Finally: Liz Cheney vs. Scary Larry O’Donnell on waterboarding
posted at 1:19 pm on May 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Her interview last night with Anderson Cooper is actually more interesting, since AC achieves something O’D never does — asking her a good question, i.e. whether her dad isn’t making America less safe right now by constantly broadcasting to jihadis how supposedly vulnerable we are under Obama. (Tom Ridge, former DHS secretary, politely disagrees.) Even so, I feel like I owe you the O’Donnell clip given (a) his meltdown over Cheney’s speech yesterday and (b) the sheer feebleness of his efforts here. Gone is the invective about how “sleazy” Cheney is now that he has to say it to his daughter’s face. Instead, all he can muster are questions that answer themselves, like why Cheney wants to release more CIA memos if the release of the torture memos was so damaging (answer: to correct the record distorted by Obama), and indictments of Bush that actually come off, bizarrely, as quasi-defenses. The highlight comes when he wonders why, if waterboarding’s effective, it was only used on three people. Liz handles that one herself, although any reasonably well informed eight-year-old could have explained it to him.
On a related note, Politico’s solved the mystery I posed yesterday of why The One would do something as stupid as schedule a speech opposite Cheney, thereby giving him a megaphone by inviting media comparisons. Answer: The moronic Democrats in Congress begged him to do it. No wonder. Click the image to watch.
Update: I should mention, I’m seeing a lot of Twitter buzz today about U.S. News’s trial balloon of Liz Cheney for Congress. Is this happening? Grassroots power??
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This should be good!!
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Obama is going to blow a gasket.
seven on May 22, 2009 at 1:22 PM
The Cheney family kicks ass! I hope Liz runs. She’ll have my support.
jencab on May 22, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Palin and Cheney
No more Barack Obama
In 2012
(Ok, so it’s not a Haiku thread…sue me)
BobMbx on May 22, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Terrorists now know techniques!!
Biden spills guts on
Bunker location,
a pattern maybe!!
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 1:26 PM
If EIT = torture, doesn’t that mean Nancy was just fine with torture?
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Help us obi-liz-kenobi, you’re our only hope…
cynccook on May 22, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney/2012!!
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Liz mopped the floor with Larry’s STUPID arguments. Liz Cheney should be training any Republicans how to defend themselves.
portlandon on May 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Liz is about to be named the single, feeble, crazy, weak head of the GOP (along with Beck, Rush, Gingrich, Palin, and Pa) in about 5… 4… 3…
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Damn video wont load fully. keeps stalling at 1 minute mark. I hate youtube.
redshirt on May 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
I love me some women politicians. Palin rocks, Cheney rocks. They both have bright futures!!!
Give me more Liz Cheney!
deidre on May 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM
She is phucking AWESOME!!!
D2Boston on May 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Bitch. Slap.
Rinse. Repeat.
I love this woman!
CurtZHP on May 22, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Hey, Larry, you can pick up your balls at the door you worthless, gutless drunk.
mr1216 on May 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM
O’Donnell’s used to living in the lefty cocoon where he gets softball questioning from MSNBC anchors and lunatic frauds like Olbermann and clearly wasn’t prepared for Cheney’s cross-examination.
No contest.
SteveMG on May 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM
The question is, does Liz have enough executive experience… Oh, wait, we don’t care about that anymore.
OK, for the standard du jour, does she have enough Community Organizing skills?
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
per some of the posts above — liz must have NADA skeletons — because if there were, they surely would have been “leaked” by now …
[!!]
Buckaroo on May 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Dump all the men in the GOP.
It’s time the women to take our party forward.
jake-the-goose on May 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Take notes Meghan McCain – this is how the daughter of politician is supposed to act.
WisCon on May 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Also, I like her point. If we do it to our own soldiers, how can we call it torture?
And why is it that Lefties only started caring that we were doing this when we started doing it to known terrorists? Do they deserve some sort of protection our own troops don’t get from their own country?
Esthier on May 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Someone have Liz Cheney be the official spokesperson for the GOP. The woman knows her stuff. This was flatout embarrassing for O’Donnell.
Doughboy on May 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Liz Cheney probably SHOULD run for Congress. She’s a very articulate defender of her father’s positions, and could work her way up to be a solid conservative politician in her own right.
