deals. I’ve come to the same conclusion as you have over that stinking deal. I didn’t know about numbers 6. and 7. though. Got links?
===========================
Really? Bush treated spies and saboteurs like spies and saboteurs? [He actually treated them better than he could have.]
Bush fired AGs that he could fire for any reason at any time? Gee, how many AGs did Clinton jettison?
Illegal wiretaps? You mean the same wiretaps that Obama voted for as Senator and is using now as POTUS?
Lame
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Q: How does “A” give 300K to “C”?
A: Through “B”, which is what happened in the above mentioned land deal.
I didn’t think this to be true until i found out a few months ago that the appraisal had been fooled with. Then it all fit together. It’s a “classic” way to funnel money to someone.
toliver on March 15, 2009 at 8:25 PM
I wish there were a way we could lobby Cheney to write and autobiography. The book written by Stephen Hayes was good, but Cheney needs to write his own.
myrenovations on March 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
There’ll always be a place in my heart for Boortz. His was the first radio talk show I ever listened to very much (on WSB in Atlanta). To me, he’s the “dean”. And yep, he’d rip Obama to shreds. He has far less tolerance for fools than even Limbaugh does, and even less mercy.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM
If memory serves, Blagojevich’s wife was the realtor that set up the deal for the Obama home purchase.
onlineanalyst on March 15, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Cheney exudes a sense of confidence (without a teleprompter) that Obama could only dream of.
Go Cheney…..
ouldbollix on March 15, 2009 at 8:34 PM
While we are living in fantasy land, as Obama would never, ever accept getting sliced and diced, I would love a debate between Andy Smith and Obama. I don’t think Obama could survive it :D
lsutiger on March 15, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Woo hoo! Hey, Obama could wipe out the deficit with a pay per view debate with Rush – I would definitely pay to see that!!!!!!!!!
nametaken on March 15, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Class act! That’s how ya do it!
JellyToast on March 15, 2009 at 8:40 PM
+1
I’m sooo doing that!!!
Glenn Jericho on March 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM
myrenovations on March 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
If I remeber correctly, Cheney is writing his memoirs right now.
youngTXcon on March 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM
+1
toliver on March 15, 2009 at 8:57 PM
MEMO TO MICHEAL STEELE: That is how you handle the Media when they try to bait you.
Gotta love Cheney!!
Dire Straits on March 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I’d love to see that debate. Rush squaring off against Jimmy Carter Jr., no doubt it would end with Obama’s dissection.
Ryan Gandy on March 15, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Power Line has more excerpts from Cheney:
On the Obama administration’s retreat from some of the Bush administration’s security policies:
KING: I’d like to just simply ask you, yes or no, by taking those steps, do you believe the president of the United States has made Americans less safe?
CHENEY: I do…
King recoils as Cheney continues and comes back with this:
KING: That’s a pretty serious thing to say about the president of the United States…
CHENEY: Well…
KING: … and commander in chief of the military. So I want to give you a chance, because many people will say, Vice President Cheney just said Barack Obama, President Obama is making us less safe, more at risk, which you just said. I want to give you a chance — and take as much time as you want — to prove it…
Cheney makes a comment and King presses him. The Cheney lowers the boom:
CHENEY: John, I’ve seen a report that was written based upon the intelligence that we collected then that itemizes the specific attacks that were stopped by virtue of what we learned through those programs. It’s still classified. I can’t give you the details of it without violating classification, but I can say there were a great many of them. The one that has been public was the potential attack coming out of Heathrow, when they were going to have several American planes with terrorists on board, with liquid explosives, and they were going to blow those planes up over the United States.
Now, that was intercepted and stopped, partly because of those programs that we put in place…
INC on March 15, 2009 at 9:07 PM
how about Rush and Mr.Cheney doing a tag team debate against the Boob and his sidekick Peanuts. Man, Amtrak couldn’t run fast enough to get them out of town. I would give my stimulus tax break to see that.
Lincoln Cadillac on March 15, 2009 at 9:14 PM
LOL, now CNN gets into the business of defending presidents from charges they’ve made America less safe.
Ryan Gandy on March 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Atta boy! That’s EXACTLY how you handle it. Even if you weren’t Cheney who has nothing to lose, his answer could be used by just about any Republican.
I like Rush. I mostly agree with him on policy, regardless of what you may think about his tone or reputation among those who have never bothered to listen to his show, and I think he serves an important purpose in educating millions of citizens.
Nicely done. Cheney. Unapologetic.
willamettevalley on March 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM
I’d love to see that debate. Rush squaring off against Jimmy Carter Jr., no doubt it would end with Obama’s dissection.
Ryan Gandy on March 15, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Careful what you wish for; tearing away Ogabe’s skin would expose the lizard man underneath.
“V” was more prescient than people might think.
Bishop on March 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM
To be fair, it really wouldn’t be a debate at all.
Rush would wipe the floor with obama’s chin
Kini on March 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Forgot about that… Back in the days before totally Politically correct bs. .. like when the priest whips out the submachinegun and starts shooting lizards.
I have to dust off the old memories though.. The people were totally sucked in by the rhetoric even as they were being turned into happy meals for the aliens.
We need the telepathic hot blonde girl and the magic dust.. oh wait, we do have anne coulter and obama isn’t unfamiliar with mr. coke…
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM
To be fair, it really wouldn’t be a debate at all.
Rush would wipe the floor with obama’s
chinearsKini on March 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM
FIFY
bullseye on March 15, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I don’t think that Ms McCain was stabbing her compatriots in the back…
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 9:27 PM
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