Dick Cheney’s wait for vindication will be a very long one
So Dick Cheney is writing a “tell-some” book in which he supposedly will be frank about his disagreements and disappointments with President Bush. He is also quite convinced that history will vindicate him.
According to Bart Gellman in The Washington Post:
The former vice president remains convinced of mortal dangers that few other leaders, in his view, face squarely. That fixed belief does much to explain the conduct that so many critics find baffling. He gives no weight, close associates said, to his low approval ratings, to the tradition of statesmanlike White House exits or to the grumbling of Republicans about his effect on the party brand.
John P. Hannah, Cheney’s second-term national security adviser, said the former vice president is driven, now as before, by the nightmare of a hostile state acquiring nuclear weapons and passing them to terrorists. Aaron Friedberg, another of Cheney’s foreign policy advisers, said Cheney believes “that many people find it very difficult to hold that idea in their head, really, and conjure with it, and see what it implies.”
What is new, Hannah said, is Cheney’s readiness to acknowledge “doubts about the main channels of American policy during the last few years,” a period encompassing most of Bush’s second term. “These are not small issues,” Hannah said. “They cut to the very core of who Cheney is,” and “he really feels he has an obligation” to save the country from danger.
Personally, I think the danger Cheney describes is very real. It is without a doubt the single most dire national security threat that we face as a nation. But the question to be asked after eight years of Bush/Cheney is this:
Was such a danger more acute, or less acute, when those two men left office on Jan. 20, 2009 than it was when they took office on Jan. 20, 2001? Was Iran closer or further from a weapon? Was North Korea closer or further? Were the weapons in Pakistan closer or further from falling into terrorist hands?
Cheney apparently thinks of himself as a poor man’s Winston Churchill. In reality, he will be remembered as a poor man’s Montgomery Burns.
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Mr. Snarky
August 13th, 2009
2:32 pm
So does that make Scooter Libby Smithers?
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
2:33 pm
The media hated and hates Cheney as he refused to be a molly-coddler and kiss their behinds. Thats not to say Cheney is without fault. Nonetheless it is what it is.
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
2:35 pm
Warrant issued for former Bill Clinton chief of staff
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/12/arkansas.wright.warrant/index.html
I wonder with how many has she been intimate?
Joey
August 13th, 2009
2:36 pm
Ask those same questions about Clinton/Gore, but add one.
When Clinton/Gore left office was Osama closer or further from crashing planes into the Twin Towers? The Pentagon? The White House?
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
2:36 pm
This week we celebrate a special birthday!
Monica Lewinsky turns 44. Can you believe it?
It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees, putting everything in her mouth.
They grow up so fast, don’t they?
stands for decibels
August 13th, 2009
2:41 pm
Difference is, Dick Cheney would’ve eaten Lisa’s three-eyed fish, and asked for seconds.
Class of '98
August 13th, 2009
2:41 pm
Huh? Monica Lewinsky is 36.
And she was born in January.
Wikipedia is a neat thing. You may want to look into it.
Class of '98
August 13th, 2009
2:42 pm
My mistake. She was born in July….. of 1973.
Mr. Snarky
August 13th, 2009
2:44 pm
Turd believes everything he reads…as long as it confirms his world view…can’t you tell?
Denny
August 13th, 2009
2:45 pm
No matter when Monica was born, that was funny.
George American
August 13th, 2009
2:46 pm
IT TAKES GREAT COURAGE TO GIVE THE FINGER TO THE MEDIA AND SPINELESS ADVISORS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR AMERICA. HE MUST BE CRINGING AT THE WEAK APPEASERS AND SURRENDER MONKEYS IN CHARGE NOW.
DICK CHENEY IS RIGHT AND HIS RESOLVE WILL BE REWARDED BY HISTORY.
RealityKing
August 13th, 2009
2:47 pm
If Cheney is Montgomery Burns then Joe Biden is Krusty the Clownand and Al Gore is Dr. Nick Riviera..
Scooter
August 13th, 2009
2:54 pm
I hope Cheney tells the story about shooting his buddy! That would be a great campfire tale.
ByteMe
August 13th, 2009
2:57 pm
People who knew Dick before 2000 wonder if this is all just the after-affects of an undetected stroke. They say his personality changed.
I just think he was Dick all along.
