Liz Cheney and Sam Donaldson Spar on CIA Probe

Liz, sorry! Daddy is up to his neck in this and you know it! He violated US law and International law. For once I don't blame GWB. I can only hope this goes right to the top!

Liz Cheney, a practitioner of the decibel theory of persuasion, does not play well with others.

Please "discontinue" the Liz Cheney appearances! She's truly overbearing and I will quit watching parts of This Week if I learn she's on!

She should get her own program!

Thank you!

I usually enjoy the Roundtable due to the civilized and respectful conversation and debate, but Liz Cheney makes it unbearable to listen to. She does not belong on this show and should take a cue from George Will and Gwen Ifill who know how to speak in turn.

I also witnessed the Liz Cheney debacle this morning. What in the world is in the water that the Cheney's drink that detaches them from reality? They don't seem to understand they have lost the respect and trust of most Americans. I think it would be a big mistake to have her back on the show again. It sounds like your viewers will turn out if she is.

I think if you go back and review the tape you will find that it was Sam Donaldson that George first had to cut off because he continued to talk while George was trying to make a point. It is obvious you can't have Sam on without Cokie to keep him under control.

I have been a faithful watcher of your program for some time but I have to say when you have Liz Cheney on I may as well turn off the TV. She is rude and interrupts everyone. She adds nothing to your program on Sunday morning. She is as irritating as her Father, if not worse. If you can't control her keep her off your news program. Better yet, just keep her off.

LIZ STATES THAT THE CIA AGENTS (LIKE HER FATHER STATED ON ANOTHER PROGRAM) WILL HAVE TO HIRE LAWYERS. FOX NEWS CORRECTED THIS BY ADVISING THAT THE GOV'T WILL PICK UP THE TAB.TOO BAD GEORGE WASN'T AWARE OF THE FACT.

Sam Donaldson: HOORAY!

LiZ Cheney: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

George-Please control your panelists. The Liz Cheney bullying tactics disrupting every other panelist is intolerable and prevents us from hearing other views that hers. Her incessant chatter makes it very unpleasant to watch your programa and if you can't control your panelists-- which I have noticed is escalating on a weekly basis -that I will sadly be leaving you and shifting to "State of the Union" which is on at the same time I used to look so forward to your program on sunday am. I learned so much from it and I will miss you-- but I won't watch panel program where political hacks try to drown out other views but their own. Tyna Mandel

The comments regarding "double jeopardy" are completely off base. Does a police investigation result in double jeopardy? Absolutely not. The only time double jeopardy applies is when some legal issue has been adjudicated. There has been no adjudication in the case of CIA abuses in Iraq/Afghanistan. There is plenty to be concerned about where the Justice Department under the Bush/Cheney Administration was operating in a hugely partisan and political manner.

I agree that Liz Cheney was often talking beyond the sound bites allowed each round table member.
However, she is clearly well informed with the legal issues and the valid reasons for CIA actions.
She tried very hard to communicate strong arguments to Sam D., an incredible buffoon and George Steph., the poor excuse for an "unbiased journalist."

George Will did not get enough speaking time. But Liz made very important points, even if her insights were emotional.
She needs to be on the program more often so she doesn't need to try to get everything in during one appearance.

Please stop allowing this woman on the show. She needs to retreat into the cave with her father. Like many conservatives today, she has no regard for the truth.

Unlike some on the panel, Liz Cheney responded with chapter & verse on the points she made. Was this because the rest, absent George & Gwen, had no idea what they were talking about? Liz Cheney is articulate, well informed & makes her opponents look bad. I watch George each week because there are differing opinions & often disagreement which challenges me to seek out, truth v. fiction

George, i switched to your program because of not caring for david gregory.

Gplease get rid of old SAM D. who is and always has been rude. You and your guests are too thoughtful and interesting to put up with SAM. I and many others will be watching too see if you take some action. Keep your ratings moving up. DON'T LOSE US

Lets go after the CIA to keep distracting from all the other problems this country is having, but let Gov. Richardson off scot free, it pays to have friends in high places. E. Holder and the White house wants to destroy the CIA with their 9/10 mentality. We have lost all credibility in the world. The Tallaban along with every terrorist is sitting back and laughing at us.

how can the whiz liz cheney be objective when it is her own father is on the rack for lies and treason?
and george will says that medicar is going broke but the president says it is a good program ..it is a good program george government needs to pay back the money they borrowed

What a disaster to have Lynn Cheney on the show! I have no problem with conservative commentators -- the very reason for political discourse is the reasoned exchange of differing opinions. And it is that very discourse which separates, or is supposed to separate, this show from all of the hysterical talking heads who inhabit, and humiliate, the cause of rational conversation in America. THIS WEEK is designed to be another option, a way for rational minds to discuss ideas. But Lynn Cheney, by selling her point of view with an hysterical stridency that forestalled reasoned debate, was a negative force in the proceedings -- sick, demeaning, and terrifying. Further, George S let her get way out of control -- and thereby both abdicated his role as moderator, but vitiated the reason for the show in the first place. What a contemptible farce. Never, and I mean never, have that jabbering talking-points nightmare on the show again.

way to go SAM . slam liz and her daddy tricky dicky cheney

daddy cheney must have given his little girl lizzy documents that she should not be privey too ..another ethics rule broken by cheney boo hoo lizzy..

After a bittersweet weekend mourning and honoring Ted Kennedy, I could have done without seeing Liz Cheney on your roundtable.

Why must we be subjected to her biased positions about her disgraceful and criminal father? The majority of Americans believe torture is wrong and that America should adhere to the Geneva Convention's rule of law. Those who broke the law, like Cheney, should be outed and tried.

Hopefully, the truth will win out. In the meantime, spare us any shameless Cheneys at the roundtable!

I have always watched This Week because opposing political viewpoints are often expressed calmly and concisely with civility. Today's display from Liz Cheney was a disturbing departure from civility. If her kind of behavior represents a new norm for the selection of guests on the program then I for one will find myself more inclined toward the CBS and NBC Sunday morning offerings. The descent into shouting matches is not informative or entertaining; it is obnoxious.

This morining I tuned in to "This Week" expecting to hear independent news people, columnists and pundits to be discussing the weeks issues - only to find that a Republican shill for the Bush Administation (Liz Cheney) was posing as an objective comentator on the show. Liz Cheney has no place discussing the CIA Issues or anything to do with her father's dishonest and blundering administration; she cannot be objective and is of no value to any discussion by thinking people on this issue. First Michelle Malkin and now Liz Cheney!! What is going on at ABC? If I wanted this kind of Right Wing nut talk I would tune in to Fox News. When I turn on a Sunday morning news show, where serious politics are being discussed by the media, I expect independent news people to be analyzing the issues - not a spokesperson for one side or the other! Once again, I turned off "This Week" which I always used to watch I might add, and turned on "Meet the Press".

I want to add my voice to chorus calling for Liz Cheney to be dropped from the roundtable. She is strident, rude, and doctrinaire, and she clearly is pursuing a personal agenda in justifying her father's actions while in office. She is a detriment to the show, to such an extent that I will quit watching it if she stays on.

Liz Cheney is by far THE LEASE QUALIFIED PERSON ever to appear on this show. Why is she on?