Some commenters on U.S. News say we should prevent “family dynasties” from forming by running daughters of famous politicians. That depends on who is running–the Bush girls don’t seem to be interested in politics, and Meghan McCain (sorry Allahpundit) is a ditz. But Liz Cheney is sharp and articulate, and much better-looking than her father, and could make an excellent Congresswoman. After all, Lisa Murkowski has already been re-elected to the Senate in her own right, and is probably a more ethical Senator than her father.
The question becomes, where would she run? Wyoming is reliably Republican anyway, so we would gain nothing by having Liz Cheney “primary out” another Republican. She might want to run in the district of Crawford, TX, now represented by a Democrat (!), or in some other “swing district” in Texas. Eventually, Liz Cheney could be groomed as an able successor to the aging Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison…
Steve Z on May 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
FIFY
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Having to tolerate Larry O’Donnell is torturous.
What a tool.
wildweasel on May 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Liz, don’t wear pink. That’s O’D's color.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM
“Larry, as I’m sure you know…” *smirk*
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Women Republican Warriors!
The SarahCuda Army continues to expand!!
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Liz Cheney is excellent. I hope she runs for Congress.
And I would reiterate, if the idiot left wants to keep repeating their tag-line of “waterboarding is torture” then they have to admit that the Commander in Chief needs to be prosecuted for condoning the torture of American citizens in our armed forces. Period.
This is the tack to take with these despicable, lying, anti-American scumbags. Force them to admit that they condone “torture” only against American citizens and let’s see how that plays out.
progressoverpeace on May 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM
She has an incredible ability to listen to long stretches of incoherent babble and then go back and refute it point by point in very straightforward terms. I’ve seen her do this numerous times now — she is incredibly impressive.
D2Boston on May 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM
I feel sorry for any house pets, children or any other relatively defenseless entity that lives in the O’Donnell household when he gets home after being so thoroughly PWN3D by Liz. A bitter loudmouthed loser like that will have to relieve his frustrations somehow.
Captain Hate on May 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Man, she owns him. She better watch out. More beatings like this and she’ll be brought up on child abuse charges.
JammieWearingFool on May 22, 2009 at 1:41 PM
what an a-hole o’donnell is! but liz handled him well, kept her cool, and laid out the case like a pro.
well done!
homesickamerican on May 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM
+ INFINITY!!!!!!
Sapwolf on May 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Tomorrow, Larry is going to have some new furry slippers that look like a stuffed poodle.
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Forget Congress. She’s the Cuda’s Veep.
Girl Power in 2012.
Sapwolf on May 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Liz for Prez!
iam7545 on May 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Man, can you imagine the left’s reaction with another Cheney as Veep? Mwaa-ha-ha!!!
Pasalubong on May 22, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Any government position could you a calm articulate person such as her.
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Community organizer skills?
Upstater85 on May 22,2009 at 1:36PM.
Upstater85: Liz will be organizing alright!!:):)
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 1:44 PM
you = use
sorry
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Like so many Leftists, Lawrence O’Donnell is a sexist bully. He has his talking points and speaks them abrasively, mockingly and continuously, trying to shut out Liz Cheney, which the “moderator” allowed to happen far too frequently. Even so, Liz Cheney came shining through.
Liz Cheney for Congress!
Loxodonta on May 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Liz & Sarah Palin have more balls than Steele… heck, they have more balls than all the male Republicans in Congress combined.
Daggett on May 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
The community she will be organizing will be the most extreme, racists community America has ever known ///s
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
This is a gamble though. Don’t get me wrong I am glad we are tacking this direction and warning about Obamas policies.
But the risk is, if we aren’t attacked, Obama can claim that he was right. That EITs were not needed in order to keep the country safe. Now I don’t think he can claim this in 2010 for the mid-terms, but he might be able to for the 2012 election.
For the record, I hope we aren’t attacked. I’m no political hack wanting America attacked for political expediency.
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Or, as they say in Philly, youse.
Daggett on May 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
They have “Thatchers” or Thatchs for short.
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
I saw Liz go head-to-head with “Hurricaine vandenHeuvel” or whatever the hell she’s called, on ABC last Sunday and she was as excellent as she was here. I’ve heard she was also great on CNN. Why do we even have to read one more mention of that other daughter – like, OMFG Meghan, you’ve been so radically replaced!
Marcus on May 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Any position for Liz Cheney is okay with me. But I most certainly want her to stay in the public eye and articulate our position, as I trust her, almost as much as I trust her father, in being able to defend my views on the public stage.
progressoverpeace on May 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
It doesn’t matter. Obama will spin it to his favor no matter what happens.