Normal
August 13th, 2009
2:57 pm
Joey, you may not know that President Clinton had a chance to get Bin Laden during the Monica scandal, but the Republican run Congress at the time, refused, not wanting to give the President any good press. They just shouted “No war for Monica”. If President Clinton had been allowed to proceed, do you think there would have been a 911? Maybe, maybe not, but your argument isn’t valid on that point.
Doggone/GA
August 13th, 2009
2:59 pm
“TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR AMERICA”
that’s where your argument falls apart.
Normal
August 13th, 2009
3:00 pm
In an interview, Cheney all but admitted he’s a crook…
Robert Barnett, who negotiated Cheney’s book contract, passed word to potential publishers that the memoir would be packed with news, said the article published on the Post Web site, and Cheney himself has said, without explanation, that “the statute of limitations has expired” on many of his secrets.
That last sentence says it all…just sayin’
henny youngman
August 13th, 2009
3:02 pm
Democrats, realizing the success of the President’s “Cash For Clunkers” rebate program, have revamped a major portion of their National Health Care Plan.
President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Sen. Reed are expected to make this major announcement at a joint news conference later this week. I have obtained an advanced copy of the proposal which is named….
“CASH FOR CODGERS” and it works like this… Couples wishing to access health care funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to turn in one old person. The amount the government grants them will be fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more prescription dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.
Special “Bonuses” will be paid for those submitting codgers in targeted groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds over their government prescribed weight, and any member of the Republican Party.
Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda, fried foods, potato chips, lattes, whole milk, dairy products, bacon, Brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout Cookies.
All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts harvested to keep other codgers in repair.che
Joey
August 13th, 2009
3:05 pm
I am convinced that Mr. Cheney has never sought, never thought about seeking, vindication form the likes of Jay Bookman.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 13th, 2009
3:05 pm
Well, things would of been alot better if they’d of let Cheney do everything he wanted to do to keep us safe, like
1. Making everybody strip buck-nekkid if they’re going outside their house. That way we could be sure they didn’t have box-cutters or something like that, except for people like Sister Dusty that can hide things in their folds of fat.
2. Making everybody submit e-mails, letters, and packages to the White House for checking before sending them.
3. Speaking loud and clear during phone calls and in English so people in the FBI and CIA can figure out what everybody’s saying when they’re listening in.
4. Cutting out this foreign travel where librul Democrats can make plots with Terrists.
5. Making everybody swear on a stack of Bibles where they got the money they’re putting in bank accounts so the FBI and CIA won’t have to work so hard when they see that somebody’s put in or took out more than 10,000 bucks.
Anyhow, we got plumb too much freedom in this country. Cheney would of took care of that. But he run out of time. Now we’re all in danger.
Have a good p.m. everybody.
mike
August 13th, 2009
3:09 pm
“Was Iran closer or further from a weapon? Was North Korea closer or further? Were the weapons in Pakistan closer or further from falling into terrorist hands?”
Gee, I guess Jay forgot to ask this about the Clinton administration. He certainly neglects to give any potential solutions.
jconservative
August 13th, 2009
3:11 pm
Two points.
1. Cheney is correct to be concerned about nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists. But he came to the game a little late. Sam Nunn has been on this issue for over 20 years. When Cheney was defense secretary under Bush 41 he barely gave Nunn a nod of the head on this issue. But I am glad he is now in the game.
2. The reason Bush stopped listening to Cheney’s advice, & he did stop, was the fiasco that had been taking place on the ground in Iraq in 2005.
Bush realized that all the advice he had gotten from Cheney & Rumsfeld on how the prosecute the occupation was turning out to be wrong. He eventually canned Rumsfeld & turned to Gates. Then the Valerie Plame “affair” hit the special prosecutor level & Cheney was pulled into that. Cheney was never brought into Bush’s confidence again.
Taxpayer
August 13th, 2009
3:14 pm
He is also quite convinced that history will vindicate him.
Why wait. Let’s convict him now and get it over with. He and Madoff would make go cellmates.
Jake
August 13th, 2009
3:15 pm
I don’t believe it. Bookman’s actually advocating invasions of Iraq, N Korea, and Pakistan to make us all safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. I could have sworn he didn’t like it when we invaded Iraq for that very same reason.
