https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2010/03/14/surprisingly-frank-rich-not-a-fan-of-the-cheneys/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:50:42 -0400<![CDATA[Rove and his book are yesterday. Keep America Safe is on the march. Liz Cheney’s crackpot hit squad achieved instant notoriety with its viral video demanding the names of Obama Justice Department officials who had served as pro bono defense lawyers for Guantánamo Bay detainees. The video branded these government lawyers as “the Al Qaeda Seven” and juxtaposed their supposed un-American activities with a photo of Osama bin Laden. As if to underline the McCarthyism implicit in this smear campaign, the Cheney ally Marc Thiessen (one of the two former Bush speechwriters now serving as Washington Post columnists) started spreading these charges on television with a giggly, repressed hysteria uncannily reminiscent of the snide Joe McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn.]]>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:00:06 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2010/03/14/surprisingly-frank-rich-not-a-fan-of-the-cheneys-n73999