ATTACK: Bush’s fault. They were angry about Gitmo.
NO ATTACK: Obama’s credit. His policies worked.
Daggett on May 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Yeah, he wanted to plow right over her… but she stood her ground. You could see he was a little surprised.
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I would like to see her take what’s left of Anderson Cooper’s manhood and throw it out the window!
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM
I will say it’s refreshing to see a lib acknowledge these scum at Gitmo are going back into the terror business, which just reinforces why the place should be open indefinitely. Would be nice though if he took his pals at the ACLU to task for defending these maggots in the first place.
JammieWearingFool on May 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
I’m sure Dick was saying “Ahhh, that’s my girl!!!” I’d be so proud of her. O’D, what a tool…. you can’t hold your own at all…. girly man!
HomeoftheBrave on May 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Hah.
A Dem strategist just told Andrea Mitchell it’s safe to bring the Gitmo detainees to the US prisons, but its the terrorists who will actually find themselves in danger among the inmates.
Heh. We have to close Gitmo because people think detainees are being mistreated, and bring them to US prisons where they will be mistreated. Good argument, Democrats.
MayBee on May 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM
LO got pwnd.
Nice. :)
bluelightbrigade on May 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM
“She has … ability to listen to long stretches of incoherent babble and then go back and refute it point by point in very straightforward terms. I’ve seen her do this numerous times now — she is incredibly impressive.
D2Boston on May 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM”
+100
She listens patiently then she waits to pounce. O’Donnell and many other libs must like getting smackdowns ala Liz Cheney, cause she’s touring the circuit with a vengeance!
Go Liz!!!
VibrioCocci on May 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Seriously WoW. We need to get rid of these ball less political class men and just send our women to do the fighting.
Liz is beyond impressive.
Dritanian on May 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
P.S.
Every parent wishes they had a kid like Liz Cheney.
/Admit it.
bluelightbrigade on May 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
There is no doubt that Liz would be a terror in the Senate.
Cheney’s strike terror in the hearts of Democrats, the truth always does that to the liars.
tarpon on May 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Can you still call yourself Larry after that? Maybe Lou-Anne or something…
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
NYT investigates the Liz wardrobe in 5…4…3…2…
Limerick on May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
extremely cogent analysis. to correct the record, he wants to endanger the country! what an adult.
meanwhile, the torture cause loses another champion:
sesquipedalian on May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I love how calm she (and her dad) always seem to stay. She just let the other side get the vapors while she calmly shuts them down with common sense answers and explanations.
Just like in yesterdays speeches. Cheney was all calm and logic while Obama seemed whiny and defensive. When people get all huffy like O’Donnell got it just comes off as faux outrage and fear of an opposing view.
Ampersand on May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Oh, you just wait and watch for HuffPo’s reaction. I bet there will be something about the Pink Blazer…
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I saw that bit last night. How is that different from what the Dems have been saying for years? Name a democrat that hasn’t said we are more vulnerable in Afghanistan because Bush moved all of our resources to Iraq. Were they endangering the troops in Afghanistan when they were saying those things? Somehow I can’t imagine that Anderson Cooper would ask them that question.
rw on May 22, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Girl on girl smackdown. Nice job Liz.
If that interview had gone on for one more minute I’m sure we would have heard Lawrence screeching “Liar, Creepy Liar” again.
BTW, I am in favor of torturing jihadist scumbags who take pleasure in slitting the throat of their enemies. Or journalists. Or contractors. Eff them, O’Donnell, Obama and every donk who cares more about the welfare of terrorists than our own troop.
fogw on May 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Eh, an it that knows what Cheney wants…
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Sarah/Liz 2012, Liz/? 2020.
Rebar on May 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
The Cuda’s future right-hand man..er..woman.
Sapwolf on May 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
its the terrorists who will actually find themselves in danger among the inmates.
MayBee on May 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM
I couldn’t disagree more. I think terrorists would do well recruiting in prison. I’m may be going out on a limb here, but I don’t think American flags are a precious commodity behind bars.
VibrioCocci on May 22, 2009 at 1:55 PM
…. a gay Rep. Cheney (R) ….
I would love to see that, and the video of Manhattan heads
going boom-splat.
silverfox on May 22, 2009 at 1:55 PM
She takes them on two and three at a time and wins. Must have had lessons from Ann Coulter minus the sarcasm. Here’s a politicians daughter who has some brains and a will to fight back. Let’s substitute her interviews for all of Meghan McCains here at Hot Air! Allah, I promise I’ll comment.