Scooter
August 13th, 2009
3:15 pm
henny, tooo funny!
david wayne osedach
August 13th, 2009
3:16 pm
I doubt that even you Jay will not be running out to buy this book. Cheny is hazbeen.
I Report/ I Am The Mob :-) You Whine :-(
August 13th, 2009
3:17 pm
He gives no weight, close associates said, to his low approval ratings, to the tradition of statesmanlike White House exits or to the grumbling of Republicans about his effect on the party brand.
Aahhh, yes, then Obozo too should begin writing his memoirs.
Cheney, I absolve you of any wrongdoing and thank you for your devoted service to protecting our great nation in one of it’s most perilous times.
Which is also why I suspect bookman hates you.
Tom
August 13th, 2009
3:18 pm
Vindication indeed. Cheney is but one of the Missing-Link BushDrunk administation & supporters who set low personal standards for themselves – and then consistently fail to achieve them. A firing-squad is needed.
Mrs. Godzilla
August 13th, 2009
3:18 pm
If I were Montgomery Burns I’d be insulted!
Joey
August 13th, 2009
3:18 pm
Normal:
For the sake of this question let’s just assume that what you wrote at 2:57 is exactly correct; that President Clinton was powerless without prior Congressional approval.
Was that the one and only time in his 8 years as President that Clinton had the opportunity to negate Bin Laden?
mike
August 13th, 2009
3:21 pm
“A firing-squad is needed.”
Yep. Everyone who doesn’t share your narrow views should be shot.
I Report/ Evil-Monger/ Mob :-) You Whine :-(
August 13th, 2009
3:21 pm
Town hall protesters are “evil-mongers,” says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Yeah, and Hairy Reed is a little p*&$#.
ew
Mr. Snarky
August 13th, 2009
3:22 pm
“that many people find it very difficult to hold that idea in their head, really, and conjure with it, and see what it implies.”
I guess Cheney thinks it implies that we should shred the Constitution, disband Congress and declare martial law with the VP in charge. Too bad he lives in Crazytown.
Normal
August 13th, 2009
3:23 pm
JOEY, As an honest assement, I do not know. That was the only one I knew about.
Mrs. Godzilla
August 13th, 2009
3:25 pm
I see the law enforcement community has another wingnut cornered at the LA federal building……
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:27 pm
Hmmmmm, what to type, what to type:
OH, I know – Dick Cheney is evil.
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
3:33 pm
I know you liberals are gonna hate this one butt…
AARP Corrects False Obama Claim
Stretching the Truth
For weeks now the Obama administration has accused politicians, the media and the general public of engaging in a misinformation campaign against health care reform.
But as it turns out, it’s actually President Obama who’s the one spreading false information! This is what he said Tuesday at his well-orchestrated town hall:
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors. AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare.
Oh really?
Well guess what, Mr. President, AARP has not endorsed any bill!
When asked about the president’s comments, an AARP spokesman said, “Indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate.”
Maybe we should report this very fishy information to the White House Web site.
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
3:34 pm
Ya…Cheney is evil because he refuses to get down on bended knee and kiss the behind of the media. Ya…he is evil alright.
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
3:35 pm
Reid and Pelosi are Twins basterds of different mother F*&$&#S.
DebbieDoRight
August 13th, 2009
3:37 pm
Ask those same questions about Clinton/Gore, but add one.
When Clinton/Gore left office was Osama closer or further from crashing planes into the Twin Towers? The Pentagon? The White House?
Oh please!! The Clintonites tried to warn the Dumbya’s and his talking puppet Condi Rice about Bin Laden, etc. but, being the obtuse dimwits that they are they ignored the information and were caught with their hands in their pants jacking their bloated egos!!! If you give someone the information and they IGNORE it, like you do every day on this blog, what else can you do when they make errors in judgement?
Cheney was trying to ATONE for his mistakes, however, he went about them the wrong way — and Bush found out the hard way that Cheney wasn’t a team player at all — he wanted to be the leader not a member of some team — Cheney has halfway gotten what he deserves, if there’s any justice in the world; he’ll go hunting again with one of his “friends” and a horrible accident will happen………….he’ll get accidentally shot in his big fat mouth, but he will survive; but he won’t be able to tell anymore lies for a long, long time!
ty webb
August 13th, 2009
3:37 pm
Anyone who disagrees with Cheney is a blatant baldist. You only hate bald people. Hey… it works for the other side.
