Cheney: Obama Will "Appreciate" Our Expansion Of Power

In an interview with Rush Limbaugh (via Politico), Vice President Dick Cheney predicted that the next president will appreciate the way he and George Bush expanded executive power.

"Once they get here and they're faced with the same problems we deal with every day, then they will appreciate some of the things we've put in place," Cheney said.

"We did not exceed our constitutional authority, as some have suggested," Cheney added. "The President believes, I believe very deeply, in a strong executive, and I think that's essential in this day and age. And I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress. I think they'll find that given a challenge they face, they'll need all the authority they can muster."

Cheney went on to express doubt that President Obama would, as he has promised, close Guantanamo Bay.

"Guantanamo has been very, very valuable. And I think they'll discover that trying to close it is a very hard proposition," he said. "They're unlawful combatants. And you if you're not going to have a place to locate them like Guantanamo, then you either have to bring them here to the continental United States and I don't know any member of Congress who's volunteering to have al Qaeda terrorists deposited in his district."

Cheney also expressed grave concerns about the automobile industry.

"We're on the downside of a recession that may be the worst since World War II," he said. "And if the automobile industry goes belly up now, there's a deep concern that that would be a major shock to the system."

Comments

[1201SLD]

Hardly. It may take a lifetime just to neutralize the stench.

[juanjo]

Ein Volk !
Ein Reich !
Ein Furher !

Oh wait, sorry, I get confused when Cheney and Limbaugh start talking to each other.

[royevatom]

The Federal Government is currently finishing construction on a prison in Puerto Rico. You have to have security clearance from Homeland Security and sign nondisclosure documents to work there. I assume that this prison is meant to replace Guantanamo. It makes sense for these people to have a prison to detain federal prisoners as Guantanamo is obsolete. Dick Cheney is up to his eyebrows in deceit of the American people and he is being aided by the fact that the executive branch under Bush has expanded Presidential Powers to promote their agenda. The sad fact is that their agenda has never included the people of this country but their lust for power and wealth while shielding themselves from accountability. Don't trust our government to do what is necessary and forthright but to deceive the people and promote their own agenda. Obama as the new President will have an ongoing battle with deception and dysfunction that will debilitate his presidency unless he has massive support from the people. I feel we will have two nations one that is Dick Cheney's and one that is the working poor.

[Donnat]

Great post

[BoulderSue]

Sorry, Imeant to say this website's post that discusses Obama's team's answers pertinent to what Cheney claims.

[BoulderSue]

royevatom, you are absolutely right. But, please, everyone, look to the post on the website that refers to Obama's team answering questions e-mailed to them. Then send them youe own e-mail, every time you have a thought or idea that is positive and, hopefully, will remove the "legacy" of the last eight years. They really do answer questions! One had to do with this very matter. Read it, then write to change.gov as often as you have a thought. The new President has got to know how many of us do not belong to Cheney Nation

[medici]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[sean6886]

Go F yourself, Cheney!

[poco767c]

+1

[sugar20035]

me too!

There is not a word yet created that is nasty enough to describe him.

[rightuseofwill]

+2

[amluvinit2]

x 2

[deke4]

Steve Denver: I used the terms weak sob sisters to describe Bush and Cheney I was just using it as a figure of speech much used by my generation to describe bullies as nothing more than cowards.

[SteamRanger]

Self-delusion, thy name is Cheney. I only hope the Obama administration shows their appreciation by affording the former VP some nice accommodations in a Federally-funded facility.

[eastcoastprogressive]

Indeed, this thoroughly corrupt creep needs to be brought to justice.

[noinvolvement]

Please Save The Polar Bear!

http://digg.com/world_news/Robert_Kennedy_Junior_s_Plea_To_Save_The_Alaskan_Polar_Bear

[kimleehan]

Yea o.k. will fly Sarah Palan over the north pole and let her drop them some food. Now lets get back to the blogs.

[sugar20035]

i like u!

[patianneb]

the face of e v i l

[microcosm]

Florida Appeals Court okays news distortion in Fox News case - "check"

http://FixNewsNow.org - "checkmate!"

[AurigaRa]

cheney looks horrible
Maybe he's on the verge of a major heart attack

[noinvolvement]

Please Save The Polar Bear!

http://digg.com/world_news/Robert_Kennedy_Junior_s_Plea_To_Save_The_Alaskan_Polar_B

[garymc8]

Hopefully he will use them to put cheney the @sswipe and all the other gop thieves in jail.

[stargazer13]

how did all this happen in the first place (we were strong armed) that's how this man is bad bad bad I tell you some thing is so wrong with AMERICA when a few men in as little as eight years can destroy a Nation

and say to the rest of us we did you a favor

[ReallyMe]

Stargazer- you nailed it. They destroyed America and they want us to be thankful..­. Like telling a woman she should lay b ack and enjoy it...

[kepary]

i agree, i think it was very sobering to see the intel that the President of the United States gets ona daily basis

[Brainspore]

Maybe that's why the last President never read it.

[kimleehan]

Chane says Obama will appreciate what they did to the office. What they do? paint it purple.