Cheney's Campaign Against President Obama's National Security Policies

Cheney IS the man! This five-time draft dodging coward shouldn't even be allowed the opportunity to speak publicly by any media. I'd pay to have a few minutes alone in a room with this blowhard "patriot."

Please keep talking, Cheney. The Democrats can have no better advertisement for their cause. Fire away you draft dodging chicken hawk, please.

lets look at rendition, approved by Eric Holder during the clinton administration, and see what the clinton administration did too... don't just start and stop with Bush, go back further, lets start with Clinton...

and Cheney is doing a fabulous job! keep it up Cheney!

How come Mr. Cheney chose to ignore the detainees and guantanomo while he was in charge? Now, he has all the answers. Why didn't he handle this when he had the chance instead of ignoring it and many other problems facing our nation..i.e., the economy, the banks, job losses, social security, health care,foreclosures? All of these things were apparent during his administration. Never heard a word of solution from him then. President Obama will address all of these problems and solve them one by one and he does not have to please Cheney in doing so. Cheney had his chance, now he should sit back, retire and keep his mouth shut.

Bush is keeping his silence because he knows that we are in for a rude awakening under the new administration.

To use your opening word to this piece, Jake, "typically" incoming presidents do not spend every waking moment blaming their predecessors for every problem they encounter upon coming into office. And, yet for months now that is all Barack Obama has done.

And, yet, predictably you're not inspired to provide any such post about this pathetic, and whiny behavior of the president's, and yet you delight in excoriating the former Vice President for his efforts to defend the national security integrity of our country.

The collapse of even a semblance of objectivity on behalf of our mainstream media is a national tragedy, nothing less.

and MNM- I tend to like your style of instigating debate. My serious concern is that many Americans of the same approach are encircled and herded by vultures and predators of a post WWII movement, very much foreign, very much more serious, with higher stakes and a true threat to us all.

Mr. Cheney is rightfully concerned he will soon be Big Bubba's Prom Date at the Big House.

Ryan C and MNM- AS much as 'deviation' and 'abnormal' are wicked and erroneous terms that play on the same kind of ignorance to sow division as the creation of conflict between past and present administrations, there really are differences and good reasons why we have long standing kinds of arrangments in our social institutions.

Cheney was never known for telling the truth. It's amazing that a man who disliked going to war(Viet Nam= 5 deferments) on a personal basis is so willing to send others to die so that his friends at KBR could reap the benefits of big military contracts.

"And on the gay thing, I say let them be married, it doesn't take anything away from me or my marriage. (just an aside) Too bad Obama doesn't support it though. That must be making his supporters unhappy."

Good for you MNM.

And yes I find Obama's position on gay marriage disappointing.

There is school of thought that has been using 'deviations from the norm' since the turn of the century. I think we should all back off of the marriage issue (I'm on the not-gay side) and take a look at the fact that these may be the same people with the same interest in drawing a divide between naturally cooperating populations for the sake of establishing their normal curves. They continue to throw tactical divisions into the naturally cooperative spirit among the people of the United States and our desire to cooperate with the people of other nations.

Posted by: MarkLeavenworth | May 13, 2009 4:15:55 PM
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That is the most intelligent comment on this issue all day. It is very divisive to go down this road.

And on the gay thing, I say let them be married, it doesn't take anything away from me or my marriage. (just an aside) Too bad Obama doesn't support it though. That must be making his supporters unhappy.

There is school of thought that has been using 'deviations from the norm' since the turn of the century. I think we should all back off of the marriage issue (I'm on the not-gay side) and take a look at the fact that these may be the same people with the same interest in drawing a divide between naturally cooperating populations for the sake of establishing their normal curves. They continue to throw tactical divisions into the naturally cooperative spirit among the people of the United States and our desire to cooperate with the people of other nations.

MNM
re: ""I just noted he endorsed the Democratic candidate for president this time, Barack Obama," Cheney said. "I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest."

Disagree with Bush & Cheney, and the republicans and your loyalty is called into question......

after all, being a loyal republican is much more important than being a decorated military man and multiple office holder in the Govt

Posted by: ??? | May 13, 2009 3:50:54 PM
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You seem to forget that although unsaid at this point in time Colin Powell also went on a media blitz speaking out against the party, including several gratuitous shots at Rush. Powell went on the attack, he did not simply endorse a dem candidate, which in and of itself does plainly speak to loyalties. Just as you thought it did when Lieberman endorsed McCain and was castigated repeatedly by the media and on dem blogs, but that must be different because you guys are dems and flagrant hypocrits. Cheney did not even castigate Powell.
In addition Powell forgets to acknowledge that all is prominence is courtesy of the republican presidents, including Bush who gave him the honor of being the first african-american secretary of state. You remember back when all you now whining insulted dems were referring to Powell and Rice as "uncle tom's" and "house negroes"

But now you are insulted on his behalf because Cheney matter of factly notes that everything Powell now does "is an indication of his loyalty and intentions"

Any republican who didn't think that was an indication of such would be considered so stupid he would have to become a dem.

A matter of fact observation of fact is not an insult or somehow huge question. It is an intelligent, non-insulting or condescending observation of fact.

You dems are so enraged over Cheney's mere existence that you make something out of nothing.

"Disagree with Bush & Cheney, and the republicans and your loyalty is called into question......

after all, being a loyal republican is much more important than being a decorated military man and multiple office holder in the Govt"

Party over country, its the right wing way.

"but the gay advocates want to make it about rights and thats not the issue...the issue is mainstreaming homosexuality"

So to prevent the mainstreaming of homnosexuality we must deny them rights?

Sally J
re: The US is all about everyone voicing their views and no one's freedom of speech being hampered

unless of course you had an opposing opinion about Iraq and you were classified as a traitor and supporter of terrorists by Bush, Cheney & the republicans...
or..
you were going to peacefully make your voice heard outside the Republican Convention and were attacked pre-emptively by the Minn police
, arrested for ....... nothing... and released..

MNM
re: ""I just noted he endorsed the Democratic candidate for president this time, Barack Obama," Cheney said. "I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest."

Disagree with Bush & Cheney, and the republicans and your loyalty is called into question......

after all, being a loyal republican is much more important than being a decorated military man and multiple office holder in the Govt

MNM - Birds of a feather...Keep staunchly defending Cheney and Limbaugh. You can continue to do it grossly uninformed at my expense, but the Republican party is who pays and the fact you don't care.. priceless.

It is good we have people giving an opposing opinion to Obama.

The US is all about everyone voicing their views and no one's freedom of speech being hampered by a current administration and its allies in the media.