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
3:37 pm
More jerkoffisms from the UN…
Climate Crisis Now!
The Meltdown is brought to you by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The secretary-general spoke Tuesday in South Korea at the World Environment Summit and issued a dire warning: The world is coming to an end.
Now you may be wondering how we can avoid this. According to Mr. Ban, “If we fail to act, climate change will intensify droughts, floods and other natural disasters. Water shortages will affect hundreds of millions of people… Social unrest, even violence, could follow.”
That’s scary, I know, but don’t worry, we still have time — just not that much. The secretary-general continued, “We have the power to change course, but we must do it now… We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet.”
Joey
August 13th, 2009
3:38 pm
Normal;
Absolutely, your assessment is honest. You are only aware of the minute details of that one incident. Please!
And according to your 10:24 post this morning:
Simply because I do not support many of the decisions and proposals of the Obama Administration and the Democrat Congress; I am a white American who had the scare of my life when a Black man was elected President. When my worst fear was realized.
More from that post. Sad. Sad indeed.
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:40 pm
Turd,
So that must be why AARP is launching a new bamillion dollar ad campaign in support of health care reform?
RealityKing
August 13th, 2009
3:41 pm
Cheney’s clear faults lay in his inability to stick his foot in his mouth rather than stick his head up the progressive media’s @ss. Anyone seen Joe lately??
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:41 pm
ty,
Yeah, bald people suck.
J/K
Turd Ferguson
August 13th, 2009
3:42 pm
Catch up with the times Botch. AARP is doing no such thing.
DebbieDoRight
August 13th, 2009
3:44 pm
Was that the one and only time in his 8 years as President that Clinton had the opportunity to negate Bin Laden?
This is why history is so important. Clintonites, captured the ringleader of the original planned bombing of the World Trade Center of 1993. They arrested, tried and convicted the ringleader. How did the arrest, trial and conviction of Bin Laden go under Dumbya?
Jake
August 13th, 2009
3:45 pm
Of course we’re safer now. First, Bookman conveniently ignores the elimination of any possibility of nuclear weapons from Iraq, which was not the case when Cheney took office. Iran is also less of a threat. As the recent demonstrations show the emerging democracy in Iraq has inspired a lot of Iranians to want a true democrcrac of their own. The election and re-election of Bush-Cheney also encouraged the Israelis to elect a hardliner who will not allow the Iranians to have nuclear weapons. As for the Koreans, they have never been a nuclear threat to the US. Bookman forgets they are not Islamofascists and, therefore, aren’t necessarily targeting the US. Pakistan is a little more problematic, but O is working on that one.
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:45 pm
Let me make one thing perfectly clear to Joey, mike, et all who are having a collective hissy fit about earlier remarks about racism.
I do not think anyone who disagrees with health care reform or who does not like Obama is a racist. I stated earlier that I feel that race does play a part in the motivations behind
SOME right wing lunatics. I feel it is certainly a mitigating factor for some of the most extreme. I base such opinions on seeing signs at protests that have Obama’s likeness with the caption “Monkey See Monkey Do” and so on.
There, that being said, carry on. Oh, and Dick Cheney is evil.
ty webb
August 13th, 2009
3:45 pm
All you baldists just can’t accept the fact that we had a bald Vice President. That’s all this is about.
Doggone/GA
August 13th, 2009
3:46 pm
“Gee, I guess Jay forgot to ask this about the Clinton administration. He certainly neglects to give any potential solutions”
Since Clinton STRONGLY urged the Bush administration that Al Qaeda would be the biggest issue they would face and the Bush administration chose to ignore that, I don’t see how much you can blame Clinton for their bumbling.
Look around, and check how many security meeting Cheney called for the committee that was supposed to monitor such threats. You might be surprised.
Scooter
August 13th, 2009
3:48 pm
Don’t worry Turd, Superprez will save our planet!
stands for decibels
August 13th, 2009
3:48 pm
AARP is doing no such thing.
As much fun as it is to call you Turd–can we call you Baghdad Bob now?
This week AARP will launch the next phase of its Health Action Now campaign with a multimillion-dollar national advertising and grassroots push to ensure every American has access to a choice of quality, affordable coverage. AARP’s advertising will run on national and local television and radio, in print publications and online. AARP activists will also be in action in every state to ensure every member of Congress knows the 50-plus community wants action on health care reform now..
