GOP Wants More Help From Cheney

Democrats and Republicans may have found an area of agreement: Dick Cheney should keep on campaigning for the GOP cause.

Cheney's apparently endless retirement speaking tour culminated Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute, where he savaged Barack Obama and dismissed criticism of torture as "phony moralizing" and "feigned outrage." Republican poll numbers have continued to crater in the weeks since Cheney first took to the talk-show circuit, but GOP senators told the Huffington Post Thursday afternoon that they think the former vice president will rally voters to their cause.

"I'm sure he can help some," said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. "I hope he helps where he can. I like the vice president."

Graham qualified that he doesn't see Cheney, 68, as the future of the Republican Party, leaving that role to "some young governor or somebody out there that will emerge over time."

Sen. John Cornyn, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, agreed that Cheney was valuable -- but only in certain situations. "I think the vice president is controversial in some quarters, but there is nobody that knows better than he does what the threats are that are facing our nation and why it is necessary to take extraordinary measures that will affect our country," he said. "I think it depends on the circumstance on the race."

One race he's welcome to appear in will be Sen. John Thune's in South Dakota.

"I mean, I think anybody would welcome having a guy of his stature and that kind of respect," Thune said.

Reporting contributed by Ryan Grim.

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[Twentylaws]

The Republicans are failing to look for new talent with fresh ideas; instead they are regurgitating old sheat!

[Clayton139]

Well put !

[LooktotheLeft]

For anyone falling into Dick Cheney's complete obliteration of history trap, I remind you (once again) Cheney never kept us, or anyone else, safe...and neither did his boss. If not for him and his actions as Defense Sec. stretching all the way back to our invasion of Iraq in '91, and subsequent repression and b*leeding of Iraq that ensued, and the "standing up" of U.S. Forces from operational locations in Kuwait, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and on the sacred grounds of Saudi Arabia (can anyone say Mecca?), 9-*1*1 wouldn't have happened in the first place. And from that point until recently, all we did was fan the flames of the already well established hatred of America thruout the world. Dick Cheney never protected anyone. Perish the ridiculous notion. Now, as our new President attempts the monumental task of maneuvering thru the "m ine fields" in his own country, no less, to began the long, long and arduous process of righting many wrongs, we have this guy (Cheney) out front and center actually being given a forum in which to speak...and, basically, just making the aforementioned process of our new President more lengthy and much more painful. I mean, basically, America will never be able to get on with its life until Dick Cheney is no longer around to keep beating the drum of 9*1*1

[RJchoice]

The captain of the Titanic has kept his ship "safe" from ice-bergs since he ignored the first warning while at the helm in 1912. 97 years... and counting.

"credit where credit is due"- dick

[osage]

DICK CHENEY'S GOP IS A CESSPOOL OF ISOLATED BIGOTS AND KAMIKAZE LOYALISTS

What's left of today's GOP is a genetically and or psychologically deviant mélange of morally and ethically defective mutants, miscreants and kamikaze loyalists who are crashing and burning all things Republican. They are the figurative buzzards and hyenas fighting over the last scraps of a carcass riddled with maggots and festering clumps of putrefied viscera. They are the opportunistic parasites whose very existence is and always has been dependent on sucking blood from the engorged bellies of alpha predators. The prevalence of fear, paranoia and irrational hatred in today's GOP represents the antemortem gasps of a doomed species struggling to survive in evaporating pools of their own toxic waste as they mercilessly slice and dice one another in futile attempts to become the biggest fish in an increasingly smaller and smaller pond.

[emmacop]

Speaking an as Independent, I'd be thrilled if we could magically replace Obama with Cheney. He lays out his points unapologetically, and they have substantial merit.

Conversely, Obama has not made anything "better" as of today- whether it's job situation, the military, health care, our foreign relations, immigration, national debt, drug policy, education, or even domestic tranquility He's become just as polarizing a figure as Cheney. The "stimulus" package was a travesty of logic, and hasn't stimulated anything.

You have to create before you redistribute. It's been that way for all of human history, and it ain't going to change for Obama however inconvenient the truth.

So he's giving ownership of the car companies to the UAW. We got it, a state subsized car industry until the country goes broke. He wants the federal government to control the banking system, a debate going back to Alexander Hamilton. We got it, no more loans unless you tow the political line.. Obama's not dealing with the 55 million abortions we've already had and the resulting effect on our economy. We got it, no Social Security for boomers and a lot more Mexicans.

It has been five months. Fairly soon even Obama's most rabid supporters aren't going to buy the blame Bush routine any longer.

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

Next time try to get your shallow point across in 3 sentences or less ok?

Nobody here wants to read 5 paragraphs about the attributes of the Dickless one, ok?

Thx

[osage]

REPUBLICANS ARE INCAPABLE OF LEARNING FROM THEIR MISTAKES

In order to gain the political power they've enjoyed for more than a decade, Republican moderates and fiscal conservatives made a pact with the devil (faux Christians, bigots and misanthropes) to achieve the numbers they needed to defeat Democrats. They made a strategic decision to manipulate and exploit the ignorance, fears and hatreds of dysfunctional and vulnerable voters in order to win elections rather than lose them by being intellectually and morally honest.

Today, those who conspired with the devil are caught between wanting to disassociate themselves with and or casting out the devil they empowered and the karmic reality that they don't have the numbers to hold on to or regain power without continuing to accept and "advocate" the immoral values, hypocrisies and corruptions that are dividing and destroying their party.

