Serious, respectable news outlet wonders: Is Cheney mentally unbalanced?
posted at 6:04 pm on October 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Remember, the knock on Fox is that it’s not just their opinion shows, like Beck and Hannity, that tilt one way. It’s their daytime “hard news” programming too (including … Shep?). Bear that in mind as you watch this and mull the exit question I put to you earlier.
On a related note, while Karl Rove isn’t the first, fiftieth, or five-thousandth guy I want giving lectures about why it’s a bad idea to politicize war, he raises a fair point in today’s op-ed: Why is Axelrod sitting in on war cabinet meetings?
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Shuster has earned his pat on the head for today.
dont taze me bro on October 22, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Our land is marvelous to inhabit at this time. The lunatics are calling the sane people “crazy”.
The asylum is in full swing. Either we get out, or we’ll go under.
Schadenfreude on October 22, 2009 at 6:08 PM
“What is he after, assuming that he is of a rational mind”…..WHAT? Why would you assume otherwise, Shuster you effin dimwit?
Here it comes again, another attempt to malign Cheney while completely ignoring what he has to say.
Bishop on October 22, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Okay, that picture of Schuster is creepy…looks like he’s teabagging.
MSDNC-the White House’s Network.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 6:08 PM
more projection…
homesickamerican on October 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I absolutely love the screen caps of Shuster.
He’s supposed to be one of their ‘straight news’ guys, right?
BadgerHawk on October 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM
David Schuster, looking more like Rahm Emanuel’s blow-up doll than ever.
RedRedRice on October 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM
You know with all this talk of WH vs. FoxNews. MSDNC has got the lousiest set I have ever seen. Looks like it hasn’t changed since the 70′s.
And it seems, neither has most of their hosts
ConservativePartyNow on October 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Good dog, Davey, good dog.
Rational Thought on October 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM
If David Shuster opens his mouth any wider rats are going to move in and set up winter camp…
IntheNet on October 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I agree with HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 6:08 PM: Nothing straight about it.
dont taze me bro on October 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Shuster makes my skin crawl. Even the screenshot makes me physically ill.
portlandon on October 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Dick Cheney ‘reviled’? Not in my house!
LASue on October 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
forgot. How many military differments does Joe Biden have?
kurtzz3 on October 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Dave didn’t make the first team invitees list to Barry’s sit down. He knows he has to try harder.
a capella on October 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
MSNBC = Cloud Cuckoo land
djl130 on October 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
This is the same doofus who fell for the Palin/Africa hoax.
How can someone with such nice hair be so gullibly stupid?
Abby Adams on October 22, 2009 at 6:15 PM
This is getting more and more obscene, are they going to start calling for people to be involuntarily committed?
fourdeucer on October 22, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Shuster is just trying to earn his secret meeting with the ONE.
d1carter on October 22, 2009 at 6:16 PM
No way this guy is straight, but lets just wait for the Prezisadunce to clear that up
macncheez on October 22, 2009 at 6:17 PM
By definition, anybody who opposes the current administration must be insane. The left continues a long tradition.
Drained Brain on October 22, 2009 at 6:18 PM
It’s not Cheney that scares the poop out of Shuster and MSNBC, it’s the Military. The troops. Their families. Their supporters. Scares it right out of ‘em.
Marcus on October 22, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Dumb and Dumber..
hawkman on October 22, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Who is surprised that Barry is politicizing war policy? Everything else in the Obama administration has been politicized, including so-called “justice” in the U.S. Just take a look at some of the crap that’s been coming out of Holder’s DOJ. Politics, and the dirtier the better, is all these thugs know.
AZCoyote on October 22, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Gives a whole new meaning to
“pat in the head” media
macncheez on October 22, 2009 at 6:20 PM
David Schuster uses the same product Cameron Diaz used in ‘There’s something about Mary’.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Since they are so far behind, they probably cannot afford to change.
Johan Klaus on October 22, 2009 at 6:21 PM
He prefers to be whacked. Crazy kids.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 6:21 PM
How many teeth are in Shuster’s mouth? Good Lord, there must be 50! That mouth is huge!
JRDFLA on October 22, 2009 at 6:22 PM
The Head pat media has spoken. Man thats some REAL news reporting right there.
Greed on October 22, 2009 at 6:23 PM
If Nurse Ratched had to monitor the BSNBC bunch, she would go crazy.