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:49 pm
ty,
Nope. It’s all about the fact that Dick Cheney is evil.
Mrs. Godzilla
August 13th, 2009
3:49 pm
TURD Lemonade
Perhaps i’ts our own little turdlette who needs to keep up….
“”Dave Bruns with AARP Florida says they’ve taken a lot of heat for supporting health care reform.
“We’re hearing people who are attacking us for supporting euthanasia of seniors,” he said. “AARP doesn’t support euthanasia for seniors. We never have and we never will.”
That rumor is just one of the reasons why AARP has launched a PR campaign in Florida and around the country.
“We’ll be spending millions of dollars to try to what we call ‘Bust the Myths of Health Care Reform,’” Bruns said.”"
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/08/aarp-begins-million-dollar-ad.html
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:49 pm
sfd,
Thanks for posting that. I was too lazy to find a link.
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:50 pm
And you too Mrs. G. You jinxed me – I’m about to leave to go to the ER with one of the old folks.
ty webb
August 13th, 2009
3:52 pm
Bosch, you my friend, are the david duke of baldists
Taxpayer
August 13th, 2009
3:54 pm
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:27 pm
Hmmmmm, what to type, what to type:
OH, I know – Dick Cheney is evil.
Have you ever tried to look into his eyes. I think that’s what finally led Bush to say no to him. He looked into those evil beady eyes and saw Gog.
RW-(the original)
August 13th, 2009
3:54 pm
Was Libya closer to or further from? Was Iraq closer to or further from? Was Syria closer to or further from?…..and weren’t you libs touting an NSA report saying that Iran gave up it’s nuclear ambition not too many months ago? What got them started back up? (no fair saying conservatives were right when we told you that you were full of it back then)
….and I think North Korea is more likely to have a “nuke” blueprint from Acme than a nuke. One of these days “lil Kim is going to smack into a fake tunnel then start a new project. Where’s that anvil I had around here?
Bosch
August 13th, 2009
3:55 pm
ty webb,
LOLL!!!! Oh, I’ve been exposed! Ok, off to the ER. The ambulance is pulling away, I guess that’s my cue to quit blogging, and uh, leave.
TnGelding
August 13th, 2009
3:57 pm
Well, we should have been suspicious when he changed his voter registration back to Wyoming after getting the VP nod. I’d suspect ‘W’ isn’t sleeping too well if the book is going to be a tell-all. Eight years is a long time, so it’s only natural that progress would have been made by rogue regimes. In my opinion Condi was the real villian. She wouldn’t even allow Richard Clarke an audience with the emperor before 09/11, but afterward put him in charge of the crisis.
“Military planners had previously offered a comprehensive plan to incorporate military, economic, diplomatic and political activities to pressure the Taliban to expel Al Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden. But the plan was never acted on by either the Clinton or Bush administrations.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/politics/04SUMM.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position=
RW-(the original)
August 13th, 2009
3:57 pm
Is the British invasion over?
I’ll take my chances and pass this along. There was an Aussie golfer being interviewed by Jim Rome a few years back.
Aussie Golfer: You know how to rob an Englishman, Jimmy?
Rome: No.
Aussie Golfer: They hide their money under the soap.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 13th, 2009
3:59 pm
Well, I like Dick Cheney. I just don’t want to go hunting with him. I like to have a beer with my hunting partner after we’re thru, not have him have a beer while I go to the hospitle.
Doggone/GA
August 13th, 2009
3:59 pm
TnGelding…part (most?) of the problem for Clinton re: Bin Laden was that while they had very strong suspcions about him, they had no evidence. Which is why the information was handed over to Bush in the strongest possible terms. Which Bush, et al. chose to ignore.
stands for decibels
August 13th, 2009
4:00 pm
No matter when Monica was born, that was funny.
Yet when I posted a joke about Sarah Palin a few weeks back that wasn’t nearly as graphic as that, it was moderated out within minutes. Oh well.
Later, kiddies. Try not to shoot anyone in the face.
jconservative
August 13th, 2009
4:02 pm
DebbieDoRight August 13th, 2009 3:37 pm
“Oh please!! The Clintonites tried to warn the Dumbya’s and his talking puppet Condi Rice about Bin Laden…”
DebbieDoRight is correct on this per the Washington Times.