The survival of today's shrinking Republican Party has become so dependent on extremism that they have no significant power left WITH or WITHOUT the support of America's increasingly pernicious lunatic fringe.

The idiom "caught between the devil and the deep blue sea" is certainly appropriate as Republicans are facing the dilemma of choosing between two equally undesirable alternatives that both result in Republican impotence in mainstream American politics. They are suffering the consequences of their treachery.

Their irresponsible propping up of George W. Bush cost them their credibility, and their disgraceful and shameless licking of Rush Limbaugh's storm trooper boots is costing them their viability.

[LooktotheLeft]

You know, you could've just saved yourself and us a bunch of time by taking a long walk off a short pier as opposed to typing the tripe you just typed.

P.S. I'll "buy the blame Bush routine" for the rest of my life

[CaptainQueeg]

Cheney spoke aat the most violent group of Neo-Cons on the planet. The American Enterprise Institute consists of people who promote War for Oil and War for Israel. Kristol, Podhoretz, Wolfowitz, Kristol Sr., B. Goldberg, J. Goldberg, David Frum,Perle etc. Search --- American Enterprise Institute and read the cast of characters.

[Obamasoldier]

ARREST CHENY

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

Oh, you mean he was speaking to his "base".

[LooktotheLeft]

It would've been a pristine opportunity for someone to have tossed a couple g*renades in there...somewhere between the main course and the flan. I suspect they'd have gotten a real "bang" out of it.

[CaptainQueeg]

Cheney is still so embarrassed about his Draft Dodging five deferments that he thinks he is making it all up. He will always be known as a coward.

[SeeDaddy]

Now I understand the Bush-Cheney doctrine: The terrorists ha - te us because of our freedoms. Therefore, dest roy our freedoms so the terror*ists won't ha* te us and we will safe from further at-tacks. It's elegantly simple.

[waverly]

In trying to understand Cheney I came to some conclusions about personality traits vs political affiliations. Cheney is definitely a doom and gloom personality which pits him as a pessimist. He obviously has little confidence in our pentagon and intelligence departments keeping us safe which is why he is willing to go to extraordinary measures to insure our safety. Whether his conclusions are based on fact or just his quirks of mind are debatable. Republicans as a whole seem to be fear based and critical on the whole spectrum of life which also places them as pessimists.

This has not always been the case but only in recent times. Their fear explains why they must cling to their guns for safety. Republicans have become the minority largely due to their pessimism which is probably a result of propagandizing from rightwing radio and FOX (and possibly the evangelical movement). We considered these tactics as brainwashing and this seems to be the evidence. The doom and gloom personalities tend to gravitate to their own kind for a sense of security.

Realists and optimists tend to avoid the pessimists as they are a depressing lot explaining republican decline. Independents and Democrats are realists and optimists who have far more confidence and are willing to work with our government to ensure our freedom and safety.

[LooktotheLeft]

Larry C*raig wants more D*ick too

[LoriAnn]

L O L !!!!!

[Obamasoldier]

LMAO

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

I thought he had more of a foot fetish

[Mrphd2b]

The Kingdom of Satan
That the G.O.P. For you,….Grand Old Perpetrators
George W. Bush administration
Bush flunkies, …at work
Pentagon Closes Office Accused of Issuing Propaganda Under Bush


Knowledge is power, and lies diminish the knowledge of deceived dupes, and therefore diminishes the power of the deceived. Deception obscures the alternatives that people have. It also clouds up various objectives people would work toward. Some people give up certain objectives due to their mis-perceptions that the objective is undesirable or unattainable.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0802-01.htm
The Saddam in Rumsfeld’s Closet


President Obama has attempted to engage in world affairs as well as at home for the American people doing what He thinks is the right thing for America. For the last eight years where were the Republicans leaders,…As American suburbs turn into ghost towns due to an exponential increase in foreclosures, a fast "surgical" bankruptcy, and banks and financial institutions such as AIG hang on for dear life at the mercy of federal bailouts and interventionist policies, Obama -- as Superman -- has no slack or learning curve in saving this valuable sinking ship. Although Obama's economic plan includes aggressive measures and all of the diplomatic small people talk about other people, "great people talk about ideas"

[datagirl62]

Next to Biden, Cheney looks like a freaking genius

[MyNameIsJames]

Really?

Name one thing that Dick Cheney has gotten right in the past 9 years?

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

Next to Cheney...you look like a genius.

[PeacefulRevolution]

O s a m a is a freaking genius next to Cheeeeeney.

[Lemmy]

Keep going Cheney! Nothing gets lib's more in a tizzy than when you talk. Keep up the great work!

[LooktotheLeft]

I knew I smelled something putrid

[LooktotheLeft]

...must be Lemmy

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

...and nothing spins the GOP into the ground more than when the Dick keeps speaking.
Yup, keep going Cheney! See ya in 2012.

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

Dickless "5 defermen"t Cheney you mean, right?

By the way...you're a coward.

[Twentylaws]

Limbaugh down, next up CHENEY!

[goldhillnv]

"I think the vice president is controversial in some quarters, but there is nobody that knows better than he does what the threats are that are facing our nation..."

That's because he's planning the attacks from his secure bunker. The neocons can easily get some Muslim extremists to do the work. Cheney will help pave the way for the attack.

[purplejesus]

fortunately he has a bad ticker

[Lemmy]

Spoken with true class. The hate never stops with this crowd.

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

Why are Conservatives such poosays?

[YewNeekId]

You can have all the Dick you want