Christian Conservative on May 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Hah.
A Dem strategist just told Andrea Mitchell it’s safe to bring the Gitmo detainees to the US prisons, but its the terrorists who will actually find themselves in danger among the inmates.
Heh. We have to close Gitmo because people think detainees are being mistreated, and bring them to US prisons where they will be mistreated. Good argument, Democrats.
MayBee on May 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM
+1
Great observation.
fogw on May 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM
This is where zero tolerance teaching leads. Everything is equivalent. There are no degrees.
MayBee on May 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM
I hear your point, but waterboarding was last used in 2003, so that argument wouldn’t make sense – not that that would stop the despicable, lying scumbags on the left from using it, anyway.
The real risk that The Precedent brings will be seen in the chaos that erupts in the world. Our enemies know that they can cause more damage to the US from outside than they can inside. They are eyeing the gulf oil fields, among other vulnerable points, as they all know that the US is now out of the picture.
In any event, we will likely see financial and monetary armegeddon first, thanks to the absolutely insane policies of the left – though it will be a race to see which policies of the left kill us.
progressoverpeace on May 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM
At the end she takes some SALT and rubs that shit right in little lawrence’s festering wound. AWESOME!!
Ris4victory on May 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Genuine torture. Telling
Saddiq Ahmad Turkistani. The bad news is we misplaced your eye patch after the waterboarding. The good news is We made another one using the elastic from Nancy Pelosi’s thong. She sends her apologies and sympathies.
seven on May 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
I watch Liz Cheney, then I think about Meghan McCain, and laugh.
ggoofer on May 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
How is it that women conservatives have more balls than the men?
faraway on May 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Lawrence O’Donnell is a standard carbon copy bonehead lefty babbler. He got his clock cleaned like the leftys always do when it comes to national defence.
Their problem is their heads are deep into fantacy land even though they are standing on the real world they hate.
If we water board our own people for training, it doesn’t rise to the standard of torture. There are no phisical consequences like no fingernails or broken bones, or no testicles. You simply wind up wet.
Cowboy up you whining weenies. The world is a tough place. Just go hitch hiking through Honduras if you don’t believe me.
saiga on May 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Obama is too busy defending himself against the Cheneys and making passive aggressive remarks that he can’t even take over another auto company. What’s not to love?
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
….most extreme…..
Upstater85 on May 22,2009 at 1:45PM.
——————–
“Thatchers”….
Upstater on May 22,2009 at 1:46PM.
Upstater85:
Your on a roll,hehe!
And,”Margaret’s”,Iron Bottoms,how fitting!!haha:)
canopfor on May 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Yep. The summer before the storm. By Christmas even Santa will be sending out pink slips.
Limerick on May 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM
If you buy that, then you have to support prosecuting the Comander-in-Chief for condoning its use against American citizens in our armed forces. Otherwise, you are condoning using “torture” only against US citizens. Is that your position, that the US is only allowed to “torture” US citizens?
progressoverpeace on May 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM
O’Donnell can’t help but interrupt.
roux on May 22, 2009 at 2:03 PM
I think we are… too bad the conservative movement is almost dead and full of a bunch of feeble minded, un-funny losers.///s
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Liz isn’t gay, her sister Mary is.
Rebar on May 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM
It should go nicely with that pink blazer you so admire.
Loxodonta on May 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM
If this keeps up she’ll simply not be invited on any more MSM shows.
darwin on May 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM
I can speak for myself, thank you very much.
Loxodonta on May 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM
lol…with that I’ll grab my pink pumps and head off to work. See y’all at the witching hour.
Limerick on May 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Larry was gobsmacked by a girl.
teehee
ladyingray on May 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM
They ACORNies are having trouble cashing their stimuluus checks? Will Obama have to lay off some organizers?
seven on May 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM
He can call himself Lawrence.
(Anyone catching the Full Metal Jacket reference wins a self-administered pat on the back)
CurtZHP on May 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Notice how O’d would try and shut her down when he saw she was about to make valid point?
kurtzz3 on May 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Hey, the oldies have something to offer our very confused youth…
Yeah, I’ve heard of this so called witching hour? What is it?
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 2:09 PM
I love women!
They can be really scary, but I still love them.
Loxodonta on May 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM
OK, who wants to see Nancy get pummeled by Liz? Nan might need several nose jobs afterwords…
Upstater85 on May 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM
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