Bush national security transition team getting briefed by the Clinton national security staff held a short news conference with a handful of reporters. The Bush team said that all the Clinton team wanted to talk about was what a great danger Bin Laden was to US interest. The Bush team then said that they knew better, that the largest threat facing the US was from a rogue nation firing an ICBM at a mainland US target.
And that was why they were going to concentrate on a missile defense shield to protect the US. And if you recall, that is basically all the Bush national security people talked about until 9/11.
eagle scout
August 13th, 2009
4:10 pm
Cheney the war hero…oops my bad. What was it FIVE draft deferments??? Loves war as long as he gets to sit on the sidelines! As a congressman the lunatic voted against headstart and again against creating the Department of education.
Dick Cheney is pure evil, and one day I hope that he will be tried and convicted of his war crimes!
md
August 13th, 2009
4:11 pm
“Oh please!! The Clintonites tried to warn the Dumbya’s and his talking puppet Condi Rice about Bin Laden, etc. but, being the obtuse dimwits that they are they ignored the information and were caught with their hands in their pants jacking their bloated egos!!! If you give someone the information and they IGNORE it, like you do every day on this blog, what else can you do when they make errors in judgement? ”
Sure would have been nice of Clinton to take care of the hijackers he knew about considering most of them were already in the US in 2000. They were here learning how to fly planes into buildings before Georgie even took office.
Must of been political.
Taxpayer
August 13th, 2009
4:13 pm
jconservative
August 13th, 2009
4:02 pm
Amen to that. The Bush administration got caught with its ego up its collective a$$ and left us exposed to Al Queda. They dropped the ball and cost us thousands of US lives. History will never vindicate such incompetence.
Klaus
August 13th, 2009
4:19 pm
Dear Cheney’s Mother, I’ve always wondered, was Satan any good in the sack, or did he just knock you up and leave the money on the table?
GOP is Gone
August 13th, 2009
4:26 pm
I would have to look at his book as he looked at the results of his paranoia, ……..so?………..
md
August 13th, 2009
4:26 pm
“History will never vindicate such incompetence.”
Does that include the incompetence of letting them into the country in the first place? or just the incompetence of your political enemies?
Number1ninja
August 13th, 2009
4:32 pm
Man, at least Bush had the sense to shut up and slink out.
Dusty
August 13th, 2009
4:35 pm
Well, this is the most offensive blog yet. Americans actually hate a man whose main concern was keeping this country safe. Now how in the world do you explain that?
Cheney made no doubt about what he wanted for this country. To keep it safe.
Those of you who make up lies, conjure up schemes that never were, twist stories, laugh at an accident; you will be in history as the blot on America. You will wait a long time before Americans forget your vindictive attitude. It won’t be Cheney that is shown as caring so little for this country,.It will be you, the scoffers, the mindless and those who do not appreciate our country…
Maybe many of you have swine flu. If you don’t have flu, you certainly represent the other. You make it clearer every day. As Orwell wrote in “Animal Farm”:
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.”.
Yeah,but it is not hard to tell which is which here..
RealityKing
August 13th, 2009
4:42 pm
If Chaney is Montgomery Burns then Jay has to be Kent Brockman.
The news anchor thats the worst of his profession; frequently judgmental, careerist to the point of absurdity, and more than willing to film and sensationalize a schmaltzy, emotion driven puff piece for the sake of a few extra ratings points.
md
August 13th, 2009
4:44 pm
“Well, this is the most offensive blog yet. Americans actually hate a man whose main concern was keeping this country safe. Now how in the world do you explain that?”
In today’s wonderful America, it usually has more to do with the letter behind the name vs the name itself.
Kamchak
August 13th, 2009
4:49 pm
Dear Cheney’s Mother, I’ve always wondered, was Satan any good in the sack, or did he just knock you up and leave the money on the table?
Sorry–the idea that Cheney is the offspring of a supernatural creature doesn’t work for me. No matter how badly I think of him, he doesn’t rate that kind of larger than life PR campaign.
RealityKing
August 13th, 2009
4:57 pm
Of course, Jay must also channel Nelson Muntz. A political bully that has terrorized virtually everyone that doesn’t agree with his progressive views. Haw-Haw!!
Taxpayer
August 13th, 2009
5:01 pm
Does that include the incompetence of letting them into the country in the first place? or just the incompetence of your political enemies?