ICBM on October 22, 2009 at 6:23 PM
It’s all part of the Neverending Campaign.
Gotta spin The Won’s lack of action just right!
RedNewEnglander on October 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Communist tactic to declare the opposition “mentally ill.”
The Obama administration is as predictable as it is ruthless.
——-
misty
mistythestripper on October 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
What a sucka this David
macncheez on October 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Anyone see the joke of a “discussion” about Cheney and Afghanistan that Wolfman just had on al-CNN?
Their “military expert” was General Paul Eaton. Of course,, Wolfman never told his gullible viewers that this guy was an advisor to Hillary’s campaign, and then did pro-O’bama campaign appearances, something even wiki confirms.
And of course the “panel” said it was “inappropriate” for a former VP to criticize the incumbent. When Wolfie, in a rare moment of sanity, mentioned former VP Algore repeatedly criticizing Bush, they all said what Gore did was “good” but what Cheney did was “bad”.
Laughed so hard I almost choked on my haggis.
Del Dolemonte on October 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM
They put a class A honest to God narcissist in the White House and they are worried about the mental health of a former VP. Morons.
Terrye on October 22, 2009 at 6:26 PM
What a lying weasel. I would like him to come up with one of those Republicans “across the political spectrum” that would say that Cheney must be ill or crazy. Who was he talking about ? Joe Scarborough? Perhaps it was David Brooks or Kathleen Parker.
He can’t name names because he just made it up. There isn’t a Republican worth his salt that would choose Barack Obama’s strategies over Dick Cheney’s to fight a war on terror.
Shuster lies.
NeoKong on October 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I always wondered if Schuster had some medicical problem with his mouth – he talks like he has ill-fitting dentures.
katiejane on October 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Reading the screen: Cheney ignored Afghanistan for 7 years.
So, in bizarro world, “ignored” means supported military action that toppled the Taliban from power, bombed Al Qaeda training camps, and killed terrorists?
Weird.
cs89 on October 22, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Typical “in the tank” dominant liberal mass media puppets.
When you can’t rationally debate sound facts presented to you by the opposition party, do what Saul Alinsky sez….
Act as childish as you possibly can and resort to ridicule and character assassination when you lack facts to back your position.
The bigger the immature, petulant, snot-nosed, loudmouth adolescent the better.
bannedbyhuffpo on October 22, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Hmmm, let’s see they hit on all the memes:
* health in question
* chickenhawk
* “reviled” image in American homes
* low poll numbers
The only thing they didn’t mention was Cheney and hunting.
However, no discussion of the actual content of Cheney’s speech. Shouldn’t that be newsworthy, O Respectable News Outlet owned by GE that got Bailout money from the Government?
That’s okay, I’ll wait..
baxtrice on October 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Title of Hussain’s new book
“Patriotism is a mental disease”
Co-authored by Ayers, Khalidi, Farrakhan
Published by CAIR
To be released by the next Ramadan
macncheez on October 22, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Oooops!
Meant to say
“The bigger the immature, petulant, snot-nosed, loudmouth, adolescent, temper-tantrum behavior the better.”
bannedbyhuffpo on October 22, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Hey, I believe that’s what David Shuster always looks like on his knees outside the Oval Office…
Fuzzlenutter on October 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM
God bless Cheney. I know he’s not running but if gives Palin the nod, I am for Palin full time.
RobCon on October 22, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Now remember, kids: MSNBC is 18% owned by Microsoft.
Anyone who’s buying Windows 7 is helping their demagoguery.
Macs for the win!
ChristianRock on October 22, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Give him a break.
He’s probably been on his knees all day.
TXUS on October 22, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Clinton had Monica
macncheez on October 22, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Cheney is as solid as a rock . . . Shuster on the other hand rarely has both oars in the water. MSNBC and their “C” average journalist majors aren’t fit to carry water for Cheney.
rplat on October 22, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Where’s the proof?
Cybergeezer on October 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I love the Youtube freeze frame, Shuster’s mouth wide open as if to say “Please Obama insert (blank) here.” XD
Orange Doorhinge on October 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM
mistythestripper on October 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
I love it when you bare the truth!
Cybergeezer on October 22, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Second Clown to Olbermann.
marklmail on October 22, 2009 at 6:43 PM
As, unfortunately, did we all.
TXUS on October 22, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Shuster better hope it’s a light head pat.
