Dick Cheney Endorses McCain

***UPDATE*** Joe Biden responds to Dick Cheney's endorsement of John McCain:

If you ever had any doubt that John McCain would continue George Bush's policies -- you can put those to rest. Just today, Vice President Cheney came out and endorsed John McCain. Do we need any more proof? I'm not surprised. Dick Cheney has been wrong on everything else the last eight years. He's on a roll.

EARLIER: The Obama campaign gleefully sends over an announcement of a major endorsement.... for John McCain... by Dick Cheney.

"In three days we'll choose a new steward for the presidency and begin a new chapter in our history," the Vice President said Saturday morning. "It's the biggest decision that we make together as Americans. A lot turns on the outcome. I believe the right leader for this moment in history is Senator John McCain."

This isn't, perhaps, the story that McCain headquarters wants in the news, though the press is undoubtedly going to play it up. Cheney is, after all, the Vice President.

If there was one GOP official less liked than George Bush it is Cheney. His popularity remains only among the rabidly conservative base who - a year ago - chanted "four more years" when he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Washington D.C.

UPDATE: Sure enough, Obama is set to jump all over the endorsement, having some fun with it in the process. According to prepared remarks for a rally in Pueblo, Colorado.

I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington's biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney's support.

But here's my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

Comments

[gbw1954]

Bunker Bob the war criminal speaks. I am sure he has intelligence satellite photos from Africa to document his opinion.

[checkoayala]

Is this a prank?

[syrynus]

My God, is Cheney so convinced of his own worth that he really thinks this will help McCain?

He probably thinks he jjust has to make his will known and everyone else will fall into step.

The man's living in a fantasy world....n­amed Mordor.

[jaslyn]

You're missing the point. This is not a prank. The Repubs. want the Dems to win and clean up Washington. Cheney/Bush don NOT like Mccain and don't want him elected. Cheney put the final nail in Mccain's coffin. He's not stupid and this was well thought out; endorse him 2 days before the election so that the McC campaign doesn't have enough time to lighten the effect of this bomb. The Repubs are good at eating their own.

[RedStateVoice]

10 points for intelligent thinking..­.I believe you have some validity in what you've just said. I agree that Bush/Cheney despise McCain and the repubs are indeed very good at eating their own. Excellent synopsis!!!! :)

[dutt]

John McCain just can't get a break!

[HoraceOvidson]

Well, he could get a nice hefty tax break if only he (and a bunch of other Republicans) could get elected.

[RiggsMD]

Although it doesn't matter now, John McCain should've rejected and denounced Cheney's endorsement. That would have been a big feather in his cap. Sarah Palin declaring war with Iran with no idea whatsoever what she's saying or doing. The republicans are defecting appropriately. I've never seen anything as ridiculous as this in my life. Cindy's so doped-up she doesn't even know where the hell she's at. McCain's campaign has destroyed many lives in this badly failed attempt at 'wanting to start his own war'. Cheney will mold back into the private sector and get even richer, he don't give a f#ck! If God wanted to be cruel an allow McCain to win, this country would be dismantled within 2 yrs. Obama 08 and 12!

[afgail]

Dick Cheney endorsed McCain. George Bush endorsed McCain. McCain is drowning and Bush/Cheney toss him an anvil. Love it.

[jaslyn]

it wouldn't make a whit of difference if Mc rejected the endorsement. Not a whit. No feather, no cap. The damage is done and will resonate in the minds of voters no matter what mc does or says. Whether he accepts or rejects is irrelevant. The point is, is that Cheney approves and endorses Mc. 'nough said.

[candlepower]

I agree
Distance and another chance to dis the incumbents.

He who hesitates is John McCain, the hipshooting maverick, done dropped his g u n b e l t.

[peggyleg]

He really wants BO....

[HelloooCanada]

mccain-palin '08...

FOUR MORE WARS!
FOUR MORE WARS!

[stayinsouth1981]

Talk about the kiss of death with the coffin nailed SHUT!

[JustMusing]

Bush/Cheney et al. legacy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaIQWJLbWPk

[XWINGANA]

Cheney is a brilliant but evil man. I have this image of him grinning privately before the endorsement thinking: "I'm going to screw McCain. I'll endorse him! He should have voted with us 100% of the time, not 90%"

VP Cheney, you've earned your first name. THANK YOU!

[RedStateVoice]

LMAO! That is hysterically funny...an­d btw, when I read your little skit, somehow I thought of the white-haired old man on The Simpsons..­.LOL...fun­ny, funny stuff...an­d I'm lovin' it!

[tbone99]

The man with the black thumb

the anti -Midas

that endorsement is the nail in McCains coffin.

[scjk67]

ahhhh, the war devil endorses mccain....­BWAAAHAHAH­AHA!!!
oh man the coffee almost came out of my nose....LO­L. man-o-man i can't stop laughing!!

[BluePrideSMW]

It's the timing that makes this an insult... If racetracks allowed this type of certain betting up to the checkered flag... VOTE!
A 1965 Voting Rights Act national radio campaign launched by president Johnson:
http://current.com/items/89434265_obama_2008_things_are_changing

[bartonfink]

the slime-encrusted war criminal hears the bell, and rises from the muck in time to see the sun rise on a new day. in a gesture that will later be revealed as one of pure reflex, his cognitive abilities long ago diminished to responding with snarls at subordinates, lifts a knarled clump of decaying sausage stumps, and points to the wreckage.

"him. I choose him to be our successor.­"

mccain, slouched in a dark corner of cheney's imagination, hears his cue, and sweeps his hand towards the curtain, which pulls back to show a blood-soaked former hockey mom bent over a moose carcass, who then drops a handful of entrails and waves thanks.

"death to socialists. palin/mccain 'o8."

you betcha

[who38]

while a president, blinded by crude oil, looks on, seeing nothing.

[RAFord24]

Damn, kick the man when he's down.

[who38]

Would you expect less from Cheney?