Whom are you referring to as being incompetent for letting ‘them’ into the country in the first place. Also, I don’t have any political enemies. I’m just a taxpayer.
Dusty
August 13th, 2009
5:05 pm
Nevermind the oinks, KLAUS. We know who you are.
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
August 13th, 2009
5:11 pm
Vice President Cheney is a great American and was one of our greatest Vice Presidents. He needn’t be vindicated, rather history, in the not too distant future, will consider those who opposed his most noble efforts that kept us safe as modern day Chamberlains. G-d bless Vice President Cheney and his family.
Sarah Palin/Mary Cheney in 2012 – shange that will give us back our country!!!!
md
August 13th, 2009
5:36 pm
“Whom are you referring to as being incompetent for letting ‘them’ into the country in the first place. Also, I don’t have any political enemies. I’m just a taxpayer.”
The administration on watch at the time of entry.
booger
August 13th, 2009
5:42 pm
md,
We don’t all hate Dick. I prefer he would have been President
John Edwards, Jr.
August 13th, 2009
7:52 pm
they shake me….
that smart ass kid
August 13th, 2009
11:15 pm
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.”.
Yeah,but it is not hard to tell which is which here..”
correct, but orwell was referring to the extreme left, at a time where they where doing the oppression
a few over looked facts
in chronological order
race and change-
NOBODY realizes that the division over the race issue before the civil war was between SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS and NORTHERN REPUBLICANS
don’t get me wrong, I’m independent, and unbiased…
but its only recently that the republican party has joined the “BIG Buissness” party and become corrupted, fighting more for what little pork-barreling they can get,sounds alot like the democrats in the 1840’s huh?
the simple fact is that both parties received donations from the same corporate sponsors (PAC’s)
so wouldn’t any candidate taking donations from the biggest sponsor (J.P. Morgan) fullfill the same promises?????
and even though president Obama stated that he wasn’t going to accept PAC or lobbyist donations, the two thirds of his campaign funds that were raised pre-2008, not to mention funds raised almost exclusively from lobbyists in his “Senate campaign committee” not to mention Obamas own PAC Hopefund that basically laundered PAC money,
and most of this could also be said for Sen. McCain
im just focusing on Obama cuz he won,
something everybody on this forum needs to learn one thing…
all men are inherently evil, and
never trust a politician, haha
and lets see, who benefited from the deciding issue of this years election(the economy, and bailout), you guessed it, the big corporate sponsors (the banks).
and what banks bought up the failing California market, one of the few states that can generate a self sustaining economy
that smart ass kid
August 13th, 2009
11:32 pm
JP Morgan and Chase, haha
i kinda forgot to complete my thought half way through
what i meant to say was…
and even though president Obama stated that he wasn’t going to accept PAC or lobbyist donations, the two thirds of his campaign funds that were raised pre-2008 came almost exclusively from banks and auto companies. not to mention funds raised almost exclusively from lobbyists in his “Senate campaign committee” not to mention Obamas own PAC Hopefund that basically laundered PAC money, into the democratic party
i appologize for my bad grammar and punctuation as well, i am hi right now
I amnot a hippie, but a CA medical marijuana patient, and proud to live in the only state that still caters to it peoples needs.
what ever happened to the politicians listening to its people
oh yeah i think JFK shattered it when he said “Ask Not”
I hate to think that a loose confederation of states, who held all rights not specifically granted to the federal government by the constitution, has essentially become a new USSR: lose, unstable states held together by an oppressive hand
Chew on That piece of bacon, since uve obviously never learned that Orwell was anti-institutional, and provides a unbiased view from the country that spawned this two-party, two house nightmare
that smart ass kid
August 13th, 2009
11:36 pm
oh and its not exactly chronological, either, lol
Weekend Opinionator: From Bush v. Gore to Cheney v. Bush - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
August 14th, 2009
8:39 pm
[...] thoughts from Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Personally, I think the danger Cheney describes is very real. It is without a doubt the single most dire national security threat that we face as a nation. But [...]
Robert
August 30th, 2009
7:41 pm
Dick Cheney is all bent out of shape because Eric Holder is looking into possible wrong doings by the CIA. Cheney should be relieved that the Obama Administration, Congress, and the Department of Justice combined, don’t have enough balls to investigate what really happened on 9/11. Can you say treason?