If that rug were any more obvious it’d have a chin strap.
MoronThisLater on October 22, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Well..freedom of the press is gone!
What freedom will they take from us next?
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I think MSNBC has more left-wing individuals than Fox has right-wing. Sure you get Glenn and Hannity, but other than that, they’re all pretty fair, even Shep (although he likes to give his liberal opinions at times).
deidre on October 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM
It really speaks to the corrupt alliance between these people and the White House that a reasoned, rational opinion by a former Vice-President would be maligned this way.
jjshaka on October 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Um…we’ve got a VP that told us to gird our loins when Obama will be tested, and thinks that the economy is doing great and that there are three letters in the word J-O-B-S, and his predecessor was mentally unbalanced?
With Cheney, there was a sober, clear-thinking adult in the White House. We haven’t had one since January.
Steve Z on October 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Oh no. They’re criticizing us!!!! We’re being terrorized and oppressed!! Aaargh!!!! Bunker Hill!!1 Revolution!!!! Tree of Liberty, I Water Thee!!!!! I’
Grow Fins on October 22, 2009 at 6:47 PM
If David Schuster wants to be taken seriously as a true bonifide MSNBC Commentator, he really has to work on his drooling.
pilamaye on October 22, 2009 at 6:47 PM
People focus on Olbermann as the most shameless liberal hack around, but really, Shuster outdoes him. You get the feeling Shuster would attack his Grandma if she dared not to toe that liberal line.
clearbluesky on October 22, 2009 at 6:48 PM
HA HAHAHAHA HA!!!!
Oh crikey. You people are so delusional.
Grow Fins on October 22, 2009 at 6:48 PM
HAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh My!!! You’re a communist a$$-kissing sycophant.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
darwin on October 22, 2009 at 6:51 PM
How many times did VP Cheney visit Afghanistan?
President Obama?
Christien on October 22, 2009 at 6:51 PM
A reporter (such as he is) raising questions about another person’s mental faculties is just fine? With no supporting evidence. Just a smear.
Folks on the left think that’s fine? A journalist on national television?
Wow.
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Obama couldn’t care less about Afghanistan or the military. They could all get slaughtered tommorrow and he wouldn’t give a flying shyt.
All he cares about is silencing opposition and the dreaded Fox News!!!
darwin on October 22, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Fox absolutely did not….OH MY GOD!! Sorry, I thought that was who the video talked about, Fox is the only, only station that has sane, honest reporters. Schuster is a complete “pig”…..
sharinlite on October 22, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Hyperbole is the first refuge of the scoundrel…
… and name-calling the last.
Congratulations.
John the Libertarian on October 22, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Imagine a Fox journalist using this type of loaded question about Al Gore?
Lordy, the left would be going bonkers.
Rightly so.
I see little Miss Hyprocrisy playing her games again.
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 6:55 PM
They seem terrified not knowing if Cheney’s mad or sane. Good.
Christien on October 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM
So; Does that mean buy lamb chops, or veal cutlets?
Cybergeezer on October 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Ya know…Schuster really enunciates his “s’s” well.
Just sayn’
LtE126 on October 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM
….Said David’s TeaBag, GrowFins.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Yea! Obama had his teeth shaved so he’d whistle his S’s!
Quite important, don’t you know?
Cybergeezer on October 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
MSNBC is Obama’s Pravda. The White House strategy: throw anything at the enemy and see what sticks. MSNBC and Shuster are the useful idiots.
kmarie on October 22, 2009 at 7:09 PM
How about a profile on why libs are such hypocrites, for starters?
Liam on October 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM
When Palin wins the presidency I’d like the first order of business to be declaring NBC, MSNBC, CNN and various print media as “phony news organizations”.
darwin on October 22, 2009 at 7:11 PM
The libs have one strategy against their opponents – attempted character assissination.
docdave on October 22, 2009 at 7:12 PM
As we all learned quite early, the tribalism of politics like the tribalism of sports or other endeavors leads people to judging their opponents more harshly than their allies.
Grow Fins has learned this about conservatives (but only conservatives) and can’t shut up telling everyone about it.
News flash missy: it’s a human trait.
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Is Allahpundit saying that Karl Rove politicized war?
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Yeah, because we know that Apple is such a good Conservative organization…not.
kirkill on October 22, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Heard this and I think it sums up Chaney vs. Obama to a tee.
There is a fire and Dick Chaney says the escape is to your left then I am going left. Obama will take forever to decide and therefore you die.
Dire Straits on October 22, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Which one is the licensed Psychiatrist / Psychologist?
Or are they both just Candystripers with attitudes?
They need to be photoshopped into a cartoon frame of the Peanuts’ headshrinker-lemonade stand.
The Fix is IN.
profitsbeard on October 22, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Allahpundit,
Saying Karl Rove politicized war is pretty serious charge in my opinion.
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 7:19 PM
What planet do you live on?
Grow Fins on October 22, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Better break out the hot tar and feathers for those reservation jumpers. Of course Rove politicized the war. Remember the GI-George stunt with the flight suit, the aircraft carrier and the nifty banner?
Grow Fins on October 22, 2009 at 7:24 PM
David Shuster isn’t mentally unbalanced, he’s mentally challenged.
Red Cloud on October 22, 2009 at 7:26 PM
How is that politicization?
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Check this out.
Unbelievable.
http://minx.cc/?post=293930
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on October 22, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Hahahahahaha scale face trys to make funny.
darwin on October 22, 2009 at 7:27 PM
She didn’t like it and that’s good enough.
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 7:28 PM
For David Shuster, anyone who criticizes Obama must be crazy.
SoulGlo on October 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Libs seem to want to profile why conservatives, using Cheney as some kind of touchstone, are anti-Obama. OK, fine. But first they should profile why they are somehow superior. Level playing field, right?
Libs have shown themselves to be hypocrites, taking their assault against Palin for a start when for years they wanted some imaginary ‘glass ceiling’ broken.
Libs want blacks represented on the SCOTUS, but what did they do against Justice Thomas?
Libs demand free speech but cook up lies to cause personal and financial harm to a Citizen named Rush Limbaugh, for his opinions.
Libs have attacked Christian religion for decades, but pay homage to Reverends Jackson and Sharpton.
Libs demand a level playing field, yet they willfully skew polls, while others in the media ignore stories that don’t ‘fit’ the liberal point of view.
Libs demand a free press, yet declare a proven source of news to somehow be illegitimate.
Libs have burned down buildings at colleges, claiming ‘free speech’, yet called traitorous the peaceful gatherings of average Citizens who protest Federal policies and propositions.
Libs demand ‘equal rights’ for gays, yet assail Mary Cheney as some kind of outcast or point of shame even among themselves because the dad who loves her with all his heart is a staunch conservative.
Need I go on?
If anyone needs a psych eval, it’s those among the Left.
They’re really nuts.
Liam on October 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Am I the only one who thinks that claiming someone politicized a war is a pretty serious charge and should backed up if it is going to said?
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM
He’s just continuing his insistence that he needs to join in on bashing Bush officials in the name of “fairness” to Obama. For some reason, criticism of the filthy lying coward in the White House has to come with a steaming bowl of Bush hate to be “fair.”
As to Rove and the politicization of war, it depends on what is meant. Poltics are involved in any war because you need the public onboard with the idea that a war is necessary. Where it crosses the line, however, is when political consideration trumps strategy. That’s where we are now in Afghanistan. This was the liberals’ just war (as compared to GWB’s “illegal war” in Iraq). Yet, when a change in strategy is needed and the field commander hired by the filthy lying coward in the White House asks for more troops…… the bastard dithers because his is putting his poll numbers ahead of everything else. With American soldiers dying it is reprehensible. But by all means let’s try to be “fair” here.
highhopes on October 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM
To Grow Fins…
Remember this? You’re a racist, and here’s your quote to show you’re not anyone worth listening to…
You effectively called Rosa Parks a whiner. I post your quote for all to see, to make their own decisions.
The chips fall where they may, you racist.
Liam on October 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM
OT but I just saw on TMZ where some MSNBC babe introduced the Rev. Al Sharpton to talk about poverty. Problem was that the guest was Rev. Jesse Jackson and he was not pleased.
The newsbabe’s apology and excuse was pure Obama- The script in front of her said Sharpton.
highhopes on October 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Lap dog and butt sniffer
So bought and paid for and hardly an original thought
CWforFreedom on October 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Deja vu all over again.
- Yogi Berra
Pravda wonders: Is Solzhenitsyn mentally unbalanced?
History may not repeat but it often rhymes.
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
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